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| Jennifer McCollum: Why work isn’t working for men either | 23 sept. 2026 | 00:37:26 | |
The same workplaces that have held back women aren't working especially well for men either. That insight reframes the whole conversation about gender at work. My guest is Jennifer McCollum, CEO and President of Catalyst, one of the world's leading organisations dedicated to advancing women and building workplaces where everyone can thrive. She is also the author of Men at Work: The Roadmap to Gender Partnership, a practical and timely book on men, women, power, fear and change. We explore the man box, the narrow set of expectations around strength, competition and control that creates real anxiety for 84% of men, and why fear is the biggest thing stopping men from advocating for others and for themselves. Jennifer explains what gender partnership looks like in practice and which organisational systems leaders need to examine if they want real change. If you lead a team or run an organisation, this conversation will change how you think about performance, culture and who gets to thrive. Where in your world are old expectations still limiting people? "Men feel pressure to live in the man box." - Jennifer McCollum You’ll hear about • Why workplaces aren’t working well for men • The man box and its 84% pressure statistic • Fear as the biggest barrier to speaking up • What gender partnership really means in practice • How advocating for others benefits men too • Pitching gender partnership to a new CEO • Key talent systems every leader should examine • Why trust must come before truth • The Walk the Line exercise and its surprising results About Jennifer: Jennifer McCollum is a recognized CEO, speaker, and leadership expert on a mission to build more inclusive workplaces by advancing women and engaging men as partners in equity. She is the author of the book Men at Work: The Roadmap to Gender Partnership, a powerful call for men to move beyond passive support toward shared leadership. She also wrote In Her Own Voice: A Woman’s Rise to CEO, which explores the challenges women face on the path to leadership through data and personal storytelling. She is President &CEO of Catalyst, a global nonprofit dedicated to accelerating progress for women at work. Previously, she was the first female CEO of Linkage, a leadership development firm focused on changing the face of leadership, where she successfully led its acquisition by SHRM. Her insights have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Forbes, and Psychology Today, and she’s spoken on hundreds of stages worldwide. She lives in the Washington, D.C., area with her husband and three children, and is a passionate tennis player and skier. Catalyst: https://www.catalyst.org/ Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferscherermccollum/ Book: https://www.catalyst.org/en-gb/insights/men-at-work-book
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| Ken Ro: How to make the most of your midlife | 09 sept. 2026 | 00:45:12 | |
Most high-performing men in midlife aren't burned out because they're doing too much. They're burned out because they've never learned to recover. My guest is Dr Kenneth Ro, a double board-certified physician and founder of the Reclaim Method. After more than 35 years in the emergency room, Ken has seen the patterns that play out when men ignore the signals their bodies and minds send them in midlife. We explore why medicine is too reactive, why the real problem isn't stress but chronic under-recovery, and why the identity that got you here may now be holding you back. Ken also draws on his ER experience to share how to navigate personal crisis without being hijacked by your first instinct. If you are in midlife, approaching it, or living and working with men who are, this conversation will help you see what's holding you back and what to do about it. “Ageing is inevitable, but decline is optional.” - Dr Ken Ro You’ll hear about · Why midlife is medicine's biggest blind spot · Energy signals you've been normalising · Why you're under recovered, not overstressed · Starting small to reclaim yourself · Why action creates feeling, not the reverse · How male identity gets locked in midlife · Vulnerability, curiosity and men's circles · ER lessons for navigating personal crisis · Why your first crisis instinct is wrong · People watching as a prompt for change · Pattern recognition under extreme pressure
About Ken: Dr. Ken Ro is a double board-certified emergency physician, speaker, and founder of the RECLAIM™ Method — a physician-led framework designed to help high-performing men reclaim energy, clarity, resilience, and purpose in midlife. He is the founder of Back in the Game Men™, a concierge precision medicine and performance practice, and the author of PRIME: How to Win the Second Half of Life. Dr. Ro’s work has been featured in media outlets including CEOWORLD Magazine, KevinMD, KHOU Houston, ABC Sacramento, and multiple health and leadership podcasts. His broader mission through the Nova Oath™ movement is to help restore trust, humanity, and courageous care in medicine. Profile and services: https://KennethRoMD.com and https://BackintheGameMen.com and https://Nova-Oath.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkenro/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkennethro/ Book: PRIME: How to Win the Second Half of Life. https://www.amazon.com/PRIME-Physicians-Reclaiming-Redefining-Strength/dp/B0G1L2JBZ5
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| Scott Simon: How to face fear and live more vibrantly | 24 juin 2026 | 00:49:12 | |
What if the best things in your life all began in a moment of fear? My guest Scott Simon, author of Scare Your Soul, believes exactly that. After a panic attack on a plane, he committed to one scary act every single day for a year. Those small daily acts transformed his life, and one of them, singing in front of a restaurant, sparked a global movement. He now coaches individuals, leaders and organisations to build their own courage practice. We get into why high performers get stuck coasting on past success, and what it takes to break free. You'll also hear how building a personal courage practice shapes the culture and trust of the teams around you. Scott also shares why asking for help and practising forgiveness are strategic acts, and how small consistent actions create the conditions for bolder decisions and better leadership. If you think your life is fine and you do not need to push yourself, this one is especially for you. “When we start doing brave things in life, it affects everyone around us” – Scott Simon You’ll hear about
About Scott: Scott is the founder of the global Scare Your Soul courage movement and bestselling author of Scare Your Soul: 7 Powerful Principles to Harness Fear and Lead Your Most Courageous Life (Hachette). As a keynote speaker and courage consultant, he has worked with the Cleveland Cavaliers, United Nations, Nestlé, Logitech, Lululemon, and SXSW to inspire braver teams and bolder cultures. His methodology is a unique blend of neuroscience, positive psychology, and behaviour design. Scott is dangerously obsessed with the NYT online word puzzles and is on a perpetual quest to discover the world's best hole-in-the-wall restaurants. He teaches that courage is not a personality trait — it's a practice. Scott's work: www.scottsimon.us Weekly courage challenges: https://scareyoursoul.substack.com Books: www.scottsimon.us/book My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ). Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj). Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me:
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| David Lancefield: How strategy is changing for the better | 10 juin 2026 | 00:32:03 | |
What does strategy really mean when the word is everywhere, yet real strategic practice remains so rare? In this solo episode, David Lancefield takes on one of the most overused and misunderstood ideas in business. Drawing on nearly 30 years advising CEOs, C-suite leaders, founders, and leadership teams, he makes the case for a broader, more practical, and more human view of strategy. David explores why strategy so often gets trapped in decks, town halls, and top-level statements, while people across organisations are left unclear on the choices they can make and the contribution they can bring. He argues for a different approach: one that connects strategy with foresight, participation, ecosystems, self-management, and the wise use of AI — and brings it into the everyday moments that shape how we live and lead. If you want to think more clearly, act more intentionally, and raise your strategic game in your organisation, your team, and your own life, this episode will give you a fresh lens and a practical way forward. “Strategy is a practice for everyone, professional or personal.” – David Lancefield You’ll hear about:
More about David: David Lancefield is a strategy and leadership advisor, coach, writer, and speaker who works with CEOs, C-suite executives, and founders at some of the world’s top organisations. Over nearly 30 years, he has worked with more than 60 CEOs and hundreds of senior leaders on strategy, leadership, culture, decision-making, and growth. He writes for Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Review, strategy+business, Fast Company, and Forbes, and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, The Times, and The Guardian. David is a former senior partner at Strategy&/PwC, a guest lecturer at London Business School, and the author of the newsletter Every Day is a Strategy Day. My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ). Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj). Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds). ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP). ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI). | |||
| Deborah Grayson Riegel: How to bounce forward from failure | 27 mai 2026 | 00:40:40 | |
What if failure hits differently depending on your gender? In this episode I speak with Deborah Grayson Riegel, an executive coach and author whose research across 1,100 women in 60 countries reveals why women experience setbacks more intensely than men, and what to do about it. We dig into why women tend to ruminate longer, and see failure as identity rather than event, and where those patterns come from. We explore the practical tools that can shift all of that: how to reframe failure, ask for better feedback, tackle invisible work, and build the kind of support network that helps you aim higher and recover faster. If you are a woman navigating setbacks, this episode will change how you think about failure and what becomes possible on the other side. And if you lead or work alongside women, it will make you a better teammate and leader. "Women see failure as their identity, not an event." — Deborah Grayson Riegel You’ll hear about
About Deborah: Deborah Grayson Riegel is a keynote speaker and consultant who teaches leadership communication for Wharton Business School, Duke Business School, and Columbia Business School. She is a regular contributor for Harvard Business Review, Inc., Psychology Today, Forbes, and Fast Company. Deb consults and speaks for clients including Amazon, BlackRock, Bloomberg, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, and The United States Army. Her work has been featured in worldwide media, including Bloomberg Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. She is the co-author of the new book, “Aim High and Bounce Back: A Successful Woman’s Guide to Rethinking and Rising Up from Failure”. Website: https://deborahgraysonriegel.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Deborah-Grayson-Riegel Book Link: https://shorturl.at/nuPna and https://shorturl.at/OsWtU My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ). Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj). Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me:
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| Janine Mathó: Become the CEO of your energy | 13 mai 2026 | 00:39:59 | |
How many of us are chasing a version of success that was never really ours to begin with? My guest is Janine Mathó, author of Live Your Opus and executive coach to ambitious leaders. After navigating burnout and the loss of her mother, she went on a multi-year quest to answer one question: how can ambitious people achieve healthy, meaningful success without losing themselves along the way? We explore what it really takes to sustain high performance over time, why energy is the architecture of how you show up as a leader, and why the answer isn't to lower your ambition but to raise your capacity to meet it. If you want to lead at your best without burning out, this conversation will give you a new way to think about your life, your energy and what high performance really requires. "Energy is the architecture of how you show up as a leader." — Janine Mathó You’ll hear about
About Janine: Janine Mathó is a former Harvard and Pearson executive and a trusted advisor to senior leaders running large, complex institutions. Her work focuses on strengthening the leadership capacity required to sustain high performance in today’s high-pressure environment. Over a 25-year career spanning corporate, nonprofit, and academic sectors, she has helped organisations navigate transformation at scale, shaped global strategy on the future of learning and work, and raised more than $30 million for learning innovation. She received a Massachusetts Congressional Award for her service to education. Her focal areas include sustainable high performance, leadership capacity under pressure, aligning ambition with human capacity, and decision-making in complex systems. She is the author of Live Your Opus (Amplify, 2026). Profile: https://shorturl.at/Z19to Book: Live Your Opus: Reclaim Your Energy, Redefine Succes, and Create a Life That Truly Matters https://shorturl.at/30KEL Newsletter: Live Your Opus https://shorturl.at/Ixvxj Website: https://shorturl.at/XY1hh My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ). Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj). Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me:
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| Gianpiero Petriglieri: Why the best leaders put relationships first | 29 avr. 2026 | 00:47:00 | |
What does love have to do with leadership? More than most leaders dare to admit. My guest is Gianpiero Petriglieri, a professor at INSEAD and one of the most original and provocative voices on leadership today. We explore his idea of leadership as a kind of love, not sentimental or naive, but deeply relational. He makes a compelling distinction between performance and outcome, arguing that what you can control is not the result but the daily choices and gestures you make. We go into the practical too. Gianpiero shares why curiosity and generosity shift everything, and why what really develops leaders is relationships with people who tell you the truth. If you lead a team or organisation, this conversation will invite you to look differently at the small moments of time, attention and care that make leadership real, credible and human. "Leadership is a relationship, not a toolkit." - Gianpiero Petriglieri You’ll hear about:
About Gianpiero Petriglieri: Gianpiero Petriglieri is Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD and an expert on leadership and learning in the workplace. His award-winning research and teaching focus on what it means, and what it takes, to become a leader. He is particularly interested in the meaning and practice of leadership in the age of “nomadic professionalism,” an age in which people have deep bonds to work but loose affiliations to organisations, and authenticity and mobility have replaced loyalty and advancement as hallmarks of virtue and success. A Medical Doctor and Psychiatrist by training, Gianpiero has worked as an executive coach, practiced as a psychotherapist, and served on the staff of group relations conferences in Europe and the United States. Profile: https://shorturl.at/WYvT1 Instagram: https://shorturl.at/qMHeZ Writing: https://shorturl.at/rHAbb Research: https://shorturl.at/Bj650 My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: · Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. · About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. · Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds). · Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP). · Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI). | |||
| Muriel Wilkins: How to lead with better beliefs | 15 avr. 2026 | 00:41:20 | |
What really blocks capable leaders from progressing, even when performance looks strong on the surface? In this conversation, I’m joined by executive coach and author Muriel Wilkins to examine how beliefs and assumptions operate like a personal strategy model, shaping the decisions we make. Muriel draws on her coaching work and personal experience to unpack the seven common beliefs that limit leadership growth. We discuss how these beliefs show up as micromanagement, frustration or dissonance between intent and impact. We also explore Muriel’s three stage framework of uncovering, unpacking and unblocking beliefs, how reframing creates new choices, and what it looks like to coach yourself before coaching others. Which belief is shaping how you lead today? “Leadership blocks are signals, not flaws.” - Muriel Wilkins You’ll hear about:
About Muriel Wilkins: Muriel M. Wilkins, founder and CEO of Paravis Partners, is a sought-after C-suite adviser and executive coach with a twenty-year track record of helping senior leaders take their performance to the next level. She is the author of Leadership Unblocked: Break Through the Beliefs That Limit Your Potential and coauthor of Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence. Muriel is the host of the Harvard Business Review podcast Coaching Real Leaders, consistently ranked as a top-ten podcast in Apple's Management category. She was recently shortlisted for the 2025 Thinkers50 Coaching and Mentoring Award. Resources:
My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me:
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| Shefaly Yogendra: Building boards in a turbulent world | 01 avr. 2026 | 00:51:42 | |
What does it take to lead at the board level when the ground beneath you keeps shifting? My guest, Shefaly Yogendra, is a board director, advisor and author who has served on boards across sectors and geographies. She brings a forensic ability to ask the right questions, a deep understanding of governance under pressure, and the kind of clarity that only comes from years of experience in the room. We get into what separates boards that add genuine value from those that go through the motions, why cognitive flexibility and moral inflexibility must coexist, and how boards should approach AI as a source of risk, not just a useful tool. If you sit on a board, work with one, or are aiming to, this conversation will change how you think about what great governance looks like in practice. “A good board is where nobody is affronted by questions” – Shefaly Yogendra You’ll hear about:
About Shefaly: Shefaly Yogendra, PhD is an internationally experienced strategist. She has worked closely with Owner-led as well as Professional Manager-led organisations in their journey towards enhanced resilience with a focus on technology innovation, risk and foresight, and governance. Shefaly is an independent non-executive board director and experienced committee chair in regulated sectors including financial services, energy, higher education and legal services. She is a trusted boardroom adviser and a popular speaker and podcast guest on themes such as AI, GRC, investment, and future skills. Resources: · Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shefaly/ · Book ‘Uncharted spaces’: https://www.unchartedspaces.info/ · Spoken thought leadership: https://shefaly-yogendra.com/speaking-writing-media/ My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: · Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. · About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. · Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) · Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) · Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Daily Strategies: Writing the book | 18 mars 2026 | 00:35:36 | |
I'm writing a book. There, I said it out loud. And in this episode, I invited someone who knows exactly what that means to put me in the hot seat. Scott Miller is a literary agent, 8 x best-selling author, and former podcast host of one of the world's most popular weekly leadership shows. He's represented hundreds of authors and been part of teams that have sold over 100 million copies of books. In this special episode, we swap chairs. Scott interviews me about my forthcoming book, Daily Strategies, and I interview him about what it takes to write, launch and land a great book. We get into the architecture of Daily Strategies, the seven moments and seven days that form the spine of the book, and why I believe strategy needs to move from the boardroom into the everyday decisions of mid-career professionals. Scott shares his own writing process, why he writes for readers who are like him, and why platform building matters far more than most authors realise. If you've ever thought about writing a book, are in the middle of one, or just want a behind-the-scenes look at what a book really takes, this one is for you. “Writing a book is 10% of the process.” – Scott Miller You’ll hear about:
About Scott: Scott Jeffrey Miller is an eight-time Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestselling author and for seven years hosted the world's largest weekly leadership podcast, On Leadership with Scott Miller. Scott is the cofounder of The Gray + Miller Agency, a literary, speaking, and talent agency representing hundreds of internationally recognised thought leaders and also cofounded Maison Vero, a professional publishing house bringing authors' books of all genres to the world's marketplace. Resources: Profile: https://shorturl.at/7lSa1 Website: https://shorturl.at/ZnApj Gray + Miller Agency: https://shorturl.at/4VX1h Instagram: https://shorturl.at/iZgV2 My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter http://bit.ly/36WRpri for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: · Services https://rb.gy/ahlcuy to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. · About me https://rb.gy/dvmg9n - my background, experience and philosophy. · Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds · Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP · Follow me and engage with me on Twitter https://bit.ly/36XavNI | |||
| Ranjay Gulati: Building courage — one decision at a time | 04 mars 2026 | 00:42:54 | |
What does courage really look like in leadership? Often, we associate courage with bold gestures, fearless leaders, or decisive moments where doubt disappears. My guest in this conversation is Professor Ranjay Gulati of Harvard Business School, who challenges that assumption through his research into what he calls the surprising science of everyday courage, and shows why fear is not a flaw in leadership but a starting point. We explore why courage is a decision rather than a personality trait, how leaders can resource themselves when uncertainty rises, and the difference between thoughtful courage and reckless action. Ranjay shares stories from his research and personal experience that reveal how narrative, support squads, rituals and process help individuals and organisations act boldly with purpose. If you’re facing decisions that feel uncomfortable this episode will help you build courage deliberately and use it as a practical leadership skill. “Fear is a reaction; courage is a decision” – Ranjay Gulati You’ll hear about
About Ranjay Gulati: Ranjay Gulati is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His pioneering work focuses on unlocking organizational and individual potential—embracing courage, nurturing purpose-driven leaders, driving growth, and transforming businesses. The Economist, Financial Times and the Economist Intelligence Unit have listed him as among the top handful of business school scholars whose work is most relevant to management practice. He is a Thinkers50 top management scholar, and serves on the board of several entrepreneurial ventures. He is the author of Deep Purpose (2022) and How to be Bold (2025), both published by HarperCollins. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife and two children. Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjay-gulati/ Book - How to be Bold: the Surprising Science of Everyday Courage: https://ranjaygulati.com/how-to-be-bold/ Research - https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=77265 My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me:
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| Connie Noonan Hadley: How to overcome loneliness at work | 18 févr. 2026 | 00:40:53 | |
What if loneliness at work isn’t a personal weakness but a strategic signal? That’s the case my guest, Dr Connie Noonan Hadley, makes in this conversation. She’s an Organisational Psychologist, the founder of the Institute for Life at Work, and one of the world’s leading experts on workplace loneliness and social connection. We explore why loneliness is on the rise even in busy offices and hybrid teams, and why it’s not about being alone, but about the emotional distress that comes from missing the positive connections we need. Connie explains why return to office mandates rarely solve the problem, and how loneliness can quietly drain motivation, creativity and trust, the lifeblood of performance. Connie gives practical guidance for leaders to understand, normalise and address loneliness through small but powerful shifts in conversation, time and reward systems. If you’re leading a team or organisation this episode will help you see loneliness as a core signal of how well your culture enables people to thrive, perform and feel human. “Connection is a performance driver, not a luxury.” - Connie Noonan Hadley You’ll hear about · What loneliness at work really means · Common myths about hybrid work and connection · Signs leaders should look for in their teams · The UNITE framework for reducing loneliness · Why connection drives productivity and creativity · How AI is reshaping human connection at work · Practical steps for leaders and individuals About Connie: Dr Connie Noonan Hadley is a leading organisational psychologist. She is the founder of the Institute for Life at Work and a research associate professor at the Boston University Questrom School of Business. Her focal areas include the impact of Al on interpersonal dynamics at work, loneliness, psychological safety, trust, burnout, mental health, team effectiveness, and the management of human capital. She has been published widely and was named to the Thinkers50Radar List for her rising global influence as a management scholar. Resources:
My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: · Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. · About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. · Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) · Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) · Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Ollie Phillips: How to create world class teams | 04 févr. 2026 | 00:55:15 | |
What separates a good team from a world-class one. My guest today has lived that question at the highest levels. Ollie Phillips captained England in rugby sevens, rowed across oceans, and now runs Optimist Performance, helping teams move from great to world class. We explore why most organisations spend 95% of their time playing the game and only 5% practising the hard skills of leadership and teamship. Ollie reveals how elite teams build unshakeable trust, why practising discomfort before big moments matters, and how momentum can be the most contagious force in any environment. You'll hear about Ollie’s transition from being the best in the world to starting again as a beginner, and how infectious energy combined with clarity of purpose creates unstoppable teams. If you're leading a team right now, this conversation will give you fresh tools to unlock world-class performance. “We spent 95% of our time practising for 5% of the delivery” — Ollie Phillips You’ll hear about
About Ollie: Ollie's journey has taken him from international rugby pitches to the boardrooms of global businesses, across oceans, over mountain peaks, and into some of the toughest environments on Earth. What unites it all? A lifelong obsession with unlocking performance — in himself, and in others. He captained England Rugby 7s, was named World 7s Player of the Year, and coached Wales Women and China’s Olympic programme. He's swum the English Channel, circumnavigated the globe, stood at the North Pole, and holds four world records for feats of endurance and teamwork in some of the planet’s most extreme locations. Alongside that, he's held senior leadership roles at PwC, advising global businesses on culture, strategy, and transformation. He now sits on boards across private equity, sport, and exploration, and holds an Executive MBA from Cambridge. Resources: Profile: https://shorturl.at/aY7Ie Optimist Performance: https://shorturl.at/9upbU Insights: https://shorturl.at/k7P4d My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Jennifer Fondrevay: How to navigate organisational grief | 21 janv. 2026 | 00:48:00 | |
What if the reason so many mergers, acquisitions and restructurings fail isn’t strategy or execution but grief? That’s the case my guest, Jennifer Fondrevay, makes in this episode. She’s the author of Now What: A Survivor’s Guide for Thriving Through M&A and an advisor to leaders navigating high-stakes transitions. We explore why unacknowledged grief can quietly drain 25–30% of productivity, and sabotage deal outcomes. Jennifer takes us through the five stages of grief in an organisational context, offering practical strategies leaders can use right away. You’ll hear how to recognise the signals of grief, give people language for what they’re experiencing, and channel that energy into performance and purpose. We also discuss why high performers often struggle the most, and why keeping customers as your North Star helps teams overcome turf battles. If you’re leading change in your organisation right now, this conversation will give you a new lens and actionable tools to turn loss into momentum “They’re mourning the loss of the future that won’t be.” — Jennifer Fondrevay You’ll hear about
About Jennifer: Jennifer J. Fondrevay is the field-tested Founder and Chief Humanity Officer of Day1 ReadyTM, the M&A whisperer for CEOs and leaders who know "synergies" don't magically happen by themselves. After navigating multibillion-dollar deals, Jennifer wrote the manual everyone wishes they'd had: "NOW WHAT? A Survivor's Guide for Thriving Through Mergers & Acquisitions", helping executives lead when the playbook gets thrown out the window. Crowned #1 M&A Speaker by Research Leadership Institute, Jennifer's the go-to expert when uncertainty strikes. Her wisdom graces Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Inc. Resources: Profile: https://shorturl.at/i1go1 Book: https://shorturl.at/ufZRq Article on employee grief in organisational transitions: https://shorturl.at/gLxsK My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me:
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| Julian Birkinshaw: Fighting back in digital transformation | 07 janv. 2026 | 00:45:05 | |
Incumbent traditional organisations are doomed to failure. That’s a misleading view that permeates the world of digital transformation. In fact, they can thrive if they develop the right mindsets and capabilities. Julian Birkinshaw joins me to explore more of the myths and misconceptions surrounding digital transformation, the discipline of balancing today’s pressures with tomorrow’s opportunities, and the art of thoughtful experimentation. Julian draws on his research and his role as Dean of Ivey Business School to show how leaders can navigate profound change without rushing into costly mistakes. We also examine the leadership qualities needed to inspire innovation across large organisations, the realities of tenure in academia, and his personal habits that fuel sustained strategic performance. If you lead a team or organisation wrestling with disruption, this discussion offers practical insights for staying relevant and resilient. “Incumbents have strengths that start-ups can only dream of.” – Julian Birkinshaw You’ll hear about
About Julian: Julian is a world-leading scholar and dynamic academic leader. Appointed Dean of Ivey Business School at Western University in August 2024, he brings a 25-year legacy at London Business School where he was Vice Dean, Deputy Dean Programmes and Deputy Dean Executive Education. An internationally renowned authority on innovation, digital transformation, and the strategic agility of large firms, Birkinshaw has authored 16 books - including Resurgent, Fast/Forward, and Becoming a Better Boss. He has won best paper awards in leading academic journals, and practice-oriented journals. His is a Fellow of the British Academy, Strategic Management Society, American Academy of Management, and Academy of International Business, and holds honorary doctorates from Copenhagen and Stockholm universities. Profile: https://shorturl.at/yMlO9 Book: https://shorturl.at/AD7n2 My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Niko and David: The power of strategy in everyday life | 10 déc. 2025 | 00:56:32 | |
What if the most powerful strategy you ever create isn’t for a business, but for your own life? In this conversation, I turn the microphone on myself as strategist and author Niko Canner interviews me about how to bring strategic thinking into everyday choices. We explore why busyness can be the enemy of purpose and how small, deliberate moves made moment by moment unlock greater agency and performance. I share how a personal family crisis forced me to reclaim control of my time, energy and focus, and how those lessons now shape the way I coach leaders and design my own days. You’ll hear how to connect long-term aspirations with the micro-moments that define each day, creating a strategy that is both intentional and flexible. Niko and I also examine how individual strategic habits ripple out to transform teams and entire organisations. Listen in if you’re ready to stop living on autopilot and start making wiser choices at work, at home and everywhere in between. “All progress begins with dissonance.” — Niko Canner You’ll hear about · Strategy beyond the boardroom · Daily choices that drive performance · Coaching story of reclaiming the day · Mindfulness, agency and coherent moves · Setting life-long strategic aspirations · Turning crisis into intentional living · Five-chapter arc of strategic change · Acting strategically in any moment About Niko: Niko founded Incandescent in 2013. He serves as a thought partner to leaders of large enterprises on strategy, organization and innovation; advising founders on the development of their ventures; and partnering with foundations and non-profits engaged in systems change. Previously Niko co-founded the consulting firm Katzenbach Partners, Senior Partner at Booz & Company following the sale of Katzenbach to Booz in 2009 and a member of the Management Committee of Bridgewater Associates. Niko chairs the boards of Skreens, a SaaS cloud-based visual engine that enables users to build personalized experiences on any display, and Catchafire, a platform for skills-based volunteering. Resources: Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikocanner/ Business: https://www.incandescent.com/ Blog: https://www.onhumanenterprise.com/ My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Kurt Matzler: How to achieve the impossible | 26 nov. 2025 | 00:41:44 | |
What does it take to push yourself to the absolute limit and keep going for a cause bigger than yourself? Imagine you’re cycling 3,000 miles in 12 days on no more than 2 hours sleep a day. You feel exhausted, with nothing left to give, but important decisions need to be made to achieve your goal. This was the reality for my guest in this episode, Kurt Matzler, one of the world’s most cited strategy professors and an elite ultra-endurance cyclist who has completed the Race Across America, often described as the toughest race in the world. We dive into how Kurt blends his expertise in strategy with the demands of ultra-cycling: from meticulous planning and team building to the mental resilience needed to ride for 22 hours a day across deserts and mountain ranges. It’s a conversation that will inspire you to think bigger, plan smarter, and persist longer. And perhaps, to take on a challenge you once thought impossible. “Be willing to do everything that is needed to achieve your big goal” – Kurt Matzler You’ll hear about:
About Kurt Matzler: Kurt is professor of Strategic Management at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. According to Brightline Initiative he is one of the best strategic thinkers in the world. He is academic director of the Executive MBA program at MCI in Innsbruck and partner of IMP, an international consulting firm, the winner of the hidden champions in consulting in the field of disruption in Germany. Kurt is author of more than 300 academic papers and several books. He is co-author of the German edition of the Innovator’s dilemma, one of the six most important management books overall (Economist). He is author of The High Performance Mindset (2023, among the 10 best business books of 2023, Forbes), co-author of "Open Strategy" (MIT Press, 2021, according to the Strategy+Business Magazine the best strategy book of 2021) and "Digital Disruption" (2016). With more than 35,000 citations in Google Scholar and an H-Index of 82, Kurt belongs to the top 20 strategy researchers in Europe and to the top 50 in the world. He is included in the John Ioannidis Stanford University’s database of the world’s top 2% of scientists in all disciplines. He is a passionate cyclist and a solo finisher of the Race Across America 2022 and 2025, Race Around Austria, Northcape4000 and Ultracycling World Champion 2024 (Master class). With his participation in RAAM, his Rotary team raised more than USD 4,500,000 to eradicate Polio. Resources: Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-matzler-99206b7/ Book: https://shorturl.at/zPdnL My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Mita Mallick: Learning from a bad boss | 12 nov. 2025 | 00:38:47 | |
What happens when your boss is the problem? A good boss can inspire you and be a catalyst for your career, whilst bad bosses limit your potential, putting the brakes on your trajectory. In this conversation with Mita Mallick, author of The Devil Emails at Midnight, we explore the behaviours that make bosses bad, and the lessons we can take to become better leaders. Mita shares raw, funny and moving stories from her career, showing how toxic dynamics shape us, and how inclusion and vulnerability can transform workplaces. We discuss why kindness is still seen as weakness, the warning signs that you might be slipping into bad boss territory, and how to handle life’s toughest moments, such as grief, while still leading with integrity. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re bringing out the best in your people, or if you’re stuck with a boss who doesn’t, this episode will give you the tools and courage to flip the script. “Hurt people hurt people.” – Mita Mallick You'll hear about: · Personal stories of bad bosses · Why kindness is seen as weakness · Warning signs you’re a bad boss · Nature versus nurture in leadership · How grief affects leadership behaviour · The myth of bossless organisations · Coaching instead of micromanaging · Options when stuck with a bad boss About Mita Mallick: Mita Mallick is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author. She’s on a mission to fix what’s broken in our workplaces. She’s a corporate change maker with a track record of transforming businesses and has had an extensive career as a marketing and human resources executive. Mallick is a highly sought-after speaker who has advised Fortune 500 companies and start-ups alike. She is a LinkedIn Top Voice and was named to the Thinkers 50 Radar List. She’s a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Adweek, and Entrepreneur. Mallick has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, Forbes, Axios, Essence, Cosmopolitan Magazine and Business Insider. Resources: Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mita-mallick-2b165822/ Services: https://www.mitamallick.com/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Devil-Emails-Midnight-Leaders-Bosses/dp/1394316488/ My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Neri Karra Sillaman: What immigrant entrepreneurs can teach us | 29 oct. 2025 | 00:40:23 | |
Immigrant entrepreneurs have an outsized impact in business and society. 80% of billion dollar startups have founders or senior executives who are first or second generation immigrants. So, what can we learn from them? In this episode I am joined by Neri Karra Sillaman, author of Pioneers: 8 Principles of Business Longevity from Immigrant Entrepreneurs. Neri’s research shows that immigrant entrepreneurs have a unique ability to reframe failure. Something she has done herself as a refugee turned entrepreneur. Neri shares how constraints can be turned into an advantage for entrepreneurs as they look to blend their home and new cultures in the services and products they create. She underscores the importance of quality, community, and a focus on impact rather than personal gain. Lessons many leaders could learn to improve their organisations. “Immigrant entrepreneurs don’t hear “no” the way that you do” – Neri Karra Sillaman You'll hear about: • How immigrant entrepreneurs reframe failure as fuel for growth. • The role of community in building resilience and drive. • Why a clear, long-term vision sustains entrepreneurial momentum. • Why integrity and quality matter more than rapid scale. • The personal sacrifices behind building a meaningful business. • How cross-cultural identity becomes a strategic advantage. • The mindset shifts needed for true business longevity. About Neri Karra Sillaman: Neri Karra Sillaman is an author, advisor, and entrepreneur whose work focuses on business longevity, innovation, and impact. She is the author of Pioneers: 8 Principles of Business Longevity from Immigrant Entrepreneurs, recognized as one of Thinkers50’s Top 10 Best New Management Books in 2025. Neri was also named to the Thinkers50 Radar List as one of the 30 management thinkers shaping the future of work. As the founder of her luxury leather goods brand, a company established more than 25 years ago, she combines entrepreneurial experience with research-driven insight. Neri is an Entrepreneurship Expert at the University of Oxford and holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge. As a child refugee, she draws on her journey of resilience and adaptation to advise leaders on purpose, culture, and long-term success. Resources: Website: www.nerispeaks.com Book: https://amzn.to/45T5p4C Profile: https://tinyurl.com/34rf2rrx Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/3dupup2m My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Pim de Morree: How to build self-managing organisations | 15 oct. 2025 | 00:37:45 | |
Given the chance, how would you design an organisation from scratch? I bet it wouldn't look close to what we see in many established organisations. You’d want more autonomy, greater transparency and less bureaucracy. Well, what if that were possible? In this episode I am joined by Pim de Morree, Co-founder of Corporate Rebels, to explore self-managed organisations. Pim shares insights from his experience creating environments where employees thrive, and organisations excel, with not a manager in sight. Pim's expertise offers a masterclass in rethinking traditional management and embracing a future where work is both meaningful and impactful for all involved. So, are you ready to revolutionise how you lead and run your organisation? “Decentralised decision-making fosters innovation and agility in modern workplaces” – Pim de Morree You'll hear about: ● How self-managed organisations prioritise autonomy. ● The ways employees take ownership and lead without traditional hierarchical constraints. ● Why self-managed organisations see higher levels of employee engagement and satisfaction. ● Full transparency and accountability are critical. ● How decision-making distributed across teams can foster innovation and agility. ● The cultural shifts required to transition to a self-managed organisation. About Pim de Morree: Pim de Morree, co-founder of Corporate Rebels and Krisos, embarked on an entrepreneurial journey after leaving a frustrating corporate job. His passion for reimagining the workplace drove him to travel worldwide, studying pioneering organisations. He shares his insights on the Corporate Rebels blog, in books, and through their global platform for self-managing organisations. At Krisos, an impact fund, Pim and the team acquire traditional companies and transform them into forces for good. The award-winning firm is recognized for its innovative approach in combining self-management with alternative ownership structures, creating better jobs, more equality, and a systemic change in the role of business in society. Resources: • Profile: https://tinyurl.com/arv7c668 • Masterclass: https://tinyurl.com/2kbmk56n • Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/47r3tenc • Books: https://tinyurl.com/msfvwxtp My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Camilla Kring: How to work better with our rhythms | 30 sept. 2025 | 00:39:43 | |
Are you a night owl or a morning lark? For many of us the traditional working day just doesn’t suit our circadian rhythms. We’re called into a meeting or slumped over a desk at 8am but hyper focused as we’re about to leave the office and head home. What if work took our biological clocks into account? In this episode I am joined by Camilla Kring, author of Chrono leadership. We talk about the costs of rigidity in work patterns, and what it takes to develop smarter, more flexible arrangements. Camilla’s ideas are revolutionary; she talks about taking the bias away from the 5am club and creating better conditions in the workplace for all. Surely that is something we would all want to get behind. So, when do you perform at your best during the day? “Synchronise your work, family, and biological rhythms for real performance.” - Camilla You'll hear about: · How circadian rhythms dictate our natural sleep and wake cycles. · Why understanding your chronotype can enhance productivity. · The fact most people are not morning persons, yet workplaces favour early risers. · How living out of sync with your internal clock can harm health. · Flexibility in work hours can lead to higher productivity and well-being. · Trust in employees being crucial for implementing flexible work schedules. · Why synchronising work and family rhythms can improve life quality.
More about Camilla: Camilla Kring, as the founder of Super Navigators, has dedicated the last 20 years to helping individuals navigate their lives and organisations create flexible and inclusive work cultures that accommodate different chronotypes and family structures. She has worked across Europe, China, Latin America and the Middle East with companies including Abbott, Medtronic, Roche and Novo Nordisk. Camilla's insights have been featured in the New York Times, the BBC and the Guardian. She is the author of six books and a TEDx speaker. She holds a Master of Science in Engineering and a PhD in work-life balance from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Resources: • Profile: https://www.camillakring.com/about-camilla/ • Book - Chronoleadership: https://www.camillakring.com/books/ • Supernavigators services: https://www.supernavigators.com/
My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Michael Watkins: How to win in the first 90 days and beyond | 16 sept. 2025 | 00:40:43 | |
So, picture this. You've just landed a new role at work, and you might have some transition time beforehand. How do you best prepare to start? In this episode, I am joined by Michael Watkins, author of The First 90 days and The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking. He provides insights into the intricacies of leadership transitions, emphasising the importance of understanding organisational culture, how to use strategic thinking, and look after yourself as you do. We also explore the demands of operating in a world of ecosystems and AI. I bet you'll find a treasure trove of stimulus right here, including practical tips, frameworks and real-life examples to help you in your first 90 days and beyond. “The best predictor of what people do in organisations is incentives” - Michael Watkins You'll hear about: · Transition periods being a crucial time to prepare and plan your approach. · Why understanding the organisational culture is essential for effective leadership. · How culture transformation can be initiated quickly, but reshaping values takes time. · Strategic thinking being vital, especially in challenging situations. · The fact leaders must balance tactical and strategic thinking during transitions. · How creating early wins can help establish momentum in a new role. · Why organisations must adapt to operate effectively within ecosystems. About Michael Watkins: Michael D Watkins is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at IMD. He is a globally recognized leadership transitions expert and author of the best-selling book The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter. A Thinkers50-ranked management influencer, Watkins has developed proven frameworks and tools to help professionals navigate personal and organizational change challenges. He has spent the past two decades working with leaders as they transition to new roles, build their teams, and transform their organizations. In 2023, Watkins was inducted into the Thinkers50 Management Hall of Fame, which recognizes remarkable contributions to the realm of management concepts and ideas spanning many years. • Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldwatkins/ • Publications: https://www.imd.org/faculty/professors/michael-watkins/ • Services: https://www.genesisadvisers.com/ My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavN | |||
| Kathleen Saxton: Recovering from a narcissistic parent | 03 sept. 2025 | 00:45:24 | |
What if the person who raised you was also the one who stole your sense of self? Parents should nurture, protect and believe in you, not distort your reality, drain your self-esteem and leave wounds no one else can see. In this episode I sit down with Kathleen Saxton, psychotherapist, entrepreneur and author of My Parent the Peacock. We go beyond the surface-level label of narcissism to uncover the full spectrum of behaviours, from the overtly grandiose to the quietly manipulative. This is not a conversation about blame, but about liberation. It’s about recognising what’s been taken from you, understanding why trying to change the narcissist will never work, and learning how to reclaim your voice, your boundaries and your future. If you’ve ever been made to doubt your own reality, whether by a parent, a partner or a leader, this episode could be the turning point. “You absolutely can recover.” – Kathleen Saxton You'll hear about: • How narcissistic parenting shapes identity and self-worth. About Kathleen Saxton: Kathleen is a fully qualified and accredited psychotherapist, executive coach, author and advisor and a registered member of both the UKCP & BACP. Kathleen trained in Psychotherapy and Counselling at Regents University and continued a further 5 years of study in Integrative and Humanistic psychotherapy and supervision at the renowned CCPE in London. Kathleen has practised at The Grove, The Priory, and for the British Performing Arts in Medicine organisations. In 2016, she co-founded her clinical practice called Psyched Ventures in London and NYC. Kathleen has written and published research and spoken on her unique blend of business, performance and mental health across the last 10 years. She is also a regular columnist for Stylist Magazine on the topic of leadership and psychology. Profile: https://tinyurl.com/42aah3fy Psychoeducation channel: https://tinyurl.com/bd8vxfzv Services: https://psychedventures.com/ Book: https://tinyurl.com/ykzwsjah My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up for my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavN | |||
| Caroline Stokes: Leading in a world of systemic shocks | 19 août 2025 | 00:50:44 | |
When the world is breaking apart what kind of leader do you need to be? With the environmental, technological and societal challenges we face our systems and playbooks can no longer be fit for purpose. So, who must we become to tackle the most pressing problems we are facing? My guest in this episode, Caroline Stokes, author of AfterShock to 2030 is trying to answer these questions. Her book is a wakeup call for leaders, arguing that if we want to thrive in the next five years, we must rewrite, not just tinker with the operating system of leadership. We explore how CEOs can use AI as an enhancement, as a multiplier, rather than a mask, and why neuroplasticity might just be able to help us with the meaning of life. There couldn’t be a more prescient, deeply personal conversation that is essential for leaders of today and tomorrow. So, what kind of leader are you going to be? “Hope is the first step.” – Caroline Stokes You'll hear about: • Why leading in systemic shocks requires a new operating system. About Caroline Stokes: A global leadership strategist for the 5th Industrial Revolution, Caroline Stokes is the author of AfterShock to 2030: A CEO’s Guide to Reinvention in the Age of AI, Climate, and Societal Collapse, a radical roadmap for leaders navigating our disruptive new reality. A Sony alum who contributed to the launch of PlayStation, and a PCC-level, EQ 2.0–certified coach, Caroline has evolved from executive headhunter to one of the few global authorities on psychological and strategic leadership reinvention. She works with founders, boards, and executive teams to build intelligent, sovereign, and trust-based systems aligned with the complexity of our time. She is also the author of Elephants Before Unicorns: Emotionally Intelligent HR Strategies to Save Your Company (Entrepreneur Press, 2019), a co-author in the HBR Guide to Navigating the Toxic Workplace (2024), and contributor to Coach Me! (Wiley, 2022). Her insights have been featured in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and The Globe and Mail. Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ocarolinestokes/ Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FB5BKFGL My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/ | |||
| Chris Fenning: How to master everyday communications | 22 juil. 2025 | 00:40:02 | |
How well do you communicate? A simple question on the face of it, but are you really winging it? Whether it’s via email, that first impression, or contributing to meetings, there are ways we can improve how we contribute. That’s exactly what I discuss in this episode with my guest Chris Fenning, an award-winning author on the topic of communication. Chris shares the significance of structuring communication so we can deliver messages in high stakes situations with more skill. He also explores the role AI is taking in our communication methods, and what we need to be careful of when using it. This episode will help you transform your impact and improve your prospects through better communication. “Good communication requires building good habits.”– Chris Fenning You'll hear about: · How preparation can significantly improve communication effectiveness. · Using structure in communication to help ensure messages are understood. · Why awareness of your use of jargon is essential when communicating with non-experts. · Ways AI tools can assist in communication but should not replace skill development. · Why listening and asking questions are key for effective leadership communication. · How pausing before responding can enhance clarity and thoughtfulness.
About Chris Fenning: Chris Fenning helps professionals master their communication at work. He helps experts talk to non-experts, teams talk to executives, and much more. Chris's practical methods are used in organisations like Google, JP Morgan, and NATO, and have appeared in the Harvard Business Review. He is also the author of multiple award-winning books on communication and training that have been translated into 16 languages.
Resources:
• Website: https://chrisfenning.com/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-fenning/ • Book links: • The First Minute: https://www.amazon.com/First-Minute-Start-Conversations-Results/dp/183824400X • Effective Emails: https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Emails-Straightforward-Communication-Business/dp/1838244069 • 39 Ways to Make Training Stick: https://www.amazon.com/Ways-Make-Training-Stick-Development/dp/1916818013 • Online courses: https://chris-fenning.thinkific.com/
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| Sandra Matz: The truth about your digital footprint | 08 juil. 2025 | 00:38:32 | |
Do you know what your digital footprint is? We all know that overusing digital devices isn't good for us. But do we know the full extent of what we leave behind when we use our phones or laptops? In this episode I am joined by Professor Sandra Matz to discuss the digital footprints we leave for companies and other individuals to use. Sandra talks about the misuse of digital footprints and the actions we can take to take back control of it. We also explore what can be done to create regulation change in regard to the use of our data. A quite shocking but essential episode for all of us as we leave our digital trail in the world. “Don’t stop at what’s legal. Think about what’s ethical.”– Sandra Matz You'll hear about: · Digital footprints encompassing both explicit identity claims and behavioural residue. · How people are often unaware of the extent of their digital footprints. · Ways machine learning can provide insights into mental health and behaviour. · How data can be used ethically to improve individual well-being. · Why data considerations must be ethical as well as legal. · Federated learning can protect user data while still providing insights. · Regulation being necessary to protect personal data. · Why collective action is essential for meaningful change in data regulations.
About Sandra Matz: As a computational social scientist with a background in psychology and computer science, Professor Sandra Matz studies human behaviour by uncovering the hidden relationships between our digital lives and our psychology. Her goal is to make data relatable, and help individuals and businesses make better and more ethical decisions. Over the last 10 years, she has published over 50 academic papers in the world’s leading peer review journals, and her work has been frequently covered by many of the major news outlets. She lives in New York with her husband Moran Cerf and her son Ben Cerf. • Profile: https://sandramatz.com/ • The book ‘Mindmasters’: https://www.mindmasters.ai/ • Personality Test: https://www.mindmasters.ai/mypersonality
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| Rohit Bhargava: How to develop your non-obvious thinking | 24 juin 2025 | 00:38:17 | |
Is your way of thinking limiting fresh ideas in your organisation? That dominant way of thinking you’re so used to could be doing more damage than good. Perhaps it’s time to find another way to enable innovation and growth amongst your team. In this episode I am joined by Rohit Bhargava, the man behind non-obvious thinking. Rohit tells us what non-obvious thinking is, and why it matters. He also gives you practical ways to develop it and how to use it to your own advantage. Rohit advocates for a world filled with open-minded individuals who can see beyond the obvious and challenge the status quo. Now that sounds like a world and a work place we should all aspire to. “What would the world be like if the opposite was true?”– Rohit You'll hear about:
About Rohit Bhargava: Rohit Bhargava is on a mission to inspire more non-obvious thinking in the world. He is the 3-time WSJ bestselling author of ten books on marketing, innovation, diversity and trends including his #1 bestseller Non-Obvious Megatrends. Rohit has been invited as a “non-boring” keynote speaker to event in 32 countries. He writes a monthly column for Inc magazine on non-obvious ideas. On a personal note, he loves the Olympics, actively hates cauliflower and is a proud dad of boys. Resources: • Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohitbhargava/ • Books: https://rohitbhargava.com/books/ • Non-obvious newsletter: https://rohitbhargava.com/subscribe/ • Non-obvious insights blog: https://rohitbhargava.com/blog/ My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Charlie Sull: Transforming culture using AI | 10 juin 2025 | 00:33:34 | |
Do you struggle to move the dial on your organisation’s culture? Perhaps, the answer to your problems lies in the use of a tool that breaks from traditional methods to measure culture: AI. In this episode I am joined by Charlie Sull, a pioneer in the use of AI to understand, measure and evolve culture in organisations. Charlie shares culture measurement methods you can use with AI, that use employee language to provide concrete, measurable insights. Charlie emphasises the importance of top-down prioritisation to facilitate cultural change, and gives interesting data led insights into the impact of remote work on culture. This episode is for leaders at all stages of their career that are looking to transform culture, supercharge performance in your team, and use pioneering techniques to do so. “Cultural measurement tells you how to fix things.” – Charlie You'll hear about:
About Charlie Sull: Charlie Sull is a globally recognized expert in corporate culture and AI. He is the co-creator of the most-read series in MIT Sloan Management Review history, Measuring Culture, with a readership of millions. His work has been featured on Brené Brown, the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, TIME, and many other leading media outlets. Charlie is the co-founder of CultureX, where he helped develop a new kind of artificial intelligence to measure and improve culture. At CultureX, he works with the top teams of many of the world’s leading firms, like AB InBev, HSBC, and H-E-B, and helps them improve their cultures using artificial intelligence. Resources: • Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-sull/ • Services: https://www.culturex.com/ • Culture Champions Series: https://blog.culturex.com/ My resources: Try my High-stakes meetings toolkit (https://bit.ly/43cnhnQ) Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Graham Kenny: How to use AI to beat the competition | 27 mai 2025 | 00:47:04 | |
Can AI improve your company’s strategy? A question that is more and more prescient in the modern world of today. In this episode I am joined by Graham Kenny, a prolific author, consultant and professor in all things strategy. In recent years he has also been experimenting with how far AI can help organisations design and implement winning strategies. Graham discusses the transformative role of AI in strategy formulation and execution. He emphasises the importance of stakeholder perspectives in defining strategy and shares an excitement for AI in being a fundamental part of this. We also explore how AI can enhance the execution strategy, specifically by developing sharper KPIs and using digital twins. AI is a tool that can help you win against the competition, are you using it to its full potential? “If people aren’t using AI for strategic analysis, they are missing the boat.” – Graham You'll hear about: ● How AI can significantly improve strategic thinking and execution. ● Understanding stakeholders is crucial for effective strategy. ● How AI serves as a powerful tool for analysis in strategic planning. ● Digital twins simulating organisational changes before implementation.
About Graham Kenny: Graham Kenny is an internationally recognised expert in strategy and performance measurement. He writes regularly for the Harvard Business Review with over 50 articles, has written more than 70 articles for international journals and has authored six books. He is passionate about helping boards, executives and managers lead successful organisations in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. He has also enjoyed a successful academic career having been a Professor of Management in universities in the US and Canada. Resources: • Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gkkenny/ • Services: https://strategicfactors.com/ • Articles: https://strategicfactors.com/articles/
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| Klaus Kleinfeld: How to lead at work and thrive in life | 13 mai 2025 | 00:37:47 | |
Has your job become all-consuming as a leader in your organisation? Whether it’s organisational transformation, doing big M&A deals or handling a crisis, your health and relationships can be the things most impacted. In this episode I am joined by Klaus Kleinfeld, former CEO of Siemens, and author of "Leading to Thrive." He emphasizes the importance of energy management for sustainable success, highlighting four energy sources: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Leaders need to balance both work and personal life to thrive in their roles, while maintaining their well-being. Klaus explores how to do this through dual mastery of the inner and outer game of leadership. This conversation challenges orthodoxy and sets out a manifesto for aspiring and experienced leaders alike. “Too many leaders ignore themselves for too long. Then they burn out.” – Klaus You'll hear about: ● Making sure leadership isn’t all-consuming and impacting your health. ● How mastering the inner game involves managing energy and mindset. ● Trust and conflict management being vital for high-performing teams. ● Diversity should be tied to performance, not just a goal. ● Effective leadership cascades practices throughout the organization.
About Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld: Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld is the only leader to have successfully served as CEO of two Fortune 500 giants on different continents: Alcoa in the US and Siemens in Germany. With a nearly forty-year career spanning multiple industries, from established businesses to tech startups, he has advised US presidents and global leaders across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. As the founder of K2Elevation, he invests in North American and European tech and biotech firms. Actively engaged in private sector, public affairs, and cultural boards, Dr. Kleinfeld, a dual US and European citizen, enjoys work, life, and family near New York.
Resources: • Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/klauskleinfeld/ • Book ‘Leading to Thrive’: https://www.leading-to-thrive.com/
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| David Lancefield: Reflecting on 100 episodes of Lancefield on the Line | 29 avr. 2025 | 01:11:43 | |
So here we are, 100 episodes of Lancefield on the Line. To celebrate I am taking the opportunity to reflect on my journey as a podcast host, sharing insights gained from interviewing a diverse range of brilliant guests. I discuss what I have learned it takes to be a good podcast guest and host, as well as key areas we have covered in strategy, leadership and self-development. For the first time I also have questions fired back at me by some of my esteemed guests over the 100 episodes, where I offer further reflections on leadership and personal growth. Thank you to everyone involved in the last 100 episodes, the guests, the audience, my friends, supporters. I do hope you enjoy this episode. “The art of conversation is alive and kicking.” – David You'll hear about: · The Lancefield on the Line stats · What it takes to be a great podcast guest · What it takes to be a great podcast host · 4 big themes from 100 episodes · Amy Gallo: Difficult conversations leaders are avoiding · Josie Thomson: Leadership blind spots · Tony Martignetti: Surprises in the evolution of the podcast · Dina Denham Smith: What being a father of disabled child has taught me · Dan Pontefract: The most challenging podcast interview · Steven Rogelberg: The guest I'd most like to interview · Scott D. Anthony: The connections between topics. · Scott D. Anthony: What my guests miss · Scott D. Anthony: My power question · Michael Bungay Stanier: My hardest strategy and leadership lesson · Paolo Gallo: Three takeaways from 100 episodes · Melody Wilding: How my leadership philosophy has changed over 100 episodes · Costas Markides: Why CEOs don't do what they know they should do · The most surprising, moving, intimidating episodes · The bloopers and mistakes About David Lancefield: David is the founder of Strategy Shift. He’s worked with more than 50 CEOs and hundreds of others C-Suite executives to design bold strategies, supercharge their leadership, and transform their culture in 20 countries. He’s a contributor to Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Review, and Strategy+Business, and a guest lecturer at the London Business School. He is a former senior partner in Strategy&, PwC. Resources: • Strategy Shift: https://strategyshift.co.uk/ • Profile: https://strategyshift.co.uk/founder/ • Newsletter: https://davidlancefield.com/newsletter/ • Courses: https://strategyshift.co.uk/courses/ • Writing: https://davidlancefield.com/writing/ • YouTube: http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Melody Wilding: Managing your boss skilfully | 16 avr. 2025 | 00:41:37 | |
Does your boss value everything you do? They should see it, get it, and tell us they appreciate it. But they don’t. Managing upwards could be the solution you need. It will help you perform at your best, and importantly, progress your career. My guest in this episode Melody Wilding, author of Managing Up, shares her research and experience on how to do this skilfully. She emphasises the need for employees to align with their bosses, understand different management styles, and communicate effectively. Melody gives insights into how you can convey information deftly, and navigate difficult conversations, such as how to get that raise that you’re after. This episode is packed full of tips about situations you'll find yourself in every day. So get ready to take notes. “Managing up is not about sucking up” – Melody You'll hear about:
About Melody: Melody Wilding is the bestselling author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work and Managing Up: How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge (March 2025). As an award-winning executive coach, for more than a decade she’s helped top performers at the world’s most successful companies — including Google, JP Morgan, and Verizon — to find their professional power position, the sweet spot where confidence and influence meet. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and dozens of other respected publications. She’s a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, and MSNBC. Resources: Book 'Managing Up' - https://managingup.com Scripts to say no at work - https://melodywilding.com/sayno My resources: Take my new Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Laura Gassner Otting: Breaking through discomfort | 02 avr. 2025 | 00:46:52 | |
Success can be exhilarating, exhausting, even emotional. But even if you have it, you get a niggling feeling you could achieve more. In this episode I am joined by Laura Gassner Otting, author of Wonderhell. We talk about the complexities of success, fulfilment, and personal growth. Laura shares the importance of recognising the emotional challenges that accompany success, and how to navigate them effectively. She discusses the significance of aligning personal goals with values, and the importance of recognising this as a practice for all areas of life not just your work. Whether you’re riding high, full of self-doubt or wanting to get back to your A-game, there is a lot to learn from Laura. “Fix the goal, don’t fix you” - Laura You'll hear about:
About Laura Gassner: Laura’s secret superpower is seeing your greatness and reflecting it back on you, so that you can get “unstuck” — and achieve extraordinary results. A regular contributor to Good Morning America, the TODAY Show, Harvard Business Review, and Oprah Daily, Laura is the Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of three books, Wonderhell, Limitless, and Mission-Driven. Laura’s 30-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected national search firm to expand a tech start-up; and founded, ran, and sold her own global search firm, partnering with the full gamut of mission driven corporate and nonprofit executives. Laura is turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can’t seem to shake. She’s an instigator, motivator, and provocateur, and she’s never met a revolution she didn’t like. Just ask her enduringly patient husband, two almost-grown sons, and two troublesome pups with whom she lives outside of Boston, MA. Resources: • Profile: https://lauragassnerotting.com/meet-laura/ • 'Limitless Leader' report: https://lauragassnerotting.com/resources/#report • ‘Hello Tuesday’ Newsletter: https://lauragassnerotting.com/resources/#newsletter • ‘Wonderhell’ and ‘Limitless’ Books: https://lauragassnerotting.com/resources/#books My resources: Take my new Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Alex MH Smith: How to take complexity out of strategy | 19 mars 2025 | 00:47:22 | |
Strategy is a word that invokes many emotions. There are those that fear it, those excited by it, and those apathetic to it. To help me on my quest to develop millions of strategic people I am joined by Alex MH Smith, author of No Bullsh*t Strategy. Alex talks with clarity on what strategy should mean to companies and how to approach it. He shares the ways in which people get strategy wrong, and the emotional weight the term has. Alex believes humility is the key to strategic thinking and growth. He also gives insights into what your strategy should include and the significance of good faith disagreement in strategic discussions. Alex’s brutally honest, refreshingly clear insights will change the way you think about strategy forever. “The higher your level of gaze, the more strategic you are” – Alex You'll hear about:
About Alex Smith: Alex is an author and speaker who believes that strategy is the most important skill in business. Unfortunately, it’s also the most misunderstood skill in business - meaning the vast majority of leaders don’t have this power at their fingertips. His work is focused on changing that - by making strategy simple, digestible, and fun so everyone can use it. Whether it’s through his social media following, his best selling book No Bullshit Strategy, or his DIY strategy program The Strategy Shortcut System, everything Alex does is about helping you make the key choices that are going to 50x your results - with no additional effort. Resources: • Hidden Path newsletter: www.basicarts.org/newsletter • Strategy Shortcut System: www.strategyshortcutsystem.com • No Bullsh*t Strategy: www.basicarts.org/book My resources: Take my new Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Richard Cytowic: Getting off our screens | 05 mars 2025 | 00:38:34 | |
Be honest, how much time do you spend looking at screens? · What's going on in our brains? About Richard Cytowic: Richard E. Cytowic, a pioneering researcher in synesthesia, is Professor of Neurology at George Washington University. He is the author of Synesthesia, The Man Who Tasted Shapes, The Neurological Side of Neuropsychology, and, with David M. Eagleman, the Montaigne Medal–winner Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia, all published by the MIT Press.
Resources: • Profile: https://cytowic.net/ • Book ‘Your stone age brain in the screen age’ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049009/your-stone-age-brain-in-the-screen-age/ • TED talk: What percentage of your brain do you use? https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_e_cytowic_what_percentage_of_your_brain_do_you_use
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| Charlie Beswick: Leading with carers | 19 févr. 2025 | 00:37:31 | |
I am a carer to my son who's disabled. About Charlie Beswick: Charlie Beswick is mum to 19-year-old twins, Oliver and Harry who was born with a rare craniofacial syndrome and is autistic. She is the author of the best-selling book Our Altered Life, a brutally honest account of how she came to terms with a life she never expected. She is also an award-winning blogger and her family's story has been featured internationally on Sky TV and national press. As part of Our Altered Life, Charlie has, to date, educated over 8000 children and young people on visible differences and behaviours typically associated with autism. She has also founded S.E.N.D Gin and Cheese CIC to provide parental mental health support before, during and long after their children's diagnosis of disability or additional needs. She is a passionate advocate for employed parent carers and supports organisations to care for the carers in their workplace and improve employee experience, performance and retention as a result. She has been a teacher for 20 years in both primary and secondary settings and is a keen lover of gin and cheese! | |||
| Topaz Adizes: Building deeper relationships | 05 févr. 2025 | 00:43:12 | |
Are you finding out how the people around you really think and feel? Book ‘12 Questions for Love: A Guide to Intimate Conversations and Deeper Relationships’: https://www.amazon.com/12-Questions-Love-Conversations-Relationships/dp/1632174901 The Skin Deep: https://www.theand.us/ ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. | |||
| Dina Denham Smith: Leading with your emotions | 22 janv. 2025 | 00:42:14 | |
Are emotions at work a sign of weakness?
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| Tobias Sturesson: Making culture a habit | 08 janv. 2025 | 00:42:13 | |
How healthy is your organisation's culture? You'll hear about: · What are the signs of a healthy culture? · Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiassturesson/ · Book ‘You can culture’ - youcanculture.com · Podcast ‘Leading Transformational Change’ -https://heartmanagement.org/en/podcast/ · Services - heartmanagement.org.
My resources: Take my Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Karthik Ramanna: Leading in outrage | 11 déc. 2024 | 00:40:59 | |
What makes you feel a sense of outrage?
About Karthik Ramanna: Case Centre on Public Leadership: https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/case-centre-public-leadership Book ‘The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarised World’: https://karthikramanna.com/the-age-of-outrage | |||
| Luis Velasquez: Nurturing resilience | 27 nov. 2024 | 00:40:20 | |
How have life’s struggles shaped you? Resources: Profile: https://bit.ly/4cxV0vJ Coaching: https://bit.ly/3WeGoeU Book ‘Ordinary Resilience’: https://bit.ly/4cRI0Rj
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| David de Cremer: Leading with AI | 13 nov. 2024 | 00:42:45 | |
Do you use AI to its full potential? | |||
| Scott D. Anthony: Leading disruptive change | 30 oct. 2024 | 00:37:08 | |
What does disruptive innovation really mean? | |||
| Alison Balsom: Performing at the frontier | 16 oct. 2024 | 00:41:15 | |
What does it take to perform at your best in critical moments? | |||
| Jayshree Seth: Innovating from the inside | 02 oct. 2024 | 00:40:10 | |
What does it take to master innovation in companies?
About Jayshree Seth: Jayshree is the Corporate Scientist & first ever Chief Science Advocate at 3M. She has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, New York and holds 80 patents for a variety of innovations. She uses her scientific knowledge, technical expertise and professional experience to communicate the importance and benefits of science in everyday life She is a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from her alma mater REC Trichy India. She is the author of the books, The Heart of Science – Engineering Footprints, Fingerprints, & Imprints, and The Heart of Science – Engineering Fine Print. Resources: • Profile: https://bit.ly/4bHsxCR My resources: Take my new Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) Sign up to my Every Day is a Strategy Day newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for modern mindsets and practices to help you get ahead. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. For more details about me: ● Services (https://rb.gy/ahlcuy) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. | |||
| Liz Kislik: Doing real work | 18 sept. 2024 | 00:44:05 | |
How does business really work? About Liz Kislik: Liz Kislik is a management consultant and executive coach, and a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and Forbes. Her TEDx “Why There’s So Much Conflict at Work and What You Can Do to Fix It” has received more than half-a-million views. She specializes in developing high performing leaders and workforces, and for 30 years has helped family-run businesses, national nonprofits, and Fortune 500 companies like American Express, Girl Scouts, Staples, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and Highlights for Children solve their thorniest problems. Resources: • Profile: https://lizkislik.com/about/ • Better at work with Liz Lislik animation: https://betteratworkwithliz.com/ • Articles: https://lizkislik.com/articles/
Take my new Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj) ● About me (https://rb.gy/dvmg9n) - my background, experience and philosophy. ● Examples of my writing https://rb.gy/jlbdds) ● Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ● Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI) | |||
| Neil Bearden: Crafting intentional stories | 04 sept. 2024 | 00:54:20 | |
As a leader how well do you craft stories that influence people to change? | |||
| Ludmila Praslova: Tapping into our brainpower | 03 juil. 2024 | 00:50:39 | |
Do you know somebody with autism, ADHD, a development delay or Tourette's? | |||
| Steven Rogelberg: Making meetings count | 19 juin 2024 | 00:28:18 | |
Be honest with yourself, how would you rate your meetings? | |||
| Caterina Kostoula: Crafting a powerful vision | 05 juin 2024 | 00:38:09 | |
Are you able to execute the vision you have for your life?
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