Management Today's Leadership Lessons – Details, episodes & analysis

Dame Stephanie Shirley has a fascinating – and difficult – story to tell. Aged just five, she was one of nearly 10,000 children who were sent to England on board the Kindertransport to escape the dangers posed by Nazi Germany.

It was a life defining moment that would equip Dame Stephanie with a resilience that would see her set up a successful software business, at a time when attitudes to women in the workplace were very different.

Ultimately, that business made millionaires of more than 70 co-owners and has enabled Dame Stephanie to set up several charities and not-for-profits in the autism and IT spheres.

She talks to Management Today about employee ownership, her tips for entrepreneurs and how to become an effective public speaker.

Credits:

Presenter: Claire Warren

Producer: Inga Marsden

Artwork: David Robinson

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On this week's episode, we discuss how long investors are likely to wait for tech firms to turn a profit and the phenomenal rise of Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD. 

Links:

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/chinese-electric-vehicle-maker-byd-achieve-automotive-dominance/indepth/article/1886214

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/just-long-will-investors-wait-tech-firms-spotify-turn-profit/indepth/article/1885927

Credits:

Presenters: Antonia Garrett Peel and Éilis Cronin

Producer: Inga Marsden

Artwork: David Robinson

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On today's episode we meet Joanna Swash who, despite kicking off her career with a failed business, rose through the ranks to become the CEO of Moneypenny. She talks to MT about the the differences between working in the UK and the US, and her 'no egos' ethos, and the two faces of leadership.

She says: "We all make mistakes, we're all human, we're all vulnerable. If we're going to pretend to be better or different than we are, what's the point?"

Credits:

Presenter: Éilis Cronin

Producer: Inga Marsden & Til Owen

Artwork: David Robinson

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Business continuity will always be one of the most fundamental concerns for any company, but putting systems and strategies in place to ensure that continuity can be a headache for business leaders. 

In this special edition Management Today podcast, presented in partnership with fire and security company Chubb, we explore why security should be among the top priorities for organisations that want to bolster their business continuity, how to develop and implement a security strategy without taxing your resources, and how Chubb’s extranet platform links business services together to provide a robust foundation for peace of mind.

Hosted by Jennifer Jackson, Contributing Editor at Management Today Insight, with David Blezard, Technology and Innovation Director at Chubb, and Peter Kidd, Technical Director at Frontline Security Solutions.

(Updated on 5 August 2024)

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On today’s episode, Éilis Cronin and Antonia Garrett Peel discuss the risks posed to businesses by deep fakes and whether your organisation needs a chief AI officer.

Links:

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/need-chief-ai-officer/indepth/article/1877156

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/when-call-boss-isnt-really-boss/leadership-lessons/article/1876697

Credits:

Presenters: Antonia Garrett Peel and Éilis Cronin

Producer: Inga Marsden

Artwork: David Robinson

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On today's episode I speak with Amy Edmonson, the brains behind the concept of psychological safety. We take a deep dive into the art of failure; how and why it happens, the different types of failure, her own experiences of failure, and why some failures are better than others and could be, in the right circumstances, transformative for your business.

She says: “A successful failure is one that teaches us something that we could not have learned any other way. It’s useful to the next step of the journey."

Credits:

Presenter: Éilis Cronin

Producer: Inga Marsden & Til Owen

Artwork: David Robinson

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On today’s episode, Antonia Garrett Peel and Éilis Cronin discuss what the authors of one study have called the UK’s ‘overtime epidemic’, Samsung’s six-day working week, and why savouring expressions of gratitude can make you a better leader.

Links:

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/productivity-employee-impacted-overtime-epidemic-says-report/indepth/article/1874538

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/why-samsungs-six-day-working-week-leaders-likely-cause-harm-good/opinion/article/1874141

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/why-savouring-expressions-gratitude-better-leader/indepth/article/1874742

Credits:

Presenters: Antonia Garrett Peel and Éilis Cronin

Producer: Inga Marsden and Til Owen

Artwork: David Robinson

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Research suggests that about 70% of us will end up feeling like a fraud at some point during our lives. In this week's episode, Sally Bibb, a partner at PA Consulting, gets under the skin of imposter syndrome, providing a practical framework for addressing feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy.

She also discusses why saying what you're good at doesn't have to mean bragging, the reason we might be focusing on the wrong things when it comes to boosting performance, and explains how it's possible to overdo it on our strengths.

Credits:

Presenter: Antonia Garrett Peel

Producer: Inga Marsden

Artwork: David Robinson

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On the latest episode of Leadership Lessons, MT's editorial team discusses what we might be inadvertently communicating about ourselves online, the findings of new research into global hybrid working patterns, and an interview with Geoff McDonald in which the former global VP of HR at Unilever opens up about his experience with mental ill health.

Links:

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/geoff-mcdonald-days-i-scared-leave-house/interviews/article/1872271

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/why-think-hit-send/indepth/article/1871458

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/new-normal-majority-organisations-globally-introduced-hybrid-working/article/1872474

Credits:

Presenters: Claire Warren, Antonia Garrett Peel and Éilis Cronin

Producer: Inga Marsden

Artwork: David Robinson

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“Making those steps from one industry to another you get to experience the best of everything. You never become institutionalised or entrenched in one industry or culture. You take a little patchwork of experience with you wherever you go.”

On this week's episode of Leadership Lessons, Jo Carman, director of Plusnet, discusses the lessons she learnt from her "squiggly" career, the major overhaul of Plusnet's customer offering and the challenges she faced when pitching her vision to Plusnet employees.

She also explains how she balances her role as director with being a chief marketing officer, including the "pitfalls of not setting boundaries".

Credits:

Presenter: Éilis Cronin

Producer: Til Owen

Artwork: David Robinson

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