Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Author, HR expert and CEO, Perry Timms , about his books and in particular what he calls Dispersed Leadership . With the world of work having been turned upside down by Covid, Perry believes that Dispersed Leadership has the potential to transform workplaces . Perry provides examples of how Dispersed Leadership is already producing results in a variety of organisations and valuable advice on how to explore and introduce it into your organisation. He ad...
Nov 13, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Send us a text In this episode I caught up with author and Master Trainer, Lindsey Agness , to chat about change. Lindsey is the CEO of The Change Corporation , a boutique consultancy that provides change management services to organisations. However, whilst we touch on organisational change and Lindsey provides valuable advice for leaders, our conversation focuses more on personal change and in particular why now - as we emerge from hopefully the worst of the covid pandemic - might be a good ti...
Oct 29, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 21
Send us a text In this episode of Leading People, I sat down with author and Master Coach, Jonathan Reitz , to talk about how coaching changes everything . In particular, we discuss his latest book, Coaching Hacks , and Jonathan shares his top tips or hacks from his 20 plus years of coaching. These are not just useful for professional coaches but for anyone who aspires to take a more coaching approach to management or even life. In fact, Jonathan provides an interesting insight into how some sim...
Oct 16, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Send us a text In this episode I chat with Systems Thinking expert and the creator of SystemicIQ, Chris Soderquist , to learn why SystemicIQ is necessary for solving complex problems . He outlines the 6 key skills of SystemicIQ and how to use them. He provides lots of practical examples and also advice on when, and when not, to use SystemicIQ. He explains what Systems Thinking is and how some organisations think they're doing Systems Thinking but in effect they're not. Along the way, we discuss ...
Oct 01, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Send us a text In this episode, I chat with author and leadership expert, Yene Assegid about leadership and her new book Leading with Heart . Along the way, she talks about the world-famous leaders she's met, what qualities set them apart - qualities that many of us have or could develop - and why she titled the book Leading with Heart . She tells us about her decision to set up a foundation dedicated to helping young women from less privileged backgrounds acquire life skills to set them on the ...
Sep 18, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Send us a text In this episode, I caught up with author and Master Trainer of NLP, David Shephard . We covered a lot in our conversation with the central theme being understanding Inner and Outer Leadership and why this has become so important in a post-Covid era. He also reveals what he believes to be the ultimate life skill . If you've been thinking of going on a Leadership skills course then you might want to listen to this podcast first. If you're currently struggling with life or work's cha...
Sep 03, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Send us a text How do you cope when faced with complexity and constant change at work? Well, you might be surprised to discover that a lot of the answers lie in the world of jazz . My guest for this episode is Frank Barrett , Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Management at the US Naval postgraduate school in Monterey, California who is also an accomplished jazz pianist. In his insightful book, Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz , Frank outlines a framework of seven ...
Aug 21, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Leadership Expert and Executive Coach Andrea Danner about her contribution to the book: The Door to Inner Happiness: Secrets from Around the World for When Everything’s Going Wrong . Although conceived pre-Covid, The Door to Inner Happiness reveals powerful strategies from around the world for bouncing back when everything’s going wrong. The book contains the stories of regular people from all over the world who have found ways to turn horrendous situa...
Aug 07, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us a text For this episode I sat down with Executive Coach and author of no less than 17 books, Joseph O'Connor , to talk about his latest book, Coaching the Brain - Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Coaching . During our conversation, Joseph explains why he writes books on topics that interest him and shares many fascinating insights about how our brains work so that we can all begin to coach our own brains right away. Joseph began his career as a guitar teacher and got into Neuro-...
Jul 23, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text In this episode, I chat with author and learning & development expert, Stella Collins , to discover how our brains learn best. The Learning Organisation expert, Peter Senge, once wrote: Taking in information is only distantly related to real learning. It would be nonsensical to say, "I just read a great book about bicycle riding—I’ve now learned that.” In order to design and deliver effective learning and development initiatives, it's essential to understand how our brains pro...
Jul 09, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text Many people in the western world can remember where they were on 9/11 when the aeroplanes hit the Twin Towers in New York but can you remember where you were on 22nd March 2016? My guest in this episode will never forget where she was on the morning of the 22nd March 2016. Karen Northshield was standing within meters of the first suicide bomber at Brussels airport. Her life was changed in an instant. In fact, according to the medical experts who assessed her condition, she wouldn'...
Jun 24, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Susan Popoola about her new book "Male Perspectives on The Value of Women at Work" . What Susan has to say is not just relevant for women or men but for every one of us. Along the way she explains how pay inequality can be inadvertently created by women, how your current salary should not affect what you're truly worth and how men prefer to choose other men for certain roles. She highlights how a woman's value and potential can be viewed way beyond the...
Jun 11, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Dr Ina Weinbauer-Heidel to find out what makes training really work. We explore her 12 Levers of Training Effectiveness under three key themes. Ever wonder why some trainings make a real difference and others appear to be a complete waste of time? It's not what you think! In our conversation, we begin to unpack the answer to this question and Ina provides some fantastic insights and tips for trainees, trainers, learning & development professionals ...
May 28, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Author and Crisis Expert, Caroline Sapriel . The Covid pandemic has given us all a first-hand experience of a crisis unfolding before our very eyes. It's no longer something happening "over there", but in our own daily lives . In times of crisis, we turn to our leaders to steer us through. But, what if they let us down? In this informative discussion, Caroline explains how leaders can prepare for crisis events and what qualities they need to have to be...
May 14, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Author, Leadership Coach, NLP Trainer and fellow Harrison Assessments Managing Partner, Pat Hutchinson. Pat explains how she has used her NLP skills and the Harrison Paradoxes to help Leaders get REAL insights into themselves and those they work with. Citing examples from her extensive work she provides many tips on things that Leaders and indeed anyone can implement immediately. She also explains why a "sheep dipping" approach to Leadership Developmen...
May 01, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text In this episode, I chat with author and communications expert Sheila Parry about her new book: Take Pride - How to Build Organisational Success Through People While the concept of being proud of our work is something that many people can identify with, PRIDE is actually a mnemonic for a framework that Sheila developed over many years of working with organisations, running her own successful Internal Communications agency (The Blue Ballroom) and carrying out independent research. D...
Apr 16, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us a text In this episode (recorded in December 2020) I chat with leading author and collaboration expert, Jim Tamm . Collaboration has become such an essential component in an organisation's success, yet still many people struggle to collaborate effectively. Online tools alone will not work without a collaborative mindset, skills and behaviours. Drawing on his research and extensive experience, Jim provides us with insights and tips on how to create and embed a collaborative culture in you...
Apr 02, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us a text This week I sat down with leading author and consultant, Craig Weber , to chat about Conversational Capacity and three critical practices that help you develop this. Craig highlights many essential skills and provides practical tips that individuals and teams can apply immediately to get better at those tough conversations that life throws at us from time to time. Along the way we talk about sweet spots , cognitive cartography , dancing elephants , dojos and much more... Meet your...
Mar 20, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us a text How do you go from being a corporate lawyer to being a successful Executive Leadership Coach? Author and Leadership Coach, Rebecca Watson shares the experiences that led her into coaching and how she's discovered some of the secrets to helping Executives succeed in the world of Leadership. Rebecca has some useful advice for leaders about how to develop self-awareness, improve engagement, use coaching in motivating your teams and how to spot burnout and intercept it before it happe...
Mar 05, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us a text In this episode (recorded in December 2020) I chat with leading Author and Master Negotiations Trainer, Simon Horton , about negotiations and negotiating. During our conversation, Simon demystifies negotiating. He says that negotiating is so pervasive in our world today that we're actually negotiating all the time . Negotiation is not some 'dark art' or just the purveyance of big business, international trade deals or Brexit. In fact, one of Simon's mantras is "get good at negotia...
Feb 20, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us a text A lot has been written about how organisations are being challenged by macro paradoxes and that the 'solution' to these challenges isn't a linear approach to problem-solving. It's more about managing paradoxical situations than trying to solve them. If organisations are going to deal with these macro paradoxes then a question arises around the challenges leaders have in managing a range of paradoxical behaviour choices that enable them to do that. In this episode, I sit down with ...
Feb 06, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us a text In this short episode, you'll learn more about Leading People and why you might want to subscribe to this podcast. Who will you meet? What will you learn? What makes this podcast unique? Hit the subscribe button to ensure that you're informed when new episodes land. Check out our sponsor for this episode at www.widecircle.eu Meet your host, Gerry Murray Follow Leading People on LinkedIn Leading People on FaceBook Connect with Gerry Website LinkedIn Wide Circle...
Jan 20, 2021•3 min•Season 1Ep. 1
