Values, Clarity, Respect & Getting On With It Kevin ‘The Business Fixer’ Gaskell - is a serial entrepreneur, author and adventurer - one of the world’s foremost leadership experts, responsible for transforming three of the most iconic international brands - Porsche, BMW and Lamborghini. A trailblazer in his approach, Kevin has enjoyed three decades of success as a business leader; founding startups, driving turnarounds, and leading major brands in a variety of sectors including technology, m...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 44
Resolution, Love, Happiness & Wisdom Michael is a leadership expert, a writer, podcaster and executive coach. He has over 30 years experience in coaching, training and facilitating leaders and their teams around the globe. As a Senior Partner he spearheaded the pioneering US based executive coaching firm KRW International to the point of sale. He led the Coaching Division of Mercer Delta Learning Center, providing programmes for top execs in global corporations such as Time Warner and Novart...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 43
Openness, Presence, Big Ideas & the Power of the Unknown Dr. Magdalena Baciu is a storyteller and visionary helping individuals and groups birth a new living paradigm. She blends hermetic philosophy, alchemy, mythology, indigenous wisdom and healing with scientific experience and sharp intuitive insight to create unique blueprints for deep transformation, empowerment, remembrance and healing. From earliest childhood Magdalena has been aware of her love for people - and her deepest wish and m...
May 13, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 42
Liberation, Empathy, Oneness and Who We Really Are Richard Lang has been a psychotherapist, a dance teacher, has taught tai chi for thirty years - and has retired from doing all these things. In 1970 before he began any of those activities, he attended a workshop with Douglas Harding, author of On Having No Head, and discovered who he really was. We discuss what is meant by that in this episode. The method Harding developed is called the Headless Way, a method for directly becoming aware of your...
May 06, 2022•53 min•Season 3Ep. 41
Growth, Perspective, Inclusion & Ambiguity Simon is Leadership Development Director at UK-based Harthill Consulting. For over 30 years - his work with organisations focuses on developing the emotional and strategic competence of leaders and their teams. I wanted to invite Simon onto Truth & Transcendence because of his wonderful combination of wisdom, kindness and wry humour. In his no nonsense and playful style - he quietly helps leaders and influencers transform their entire relationsh...
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Choice, Responsibility, Growth & Fulfilment Andro Donovan is an international facilitator, speaker and consultant - and a published author. Andro helps high-performing CEOs and entrepreneurs become more effective leaders - with greater influence, effectiveness and perspective - and an enhanced sense of meaning and purpose in their lives. After 15 years of working with blue chip companies in the City of London UK as a management consultant - and witnessing many burnt-out CEOs - Andro set up A...
Apr 22, 2022•53 min•Season 3Ep. 39
Disillusionment, Growth, Spirituality & The Inner Journey Martin Pollecoff has an extraordinary blend of experience and insight to share. I’ve always enjoyed his blend of pithy irony and cutting to the nub of the matter, along with a huge generosity of spirit and dedication to helping others. As both a leader and a practitioner of many years standing, Martin’s perspective is of great value to leaders today. Martin is a Psychotherapist and Supervisor in private practice in West London UK. He ...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Heart, Truth, Alignment, Growth & Creativity Julie Parker facilitates the alignment of Mind, Body and Spirit with Pellowah, Energy Techniques, Spiritual and Transformational Life Coaching. Raised in Australia and Papua New Guinea, Julie was introduced to “spirit” at a young age. A mother interested in Buddhism, Theosophy and all things esoteric, and an entrepreneurial father, made the bold decision to pack up their 3 children and move to Papua New Guinea in the 1960’s. Julie has been an adve...
Apr 08, 2022•50 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Wellbeing & Vitality This week I share with you my recent guest appearance on Leadership Luminaries, expertly hosted by Michael Banks. We spend a lot of time working, in fact the average full-time employee works around 37 hours every week. We dedicate much of our awake time and energy to work. So why allegedly do only 27% of people feel their employer really cares about their overall wellbeing? What are we doing wrong and how can we fix it? My conversation with Michael Banks explores an expa...
Apr 01, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 36
Communication, Honesty, Gender, Diversity & Inclusion As a woman in business, Lesley Alexander has experienced first-hand what it's like to rise through the ranks of what is traditionally a male dominated culture. I especially appreciate how she has held on to her values and principles - becoming if anything more committed to the highest good. There is much we - men and women both - could learn from Lesley's experience and perspective. Lesley is President of the UK Pensions Management Instit...
Mar 25, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 35
Love, Truth, Power, Gender & Vulnerability Tim Broughton is a highly experienced personal growth and development facilitator. Over the past 30 years he has held numerous group workshops and worked with hundreds of private clients. Tim's background in individual counselling and therapeutic group work emphasises integrating the personal with the spiritual. Tim helps his clients transform their daily lives to become more loving, satisfying, harmonious and joyous. He offers a creative and safe s...
Mar 18, 2022•55 min•Season 3Ep. 34
Gender, Redemption, Hope and Spirituality Dr Lynne Sedgmore CBE is a former chief executive, organisational consultant, priestess and published poet. She offers a unique synthesis of Leadership and Goddess spirituality for our modern times. She bridged mainstream organisations and spiritual communities for over 30 years and the organisations she led won numerous awards. Lynne is Chair of the Glastonbury Town Deal Board. She was appointed CBE for services to education and was named one of the UK'...
Mar 11, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 33
Power, Trauma, Gender, Humility & Courage - with special guest Thom Dennis Thom Dennis is a Culture Change Trailblazer, an international Speaker and published Author. Thom is the CEO of Serenity in Leadership - the culture integration, change and leadership specialists. He has been featured on both BBC TV News and radio and as a thought leader in over 100 articles in industry leading publications - in just the last year alone. Thom is well known for his expertise in creating transformational...
Mar 04, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 32
Arriving in the moment - and how did we get here? This week we explore ... ~ Understanding the meaning of seemingly random paths to the here and now ~ Why seemingly random arrival points are interesting ~ Stepping outside of the control illusion ~ Stepping into the authorship paradigm ~ How did we get here? ~ Tracing a path to this present moment - what do we find about what is meaningful for us? ~ Reviewing your path to this present moment - what does that reveal about you, your life, your choi...
Feb 25, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Why are you doing the work you're doing? In this week's Truth & Transcendence episode we explore ... ~ The meaning of our work and where we choose to invest our energy ~ The concept of work as distinct from activity in general ~ What is work and what is not? is this about effort? choice? remuneration? ~ The notion of work as spiritual practice or social contribution ~ Work as self-expression ~ Work as penance ~ Energy & time as things that can be invested ~ Choices around investing our e...
Feb 18, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 30
What is your Life Purpose and why does that Matter? Do you have a life mission or life purpose? What is it that calls you? We all require a sense of meaning in our lives Do we explore and find it for ourselves? Do we take on the life purpose others wish for us? How do we balance our own needs with the needs of the whole? Why is this important? How do we know we've found our life purpose? How do we find it? Why does this matter? ~~~~~~~ GET THE eBOOK https://yesyounow.today/chairman Autonomy in R...
Feb 11, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Why are we Here and why does that Matter? Why are we even here on this planet? And why even ask the question? Our perception and clarity about why humanity is here underpins everything else in our thinking. In this week's episode we explore ... ~ How it almost doesn't matter what we believe. ~ Why it's crucial to turn inwards and look at the question. ~ How exploring the meaning and purpose for humanity being here gives us ... ~ ~ ~ Groundedness ~ ~ ~ Security ~ ~ ~ Clarity ~ ~ ~ Context ~ and D...
Feb 04, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 28
The Covid Regime: Where do we Stand? Over the past year, more than 50% of the global population have received one or more Covid jabs. In the last two episodes we explored the more common and yet multifarious factors behind the choice to take - or not to take - the Covid jab. As leaders it's our job to provide direction and take people with us - both the jabbed and the unjabbed. For that we need to know where we stand. We need to be confident enough in our own perspective that we can engage with ...
Jan 28, 2022•17 min•Season 2Ep. 27
The Covid Regime: Understanding the UnJabbed Over the past year, more than 50% of the global population have received one or more Covid jabs. A large minority have not taken the jab, or have taken one or more jabs and then chosen not to take the next one. It's all too easy to assume that those who follow the same path we have chosen for ourselves are bright, moral and reasonable; and that 'the other side' is stupid, selfish and morally bankrupt. It's never that simple. As leaders - we need to be...
Jan 21, 2022•20 min•Season 2Ep. 26
The Covid Regime: Understanding the Jabbed Over the past year, more than 50% of the global population have received one or more Covid jabs. A large minority have not taken the jab, or have taken one or more jabs and then chosen not to take the next one. It's all too easy to assume that those who follow the same path we have chosen for ourselves are bright, moral and reasonable; and that 'the other side' is stupid, selfish and morally bankrupt. It's never that simple. As leaders - we need to be t...
Jan 14, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 25
The Covid Regime: Shall we Talk about it? We are all well aware of the events of the past couple of years, and of how we have each individually been affected. For many, this is and has been an isolating experience - leaving many of us alone with our experiences, our thoughts and our feelings. While there's been plenty of ranting, pontificating and finger pointing - there's been an unusual lack of mature and intelligent public debate. Human beings need to talk about stuff. In this episode we expl...
Jan 07, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Finding our meaningful context for 2022 The turn of the year is a traditional time for reflection and setting of priorities for the coming year. Multiple factors influence our choice of direction. A flooding of data from social media and other sources can easily swamp our perception. Can we still hear the voice from within, answering our queries - what do I want? what really matters to me for the coming year? This turn-of-the-year episode of Truth & Transcendence is an invitation to let go o...
Dec 31, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Holiday Season Reflections: Our Problems with Others are Problems within Ourselves I was sent the perennial question - how to cope with difficult relatives and house guests over the Holiday Season? The short answer - 'our problems with others are problems with ourselves' is one of my favourite - and most hated - sayings. Favourite - because it implies and encourages personal responsibility, self-mastery and freedom. Hated - because it removes the possibility of blaming the other person, and impl...
Dec 24, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 22
How do leaders bring back pragmatism without losing compassion? The events of 2020/21 triggered a mass rising of compassionate leadership around the globe. Not everywhere. But enough to be remarkable. Our people were suffering. We had to step up and support them. They needed this, our businesses required it. Now ... many organisations are facing the requirement for a return to pragmatism. Kindness on its own is not enough for ongoing organisational flourishing and profitability. How do we re-inc...
Dec 17, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Non-Exec Chairmen have Desires, Fears and Values too It's all too easy to forget that people in senior roles are ... people. I had the rare opportunity to sit down with a number of Non-Exec Chairmen and hear about some of the desires, fears and values they took with them into the role. ~ What is a non-exec Chairman? ~ What kind of people do we find in the role? ~ How having 'arrived' allows for powerful autonomy. ~ How autonomy makes room for benevolence and higher level motivations. ~ How matur...
Dec 10, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 20
How do leaders balance getting things done and making our people feel good? A client sent me this request for a Truth & Transcendence episode ... "Maya Angelou said something I think is very very powerful ... ' I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel ' In this context how do we as leaders balance our need to get things done, and making people feel good. Particularly at a time when the bar keeps r...
Dec 03, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 19
How to help people think for themselves The irony of trying to help people do something they can only do for themselves. The importance of remembering our own learning path to thinking for ourselves. Humility, compassion and recognising our own strengths and frailties. Remembering our shadow - not wanting our people to think for themselves. Remembering how they don't always want to think for themselves. The philosophical perspective and holding both sides of a position. Letting our people see ou...
Nov 26, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Why We Don't Want People to Think for Themselves & The Subtle Dynamics of Ranting Let's say we agree that we want to help our people think for themselves. We see the benefits of that. The trickiest barrier for us as leaders is ... not really wanting people to think for themselves! ~ Why we might not want people to think for themselves ~ Common underlying unconscious 'programmes' that interfere with helping others think for themselves ~ How ranting arises and some of the negative and unhelpfu...
Nov 19, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 17
The Importance of Empathy for Other Perspectives How do we help our people deal with the demands of the time? We want to help them think for themselves - but they may not be ready for that. They may be suffering from what they've been through or are still going through. Empathy for suffering makes space for us to hear other points of view. When we hear other points of view we have the data we need for helping people, and for negotiating and bringing people with us. Some of the experiences we nee...
Nov 12, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Episode 15: Thinking For Ourselves The importance of thinking for ourselves and helping our people to do the same How free thinkers come through difficult times most effectively Our own choices are the only ones than satisfy in the end - and no-one else can give those to us Why waiting around for others to do our thinking for us is a path to misery How to help others think for themselves Recalling how we learned, where we are strongest, where we are vulnerable The significance of humility, openn...
Nov 05, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 15
