The Leadership Enigma

Kishore Jayaraman is the President of Rolls-Royce for India and South Asia . He describes Outcomes Focused Leadership as our internal satellite navigation system where we understand where we are coming from and where we are going as a leader. Kishore's leadership has been tested during the recent pandemic and his Outcomes Focused Leadership has allowed him to create and communicate a clear vision...

The Anniversary Episode (Part 6) features Futurist Graeme Codrington and Global Educator and Customer Centricity Expert, Pepe González as they join my studio guests Keith Douglas and Dr Katie Best. In this final guest segment we chat about how leaders need to anticipate, develop scenarios and prepare for an ever changing environment. How adaptive leadership is essential in order to mitigate consta...

Major General Tom Copinger-Symes is the Director for Military Digitalisation for the UK Strategic Command and a 2 Star General in the British Army. In this insight packed episode, Tom talks about the challenge of balancing the deluge of technical and psychological information in a critical environment so as to create, process and distribute valuable data and insight to those who most need it.  We...

I am joined by Dr Tremaine du Preez , author of 'Decide' and Decision Scientist and Kevin O'Leary former Head of Covert Policing for the Metropolitan Police and Hostage Negotiator. We discuss 'Instinctive Decision Making' with my studio guests Keith Douglas and Dr Katie Best. It's the job of the police to be 'professionally curious' however what is the science behind the coppers hunch?  Tremaine o...

This episode is part of The Leadership Enigma CEO Series with SatinderPal (SP) Singh, CEO of Adani Total Private Limited in India. SP chats about the power of humility and empathy as he fondly remembers washing dishes in Australia in order to make ends meet and how, as CEO he still uses that human centred approach to be able to work across regions and cultures and build homogenous and unified team...

Joe Fredericks is the Chief Strategy Officer for PCA. He joins me with my studio guests  Keith Douglas, EVP Mastercard and Dr Katie Best, author and educator. Joe talk us through 'The Leadership Equation' as a way of ensuring we are a Force for Good, something that Mastercard incorporates as part of their cultural DNA. The Leadership Equation: (TQ + EQ + DQ) x MQ TQ (Technical Quotient) - is a lea...

Joel Casse is the Global Head of Leadership Development for Nokia. In this fast paced and insight packed episode, we chat about the importance of leaders managing their own brand to engage and inspire people. We discuss the difficulties for experienced leaders to 'unlearn' decades worth of education, experience and wisdom in order to contemplate new ways of working in an ever changing environment....

Part 3 of the Anniversary Episode with Cheryl Stokes, Partner at Hedrick & Struggles and Greg Orme, author of 'The Human Edge' which won Business Book of the Year 2020. In this episode we chat about The Inclusive Human Centred Leader and how we must rely on the 4C's (Consciousness, Curiosity, Creativity & Collaboration) to differentiate ourselves from a world of machines.  We discuss how leaders m...

Part 2 of The Anniversary Episode features the wonderful Alexandra Altinger CEO of JO Hambro Capital Management and Lale Topcuoglu MD at Swiss Re with my studio guests Dr Katie Best and Keith Douglas. We chat all things leadership including how we lead in a virtual environment and still ensure connection, empathy, care and wellbeing. How has Alexandra, in her second CEO appointment coped and pivot...

Jake Breeden is the Head of Global Learning Solutions at Takeda. We talk about the power of a 240 year old corporate philosophy that provides direction and comfort during times of constant change. "The map changes all the time but the compass stays the same." We discuss lifelong learning for individuals and organisations and Jake uncovers his approach to revolutionising our ability to learn from f...

Deborah Rowland is a pioneer thinker, author of "Still Moving - How to lead mindful change" and a global educator. In this compelling episode Deborah discusses how 'change has changed' and how being in the moment, becoming totally self aware, more intentional as opposed to acting on auto pilot is more essential than ever for leaders.  Deborah also explains how her own adoption has meant she in ins...

Anniversary Episode Pt1 with Dr Katie Best, Leadership Coach and MBA faculty & Keith Douglas, Executive Vice President Mastercard MPGS. This podcast is taken from the live studio introduction of the Anniversary Episode. We discuss, what is leadership? How has the pandemic changed the questions leaders ask themselves? Have the Ways of Working changed forever? What is the importance of Human centred...

Stephen Cornes is a learning designer, global educator and executive coach with over 17 years experience having worked in 28  countries across sectors and levels of leadership. Stephen will explain what he means by the term 'Coach-ulting" and how executive coaching can help leaders at any level of an organisation through reflection, the power of questions and the role of the critical friend. We se...

Mike Straw is the Founder and CEO of Achieve Breakthrough. Mike works with leaders and teams all over the world to breakthrough their limiting beliefs whereby they stop acting on the stories they tell themselves but instead focus on liberating their thinking, sparking ambition, embracing 100% responsibility and taking bold and rapid action. If the status quo is a super magnet, we all need to unloc...

Martin Bromiley OBE is a commercial airline training Captain and founder of The Clinical Human Factors Group. This episode is deeply personal, inspirational and thought provoking.  Martin describes how he turned the loss of his wife after a surgical procedure into a mission to understand and help others embrace the need for non-technical behaviours especially during critical times.  We chat about...

Bee Adamic is the Founder and CEO of Liberty Music PR. An entrepreneur with a passion for music that she decided to turn into a business in 2016 from her kitchen table whilst also discovering she was pregnant.  Inspiration and learning come from many places and this episode is no different as success leaves clues. Bee explains how her mission to succeed was non negotiable, especially with a young...

Lale Topcuoglu has always felt she was different and struggled to fit in growing up. As an openly gay female she fought to break the norms in order to have a successful 22 year career on Wall Street to become a leader so she would be part of the 'top table' conversation and become a catalyst for change. This is a deeply personal, human centred, courageous, vulnerable and heart warming conversation...

Roderic Yapp is a former commanding officer of a Royal Marines Commandos Fleet having served in Afghanistan, Somalia and Libya to name a few. When the stakes are high, what leadership capabilities do we need to deploy in an ever changing context? How do you lead experts who know much more than you do and you rely on their participation, commitment and loyalty? The customers of our leadership are a...

Stefaan van Hooydonk is the founder of The Global Curiosity Institute, former CLO and Dean of the Earth Academy.  How different would the world look if we were as curious now as we were as children? Stefaan explains curiosity is the mindset to challenge the status quo, explore, discover and learn.  We chat about the three dimensions of curiosity, (i) the world (ii) others (iii) and self.  We must...

Shane O'Mara is Professor of Experimental Brain Research at Trinity College in Dublin, psychologist, neuroscientist and best selling author for "In Praise of Walking".  Shane delves into issues such as how does our brain set us apart; he shares his 3 point self care plan to boost productivity and explains what the research says in relation to how easy or difficult it is to change our mindset. We a...

Dr Tremaine Du Preez is a decision scientist, consultant and global educator. Tremaine explains her passion for bringing the largely separate themes of decision making and ethics together so that she can help leaders and their organisations understand what an ethical decision is. She tells me how relying on an organisations North Star and values will not be enough to navigate ethical dilemmas alon...

Allyson Stewart-Allen is an advisor to more than 200 global businesses, author, broadcaster, global educator and non-executive director. Allyson is a regular panel member on the BBC's The Apprentice and in this episode we talk about what it means to be a corporate diplomat and how getting it wrong can be catastrophic. Join me as Allyson shares some wonderful examples of brands that got it wrong as...

Michelle Seiler Tucker is known as 'The Closer' having bought, sold and fixed over 1,000 businesses. This episode is packed full of insights and tips based on her experience. Why do entrepreneurs fail to sell their businesses and others secure huge exits? What mindsets limit founders? How do you balance the good and the bad times? What can you do to start your business in a way that is likely to c...

How do you start off working in the post room of Saatchi & Saatchi at 16 years old and then end up selling your business to them years later? The Flame of the Entrepreneur burns brightly in Lloyd Salmons, Co-Founder of PepTalk and serial investor and entrepreneur. We chat about failure, rolling with the punches, the need for constant communication regardless of the size of your team and the requir...

Tracey Groves is the founder of Intelligent Ethics with a passion for working with leaders to hard wire purpose into everything they know, do and believe using ESG (environmental, social and governance issues) as a powerful force for the delivery of sustainable and responsible business . Tracey outlines the 10 essential ingredients of Dignity and explains how this relates to our sense of inherent...