The OverTime Leader Podcast

In this episode of The Overtime Leader Podcast , Gillian Davis sits down with Laurence Honerick, a design strategist turned management consultant, to explore the powerful intersection of strategy, change management, and leadership. Drawing from his eclectic career—from startup co-founder to BBC Brand designer—Laurence shares hard-earned wisdom on how to navigate change, align teams, and ensure str...

In this special wrap-up episode, host Gillian Davis dives into the lessons learned from 2024, including how executive teams can transition from crisis mode to visionary leadership, the importance of organisational refactoring, and the necessity of bold, unapologetic decision-making. She also shares her top tips for leaders to start 2025 with clarity, focus, and a clear plan of action. Tune in to t...

Oana Andreea Jinga is CC&PO and co-founder of Dexory, a highly innovative robotics and AI company in central London. With a background in leading strategic partnerships at Google and developing innovative products at Telefonica, her career touched on various areas of the tech world, having found a sweet spot in designing, developing and bringing robots to the logistics industry to drive signif...

Katie Lee is the COO at Wavemaker, a global media agency. Beginning her career in the advertising world, Katie dedicated over two decades to various roles, transitioning from large network agencies to small content-focused startups and social agencies. In this kickoff episode, Katie shares her journey from an advertising executive and start up operator to a dynamic role in operational leadership,...

Everybody has had to make the shift to being digital these last few months, and today’s guests are co-founders of Ludic, and are on a mission to activate digital organisations. A key skill they’ve seen in such transformations is the need to be curious as leaders. Garrick Jones and Paul Ashcroft are co-authors of their new book ‘The Curious Advantage’, and we unpick their key learnings in this epis...

Getting out of ‘reactive mode’ has been a very prevalent theme of mentoring this year. So how can we as leaders best let go during a crisis? In today’s episode I’m excited to explore this with Jerry Colonna, a certified professional coach. Tune in as we discuss putting away useless belief systems, building empathetic connections and what Jerry looks forward to for future leaders. Jerry is the foun...

Product is everything, and whether your ‘tech-savvy’ or not, we all need to adopt the product thinking mindset as leaders. As Head of Product at Founders Factory, Seb Sabouné joins the show to share his latest insight into how we can best adopt this mindset. In this current climate with the coronavirus, it’s important more than ever to grow as leaders through empathy and resilience. Hear what Seb...

2020 has been a whirlwind for us all so far. With Covid-19, Black Lives Matter and the economy, it can feel overwhelming as senior executives and entrepreneurs with what we can do (and not do). But if we allow ourselves to be vulnerable and open, the opportunity for growth opens. Today we’re joined by Martin Enault, the co-founder and CEO of Intellitix. We discuss what role we play as leaders in t...

Coaching has seen a huge rise in the last few years. But with this rise, comes a need to better understand what the fundamental role of coaching is. In this week’s episode, Dr Sheri Jacobson helps uncover the difference between therapy and coaching, how to find the right coach for you, and coaching in a workplace setting. Sheri started her therapy training in 1997, so with an extensive background,...

One of the biggest takeaways we’ve learned from this year is the impact of self-reflection, and protecting regular time and space for this. As leaders it’s very easy to become reactive and think short-term. So in this episode, Gillian and OverTime’s Programme Director and Associate Heather Taylor Portman playback the insights they have gained from running management and leadership programmes in 20...

We ultimately work in groups to get stuff done – and complex projects require strong collaboration. Richard Watkins, Founder of Let’s Go, demystifies this leadership skill and why we need to invest in tools to best deliver the collaborative efforts. Tune in to hear what the best collaborators do, when it’s best to execute on your own, and creating space to reflect. Richard is a lifelong collaborat...

The rise of conscious consumerism means there’s even more need to know where to turn to do the right thing. Today’s guest, Mera McGrew, is the founder of social enterprise Soapply, a sustainable hand wash company. She joins me as we discuss how micro-movements drive change, the mission-driven company’s culture, and making every part of a product purposeful. After living and working in Africa, Mera...

A topic I notice that keeps on arising for managers is how people handle frustration about – and with – fellow team members. We can’t read each other’s minds and we are human but it’s important to lead by example, and be fully responsible for your team’s perception across the business. In this solo episode, I uncover how to use a ‘buddy’ to vent effectively, the “so what” trigger question, as well...

We too often set limiting beliefs that hold us back on our careers, teams, and business strategies. Executive coach Rebecca Zucker joins us to uncover the lifelong skill of personal development which leaders often neglect. In this episode we uncover how to set time and space to reflect, what happens in adult development, and the ‘Immunity To Change’ methodology. As co-founder of Next Step Partners...

Today’s guest knows the way to a truly successful business: teamwork. Karen Walker has experienced this first-hand from working for the largest supplier of PC systems - Compaq as employee #104. On the show she shares the power of smart processes, what to do when not all team players are playing at the same level, and her learnings from her latest book ‘No Dumbing Down’. Karen currently works with...

Keji Mustapha is on mission to empower early-stage startup Founders to have the right leadership skills from the outset, and is Head of Founder Network at Connect Ventures. Gillian meets Keji to uncover why businesses need some form of hierarchy, what to look for when building your first team, and the importance of having space and time to reflect as the company grows. Connect Ventures is a VC fir...

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Gillian sits down with team and personal coach Kate Rees to talk about the vital role vulnerability plays in leadership. She shares how managers can not only get comfortable with it themselves but how to create the space for teams to feel safe as well.

Welcome to our first #AskGillian episode where OverTime's founder and author of 'First Time Leader' (Wiley 2014) Gillian Davis answers some great leadership questions from our listeners. Have a question, send your question alongside #AskGillian via our twitter (https://twitter.com/OverTimeLeader)or email (gillian@overtimeleader.com) In this episode we cover: Q1: I've got an employee who just doesn...

Heather works with people to develop the tools, mindset and approach they need embrace change and modern ways of working. She holds certifications in agile and service design, but draws on a breadth of methodology and practical tools from across technology, design and leadership in her work. Heather often works 'embedded' in organisations for a fixed time to support her clients through intense per...

In this podcast I talk to Bud Caddell Founder of NOBL. Bud knows what it takes for teams and leaders to embrace change and we get into the details of how to make that work. Software engineer, graphic designer, digital strategist, management consultant and now founder. Bud started NOBL to help organizations realize their wildest ideas, unencumbered by silos and legacy systems. Bud was named "one of...

Melissa Andrada's purpose in life is to empower people to be their best selves at work. Melissa is the COO of Learnerbly, a VC-backed startup that help companies that include IDEO, GoCardless and ustwo accelerate the growth of their people. She co-founded the corporate learning arm of Wolff Olins to scale their impact with clients. While at Wolff Olins, she also helped shape the original strategic...

Victoria is a podcast and event host, community architect and the founder of Glint - a practice dedicated to designing interdisciplinary collaboration systems. After building communities for ten years, she started researching how communities interact and how information and energy flows between them. What if, instead of thinking of communities as small clusters, we started looking at the creative...

Many of us spend too much time in poorly run meetings but how come despite advancements in almost every area of our lives, we still get stuck in the meeting trap! Leaders of today have to start leading by example and put the energy into running great meetings. Our guest Kirsty Lewis runs us through her practical tips on running more effective and energetic meetings! Kirsty is a passionate and moti...

An agilist since 2010 and in product management since the 90s, Georg Fasching helps leaders and leadership teams embrace their potential. Check him out at www.georgfasching.com Georg and I sit down to discuss the impact team dynamics have on getting great work done, the importance of creating a safe space and the role the manager plays. Georg has just launched a Team Dynamics course and has given...