Lead To Succeed

Guest, Myles Downey is the author of three business books, "Effective Modern Coaching", "Enabling Genius",  and "The Enabling Manager". We dive into what enabling genius means and how to tap into our own genius as a leader, along with how to embody our fullest potential. We discuss how to avoid being frazzled at work, and the power of visualisation to reach our goals. We cover intriguing insights...

Our guest Kevin Thiele takes us through the skills required to be a successful sales leader. We discuss personal sacrifices, mental health, and the price you pay to be an outstanding leader.  With extensive sales leadership experience Kevin shares what it takes to create a winning sales team including research-backed strengths top sales leaders must develop and master. We also discuss: Tough decis...

Our guest, Deb Crowe, explains how to look at leadership differently. To focus on honouring your people, to put them first and look after them, and then profits will follow. Deb Crowe is a certified professional life and leadership coach from Canada. Her work involves helping entrepreneurs, leaders, and executives to achieve heart-centred leadership. With years of experience, starting her entrepre...

Our guest, Barbara Waxman is passionate about building leaders’ personal and professional skills so they thrive with more energy and increased effectiveness. Barbara, is the founder of Odyssey Group Coaching and takes a holistic approach to helping clients lead and communicate authentically. To sustain high performance and expand their influence and impact. We discuss how leaders can build resilie...

Get ready to take back control of your business and become the leader you were meant to be! In this episode, our guest and author Chuck Knabusch  shares his 28 years of corporate operational experience, as well as a wealth of knowledge from his time in the Army and National Guard. Chuck gives practical insights on how to stay in control of your business, rather than letting it control you. We disc...

The Essential Ingredient To Sustainable Growth Welcome to today's podcast episode where we dive into the topic of creating a valuable human exchange within an organisation. We are excited to have Drew Neal, a thought leader, and expert in breaking barriers and adaptive change, join us. Drew shares his extensive experience in creating emotionally intelligent cultures that grow people and profits, e...

What Does It Take To Create A High-Performing Team? Our guest, industry leader Andrew Jenkins provides an invaluable opportunity to gain insight into the strategies to unlock and cultivate high-performance teams in businesses. With his vast experience and knowledge, he demonstrates how to build better businesses through teamwork excellence. Business leaders won't want to miss out on this unique ch...

What does it take to be a successful leader in a world of significant change? Guest, Vijay Mistri shares his personal leadership journey and how success changed his leadership style. Vijay talks about modern leadership skills and the challenges that many leaders face. He shares practical tips from his extensive experience, which includes coaching over a hundred CEOs, executives, and leaders to hav...

Guest Jack Milner is an expert in communication. He teaches professionals how to move and speak in such a way that captures attention and communicates their message to different audiences. But, as we know, the world has changed and many meetings, presentations, and events are now virtual. This means we have to adapt our delivery style to communicate with influence and captivate our audience. Deliv...

Bob Tiede shows us how to lead with questions  Bob's view is that leadership is not so much about knowing the right answers, as it is about asking the right questions.  Bob explains how one book changed his approach as a leader, from being a benevolent teller and setting direction to becoming a leader that leads with questions. Now he has written numerous books on this topic. In this episode, he s...

What can we do with the oceans of plastic on our planet? Find out how Johnny Pearce, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Oltco, has turned waste plastic including food packaging, into domestic driveways, patios, pathways, balconies, and pool surrounds. As co-founder, he has built a successful business from HQ in Cornwall and now plans to expand globally. But most important is the culture at the heart...

Adrian Simpson, of Wavelength shares hugely valuable leadership insights from the world's most successful companies. Over the last 20 years, Adrian Simpson, co-founder of Wavelength, has taken leaders into the boardrooms and shop floors of globally revered, successful, and innovative companies.  The purpose is to understand what makes them successful and learn from their strategies, techniques, an...

Tajinder Banwait founder and managing director of Urban Apothecary London shares her inspiring story of leading and growing a successful business. Tajinder speaks with passion about her team and the culture she has created. Her team loves working in the business so much that they don’t want to take their holidays as they feel they are missing out! Discover how Tajinder led the business when her la...

Steve Rix brings energy and passion to the importance of play in leadership. Steve asks a poignant question. Are you more likely to find the qualities of timeless energy, emotional safety, high levels of imagination, and connectivity with others, in your workplace or in the playground? Often it's the playground, and as such traits are valuable at work, Steve recommends incorporating play in the of...

Why Leadership Starts With You Guest Jeremy Ryan Slate, the founder of Command Your Brand, talks about growing a business and the challenging aspects of leadership. Jeremy candidly shares his thoughts on the art of delegation and how challenging it can be for a business owner. You’ll enjoy his three core principles for leadership, starting with handling yourself first, this includes your health. W...

Have you ever considered your negativity bias or if you react or respond? In this episode with the author, NLP Practioner, and mindset coach, Christina Beauchemin we explore the impact of mindset on leadership and team building. We also discuss: The role of observance in leadership How to create a calm and fun work atmosphere Useful NLP techniques for leading a team How to address the gap between...

Discover the impact of a servant leadership style on business growth John and the team have grown the business by adopting a people-centric approach, ensuring that the team is invested in the business's future success. We discuss Learning to listen to what is under the radar Why you need to be prepared to say goodbye to clients and team members who are not a good fit for the business Creating a sa...

The impact of fear is neglected in business, perhaps because it is considered weak to talk our fears. The impact of fear is significant, it causes procrastination and prevents innovation, it can stop us in our tracks from taking bold steps forward. Fear is a basic human emotion, causing a flight or fight response. But in the context of business, how can we reframe fear and see it as a positive lea...

Whilst I.T. and design departments are familiar with sprints, Simon explains how they can be highly effective for managing and growing a business.   Simon is the author of Strategy Sprints a blueprint for business growth and a TEDx speaker. Simon recommends 7-day sprints to unblock a business bottleneck and to achieve 10X more. In this episode, he shares his views on how to solve the weak point in...

How energised is your leadership? Does this mean being extremely energetic or slowing down? In this episode, author, keynote speaker, award-winning life and executive coach, Simon Alexander Ong, explains why it's both. Simon's view is that an outstanding leader is a great coach. Simon refers to Project Oxygen where Google determined what makes a manager great. It's interesting to note that number...

Richard Newman, founder of Body Talk and author of You Were Born To Speak, shares his leadership experiences and the power of business storytelling for impact and engagement. Many of Richard's clients are leaders who are expected to improve their communication skills. This could be to inspire their team, meet with important clients, be an ambassador for their business or speak at a conference. We...

Guest Nick Jonsson, author, co-founder, and managing director of EGN shares his views on leadership and executive loneliness. We discuss the smiling depression felt by executives and experienced by Nick himself. This is when you appear happy and successful at work but inside it's a very different situation. In his book, Executive Loneliness, Nick shares how he was dependent on alcohol, and/or vali...

 Leadership lessons from Patrick Cootes are firmly rooted in humility and in acknowledging the skills of others. Patrick has transitioned his career from teaching to tech, as Head of Product at Mindstone Learning. He firmly believes in earning the respect of his team and having a culture that allows for fearless feedback to each other. To help achieve this Patrick talks about rewarding the team fo...

Our guest Paul Glover, author, and no B.S. Work Development & Resilience Coach has challenging views on the future of management. Paul considers the role of managers to become extinct with the advancement of AI, and he’s pleased about that.   Find out why Paul feels strongly about this, his rationale, and the future he sees for leadership.   His forthright opinions and practical tips create an eng...

We can all cite examples where business leadership has come under fire. Understanding the reasons behind it, such as why it happened, and how to avoid it, is the topic of our conversation with Pepyn Dinandt. Pepyn has 30 years of experience in leading the restructuring and transformation of companies in challenging situations, he is the author of Leadership Under Fire, with Richard Westley.  In th...