Lead To Succeed

Benjamin Lancaster, co-founder, and owner at VCL Vintners is continuing to disrupt the traditional market of whisky cask investment. In just 13 years his company has around £80 million pounds worth of whisky under management. With a small team of 13, Ben describes his leadership style as unorthodox.    Ben's determination and steely-minded approach, shows us what can be achieved when starting a bu...

When it comes to leading change, our guest, Brendon Baker is a leading expert in the field, having consulted on over $10 billion in key transformation projects. His mission is to help change leaders drive real value under the mantra of keeping it simple. In this episode, we discuss the fundamental questions that must be asked when leading change. In Brendon’s experience, only 15% of the companies...

Clear communication is so much more than what you say. Our guest David Klaasen has transitioned his career from Michelin Star restaurant Chef to Leadership Development and Executive Coach. His Clarity Matrix considers 4 four key areas; people clarity, people performance, business clarity, and business performance. One of the key topics we discuss is how to strike the balance between assertive and...

In a new era of Leadership, our guest, Jason Marc Campbell talks about the importance of creating psychological safety for teams and the role of the leader as coach.   We live in turbulent times, and the importance of creating the right environment at work continues to be a high priority for top-performing leaders. In this episode, we take a deeper dive into what psychological safety at work, real...

Find out if being an authentic leader and showing a degree of vulnerability brings improvement in financial performance. Amanda Coulson founded her successful business over twenty years ago and has learnt a lot about leadership during that time. In her early days of leadership, she was told that vulnerability was not a good trait to show. When she began to appreciate that it’s ok to share your vul...

How A Poor Leadership Experience Shaped Nicholas's Approach Nicholas leads remote sales teams and provides practical leadership tips on this. He shares what he learnt from an unsatisfactory leadership experience, and how he is using that to be a better leader. We also discuss; Setting team expectations Correlations between a team spirit in sport and top performance in business Tips and techniques...

Start with the end in mind when launching your business This is the advice of Michelle Seiler Tucker, a merger and acquisition specialist who has sold over 500 businesses. Michelle considers leadership to be everything when it comes to growing a business and a good leader gets to really know their team. With Michelle's extensive experience of helping companies to become saleable, we talk about wha...

What does it take to successfully lead a remote team, regardless of whether you employ that team directly or not? Brett has a passion to help managers hire teams, delegate, and be a great person to work with. We talk about the challenges of leading a growing business, the importance of having an earn it mindset, and why leaders should focus on their team, not the outcome.  We also discuss; How to...

Leading Teams - what makes a successful team for outstanding performance? Our guest is Matt Schlegel, author of Teamwork 9.0.  We discuss the importance of knowing your team and their personality dynamics to achieve high levels of team resilience and performance. However, as Matt explains the starting point to leading successful teams is having a high degree of self-awareness yourself and knowing...

Our guest, Tom Flatau, is an accredited brain and behavioural specialist and CEO of Twi. Tom works with business leaders and teams globally to improve business performance by understanding how we can change our brain to become more effective leaders.   Tom’s interest and understanding of neuroscience started at an early age when he was told that his brother is the intelligent one. This left a nigg...

There is a revolution in business, which is turning on its head, the old adage of getting it right first time, to getting it wrong first time.  Instead, fail fast and learn from it. Our guest Tamer Shahin has an incredible business story to share. He has experienced growing a business to over $100 million and losing it all overnight, and then becoming personally in debt to the tune of $2 million. ...

Reg Rix is the co-founder and CEO of CarFinance 247. We hear his extremely down-to-earth and pragmatic approach to leadership, and growing a business. Reg has experienced many business challenges, including facing the responsibility of putting a previous business into administration. This didn’t stop him; he used that experience as massive learning when it came to his next business venture. Reg sh...

With over 70 inspiring and successful leaders sharing their insights, thoughts, and experiences on our podcast, we summarise the key themes, messages, and characteristics that make them successful and outstanding leaders. From creating a vision, authenticity, emotional intelligence, decision making, leading in challenging times to adapting to the shifts in leadership required when leading a millen...

Our guest David Nour is a top thought leader on business relationships, he shares how Curve Bender relationships can dramatically alter your growth trajectory. A prolific author, David talks about the 15 forces that are reshaping the world and heavily influencing what we do.  Join us to find out why you should run fast in the opposite direction from companies that have a disconnect between elite e...

Democratising health data to prevent disease is the big mission of our guest Rod Reasen of Springbuk Rod share’s how his business was inspired by his daughter's health, and why it’s important to never settle. Rod is an action taker, but he has learnt the importance of taking time and pausing before taking action and shares examples of why this matters. Rod talks about the need for transparency in...

Alex Seery is the founder of Shifts To Success, the world’s first public sector accelerator. Alex is also best selling author of Police Officer to Entrepreneur. He is passionate about business and entrepreneurship and helping others to lead a fulfilling life with their own business. We discuss his leadership style, challenges faced in growing his successful business along with practical leadership...

In a world of change, and the unfamiliar patterns we've been forced into, how your team feel is crucial to success and results achieved. Low levels of resilience impede performance and detract from having a highly motivated workforce. But what are the signs, and what is the best way for leadership to address the issues of stress, anxiety, and fear? We discuss ✔️ The theory of DOT and how to use it...

It can be a daunting prospect to set up your own business, our guest Catherine Hyde of Hooper Hyde has taken the plunge. Catherine talks about riding the waves to embrace the high and lows of business, and why it's important to be bold, brave, and jump in.  We discuss: ✔️ How different leadership styles and experiences have influenced and shaped Catherine's approach ✔️ What great leadership looks...

Our guest is seasoned crisis management specialist Carl Courtney of Hard Rain. Carl has 40 years of leadership experience, having set up his first business at the age of 20. He shares insights into leading companies through a crisis that has the potential to devastate their business. We talk about the do’s and don’ts when the crisis spotlight falls on the leadership team. We cover how to avoid it...

Challenging binary decision-making and organising tasks are just two of the topics we discuss with entrepreneur Asad Ansari, founder of Mayfair IT Consultancy. Asad shares why being kind to yourself and self-belief are important contributors to leadership. If you're an entrepreneur or leader you'll enjoy Asad's down to earth approach and insights into what it takes to grow a business. We discuss ✔...

By 2025, Millennials will form 75% of the global workforce. This episode is a must-listen for leaders wanting to know how to engage and retain them. Our guest, Vivek Iyyani is a Millennial specialist and author of Engaging Millennials. He shares the 7 fundamentals to recruit, reward, and retain the largest generation in the workforce, and how leaders need to adapt their leadership for this generat...

Leading yourself is the key theme of our conversation with Dan Stanley of BetterMen. We dive into Dan's experiences of not living an authentic life, with 35 years of pretending to be himself, and how that impacted his personal life and work. Now Dan helps professional men whose personal lives are impacted by their professional success leaving them with a deep sense of disconnection, isolation and...

Are you leading change?  Do you want faster, easier and better results? If so, this episode will tick all those boxes, as we talk about the key components to leveraging change in an organisation, with Jake Jacobs of Jake Jacobs Consulting. We discuss Why middle managers are not the often perceived blockage to making change work How to make change programmes effective with group consultations Why i...

With extensive leadership experience, our guest John Dembitz talks with passion about the good, bad, and ugly of leadership. We hear about his early leadership lessons at McKinsey, to growing a business, and now as Chairman of various organisations.  We discuss:    ✔️ The most important question to ask as a leader and why ✔️ Crucial leadership skills ✔️ Managing difficult conversations ✔️ Why micr...

Our guest Sally Spicer faced burnout and challenging leadership times during  Covid-19  Sally openly talks about how she dealt with burnout during the pandemic, how it challenged her as a leader and the lessons learned that are now taking her forward in an exciting and positive way.  We discuss ✔️ Why asking for help is essential for growth ✔️ Embracing failure ✔️ Questioning your doubts, changing...