Leaders in Conversation with Anni Townend

In this fascinating episode, Anni talks to the highly respected Leadership Expert, Author and TED Speaker, Steve Radcliffe about what it means to be a trusted partner to leaders. With over 20 years experience in helping senior leaders be their best, Steve is most known for his leadership development programme, Future – Engage – Deliver (FED), which was founded and is now practiced by colleagues of...

The power of diversity of mentality with Hind Farag In this Leaders in Conversation episode Anni talks to the amazing Hind Farag, a US-based Executive Coach and Strategy Consultant who is passionate about empowering senior leaders as well as underprivileged communities. As a Muslim woman born in Egypt and raised in Sudan before having lived in the UK, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and now in Houston, Texas...

Why developing my relationship with my mother has had the biggest impact on my leadership Ahead of the launch of the full Leaders in Conversation episode with the amazing Hind Farag, and in time for Mothering Sunday UK, Hind reveals why living with her Mom for the past five years has been a liberating learning and development experience. Hind, an Executive Coach and Strategy Consultant, talks to A...

The unconscious bias of the boardroom and why men win at work with Gill Whitty-Collins  Anni talks to the inspirational Gilly Whitty-Collins, author of Why Men Win at Work to discuss deep-rooted, invisible discrimination and how we can change it. Gill reveals what led her to become a passionate champion for gender equality. She admits that for most of her life she wasn’t really as aware of, or aff...

Question it. Challenge it. Change it. Advice from a multi-champion sporting superstar. “It is a massive lie that we've been told forever that women are not as good and that we can't do things…...My purpose isn't just to be the best athlete that I can be. It's to use sport, one of the most powerful things on the planet, for bringing about positive change.”  Stacey Copeland, Boxe...

Walking towards a better life In this fascinating episode, Anni talks with Joao Perre Viana, Founder and Pioneer of Walking Mentorship, about how his love of walking and being in nature helped him to realised his purpose.  Along the way Joao shares his experience of growing up living by the ocean in Portugal, and how, encouraged by his parents, he expanded his horizons and travelled far and wide....

Tackling ageism in fashion with Jacynth Bassett, Founder of The Bias Cut In this podcast, Anni talks to female entrepreneur Jacynth Bassett, founder of The Bias Cut, the first age inclusive online fashion boutique, launched in 2016. A journey to age inclusivity and empowerment Having studied Law at university, Jacynth realised it wasn’t the right path for her and wanted to carve out a career she c...

We often talk about how to have big, sometimes difficult,  conversations with people. One of the biggest, most difficult, conversations in our lives is that of talking about death. Be that talking about our own death and what would we like to happen or talking with others, especially loved ones about their death. In this podcast, Anni talks with Jessika Hulbert about being a Celebrant and helping...

Anni talks to Abi, Maker, Mender, Mentor and Mother about a rich career in textile engineering that took her from Bangladesh to Brussels to Brighton. They also discuss her passion for ethics and how Abi became a pioneer in bringing Fairtrade textiles to the British highstreet.  Visit: abigailsdrapery.co.uk

Anni talks to Karen Dobres, elected Co-Director of Lewes Football Club , the only football club in the world to pay women and men players the same. Karen reveals how her background affected her own prior prejudices and misconceptions about women in sport and why seeing women playing for the first time was a real "wake up call". She recalls the realisation of seeing women players as stron...

Anni talks to leadership consultant Russell Pocock about trust, psychological safety, colliding perspectives and the positive outcomes that are a consequence of leaders who escape from their echo chambers, allow feedback on their leadership and foster a culture of trust . Find out more about Russell

Baker Girl and founder of The Happy Tummy Co, Karen is a woman with a mission to rid the world of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Karen talks with Anni about the power of collaborating with others to inspire and help people to enjoy better gut health through learning how to eat functionally and for pleasure. Drawing on her own experience Karen shares how, having been born with IBS and her love of...

In an honest and open account Shannon Banks talks to Anni Townend about the experiences which have shaped and challenged her values and the power of Action Learning to bring about both corporate and social change.   To find out more about Shannon’s work visit her website. http://www.be-leadership.com/

Ian talks about his own ethics and the ethics of those he wishes to work with and the impact they could make together in creating a fairer society which values individuals over profit and takes responsibility for being part of achieving that.    www.ianlock.co.uk

Anni talks to Amanda Saurin about her leadership journey, her love of nature, the extent to which she pays attention to her intuition when setting up new projects, the joy of collaboration and of working with teams of older women. She describes her love of nature and its power to heal, bring joy and foster resilience throughout life. Visit Amanda's website

Marisa Guthrie talks to Anni about trauma in business, the role of Equine Facilitated Learning in helping people through trauma, her love of wild terrain and how she finds inspiration in the work she does with millennials, their values and their contribution to the world.  Visit Marisa's website

How to recognise your superhuman brilliance Anni talks to fellow Leadership Consultant, Natalie Shering, about the importance of helping others to be their best and why nature  and adventure is a a major source of inspiration for her leadership approach. Natalie begins by discussing how early childhood shaped who she is, her values and beliefs. In particular, she opens up about the experience of h...