Leadership Listening

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening talks with Nik Gowing, veteran BBC World News presenter and author of Thinking the Unthinkable, about leadership, disruption, and a darkening world. Nik shares his core research findings — that most leaders are dangerously unprepared for the speed and complexity of modern disruption — and maps out his prescient warnings from 2009 a...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening talks with Julie Bentley, Chief Executive of Samaritans.   Julie shares her journey from a working-class upbringing in Essex, to discovering her calling through charity work, and building a distinguished career leading the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, the Family Planning Association, Girl Guiding, Action for Children, and now Samaritans. S...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening talks with Chairman Emeritus and co-founder of OC&C Strategy Consultants Chris Outram, about leadership and modern strategy. Chris recounts his early life in RAF postings, boarding school, Atlantic College, a dual degree in engineering and economics, early roles including BCG and corporate strategy, then founding OC&C, now...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening talks with renowned global leadership coach René Carayol about the complex world of modern leadership. They delve into the qualities that make great leaders, the importance of inclusive environments, and the challenges faced by today's leaders. René shares his personal journey, including anecdotes from his time at Pepsi and his coa...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening chats to Suzanne McKie KC about critical legal challenges faced by senior executives.  Suzanne specialises in employment, diversity law, regulatory law and high court litigation. Her law firm Farore Law - http://www.farorelaw.co.uk specialises in discrimination, whistle-blowing and misconduct and partnership law - in the workplace....

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening chats to Keith Meekins, a seasoned investment banker who rose from the ground floor of the financial services industry to become the Chief Executive of Daiwa Capital Markets Europe. In this episode, Keith shares insights from his 40-year career, detailing his early life influences, his rise through the ranks, and the challenges and...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening chats to Calypso Kulasegram, Eugene Rotherham and Lucas Pepper about leadership and workplace culture from a generation Z perspective. Together they talk about a range of topics, including: stereotypes of Gen Z in the workplace, opportunities and barriers of using AI at work, mentoring for graduates, the use of  the term “snowflake...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening chats to chartered clinical psychologist Dr Daksha Hirani (DClinPsy, AFBPsS), all about stress, burnout, mental health and narcissism in the workplace. Together they talk about a range of topics, including: Workplace culture, safety and feeling unsafe at work, burnout, feeling trapped in your job, stress, holistic mental health, nu...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening chats to Chloe Straw, CEO of Audio UK, all about becoming a CEO.  Together they talk about a range of topics, including: the impact of education, personal aspirations and early careers on becoming a leader, the journey to becoming a CEO, the role of a CEO, leadership challenges and strategy, developing your team, board relationship...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening chats to John Scott, about Human Resource Management - a fundamental success factor of any organisation that is so often left out of the boardroom. John is a CEDR-accredited mediator with over 30 years' experience in and around HR and significant experience in investigations and resolving disputes including employment, company foun...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening chats to David Pullan, about the vital role of effective communication in Leadership.  David has spent over 30 years working on stage, film and television in the UK, Europe and America. On stage he has done two seasons with the RSC in Stratford and London and spent a year in ‘The Woman in Black ‘at The Fortune Theatre. Through his...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening chats to Seb Wood, Managing Director and Board Member of the Whitby Wood Group, an international engineering design and advisory consultancy. Together they talk about a range of topics, including Leadership styles and cultures, raising up leaders, challenges of leading an international business, culture and vision, impact, getting...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening chats to Peter Leadbetter, Leadership Coach & Psychologist.  Together they talk about a range of topics, including the coaching process, building trust, developing as a leader, problem solving and making decisions, becoming a CEO / a leader, knowing yourself and training gaps, work and home life pressures, stress, imposter synd...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening chats to Mike Kaufman. Mike is a Harvard MBA, University of Chicago Psychology PhD, pioneer of category-defining research in human development on success and happiness, thought leader in psychology, clinician, educator at elite institutions, and insider with first-hand leadership experience in marketing, operations and finance. At...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening chats to Silvia Foxe.  Silvia's work is highly confidential. She has worked with over a hundred leaders using a therapeutic approach and by referral only. In her own words, her job is to look at the core identity of each client that she works with, particularly exploring their relationship with their self.  It is part educational,...

Lawrie Philpott of Philpott Black and host of Leadership Listening chats to Tom Burnet. Tom is Non-Executive Chairman of Simply Conveyancing, Aker Systems Ltd, Kainos plc and The Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc. Previously Tom served as CEO, Executive Chairman and as a Non-Executive Director of AIM company accesso Technology Group plc. Together they talk about a range of topics, including beco...