Leading People

Send us Fan Mail Many people in the western world can remember where they were on 9/11 when the aeroplanes hit the Twin Towers in New York but can you remember where you were on 22nd March 2016?  My guest in this episode will never forget where she was on the morning of the 22nd March 2016.  Karen Northshield was standing within meters of the first suicide bomber at Brussels airport. Her life was...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I chat with Susan Popoola about her new book "Male Perspectives on The Value of Women at Work" . What Susan has to say is not just relevant for women or men but for every one of us.  Along the way she explains how pay inequality can be inadvertently created by women, how your current salary should not affect what you're truly worth and how men prefe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I chat with Dr Ina Weinbauer-Heidel to find out what makes training really work.  We explore her 12 Levers of Training Effectiveness under three key themes. Ever wonder why some trainings make a real difference and others appear to be a complete waste of time?  It's not what you think!   In our conversation, we begin to unpack the answer to this question and...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I chat with Author and Crisis Expert, Caroline Sapriel .  The Covid pandemic has given us all a first-hand experience of a crisis unfolding before our very eyes. It's no longer something happening "over there", but in our own daily lives . In times of crisis, we turn to our leaders to steer us through.  But, what if they let us down?  In this inform...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I chat with Author, Leadership Coach, NLP Trainer and fellow Harrison Assessments Managing Partner, Pat Hutchinson. Pat explains how she has used her NLP skills and the Harrison Paradoxes to help Leaders get REAL insights into themselves and those they work with. Citing examples from her extensive work she provides many tips on things that Leaders and indeed anyon...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I chat with author and communications expert Sheila Parry about her new book: Take Pride - How to Build Organisational Success Through People While the concept of being proud of our work is something that many people can identify with, PRIDE is actually a mnemonic for a framework that Sheila developed over many years of working with organisations, running her own...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode (recorded in December 2020) I chat with leading author and collaboration expert, Jim Tamm .  Collaboration has become such an essential component in an organisation's success, yet still many people struggle to collaborate effectively. Online tools alone will not work without a collaborative mindset, skills and behaviours.  Drawing on his research and extensive...

Send us Fan Mail This week I sat down with leading author and consultant, Craig Weber , to chat about Conversational Capacity and three critical practices that help you develop this.  Craig highlights many essential skills and provides practical tips that individuals and teams can apply immediately to get better at those tough conversations that life throws at us from time to time.  Along the way...

Send us Fan Mail How does Conscious Leadership change the way you lead?  Author and Leadership Coach, Rebecca Watson shares the experiences that led her into coaching and how she's discovered some of the secrets to helping Executives succeed in the world of Leadership. Rebecca has some useful advice for leaders about how to develop self-awareness, improve engagement, use coaching in motivatin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode (recorded in December 2020) I chat with leading Author and Master Negotiations Trainer, Simon Horton , about negotiations and negotiating. During our conversation, Simon demystifies negotiating. He says that negotiating is so pervasive in our world today that we're actually negotiating all the time . Negotiation is not some 'dark art' or just the pur...

Send us Fan Mail A lot has been written about how organisations are being challenged by macro paradoxes and that the 'solution' to these challenges isn't a linear approach to problem-solving. It's more about managing paradoxical situations than trying to solve them. If organisations are going to deal with these macro paradoxes then a question arises around the challenges leader...

Send us Fan Mail In this short episode, you'll learn more about Leading People and why you might want to subscribe to this podcast.  Who will you meet?  What will you learn?  What makes this podcast unique? Hit the subscribe button to ensure that you're informed when new episodes land. Check out our sponsor for this episode at www.widecircle.eu Meet your host, Gerry Murray Enjoyed this e...