Leading Responsibly with Integrity & Purpose

In this episode of Vision Pros , Thom Dennis joins Jackson Calame, founder of First Class Business, to explore what it really means to lead with integrity. Together, they unpack the challenges of staying authentic in a world driven by surface-level influence—and how true impact requires depth, courage, and clarity.

A compelling dialogue between two distinguished military veterans turned executive advisors. Thom Dennis (former Royal Marines Commando) and Dr Karen Wilson-Starks (former US Army Officer) share their parallel journeys and complementary insights on transformative leadership in today's complex business environment. This unique conversation brings together decades of elite military experience, p...

In this engaging panel discussion, we brought together influential thought leaders, including Thom Dennis, Gamal Turawa, Toni McLelland, Marsha Ramroop and Rob Neil OBE - to delve deep into diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, why there is so much pushback and what are the best ways to keep going forward with positive initiatives that can and do make a difference. We’re in an exciting...

In this video, Thom Dennis dives into the critical issue of integrity in leadership, highlighting recent corporate scandals and their impact. 🔍 What You'll Learn: The alarming lack of integrity and the rise of greed among corporate leaders. Key scandals: Wells Fargo Fake Accounts, Facebook-Cambridge Analytica, Theranos Fraud, Boeing 737 Max crashes, and more. UK-specific incidents: Windrush s...

Rejecting 'Empowerment': The Rise of Women's Autonomy Panel members: Thom Dennis, CEO of Serenity in Leadership Lynn Blades, Founder, Legacy Leadership Executive Coaching Alli Onni, Director, Qualitest Helen Argyrou, HELEN AHA YinAlithea Richard Bellars, Founder, Facilitator, Coach & Mentor, This Grand Adventure Find out more at www.serenityinleadership.com

In this conversation, Thom Dennis interviews Dean Carter, Chief People and Purpose Officer at GUILD, about purpose-driven organizations, healthy work culture, the ROI of caregiving and onsite childcare programs, the adoption of AI in HR technology, and the potential of VR technology. The conversation explores the value of flexible work and the challenges and benefits it brings. It emphasizes the i...

🌟 Explore the dynamic world of leadership with Tania Carriere, a globally renowned life and leadership coach, in this insightful interview hosted by Thom Dennis, CEO of Serenity in Leadership. 🌎✨ Dive into a conversation focused on co-creation, self-awareness, and purposeful leadership, offering valuable insights for navigating the challenges of leadership in 2024. 🚀 Tanya shares her expertise...

We’re in an exciting and pivotal moment for leadership and community inside the workplace. There are ways to foster a positive and productive workplace culture and the pitfalls are real if this undertaking is mismanaged. We’re determined to shed light on the best practices when it comes to creating relationships, understanding, empathy, and productive management. Join us on Tuesday 30th January fo...

Life Without a Tie: Finding your path amidst the noise, chaos and pressure to conform. We don't always recognise the subtleties at play in our reality. Even when we do, we don't necessarily validate them as being significant. In this podcast between Thom Dennis and Ray Martin, they discuss the nature of synchronicity - why and how events that are unexpected can sometimes have a Universal p...

Psychiatry, Mental Wellbeing, Empathy & Power Skills in the Workplace. What made you become a psychiatrist? You're the founder and CEO of Clip Global, which is a workforce, wellbeing and development service where you provide employees with personalized holistic. science-backed plans so they can lead healthier, fulfilled lives. It sounds incredible, but how do you go about fulfilling that b...

Ray Arata is the author of two books, Wake Up Man Up, Step Up: Transforming Your Wake Up Call to Emotional Health and Happiness and Showing Up: How Men Can Become Effective Allies in the Workplace. As an expert in leadership, inclusion, allyship, and emotional literacy, Ray leads from his heart and practices what he teaches in his own businesses and personal life. In this interview, he describes w...

This episode is now live, here is a blurb about the podcast that Thom guested on: Men feel more lonely, lost and not useful in society than ever in history. Men are more likely to be romantically uninvolved, sexually dormant and friendless. Only 40% of men have higher education and educated women don’t date uneducated men. Males are not attaching to school, work or women. What it is to be a man ap...

Trez Ibrahim and Thom Dennis come together to discuss some of the challenges that men and women experience in the workplace. These are influenced by many distinctions such as upbringing, social standing, nationality and age.

How ExCos deal with Ageism, Gender, D & E, What was 'Normal' is not OK Now Join us for a fascinating interview with the CEO of Serenity in Leadership, Thom Dennis and Avivah Wittenberg-Cox. Avivah is a thought leader specialising in gender and generational balance and speaks on leadership, the future of work, the longevity economy and the consequences of 60-year careers. As she says: “...

00:00 Introduction 01:34 Is empathy a skill we can learn? 03:00 Can there be too much empathy? 04:38 The fear of losing respect 06:04 What can leaders do to make sure their people are OK? 08:45 You have to orient around the customer 10:30 Leaders as balancers 13:22 Future-proofing for the next disruption 16:15 Meaningfulness & Purpose 19:24 Therapeutic AI 24:13 The effects of generative AI 28:...

Thom Dennis and Jessica Ball take a deep-dive into today’s most talked about – and uncomfortable – topics in the workplace. From gender equality and male-dominated boardrooms to embracing our female qualities – hear their plea for a more tolerant, collaborative and inclusive world of work. Culture Change Management Consultancy, Serenity in Leadership, is embarking on a journey to understand what i...

Empathy expert, Anita Nowak is an author, podcaster, speaker, facilitator, certified coach and award-winning educator. Her TEDx Talk on 'The Power of Empathy' has reached nearly 100,000 people. Anita holds a doctoral degree from McGill University, where she was named Professor of the Year in 2014 and 2019. With our CEO, Thom Dennis, Anita discusses what empathy actually is, why the world n...

Chris Hemmings is a coach and psychotherapist who works exclusively with male clients. After a decade of working as a journalist at the BBC, Chris began to run a programme around healthy masculinity and men's emotional well-being. He runs a business called M-Path which goes into workplaces and schools to challenge, educate and support men and boys to hold difficult conversations and to create...

Sally Penni MBE is a high-profile award-winning barrister as well as Joint Vice Chair of the Association of Women Barristers. She’s also the founder of Women in the Law UK and hosts the remarkable podcast “Talking Law”. Sally sits as Non-Executive Director on a variety of boards bringing her experience and expertise in many areas including governance, employment law & cyber security. She is a...

Join us for a fascinating interview with our CEO, Thom Dennis and Dr Claude Bertrand.    Claude is the Executive Vice President of Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer at Servier - an independent, international pharmaceutical company governed by a non-profit foundation.   During the conversation, they discuss how to lead in a fast-paced world, how leaders can attrac...

In a wide ranging conversation, Thom Dennis and Jim Peal explore aspects of leadership, risk taking and self-awareness.   An in-depth, and highly positive exploration based on the combined experiences of both Thom and Jim.  00:00 Introduction  01:58 The Need for Leaders to Change  06:25 The coming challenges and skills needed  13:24 Vulnerability  16:23 Planning for I...

Musician, Brand Expert, Healer and Business Coach Christina Courtright Jenkins explores her motivations, what burnout can mean and how important personal brand is, whatever we do. She highlights the crucial importance of self-reflection, combined with an understanding of personal essence.

Thom Dennis talks to Dean Carter, a director at Griffith foods, the global, traceable and sustainable food ingredients experts. Previously he was a corporate officer leading Global HR and Shared Services at Patagonia. Dean is passionate about climate, purpose, culture and leadership and has been pushing the edge of HR conversation for a long time. He has also been recognized with multiple awards f...

Thom Dennis and Helen Argyrou explore aspects of Femininity, how they have been misrepresented and affirm that if we focus on the pain and loss we continue to suffer. If we focus on the lesson and the truth we will continue to grow and reveal life's deepest teachings.   This is an in-depth, and highly positive exploration which touches into what many would say are taboo subjects.

What neuroscience can tell us about change and how to bring change about. Thom Dennis, CEO of Serenity in Leadership interviews Reut Schwartz-Hebron on what we've learnt about difficult change through the eyes of neuroscience.