Leading Responsibly with Integrity & Purpose

Serenity in Leadership's guest speaker, Francis Gugen has over 40 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. He is a founding member of POWERful Women which is a professional initiative working for greater representation of women at the top of the UK’s energy industry. He is also Director & Chair of the Audit Committee of SBM Offshore, which is the world’s largest offshore floating product...

"Remember that heady rush of excitement and adrenalin which most people experience when they are given, or take, a position of power over someone or indeed something, else." As Sir John Dalberg-Acton wrote in 1857, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men..." Serenity in Leadership's CEO, Thom Dennis, is a culture change specialist with o...

"We're all socialised and conditioned around the dynamics of racism. And it requires all of us to show up to bring the change that we want to see." Serenity in Leadership's guest speaker, Raggi Kotak, is a human rights barrister with more than 20 years experience challenging issues such as racism, gender violence and mental health. In this eye-opening dialogue, Raggi describes the daily regular en...

 Stephen Whitton joined Serenity in Leadership at their August dialogue speaking on the subject of "People Before Profit – Wellbeing’s Seat in the Boardroom" 

Facilitator and mediator, Edward Nelson, delivered a powerful talk on the Power of Polarity which shared both how to deal with conflict and how to resolve a conflict. Serenity in Leadership is a culture change consultancy with outstanding skills in leadership development and conflict resolution strategies. Subscribe to our channel to listen to powerful interviews on diversity and inclusion in the...

Joanne Lockwood, an associate facilitator with Serenity in Leadership gives a talk brimming with ideas and information about how to be inclusive with the language we use. Joanne discusses why inclusive language matters and explains how the way we describe and talk about someone impacts the way we see them. We have to start owning our language. Joanne is a diversity, inclusion and belonging special...

Stacy Moore is a clinical psychologist who has been supporting women through their most amazing transformative journeys. Stacy makes many important points in a lighthearted and informative talk on Maternity Inclusion. 

Collaboration is one of leadership’s biggest priorities. Why? C-Suite executives need the right competencies in order to lead change in a purposeful and proactive way - this means bringing the whole organisation with them. While diverse groups may not always feel comfortable to manage (and are often neglected because of this), the evidence shows that teams of like-minded (or non-diverse) individua...

 Hephzi Pemberton explores the state of attitudes towards the LGBT+ community in the Investment Management Industry 

Suzie was the featured speaker at Serenity in Leadership's second dialogue/webinar where she explored how she sees the crucial importance of consciously and thoroughly designing an organisation to be inclusive and the benefits this will engender. 

What is the fear surrounding disability? Why do we feel it, and how damaging is it to our organisations when they inadvertently engage with that fear and decline to hire someone because of a disability? Jane Hatton, CEO of Evenbreak takes us through how to take the fear out of Disability. Find out more about our Keynote Speaker Events here: https://www.serenityinleadership.com/events Tags: fear of...

Why and How Must Leadership Style Change? "We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them" Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying. Listen or watch as Laura Toop is in conversation with Thom Dennis for The Inspire Summit, exploring the idea that... FOR A DIFFERENT OUTCOME, THE LEADERSHIP STYLE MUST CHANGE Now, more than ever before in our lifetimes, we need to re-...

An inspiring talk with Jo Montgomery, Founder of Little Riot and creator of Pillow Talk, a wearable technology that brings people closer together. According to Jo, “We've become so hyper-connected with each other that we've become disconnected from the true core of our being.” Discover why Jo is challenging the way the world uses technology. Culture Change Management Consultancy, Serenity in Leade...

Thom Dennis & Jessica Ball interview Scilla Elworthy, the founder of the Oxford Research Group, Peace Direct and Business Plan for Peace. Scilla talks about her journey, her experience, skills and what breaks her heart in this troubled and yet ultimately courageous world. Serenity in Leadership is a culture change consultancy with outstanding skills in leadership development and conflict resol...

Rafael dos Santos, a migrant in the UK, takes us on a journey from his days washing dishes in Notting Hill to later becoming a multi-award winning entrepreneur and CEO. According to Rafael, the road to success is paved with hard work, many setbacks and driving a sense of community wherever you go.  Culture Change Management Consultancy, Serenity in Leadership, is embarking on a journey to und...

Will Richardson - forward thinking founder and proud B Corp owner - is taking the business world by storm with Green Element, his Environmental Management Consultancy. In his interview, Will demonstrates why going green does more good for the bottom line than not, why change must come from the top and why creating a positive organisational culture is easy when you lead from the heart. Culture Chan...

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...

A heartfelt conversation with Director of 3S Partnerships, Lex Showunmi, who explores why Leadership needs a compassionate makeover. Lex takes us on a journey of his gruelling former life as a security guard, what it means to be a true leader and why the Security industry is in desperate need of empathy. Culture Change Management Consultancy, Serenity in Leadership, is embarking on a journey to un...

A profound conversation with Nanine McCool, CFO, former lawyer and an empowered leader in her own right. Nanine is famous for confronting Tony Robbins at his self-help seminar in California, in 2018. Thanks to a clip of the interaction going viral, Nanine is shown challenging Tony Robbins for dismissing the goals of the #MeToo movement. A year later, we sat down with the her to talk about all thin...

In this refreshingly honest call to action, Meredith Leston, former Oxford student, current consultant and passionate feminist, speaks out about a more meaningful leadership, one that requires men to question how they view gender and express themselves in the workplace. Meredith explains why this is crucial if we are ever going to change the status quo.  Culture Change Management Consultancy,...

Rebels are the source of most positive change in organisations but these same people tend to be the most difficult to manage and are therefore often discarded by the establishment. Thom Dennis explores the benefits these people can bring and touches upon how to make best use of them. For further information, please send an email to thom@serenityinleadership.com

Thom Dennis, the CEO of Serenity in Leadership interviews Catherine Llewellyn as part of their series "Leading Responsibly in a VUCA World with Integrity and Purpose". They explore the challenges and rewards of working with Type-A leaders, the importance of having a purpose, and what an approach through the lens of humanistic psychology looks like. 

On his return from the US meeting with FDR, Churchill decided to gain a vote of confidence so he could lead in the crisis of January 1942 knowing that he had the House behind him. Thom Dennis reads the beginning and end of Churchill's speech, along with some reflections on his Churchill's approach which he describes in this book, The Hinge of Fate.

In advance of the Serenity in Leadership dialogue on the 15th July, Thom & Edward explore the  meaning of polarisation and how conflict can be used creatively and positively in an increasingly polar world

What is polarisation and how can we use it positively to deal with conflict. Edward will be speaking at our Dialogue on the 15th July. You can book a ticket at https://bit.ly/SiLJuly2021