Our Leadership Voices: Uncut

 Part five of The Wilderness .  From Bangor to Inverness, this stage of the journey is shaped by delays, detours and unexpected challenges. A conversation about patience, persistence and learning that meaningful journeys rarely unfold in a straight line. 

Part four of The Wilderness . Leaving Padstow behind, Rob, Faye and Hewy continue north through increasingly unfamiliar waters. As confidence slowly begins to grow, the journey becomes less about surviving each day and more about learning to live with uncertainty as a constant companion.

Part three of The Wilderness . After navigating the challenges of Land's End, Rob, Faye and Hewy are forced to change their plans and head for Padstow. With narrowing options, shallow waters and a harbour gate that waits for no one, the journey becomes a race against time and tide.

Part two of The Wilderness . Recovering from the shock of their first major setbacks, Rob, Faye and Hewy continue west along the south coast towards Land's End. As the conditions worsen and uncertainty grows, Rob confronts one of the lowest moments of the journey and begins to discover what keeps him moving forward when there are no easy answers.

The first part of The Wilderness . After years of planning, Rob, Faye and Hewy finally leave Eastbourne and begin their journey around the UK. It doesn't take long for reality to replace certainty as the dream collides with the unpredictable nature of life at sea.

In the second part of The Crossing , the internal journey begins to take physical form. Rob reflects on finding the boat, preparing to leave, and the emotional weight of travelling south to Eastbourne - the point where the idea finally became real - pondering the beignning of a circumnavigation of the UK.

Sometimes the real crossing happens long before the boat leaves harbour. In the first part of The Crossing , Rob Johnson reflects on the internal crossing that had to happen before any physical journey could begin.  Rob reflects on identity, belonging, uncertainty, and the unexpected steps that turned a distant idea into something real.

Faced with a challenge to the life he’d carefully planned, Rob Johnson begins to confront what it would really mean to leave - to step into a life without certainty, without a boat, and without knowing exactly what would come next. 

A dream planned safely in the distance - until someone asked, “Why not now?”  The first part of a conversation with Rob Johnson - from a structured corporate life to a very different horizon. We explore roots, identity, the long-term plan that was never really meant to happen, and the conversation that suddenly changed the timeline.

 A short reflection following the 999 Days series.  Not a retelling, but what that experience has opened up - and what I’m now listening for in a much deeper way, both in leadership and life.  I think the question that’s stayed with me is: what happens to us — as leaders, as people — when that illusion of control falls away?  And - more interested in what happens when people meet the edge of thems...

The final part of a three-part reflection on the past 999 days.  A return to the conversation - now with a different perspective on leadership, life, and what matters now.  Be prepared for some deeper personal reflections and a few silent pauses :-). This episode is shaped by my reflections of a year working on training my mind (Apr 24-May 25), with support from Claire Genkai Breeze, a Zen Buddhis...

 Part two of a three-part reflection on the past 999 days. When I could no longer fix what was in front of me, something in me had to change. 

As a part of the return of my podcast after 999 days, this part one (of a three-part reflection), explores the moment everything changed, and why I could no longer show up as I had before. When someone close to me became unwell, everything shifted — and I stepped away. After this small mini-series of 3, we shall begin with guests.  

999 days since last I was on the podcast with Liz Bloomfield - it's been a while. After a long personal hiatus from summer 2023, my podcast returns in Spring 2026. This podcast has evolved. It began in 2021 by engaging in conversations with those close to me - clients, friends, and family. Now it's dedicated to engaging in the "uncut leadership conversations and stories" that t...

Liz Bloomfield and I explore "what matters between us". Liz and I are talking virtually from our homes in Washington, US & Rugby in the UK.

Liz and I explore "our leadership voices", as a last act of podcasting together - for now :-) Liz and I are talking virtually from our homes in Washington, US & Rugby in the UK.

Liz Bloomfield and I explore "how we know each other". We first met as colleagues in the Wind Power industry - Liz a leader in Onshore Wind, and myself, an internal leadership & org development coach. Together we worked with others to shape leadership and culture across Onshore wind farm construction, and have stayed connected ever since. Liz leads the non-profit Ripple Effect Images...

Liz Bloomfield and I continue to explore "how we know each other".  Liz and I are talking virtually from our homes in Washington, US & Rugby in the UK.

Rowan & I explore "What Matters Between Us" further - this time honing in on our sense of what "Going Beyond" might mean.  Once again, Rowan and I are talking virtually from our homes in London & Rugby in the UK. 

Rowan & I explore "What Matters Between Us" -  unrehearsed, Rowan and I start to explore. Once again, Rowan and I are talking virtually from our homes in London & Rugby in the UK. 

Rowan and I explore "how we know each other". We first met through a mutual peer and friend, as I needed a Resilience specialist to help me in my quest to develop my Mind Fitness, while swimming Lake Windermere in 2019. Since then Rowan Gray, of Made to Move, has become my coach and sparring partner as I quest to grow in different ways.  He enables me to reveal and work with whatever I a...

Some reflections from me while travelling - and before my next partners join the podcast.

Totally "unscripted" - "uncut" - I've been away for a while - 4 months - not podcasting - being with others instead - now I'm exploring my return, and why "now", and what my BIG question might be :-)

Between co-hosting - Taking some space to reflect on my time with David - to reflect on my voice, my presence, and embracing my positive impact - and then a 3-week summer break, before more co-hosts come.

Hi everyone - My daughter, Sacha, and I, continue to collaborate with Move:Connect:Grow and Growing A Powerful Presence - listen to this short audio, and if you're interested in growing your presence, then join Sacha and myself at this 2-day face to face workshop, priced at £500 per person (excluding travel and accomodation).