Our Leadership Voices: Uncut

A small pause from me, towards the end of a 2-week break for my summer holidays, to mark the passing of my 50th Birthday on 1st August 2021.  I'm sat in the woods, at a small arctic cabin in the North Yorkshire Dales, UK, on a quite windy, unsettled, typical British summer day ! :-)

Exploring What Matters, Between Us - unrehearsed, Marie and I dive into a range of things that we felt mattered, between us regarding our uncut leadership voices - both in our professional lives as we help organisations and people grow powerful communities at work - and in our own personal lives. Once again, Marie and I are talking "virtually" - she's on the beach at Hayling Island,...

My 4th Podcast "co-host" - Marie Chandler - as we explore "how we know each other". Marie and I met in 2011, through our work - I will leave the details of that to the podcast. Marie and I share a deep passion for growing powerful, resilient communities in workplaces. Marie is an engaging leader and QEHSW professional, who was born, bred and still lives in Hampshire, in the UK...

Exploring Our Voices - an experiment to take some time after the podcasts, to reflect on what we noticed about our voices - and valued most about them :-) Once again, Dale and I are talking "virtually".

Between co-hosting - Taking some space to reflect on my time with Dale - to reflect on my voice, my presence, and embracing my positive impact - and to share who my next co-host will be :-)

In the second of 2 new episodes from Dale and I - we continue to  explore our relationship to the material recorded in Sep 2019 - and - what we think and feel now - and create new reflections.

In the first of 2 new episodes from Dale and I - we explore our relationship to the material recorded in Sep 2019 - and - what we think and feel now - and create new reflections.

A short "bonus" episode, linked to my exploration of more fully embracing my positive impact - after I received some very positive, deep, explicit feedback this past week, from someone who I value greatly as a partner. They shared a story with me, that they were told by some great people i partnered 8 years ago.  THANK YOU ALL.  You know who YOU ARE.

The final one of 3 podcasts between Dale and I - recorded as an experiment in Sep 2019, holed up in a hotel room in Newcastle - as we experimented - 18 months before I was ready to go live !! In this episode we explore what it means to own the label of "leader" - and how that is for people. 

The second of 3 podcasts between Dale and I - recorded as an experiment in Sep 2019, holed up in a hotel room in Newcastle - as we experimented - 18 months before I was ready to go live !! This episode is us having an initial exploration of "Leadership".

The first of 3 podcasts between Dale and I - recorded as an experiment in Sep 2019, holed up in a hotel room in Newcastle - as we experimented - 18 months before I was ready to go live !! This episode introduces us - and includes a little more of my background too.

My 4th Podcast "co-host" - Dale Robson - as we meet again - to "re-introduce" ourselves - before the material we share. Dale and I met in 2010, through our work - I will leave the details of that to the podcasts to come. He was leader and coachee and I was coach, on various leadership and org development assignments. He's been an engineer, a PM, an operational leader, and...

Walking The Next Valley of My Life - Following a face-to-face, walk and talk session with my coach, Rowan (Gray, from Made to Move), I wanted to capture a huge moment of insight - and use the reflection as a way to honour it fully  - as I speak out loud, my vision - linked to my purpose.  

Between co-hosting - Taking some space to reflect on my time with Daniel - to reflect on my voice, my presence, and embracing my positive impact - and to share who my next co-host will be :-)

Exploring Our Voices - an experiment to take some time after the podcasts, to reflect on what we noticed about our voices - and valued most about them :-) Once again, Daniel and I are talking "virtually" - he's in Horsen, Denmark, and I'm in Rugby, UK  :-)

Exploring What Matters, Between Us - unrehearsed, Daniel and I dive into a range of things that we felt mattered, between us regarding our uncut leadership voices - both in our professional lives as we help organisations and people grow powerful communities at work - and in our own personal lives. Once again, Daniel and I are talking "virtually" - he's in Horsen, Denmark, and I&apos...

My 3rd Podcast "co-host" - Daniel Sigmundsson - as we explore "how we know each other". Daniel and I met in 2010, through our work - I will leave the details of that to the podcast. He's Icelandic, lives in Denmark, and we've spent our time building both a professional relationship as leadership & organisational development specialists, and a personal relationship...

Between co-hosting - Taking some space to reflect on my time with Tanya - to reflect on my voice, my presence, and embracing my positive impact - and to share who my next co-host will be :-)

Exploring Our Voices - an experiment to take some time after the podcasts, to reflect on what we noticed about our voices - and valued most about them :-) Tanya and I are at home - sat in our lounge, in Rugby, UK - with our dog Chester on our laps :-)

Exploring What Matters, Between Us - Tanya and I explore the importance of "listening", in relation to supporting people as they work to navigate depression, and improve their mental health & well-being. Tanya has been through a challenging period in her life  - as have we - after losing her mother suddenly in December 2016. She has shown true leadership in being able to bring her vo...

My 2nd Podcast "co-host" - Wife & Husband  - exploring "how we know each other" :-) Tanya and I grew up in the north east of England - both born in the 70's - we met at the athletics club as teenage distance runners - and as they say, the rest is history - 32 years together so far :-)   Tanya is a passionate, funny, kind, engaging woman - a real driving force behind ou...

Between co-hosting - Taking some space to reflect on my time with Nev - to reflect on my voice, my presence, and embracing my positive impact - and to share who my next co-host will be :-)

Between co-hosting - a private conversation with myself - a chance to walk back in time to early December 2020 - and explore my personal learning & growth, that led me here.

Exploring Our Voices - an experiment to take some time after the podcasts, to reflect on what we noticed about our voices - and valued most about them :-) Nev and I are talking "virtually" - he's in Newcastle, UK and I'm in Rugby, UK - both at our homes :-)

Exploring What Matters, Between Us - it became obvious to Nev and myself, that we wanted to explore what it's been like for us to run self-employed businesses during the Global Pandemic - and the "Resilience Mindset" its' taken to "thrive", by leaning into the difficulties , spotting the good moments - and not "ringing the bell" and giving up - instead, stay...