The Bitesize LEADership Podcast

Hosted by LEAD Network Volunteer and Facilitator, Non-Executive Director and Leadership Coach- Dunke Afe, this episode reveals the code that separates leaders who talk about inclusion from leaders who actually create it. In less than 20 minutes Dunke shares:  ✨ Six elements that separate leaders who talk about inclusion from leaders who create it  ✨ Real lessons from Obama, J...

In the latest episode of the  Bite-Sized Leadership Podcast  (LEAD Network UK), Dunke Afe speaks with  Louise Robbie , Head of Product at Cawston Press, about her leadership journey — from big corporates to entrepreneurship to driving inclusion today. Here are the highlights: 🔹  Resilience with space  — hold strong, but leave room for people and ideas to grow. 🔹  Pu...

In this month's episode, we continue to explore more on leadership and leadership lessons. Dunke Afe speaks with Cathrin Kurz about her leadership philosophy which is centered on leading for impact. Cathrin is a Global Product Portfolio Director at Ingredion focused on cross-functional collaboration to drive strategic, sustainable growth. Her professional and personal passion has taken her around...

In this month's episode , it's Dunke's turn to share leadership lessons ! She is joined by Ali Fisher ( Plans with Purpose) to unpack the meaty topic of Inclusive leadership , why it matters, why it's good for leaders, good for employees and yes ! why it's good for business. You really don't want to miss this information packed episode!! The LEAD Network is a non-profit organisation with a mission...

Here’s a question for you .. what would you do with your life if you knew for a fact that you would live to 150 years ?  Are there things you would differently ? Are there things you would stop doing? Start doing ?  In this episode, Dunke Afe speaks with Zeynep Yalim-Uzun about her deeply person wellness journey which evolved from a global corporate leader to a multifaceted portfoli...

March is all about International Women’s Day and the theme for this year is about accelerating action for gender equity. It’s about taking those big or small steps to accelerate change for women in the workplace.  Truly brilliant initiative , and then it  got me thinking , are there areas in our lives that require acceleration or change as well ? A quick google search reve...

In this month's episode, Dunke Afe sits down with Tom Geraghty, CEO of Psych Safety to discuss what psychological safety means and how leaders and teams can foster it in everyday work.  Tom Geraghty, founder and CEO of Psych Safety, is an expert in team performance and psychological safety. Leveraging his unique background in ecological research and technology, Tom has held CIO & CTO role...

Join CEO of Unleash my Future Lisa Murdoch and Non Executive Director and Development Coach, Dunke Afe as they discuss what it means to be authentic, why it matters and how they discovered their authentic selves. They share helpful suggestions on how to take the journey towards authenticity and how we can all be more comfortable with ourselves. The LEAD Network is a non-profit organisation with a...

Rachel White is Managing director at Nielsen IQ & GfK. Rachel has a broad range of commercial and leadership experience, and is passionate about driving DE&I forwards. Rachel has supported some brilliant progress on the topic of menopause within her organisation and she will be sharing her experience and advice in this month's podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

This month we speak with Lisa Murdoch about how we can own our careers. Lisa is a Coach, Speaker , Trainer and CEO of Unleash My Future. A business specialising in supporting organisations & employees in the CPG & Retail sector. Lisas passionate about empowering people to unleash their brilliance and create a career they love. Through inspiration, insights, and tangible tools, Lisa helps p...

Our careers are full of potential and opportunities, uncertainity and change. There is no such thing as a straight line to success these days as we can get stuck, face obstacles, feel frustrated or simply be eager to explore new possibilities. Navigating a career path in today’s VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambigious) requires a whole different set of skills and perspective . ...

In the world of DEI, intersectionality describes how our compounding identities affect how we see the world, and in some cases, how the world sees or maybe doesn't see us. We are talking about leadership and intersectionality with Anjana Anand, the Director of Insight and Innovation at Amazon UK Retail. Not only is Anjana focused on finding new ways to make the consumer shopping experience the bes...

In this episode, we talk to Stephen Egli Senior leader and Finance Director at CHEP. Stephen has a wide range of financial and commercial business experience, he is also driven by a passion to inspire, learn and make a tangible difference. It was a pleasure to speak with him about his discovery and journey of Allyship. He gives some refreshing honest reflections and practical advice on being an al...

'Creating Inclusive workplaces starts from the top, with leaders capable of conscious and personal introspection, reflection and role modelling.'   In this month’s Bitesize leadership podcast we are joined by Sandeep Gill, the Global HR R&D Director at Reckitt to talk about Inclusion and creating inclusive workplaces. Sandeep brings over 19 years of diverse HR leadership in markets, globa...

Can you be high performing at work and living with mental health issues? Would you know how to protect or improve your mental health or provide support to others? According to NHS Digital, a sixth of the population in England aged 16 to 64 have a mental health problem. Whether it is family or friends, neighbours or work colleagues, the chances are we all know someone who is affected. Bearing in mi...

Recent data shows that 76% of employees report moderate to high levels of stress and it's also been reported that up to 4 in 8 people experience burnout at work. April is stress awareness month and so we are speaking with Vanessa Juby , the founder of Welfy (Welfy.co.uk ) about her leadership journey through work related stress and how she came through the other side . Vanessa spent twenty years w...

The Bitesize Leadership Podcast is a series of conversations with inspirational leaders and achievers sharing their leadership journey and career life lessons. In our very first episode ,our special guest is Louise Stigant, Mondelez International – UK MD. As Managing Director of Mondelez’s UK business Louise Stigant leads a team of 4,000 people across the UK. She very openly chatted to us abo...