The Leadership Lounge Podcast

On today's episode of #Leadership - What's on your mind? I speak to Ryan Hartley a husband, father and the heart and mind behind Always Better than Yesterday, a coaching company, worldwide community, and podcast.  The ABTY community spans 112 countries and his previous guests include Academy Award Winner Matthew McConaughey and Author of the 5 Love Languages Dr. Gary Chapman.   He s...

On today's episode of #Leadership - What's on your mind? I speak to Natalie Davidson a Teacher, Motivational and Inspirational Speaker and the only teacher in the world with Tourette’s Coprolalia.  Make sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE to my other social media platforms:   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/STARDevelopm...  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-wa...  Instagra...

On todays episode of #Leadership - what's on your mind? I talk to JAMIE CHRISTON BA(Hons), Chief Executive Officer about his leadership journey at Chester Zoo and more.   Jamie spent the first part of his career in high street food and retail department store management after graduating with a degree in politics.  He took these skills to Manchester Airport Group where he headed up commer...

On today's episode of #Leadership - What's on your mind? I speak to Scott Simon Head Coach of Flatwater (Paracanoe & Olympic Canoe Sprint) about his leadership journey in the Olympics and more.   https://www.britishcanoeing.org.uk/ Scott's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottsigb/ Make sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE to my other social media platforms: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/S...

Who is Di Worby I’ve been heavily involved in the aviation industry for 36 years. In my private life I flew as a GA pilot for 22yrs but retired due to other commitments a few years ago. In my work life I’ve had differing roles for the last 36 years but a majority of the time has been in developing and delivering training, business management and leadership of our team. The key focus of my work is...

Who is Kevin Gallagher  • Favourite school subject: truancy/wagging it, which led to me becoming a school dropout.  • Royal Navy for 8 years trained as a Weapons Engineer specialist subject radar communications and weapons systems.  • 22yrs in the Hospitality Industry which included 6 pubs, 4 restaurants and 2 hotels.  • 14yrs ago founded present business Momentum Performance C...

Susanna started her career as a psychology graduate from the University of Manchester, and went on to work with adults with learning difficulties. Susanna then had to complete a NVQ in care to prove her practical competencies – and her involvement in vocational training began. After completing her NVQ levels 2 and 3, she soon moved up the ranks, and was appointed the National Contract Manager for...

What a pleasure to host Victoria on this week's episode, she describes herself as simply, a mum, daughter, sister, friend. A good human. Privileged Headteacher of a FABULOUS school full of shamelessly amazing staff and children. British Army Reservist. TEDx speaker. You must watch this episode and her amazing TED TALK, linked below. Twitter: https://twitter.com/HappyHead74 LinkedIn:  htt...

Trev is currently a Full Time Reservist within the Royal Air Force. He is currently a Squadron Leader Training Officer and has undertaken various roles within the Royal Air Force since joining in 1985; these roles include being a Physical Training Instructor and Physical Education Officer.  He has undertaken posts such as Officer Commanding Force Development Training Centre Fairbourne, where...

A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Debra has spent over 30 years working in blue-chip organisations with Human Resources. She is commercially focused, and pragmatic having operated at Board level as an HR Director and as a consultant. Debra is an assessor for the CIPD and runs a peer coaching community of practice for HR leaders. She has worked in a variety of busine...

Celebrating 1 Year to the day since I started this Podcast Peter is passionate about helping individuals, teams and businesses realise their full potential. His leadership of complex, high technology military aircraft programmes in worldwide markets has given him a unique insight into the needs of global companies and their employees. His extensive knowledge of multiple cultures, customer sensitiv...

“Tommy G” is the CEO and Founder of Tide 55, a digital marketing agency founded in June 2020 and now has 7 employees and a new HQ in Andover, Hampshire. Tommy started his entrepreneurial journey in the fitness industry by opening a gym in 2012 (which he still owns but has no involvement day to day. He’s also been a professional speaker, being paid to give motivational talks and created his own 2-d...

It's a pleasure to welcome Tom Phillips onto the podcast this week, officially announcing he is joining our training team at STAR Development UK and heads up our business development. With a background in pharmaceuticals and healthcare, his aim is to make you better. Better leaders and managers. Better teams. Better organisations. Clients work with him repeatedly because of his consistently incons...

James Sinclair is a UK based business owner who started his entrepreneurial journey at just 16 as a children's entertainer.  He soon scaled up buying indoor leisure attractions, and today owns an empire of farm parks, soft plays, laser arenas, day nurseries, teddy bear manufacturing most recently a zoo. His real passion however is helping other business owners. He's written books, p...

I was super excited when Jesse and Molly agreed to be the first couple on the podcast, this conversation really shows my passion to diversify the conversation about leadership and the opportunities to transfer learning from different situations and stories. Jesse and Molly recently appeared in a documentary called ‘Climbing Blind’ which was aired on the BBC (check it out on iPlayer: https://www.bb...

** TIME TO CELEBRATE **   Since I started in May 2020 the podcast has now been listened to and watched over 10 thousand times! I had a strong vision for what I wanted to create and I'm pleased to say I have stayed true to my initial plan.   Having said that it still blows my mind at the standard of guests that I have managed to attract to host and bring to you each week. Inspirational st...

What a privilege to sit down with Dan Purvis, have a chat about leadership and how he has had to learn to deal with pressure. As you will know by now, I have a real passion for changing it up and having diverse conversations about leadership, this is a perfect example of this concept. I asked Dan to introduce himself - Hi I’m Daniel Purvis, I’m an ex Gb and Scottish male gymnast. I started the spo...

It's been my pleasure to get to know Jane over the last 18 months and it was a must to invite her onto the podcast. As you can tell from her bio below, she has so much experience and it was great for her to share her perspectives on leadership. After a 15 year career in media and entertainment, which involved developing and running multi-million advertising and events accounts for leading brands s...

What an amazing conversation this week with Ben Thexton, it was a pleasure to host him and find out more about his unexpected journey. I was expecting to hear about his self leadership but it was great hear how his experiences have molded his now leadership style in business. Ben owns an accountancy practice which specialises in Construction and Property. Ben was involved in a road traffic acciden...

Following international women's day on Monday It was an absolute pleasure to host this amazing lady on the Podcast. A story of grief, grit and resilience, glamour and giving. Honoured with an MBE in October 2020 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Often referred to as the lady with the sax, Julie is an inspirational, musical and a high-energy keynote speaker who enters the stage playing the saxopho...

What a great opportunity to sit down with Paul Elias (Eli) an Ex RAF colleague who was at senior instructor level when I was learning my craft. It has been a pleasure to sit down with many of my previous colleagues on the podcast, who I hold In high regard, respect the part they added to my journey and know they train/facilitate at the highest level. Paul has been a performance coach and in leader...

This week on the podcast I have the pleasure of hosting Garth Dallas, when I first met him about 2years ago at an event over in Liverpool he captured my attention. He is a sort of person you could listen to all day and as you will find out on this episode, he is full of stories, experiences and thankfully we even had time to talk LEADERSHIP! Garth is Head of Collaborations for the Good Business Fe...

This week I had the pleasure of hosting Dawn Tolcher and we had a fab conversation around the topic of leadership. Dawn is currently managing Director of Tranmere Rovers Football Club, leading the organisation to perform to the highest standard possible. CIPD qualified and specialising in workforce development, Dawn understands the importance of leadership for people and teams. Dawn has recently e...

When I was in the RAF delivering leadership training, I was surrounded by amazing likeminded trainers in a great environment set up to encourage learning and development. Then I decided to leave but my number one priority was to continue my learning journey, I remember signing up to Audible which allowed my to listen and learn on the move. The first 'LEADERSHIP' book I listen to was recommended to...

Talk about dream guests, this week I had a pleasure of sitting down with Joe Foster the founder of the global sports brand REEBOK. After hearing Joe had launched his book SHOE MAKER in Oct 2020 I got in touch and then it didn't take me long to listen via Audible. I had to break my 20minute rule because as Joe started to talk, his story is captivating and I didn't want to limit the time he had to s...