The Leadership Lounge Podcast

This weeks Episode - I had the pleasure of hosting Heidi Maduhu who is a born for Entrepreneurship: Like my mother, and my mother's mother before me. It all started with Abuelita Pascuala planting one seed in Callao's impoverished soil and praying it would sprout. Little did she have any idea of what those initial seeds would one day grow - physically, as in harvest after harvest of roquito pepper...

This weeks Episode - Ric Moylan has over 15 years experience working at the highest levels of human performance and elite sport. He works closely with world class athletes, CEO’s and the armed forces, delivering his highly regarded Moylan Advanced Performance Principles to help them win and retain world titles, and improve their performance in all areas of their life. If you want to reach out and...

This weeks Episode -   After hearing Matt Bennett speak as part of an Institute of Directors (IOD) event on resilience, I know I had to reach out and ask him to join me on the podcast. Thankfully he said yes and here we are. Matt is the CEO of DRB Group, he has amazing stories to tell and really encapsulates the reason why I started this podcast in the first place. I hope you enjoy liste...

This weeks Episode -   I had the pleasure of catching up with one of my very good friends and ex-RAF colleague Scott Stewart. Scott saw both side of the military starting from a Non-commissioned electronics technician in Aug 2001, to graduating RAF Cranwell in 2009 and becoming an engineering officer, serving a further 9 years.  Leaving the RAF in December 2018, Scott started his ca...

This weeks Episode -   Paul is an author of four best-selling books focusing on how to develop your mindset to be the best version of you. Paul applies his writings to his business work to develop the mindset of leaders and organisations. He also provides insightful and engaging key note talks on mindset and provides coaching from the content from his books to help others be their person...

In this weeks episode I speak to James Dutton a Director at DRP based in London and the South of England, specialising in construction and property consultancy. BUT more importantly a very close childhood friend who reached out to me when I launched the online Leadership programme - Business Owner Bootcamp back in Oct 19. On this episode we chat about the importance of leadership in his role and t...

This weeks Episode - I had the pleasure of catching up with Mae, she is from the Philippines and I’ve been able to work with her since March to super charge her leadership journey and her business. Seeing an increase in sales of 225% from March to May this year, Mae has well and truly Leveled up herself, her team and her business. This week’s episode is a must watch to help you think about your le...

This week I had the pleasure of speaking to Tony Preston, he is now a coach who helps trade businesses, sole traders and small service businesses hit bigger numbers and be more effective. However he also has an amazing story and it’s a privilege to bring his story to you. WHO IS TONY PRESTON: I am 56 years young, I left school before taking any GCE as I was certain I did not need them. At 17 my li...

This week I had the pleasure of catching up with my good friend and client Kath Jones - CEO of THINK Wine Group and We Are Social Nation in Liverpool. Kath has had an inspirational leadership story so far but will admit she is a life long student of personal and professional development, seeing the value for herself plus her team. If you want to reach out and connect with Kath on LinkedIn – https:...

I had the pleasure of welcoming a very good friend and Ex-RAF colleague Phil Kelly on to the podcast this week. Phil is an award winning business owner and TED presenter who loves to build positive relationships with clients. Having designed and delivered successful training packages worldwide across various industries, he now spends most of his time within business development and quality assuran...

This week I had the pleasure of catching up with Phil Quirk, I worked alongside Quirky in the RAF. He has always been fascinated with the mind, ever since joining the Royal Marines in 1998, prior to the RAF and has seen first hand how the mind leads the body and how this leads to results, both good & bad. Phil has coached and help Olympic & World Champions, Polar Explorers, Fast Jet Pilots...

This weeks Episode - This week I speak to Sean O’Neill and after 25 years in business, experiencing recessions, successes and (some) failures, Sean knows how to navigate his way through any business challenge. Sean is known in business circles as the CEO of the Adore Group where he runs multiple successful businesses. As well as his day job in the boardroom, he is also a well respected mentor and...

This weeks Episode - This week I had the pleasure of hosting Winnie Fannon, she is a biopharmaceutical researcher & lecturer turned entrepreneur who is running her full-time business in Young Living. Winnie is part of my global community of business owners who have been though my 90day online Leadership programme the Business Owner Bootcamp. She's managing a team of over 2,000 members located...

This weeks Episode - This week I had the pleasure of catching up with an Ex RAF colleague and a very good friend of mine Clint Rahe who is originally from and currently living back in Australia. We talk about our roles in the RAF specialising in leadership and development building on what I spoke about in episode one but then we move onto what he is doing now. Clint is now a business leadership co...

LIFT OFF – Episode 1 I'm Stuart Waddington, founder of Star Development UK. I'm on a mission to provide business owners with the opportunity to drive business growth and self-development, by unlocking their leadership potential and connecting with like-minded peers. If you are a business owner , serious about making changes, building your awareness and sharpening your leadership saw, then #Leaders...