The Long Run: Navigating the Miles of Modern Leadership and Personal Growth

In leadership, just like in long‑distance running, you can go fast alone, but you only go far with the right crew. In this 20‑minute episode of The Long Run, Martin explores what it really means to empower others and why surrounding yourself with the right people is essential for sustainable leadership. You’ll hear about: The difference between helping and empowering Why leaders burn out when they...

In this episode of Long Run: Navigating the Miles of Modern Leadership, Martin sits down with Elli Bliss — Co‑Founding Director of Mokita Training and Consultancy and practitioner working across anti‑racism, women’s health, and organisational change. Elli’s work lives in the places where leadership becomes real: high‑stakes conversations, cultural safety, systemic blind spots, and the emotional la...

Stable Ground in Moving Times: Leadership, AI, and the Human Need for Meaning   In a world where strategies shift weekly, technology evolves daily, and AI breakthroughs seem to land every morning, leaders are carrying a new kind of weight: the responsibility to create steadiness when nothing around them stands still. This episode explores what today’s constant flux does to the human nervous system...

In this episode, I catch up with Aisha Davies aka @bristolwiththeboys on Instagram. Aisha is a GP and a mother of 3 boys handling the responsibility like a pro. She talks to me about her honest approach to showcasing what her life is like and how it resonates with so many. This strangely mirrors a great approach to leadership which is probably very overlooked and underappreciated.

In this episode, I have a bit of a rant about how leadership is being shaped by the global political scene. I review how this might be bad for wellbeing of the employees. This episode is only 20 minutes long. 

In this episode, I explore the concept of Barefoot Parenting from the Barefoot Parent himself, Fred Ehressmann. We discuss how the idea of Parenting is flawed and manual driven but explore alternate paradigms. This ultimately linked back to what we can learn from Fred's experience and relate to leadership thought. A must listen and helpful for professionals looking after children in high pressured...

In this first episode, I lightly introduce the ideas that we will be discussing in the Long Run Podcast. A series that will be dedicated to exploring modern leadership and why old beliefs should be challenged. I discuss what I learned about leadership running a 100 mile ultramarathon. This is not only food for thought to challenge existing leadership cultures but a call to action to consider how w...