Career Game Plan | What are the 7 reasons you should have a leadership roadmap? What are you missing out on if you don't? Why does having one early in your career matter?Do you have a leadership roadmap?Avoid wasting time hesitating or missin

8 ways to take back control in conversations S2 E009

Mar 16th, 2023 21m 44s

In 8 ways to take back control in conversations, I explore two scenarios: one with a colleague and one with our boss. What's happening is important to understand. From there we can determine the best approach to regaining control in the convers

The 7 Signatures of Coaching Cultures S2 E008

Mar 7th, 2023 14m 5s

How do you know if you and your organisation have a strong coaching culture, or are doing the right things to strengthen coach-leadership? Join me as I explain the 7 signatures of coaching cultures, and what you can do as a leader and as an org

The Who Energy Model™ for Leaders Who Coach™ S2 E007 — PLUS The Better Conversations Rulebook Launch

Feb 26th, 2023 21m 15s

Why does a direct report not follow through on what we've agreed? It's possible that you've focused too much on what needs doing and how. The Who Energy Model™ reminds Leaders Who Coach™ to explore 'who' their direct report is being and why som

Unstuck in 5 minutes with 5 coaching conversation questions S2 E006

Feb 20th, 2023 15m 49s

Can you use coaching conversation skills to get your direct report unstuck in as little as 5 minutes? Yes, you can. Join me to find out when you can do this and 5 questions you can use with team members.✦🔎 Explore Coach-Leadership & Coaching

How to ask for help at work and avoid overwhelm S2 E005

Feb 12th, 2023 21m 46s

Even the most successful leaders struggle to ask for help at work. Why is this? And is there a good way to ask for help? 100%. And is there a reputation-damaging way to ask for help? Oh yes. Join me to find out what you could do better and what

Layoffs and healing conversations S2 E004

Feb 5th, 2023 18m 28s

On this week's Better Conversations, Sehaam Cyrene shares how healing can start in the same conversation as being told your job is redundant and you're being let go. There are 2 functions for leaders to fulfill — delivering the bad news and hel

Tolerating underperformance S2 E003

Jan 28th, 2023 13m 53s

Are you tolerating underperformance from a team member? I share how you can hold an empowering conversation and recontract with them to shift them into ownership and commitment.✦🔎 Explore Coach-Leadership & Coaching Cultures in Blog+.🎓 Enr

Delivering bad news with compassion S2 E002

Jan 19th, 2023 20m 14s

How do you deliver bad news to a direct report with compassion? And how can you respond when they get angry or upset?✦🔎 Explore Coach-Leadership & Coaching Cultures in Blog+.🎓 Enrol in our next Leaders Who Coach™ cohort 5★ CPD Certified🛍

Using questions to help us listen better S2 E001

Jan 12th, 2023 20m 51s

As a leader, when we feel the urge to jump in with advice or offer a solution, we could be disempowering the other person. Instead, we can use questions to help us listen better and give our direct report a chance to come up with their own solu

Emotional connections as the powerhouse of remote managing

Jun 30th, 2021 11m 18s

Working from home or remote working in some shape or form is going to continue and depending on which report you read, it’s a good thing for work life balance (flexibility and productivity are up) or a bad thing for our mental health (stress le

Bettina Palazzo on ethics and listening up | BCP025

May 27th, 2021 54m 25s

My guest today is Bettina Palazzo. She is an expert in business ethics and advises companies and non-profits on how to look after the leadership and cultural dimension of compliance. She is a big proponent of speak-up cultures and ethical leade

Jason Ring on not talking and actively listening | BCP024

Mar 25th, 2021 1h 13m

My guest today is Jason Ring. Jason joined Global Shares in 2019. After spending a decade within hyper growth cyber security companies helping them build their global go to market strategies and achieve unicorn status. Jason was brought on boa

Lorenzo Espinosa on having a board of mentors | BCP023

Mar 16th, 2021 1h 9m

My guest today is Lorenzo Espinosa. He works in tech - he’s currently Director of Data Operations and Product at Chattermill, a London-based AI startup “disrupting the unified customer experience ‘analytics space’ — which is means they analyse

Steve Chapman on being in not knowing | BCP022

Mar 11th, 2021 1h 19m

My guest is Steve Chapman. Steve is an artist, writer and speaker interested in creativity and the human condition and, from conversations to date, he has a certain comfort being in the space of not knowing. He speaks to organisations, over 80

Steve Gaskell on being the best version of yourself | BCP021

Feb 23rd, 2021 57m 40s

My guest is Steve Gaskell a fellow coach, and author of ‘Business Shouldn’t be this Tough’ has a deep understanding of the difficulties leaders face today, he’s been helping leaders of businesses for some 18 years.Steve is a former Army Master

Ian Moyse on fastest ways to build customer rapport | BCP020

Dec 8th, 2020 1h 3m

My guest today is Ian Moyse. Ian is the EMEA Sales Director for Natterbox. He has sat on the boards for several industry bodies; FAST (Federation Against Software Theft), CIF (Cloud Industry Forum) and Eurocloud and as non-exec advisor to nume

Amali de Alwis MBE on preparation, reflection and respect

Nov 30th, 2020 52m 41s

My guest is Amali de Alwis. Amali is responsible for Microsoft’s strategic and commercial direction across Microsoft’s startup and scale-up activities in the UK. Prior to this she was CEO of Code First: Girls - a multi award-winning training c

Kathryn Chapman on the power of photography for good mental health | BCP018

Nov 1st, 2020 59m 19s

My guest is Kathryn Chapman. Kathryn is a photographer, mental health advocate and creator of Face to Face, a powerful photographic process for women. It’s about giving them the opportunity to see themselves in a more self-loving way as a way o

Rob Bogosian on corporate silence and the fear of speaking up | BCP017

Oct 25th, 2020 1h 5m

My guest is Dr Rob Bogosian the principal at RVB Associates, Breaking Corporate Silence: How High Influence Leaders Create Cultures of Voice and has been featured in numerous business publications including Business Insider, CNN Money, The Econ

Kate Rolfe on our responsibility to bring people with us in conversations | BCP016

Oct 18th, 2020 59m 18s

My guest is Kate Rolfe. Kate is founder of The Revels Office which is a cultural events consultancy and she helps arts organisations generate new revenue and through that expose organisations to different cultural experiences and reach new audi

Stephen Brittain on visualising and mapping the value exchange in conversations | BCP015

Oct 10th, 2020 50m 28s

My guest is Steve Brittain. Steve is co-founder of Insurtech Gateway, the only FCA authorised independent incubator and fund, it’s where founders can go and get underwriting paper, investment capital, and advice on how to design and build their

Julie Mashack on philosophical conversations with strangers | BCP014

Sep 28th, 2020 59m 21s

My guest is Julie Mashack. Julie is the Director of Global Programs and Networks at 92nd Street Y - (as in the 24th letter of the alphabet) - it’s a 145 year old cultural and community center located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New Y

Gabrielle Hase on being insatiably curious about others | BCP013

Sep 17th, 2020 1h 7m

My guest is Gabrielle Hase. She is the CEO of Soleberry Advisory - love that name - based in London, and her depth of experience in all things ecommerce, mobile and direct marketing as well as strategic branding and how to increase a brand’s ma

Margaret Heffernan on fresh, raw and unpackaged conversations | BCP012

Jun 8th, 2020 1h 4m

One of the things I enjoy about my guest, and as she describes how she shows up in conversations, is how “fresh, raw and unpackaged” her thoughts and commentary are. My guest is Margaret Heffernan. Multi-time TED speaker, an award winning auth