Tony Langham is the Executive Chair and co-founder of Lansons, a reputation management and public relations firm based in London and New York. We discuss the importance of approaching reputation management as the way people perceive each other

30: Tara Rule on curiosity, coaching and positive mindset

Jun 10th, 2022 30m 50s

Tara Rule is the Senior Director of Commercial Strategy Go to Market and Operations at Adobe, responsible for looking at how Adobe make smart commercial decisions. Tara manages to juggle her full-time role as a director in a fast-paced global b

29: Dr Mersha Aftab on design management and emotional intelligence

May 24th, 2022 40m 5s

Dr Mersha Aftab is the co-host director for MA Design Management courses at Birmingham City University. She specialises in design leadership within large organisations, exploring how designers design and lead strategically in business. We discu

28: Phill Elston on inspiring teamwork, collaboration and radical change

Mar 29th, 2022 42m 39s

Phill Elston is Operations Director of Brompton Bicycle and is responsible for leading the manufacturing organisation in the production of the famous Brompton bicycles. Phill joined the company because his values were aligned, and he felt able

27: Sarah Foster on confidence and the environment

Mar 8th, 2022 33m 24s

Sarah Foster is the Managing Director of Comply Direct, an environmental consultancy and compliance business. She is also the author of Yabba Dabba Do It, a book on self-confidence. Sarah shares her three steps to self-confidence – Prepare, Do

#26 Rich Horth on the great resignation and recruitment

Feb 24th, 2022 33m 31s

Rich Horth is Operations Director for Adecco, a large recruitment agency with 80 offices throughout the UK. Rich talks about the great resignation, how that creates a candidate led market and what that means for employers. With the highest numb

#25 Cathy Brown on purpose, connection and communication

Dec 21st, 2021 40m 5s

Cathy Brown is the Chief Executive of i-SE, a social enterprise that provides business support services for social enterprises in the West Midlands. Cathy brings a wealth of experience from both the commercial sector as well as social enterpris

#24 Bella Lewis-Smith on setting up an employee owned business

Dec 7th, 2021 39m 42s

Bella Lewis-Smith is the founder and MD of Salad, a design and digital agency based in Dorset in the UK. Bella talks about the process of selling her business to become a 100% employee-owned business and the challenges she faced along the way.

#23 Jane Huntington on agile working and technological change

Nov 23rd, 2021 32m 42s

Jane Huntington is the Head of Application Development for Guide Dogs. I’ve worked with Jane and her team and I have some understanding of the complexity and volume of technological change that they are leading. Jane talks about using an agile

#22: Sope Agbelusi on inclusivity, race conversations and authenticity

Nov 16th, 2021 38m 46s

Sope Agbelusi is a leadership consultant and coach and founder of the business Mindset Shift and the podcast host of Everyday Leadership. We discuss the need for courage and vulnerability in order to be authentic and have an inclusive workplace

Lee Evans on working with fear and living your values

Apr 13th, 2021 34m 3s

Lee Evans is the founder of Mind Power Solutions and coaches the British Army’s leadership as well as elite athletes and business owners. He talks about how fear is the biggest challenge that every leader faces and how we need to change our rel

Mary Gregory on leadership, the ego and self-awareness

Feb 9th, 2021 36m 53s

Mary Gregory is a leadership consultant and coach and the author of the book Ego: Get over yourself and lead. We discuss the emotional side of change and the need to include the people side of change as a priority. Mary unpicks the ego in leade

Rebecca Mander on overcoming personal setback

Jan 26th, 2021 31m 46s

Rebecca Mander is the Founder of https://www.guruyoucoach.com/ (GuruYou coaching). As an executive coach, she specialises in supporting people in business who are undergoing personal setback. None of us are strangers to personal setbacks. We al

Rachel Fletcher from Ofwat on collaboration and problem solving

Jan 12th, 2021 35m 11s

Rachel Fletcher is the CEO of Ofwat, the water regulator for England and Wales. Rachel shares the challenges for the water industry of the increased demand for water and the expectations on the environment. She talks about collaboration with di

Jess Lonsdale from Virgin Media on being human in the workplace

Jan 5th, 2021 37m 26s

Jess Lonsdale is Internal Communications Director for Virgin Media. We discuss the importance of engaging in dialogue in a crisis to stay connected to employees. We also discuss the vulnerability of emotional connection, bringing your whole sel

Deb Leary of Forensic Pathways on innovation and trust

Dec 8th, 2020 34m 8s

Deb Leary is the CEO of Forensic Pathways, a business she set up in 2001 after overhearing a chance conversation at a police conference. Deb has built her business on innovation, designing products and services that meet specific market needs i

Rachel Repper on collaboration and COVID-19 response for NHS supply chain

Nov 24th, 2020 32m 45s

Rachel Repper led the COVID-19 response for the NHS Supply Chain. She was responsible for ensuring that hospitals had the right equipment to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. People’s lives literally depended on her decision-making. She talks abou

Jude Jennison introduces Innovating Humanity the official Birmingham Tech podcast

Oct 20th, 2020 5m

Welcome to Rethinking Leadership podcast. I’m Jude Jennison, the host of this podcast and Founder of Leaders by Nature, a leadership and team development company. I work with senior leadership teams to help them align through behavioural change

Jane Ashcroft CBE on care homes, listening and collaboration

Oct 13th, 2020 37m 22s

Jane Ashcroft is the Chief Executive of the Anchor Hanover Group, England’s largest not for profit provider of housing and care for older people. Jane was awarded a CBE in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to older people, some 7 years ago

Adrian Packer CBE on education and transforming schools

Oct 6th, 2020 33m 14s

Adrian Packer CBE is the CEO of the Core Education Trust, who run a number of academy schools in the Birmingham area. Adrian has a fascinating career, having started as a teacher at the Brit School, teaching pupils such as Amy Winehouse. He was

Sally Palethorpe on change management

Sep 29th, 2020 33m 26s

Sally Palethorpe is the Managing Partner of Inspired Partners, a change management consultancy. She talks about the need to support leaders and organisations through change, using her Other framework which provides the skills needed to lead cha

Aaron McCormick on personal introspection, empathy, energy and joy

Sep 22nd, 2020 43m 19s

Aaron McCormick is one of my more unusual podcast interviews. Born on the south side of Chicago to a difficult background, he developed an incredible career by bucking every trend and refusing to conform. Instead, he listened to his intuition a

Denise Bobb on black engagement and change

Sep 15th, 2020 41m 5s

Denise Bobb is a highly established Portfolio Manager, leading complex change programmes for organisations across both the private and public sectors. I spoke to Denise about how we increase black engagement so that black businesses have a stro

Ahmed Farooq CFO of Wesleyan on diversity, ethnicity and role models

Sep 8th, 2020 38m 55s

Ahmed Farooq has been the CFO of Wesleyan Assurance for 5 years. He talks openly about his experience of being an ethnic minority leader in the workplace, about Ramadan, the vulnerability of being curious about other people and the discomfort o

Piers Tincknell from Atomic Smash on failure as learning

Sep 1st, 2020 34m 6s

Piers Tincknell is the MD of AtomicSmash, a creative design agency. He talks about the need to adapt and see failure as part of the evolution of learning. He recognises that encouraging his team to learn, to innovate through trial and error is