A conversation with Jiten Patel, Director, DiverSync Limited and author of Demystifying Diversity.

In our conversation Jiten offers valuable insights into:

• Why comfort often hides behind good intentions, while culture is shaped by behaviour.

• Why culture changes quietly, and how leaders often miss the warning signs.

• What leaders do when inclusion challenges comfort and demands courage.

A conversation with Neil McLoughlin, Director at Buckswood Overseas Summer School (BOSS) and ADHD Coach.

In our conversation Neil offers valuable insights into:

• Putting people before process.

• Bringing energy and honesty together.

• Understanding difference.

My guest today on Leaders in Conversation is Omar Abouseif, a former professional basketball player and now Global Associate Sector Manager at Shell.

A conversation with Victoria Rennoldson, a coach, speaker and author specialising in global leadership, communication and cultural intelligence.

In our conversation Victoria offers valuable insights into:

• How we need our human capabilities more than ever in an AI world. 

• How the ability to connect and to have good conversations, and to build trust and relationships is ultimately our human differentiator.

• That so-called ‘soft skills' is a total misnomer and that there is nothing soft about people skills that impact individuals, teams and organisations.

• How in a time of divides in and out of work we need Cultural Intelligence more than ever.

A conversation with Yasmin O’Neal, Senior Director for Global Brand at DECIEM. DECIEM is best known for its leading brand The Ordinary.

In our conversation Yasmin offers valuable insights into:

• How you can love your team, and you can win

• Kindness versus Niceness

• Being Curious

• How we all have an impact

A conversation with Erin Rogers, Founder of ERA Collective, Executive Coach, and Leadership Development Partner.

In our conversation Erin offers valuable insights into:

• How becoming a mother made her a better leader.

• The mentor who saw her before she saw herself.

• Leading through crisis - what her daughter's cancer journey taught her about presence.

• The power of being seen.

A conversation with Susie Partridge, round the world sailor and founder of the strategic marketing agency Blue Feathers.

In our conversation Susie offers valuable insights into:

• What the fast-changing marketing landscape means for capability in the industry

• The responsibility leaders have for developing marketers of the future

• How to drive capability as part of a marketing culture

A conversation with Sally-Anne Airey, leadership coach, founder of Skilful Leaders and author of Mindful Command - the way of the evolving leader, and podcast host of Fearless Forward.

In our conversation Sally-Anne offers valuable insights into:

• What good leadership looks, sounds, and feels like.

• How becoming a better leader is less about what you do, and more about how you are.

• Why she created the concept of Mindful Command and what it is - Balanced Awareness (seeing things as they are), Clear Purpose (being clear what matters) and Fearless Compassion (cultivating the courage to do the right thing).

A conversation with Jenny Latham, Executive Coach and passionate advocate for staying human in a digital world.

In our conversation Jenny offers valuable insights into:

• How our modern world is leaving us hyper connected but under bonded.

• Why the quality of connection matters more than the quantity.

• How the Smartphone Free Childhood Movement is instrumental in protecting our children’s social health

• The importance of identifying your own social needs and being intentional.

A conversation with Patrick Andrews, lawyer and co-founder with Erica Neve of Yoak.  He is author of The Incomplete Circle - Rethinking Business from the Inside Out, published in 2025.

In our conversation Patrick offers valuable insights into:

• Participation - real change only happens when we move from observers to participants.

• Wholeness - what it means to lead, organise and make decisions from a sense of interconnectedness rather than separation.

• Flow - How individuals and organisations flourish when effort, skill and purpose align.

A conversation with Marisa Kismul, Senior Vice President Human Resources, Civil Airframe, GKN Aerospace.

In our conversation Marisa offers valuable insights into:

• Supporting change and transition for success 

• Helping people be their best

• The link between engagement, development and performance

• Equity and fairness in leading change and transition

A conversation Lulu Minns, Fifth Dimension (5D) Teacher and author of The Genius Wheel®.

In our conversation Lulu offers valuable insights into:

• Understanding and aligning with your personal growth cycle

• Leading from authenticity and claiming your unique genius

• Integrating natural seasonal rhythms with personal and professional growth

• Supporting women’s wellbeing and empowerment in leadership

A conversation with Mark Burden, Senior Civil Servant.

In our conversation Mark shares and offers valuable insights into:

• How presenteeism is not about visibility

• The importance of seeking feedback

• Disability and the art of the possible

• And how everyone is integral to achieving the “thing”

A conversation with Asad Dhunna Founder and CEO of the Unmistakables.

In our conversation Asad shares and offers valuable insights into:

• Creativity

• Bravery

• Humour

• Spirituality

A conversation with Nicola Bettesworth, Defra Chief People Officer, Group Corporate Services, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.  

In our conversation Nicola shares and offers valuable insights into:

• Contribution and Community;

• How Everyone Matters, Everyone Counts;

• The importance of knowing who you are, and of choices;

• Making every single moment count.

A conversation with Kate Lowe Founder and Director and Alex Remington, Director of Partnerships at Both Barrels.

In our conversation Kate and Alex offer valuable insights into how their passions and purpose of Family, Relationships, Integrity and Never Giving Up are woven into the fabric of their lives and leadership.

A conversation with Lisa Partridge, communication skills specialist, facilitator, founder of SIXCOMMS and host of the SIXCOMMS podcast. In our conversation Lisa offers valuable insights into:

• The 3Cs of human-centred effective communication: Connection, Curiosity and Compassion;

• The benefits of taking conversations outside in nature;

• How being in nature allows us to listen more deeply and be more present with ourselves and each other;

• How taking our conversations outside in nature can unlock insight and give us the clarity to see the path ahead.

A conversation with Karen Foy executive coach, mentor, supervisor and author of Breaking the Coaching Code - How Great Coaches Transcend the Rules. In our conversation Karen offers valuable insights into:

• What it means to walk home to yourself. 

• The journey to and of self-acceptance. 

• And having a social conscience.

A conversation with Sir Tim Smit, Co‑Founder of the Eden Project.

In our conversation Tim offers valuable insights into:

• Losing your fear of being disliked

• Daring to dream

• Enjoying provocation

• Knowing your weaknesses

A conversation with Rachel Letham, Head of Brand and Communications, The Marketing Society, Vision Board Coach and Positive Mindset Coach.

Rachel offers valuable insights into:

• How to recognise and prevent organisational burnout;

• The business case for a positive mindset at work;

• The strategic power of content as a business driver when it serves brand objectives and real human needs;

• And finally building brand reputation through stakeholder engagement.

A conversation with Anna Deacon, photographer, writer and wild swimmer.

Anna offers valuable insights into:

• How and why the wild swimming project started

• Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable

• How to find your peace in the wild/outdoors

A conversation with Susie Partridge, founder of Blue Feathers agency and round the world sailor.

Susie offers valuable insights into:

• Following your passion to find your purpose

• Living outside your comfort zone as a way to learn and grow

• Finding your balance to enable you to do your best work

A conversation with Jane Nickerson MBE, Lover of Life, Charity Trustee, Samaritan Volunteer, Charity Patron and Traveller. 

In our conversation Jane offers valuable insights into:

• Transitioning in life from one thing to another.

• The ability to let go, to move on without regret and to forge ahead with new adventures.

• Understanding the impact on others of your deeds, words and attitude.

• The importance of being authentic, whilst evolving, developing and changing and rocking up as yourself everyday.

A conversation with Claire Bowden-Hughes, CEO and Founder at En2End, a leading sports fan engagement agency, founded on trust, respect, and reciprocity in relationships and leadership. 

In our conversation Claire shares valuable insights into: 

• The Balancing Act of thriving as a mother and as an entrepreneur.

• Excelling in a male dominated industry.

• The art of making lasting connections and exceeding expectations.

A conversation with Nick Duffell, psychotherapist, trainer, author and campaigner who has pioneered therapeutic work with ex-boarders, and specialist training for psychotherapists

In our conversation Nick offers valuable insights into:

• Why understanding our emotions is so important in our lives and leadership;

• The existential dynamics of power and vulnerability, and their relevance and importance to leadership; 

• How dissociation disconnecting from ourselves and our environment - has become the engine of the modern world;

• The importance of learning about what transference is and group dynamics in leading, coaching, mentoring and facilitation.

A conversation with Cal Shukla Founder of Women’s Golf Community & Events business Skratch Women, and Skratch Clothing.

In our conversation, Cal offers valuable insights into:

• How women can feel empowered if they play golf - on and off the golf course;

• The importance of social connection to Cal personally and within the community that she has created;

• How authenticity is integral to her personal life and to her business 

A conversation with Gail Newsham Women’s Football Historian, biographer of The Dick, Kerr Ladies and author of Made in Whittingham Street.

In our conversation Gail shares her story of leading with courage and gratitude, and offers insights into:

• The importance of not only finding your cause, your purpose, but of always being true to it, and to yourself.

• How staying true to your dreams, your hopes and aspirations really matters and that it is this which gives courage to and inspires others to follow their dreams and to stay true to them.

• Knowing what you believe in and having faith can give you the courage to keep going, and gratitude for what you have, and help reconcile challenges.

A conversation with Jason Webber, Senior Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability Manager Football Association Wales (FAW).

In our conversation Jason offers valuable insights into:

• Creating a welcoming, safe and inclusive environment

• Diversity/Representation at all levels especially in senior leadership.

• Education & Awareness

• Taking meaningful action and sustainable progress.

A conversation with Febronia Ruocco, Global Strategic Insights & Analytics Director, Mentor and Executive Leadership Coach in the Marketing Sectors.

In our conversation Feb offers valuable insights into:

• Going back to Business School.

• Fantastic support from new peers and the marketing industry.

• The push towards and importance of accreditations from the Coaching Bodies.

• Building a business and launching exciting new services in 2025.

a conversation with Howard Johns, CEO of Onezero, Passionate Solar Energy Entrepreneur, Founder, Author and TedX Speaker.

In our conversation Howard offers valuable insights into: 

• How trusting your purpose and having a vision in vital

• How he lives and leads through success and failure with commitment

• How stepping into the uncomfortable can lead to authentic connection

A conversation with Ed Corbett "The Brand Plan Man", Head of Consulting, AI evangelist, Lover of marketing and Mentor to emerging businesses.

In our conversation Ed offers valuable insights into: 

• How success is built on big relationships

• The importance of seeking out and really listening to feedback to grow

• Why being comfortable not knowing everything is key

• How we can inspire others to be the best they can be

a conversation with Delia Lazaroiu, Senior Data Analyst Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) UK, trustee for Equality Starts at Home.

In our conversation Delia offers valuable insights into: 

• Making progress by aspiring to be the least knowledgeable person in that room

• Finding your tribe and thriving 

• Living in and leading with gratitude 

• Living a meaningful life as a leader and human by helping others and offering kindness 

• Navigating career changes and your next big step;

• Hiring tips for leaders to ensure you have the right people in the right roles.

A conversation with David Dand, Managing Director of Coreus, Brighton-based Talent Acquisition agency

In our conversation, David offers valuable insights into:

• The five step framework he uses when leading a candidate search to understand fit and motivation; 

• What you need to know about changing career and recruitment;

• Navigating career changes and your next big step;

• Hiring tips for leaders to ensure you have the right people in the right roles.

A conversation with Sue Cockell, Solo Traveller on a mission to help women in their mid-lives to enjoy the transformative power of travelling alone.

In our conversation Sue offers valuable insights into: 

• The transformative power of travel

• Solo travel for women in mid-life

• Embracing the power of “Yes!”

A conversation with Andrew Edwards, Event host, Trainer, Teacher, Broadcaster & Mentor.

Andrew offered valuable insights into:

• Leading by example through your leadership behaviour in an ‘on and off air’ frontline role.

• Looking down, up and out - remembering to consult your team, using the expertise around you, and never losing track of your real bosses - your audience, customers and the public.

• Swimming against the tide of expectation - your own and others’ expectations while looking after your own mental health.

• Differentiating the personal from the private, and the power of opening up in the right way to others and getting the balance right. 

A conversation with Meg Farren, General Manager, Chief Customer Officer and Chief Marketing Officer.

Together Meg and I delve into the people, places and experiences that have made Meg the person and leader she is today. 

A conversation with Somya Agrawal, Leader, Collaborator and Motivator.

Somya offers valuable insights into: 

• Being the conductor and not the trumpet player - The difficult transition between manager and leader

• The ripple effect - leading by example

• Dare to enter the arena - How we foster a culture of openness, transparency, honesty and collaboration.

Today’s guest is Carien Borst, Artist and Leadership Coach. In this episode we are talking about Creativity and Reflection in Leadership - how every job is a creative act, and how we all have a part to play in creating a workplace and environment in which there is harmony, diversity and contrast.

Carien offers valuable insights into:

• How as human beings we are all creative

• How through being creative it can be an endless source of life energy

• Knowing and being yourself - how being authentic and vulnerable gives others permission to be authentic and vulnerable

• Creativity and how it’s related to leadership

Today’s guest is Guy Newey, Chief Executive Officer at Energy Systems Catapult - a company committed to accelerating NET ZERO in the UK through supporting innovators to commercialise, and helping design and deliver the future energy system.

Together Guy and I delve into the people, places and experiences that have made him the person and leader he is today. Guy offers valuable insights into:

• Communication and what he has learnt about communicating across the wider team.

• Resilience, how managing your own energy is key, along with helping to manage that of the team.

• Getting comfortable with not knowing everything, and how the more senior you become as a leader the less you know.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Emma Harris, Finance Director, M&S Food, Property and Retail. Together we delve into:

• How to bring alignment in corporate world

• The importance of amplifying your strengths

• And of staying authentic in more challenging environments

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Chris Harte, Chief Executive and Commercial Real Estate Partner at Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP, a leading Scottish law firm committed to providing straightforward advice, clarity on cost and to building strong trusting relationships with clients ensuring that their evolving needs are met with focus and care. Together we delve into:

• What it means to "Serve to Lead" and that leadership is not about you.

• The importance of Being Curious and to remember firstly that "the issue is never the issue", and secondly ‘not knowing’ all of the answers is a feature not a bug!

• How focusing our energy - not dispersing it - is key to strategy and that limitations can be useful, and helpful rather than a hindrance.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with my two guests, Susie Ballentyne an Independent Psychologist and Bob Judson, a fellow podcaster, facilitator, leadership coach, and keynote speaker. We delve together into:

• The importance of continually developing your skills as a leader, both individually and as part of a team.

• The value of both mentors and coaches to leaders.

• The challenges of building, leading and inspiring teams in today’s complex and convoluted working environment.

• The really key requirements of a good leader.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Carolyn Youdell, Group eCommerce & Customer Engagement Director, Group Marketing Specsavers.

I have known Carolyn for many years and am a huge fan, she is a regular speaker on the Marketing Leaders Programme, and herself a huge fan of developing marketing leadership. Together we delve into:

• Embracing challenge

• Becoming compelling

• Driving simplicity

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Akin Thomas, CEO and Founder of AKD Solutions - an international learning and development consultancy - built upon an ethos of stimulating brilliance through providing the space for people to engage in transformative and disruptive, and impactful fun learning experiences. Together we delve into:

• How do we create a learning environment that stimulates brilliance and the right to be your very best person, the very best version of yourself.

• How the quality of conversations that we have today has a direct correlation to who you will be in the next 5 - 10 years and beyond.

• The importance of disruption, and asking What happens if we do something differently, what is possible?

• Being intentional about our impact, and conscious of how the decisions we make now have a massive impact beyond what we are conscious of now.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Karen Wilkinson, inspiring and award winning Marketing Director, we delve together into:

• The power of connecting with your Values & Purpose

• How knowing your Strengths and not sweating your weaknesses is the best way to Focus and Fly

• Why Courage & Belief and Stepping out of your comfort zone is all part of being Brave

• Adventure Seeking - On seizing the day and going for it!

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Helen Stephenson, CEO of the Charity Commission for England and Wales. We delve together into:

• How as a leader the main tool in your leadership is yourself, which means you need to understand how you work - your strengths and weaknesses

• Why getting the right team is crucial and making sure you recruit people who are different from you, and who have the right skills and personality to fit with the organisation and its needs.

• Why leadership is All about relationships

• And how there is no perfect leader, and the importance of knowing when good is good enough rather than aspiring to be everything all at once!

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Julian Roberts, Executive Business Coach, Podcast Host of Helping Organisations Thrive. Together We delve together into:

• Why the need for resilience in leadership in today’s workplace is greater than ever.

• How to create a resilient mindset to lead your team and organisation.

• And how to create resilient teams that are better equipped to navigate challenges and thrive in an ever-changing environment.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with John Edwards, Director General, Regions Group, at the Department for Education, UK.

John and I were invited to be in conversation by and for the annual Transform Applied Leadership Summit, held virtually this year on 8th March 2024. The title of our conversation Understanding Ourselves and Understanding Others - a leadership perspective is the title of the summit.

(For listeners who don’t know about Transform Applied Leadership I share their details at the end of the podcast, along with ways in which you can connect with John.)

John and I delve together into:

• How becoming a leader is all about finding your own leadership

• The alignment between who we are, how we lead and why we lead, and what it means to be an authentic leader

• The importance of being aware of individual and collective leadership behaviour and the impact that it has on others

• 360 degree leadership and measuring our leadership achievements through the successes of others

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Tanya Shadrick - author of The Cure for Sleep: her memoir of a late waking life, a story of breaking free, and making a more creative life; Tanya is founder of the Selkie Press; editor of the Wainwright Prize-listed Wild Woman Swimming. She is a community builder of writers and storytellers through Substack where she writes, and invites you to share your stories. Together we delve together into:

What it takes - and costs - to build an authentic life of one’s own, while continuing to honour our roles within families, workplaces, and communities.

And explore four key themes:

• The voices around us - and the beliefs that we form about ourselves and our abilities because of what is praised or punished.

• Our Size and Shape - and how related to beliefs about ourselves, and our abilities, we (perhaps) make ourselves smaller

• Work - and how writing about work is central to Tanya’s storytelling

• The importance of service, of finding the best in ourselves, and each other, for the good of others, and to deliver use and meaning to others

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Moses Tai Founder and CEO African Development Choices (ADC), Author of ‘There Is Shade’ and Speaker.

We delve together into the working culture of African Development Choices, in particular how they encourage community and reflect who they are in what they do:

• Seeking and giving input, raising awareness of choice

• Showing and taking initiative as part of sustainable change

• Commitment to the organisation and its purpose through building belief and hope, and working together

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Roger Mortlock, Chief Executive Officer, CPRE, the countryside charity.

Together we delve into what it means to lead:

• A heritage organisation, being open

• In a federated structure, being humble

• A campaigning organisation, being brave

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Febronia Ruocco, Strategic Insights Professional, Executive Coach and Mentor.

We delve and explore together leadership values and skills, and the importance of these in Febronia’s life, leadership, insights and mentoring work. In particular the values of:

• Integrity

• Collaboration

• Honesty

• Empathy

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Meera Craston, a highly experienced senior leader and executive coach; and co-founder of Next Brave Move. Meera is committed to supporting individuals, teams and organisations to thrive, demonstrate their impact and bring about positive change.

Together we delve into:

• How understanding and embracing your heritage can enable you to more fully connect with your passion and purpose;

• How tuning into your strengths and into what comes naturally to you can open up new possibilities for exploring your leadership;

• The beauty of the ‘reset’, and how discovering and using your ‘reset function’ can help you in re-evaluating and ‘course correcting’ your leadership as you go along.

• The importance of having a support network who act as ‘thinking partners’ to help you stay ‘on course’.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Martin Glover, HR Director for Morton Fraser - Martin is an advocate for fairness, equity and leadership development. Together we delve into:

• What he really cares about, his values and beliefs, his passion and purpose - who, what and where have shaped him - and how he lives these through his leadership :

• Why as leaders of organisations we should be prioritising Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging;

• Why targets in Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging aren't helping us get to where we need to be in organisations

• And ask - Does improving diversity mean that inclusion and belonging will follow?

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Justin Russell, Former Chief Inspector of Probation, a role that he finished in the Autumn of 2023 on the challenges and satisfactions of leading in the public sector. Together we delve into:

• His experience of Senior leadership in the Civil Service – the challenges and satisfactions of sharing the vision setting space with politicians and other parts of government

• Operational versus Policy leadership in the Public Sector - why most top civil service jobs go to policy specialists and why intellectual leadership is prioritised over emotional leadership in Whitehall.

• Justin’s personal career challenge - as someone who loves policy detail and evidence - of getting the balance right between being ‘Hands off and hands on’, of being on the balcony versus being on the dance floor.

• The challenge of engaging colleagues in an era of hybrid working – and how does remote working make leadership more or less easy / more or less satisfying?

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Jane Mather, Make-up Artist and Personal Stylist. We delve together into:

• How truly understanding our ‘uniqueness’, and our ‘values’, can help us shape our personal style and achieve our goals

• How translating our ‘values’ and defining our non-verbal communication skills helps us hone our personal style for success

• The importance of showing compassion to and being empowering of others.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Beto Funari. Together we delve into:

• Acting as a humanist leader: Why human leadership matters to people feeling valued, enabled and motivated to contribute and create a better future, to learn and develop their potential; and how to do this through leading with empathy, actively listening, fostering diversity and inclusion

• Balancing Profit and Purpose: How balancing purpose and profit is at the heart of building a compassionate and prosperous business whilst financial success is essential it should not come at the expense of human well-being or ethical principles.

• Adopting a Customer-Centric Approach: How adopting a Customer-Centric Approach helps in understanding and meeting customer’s needs, through building trust and loyalty and through delivering high-quality products or services.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Steen Broust Nielsen, Senior Vice President Sales at Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. Together, we delve into:

• Trust – as a foundation for cohesive and high performing teams

• Compassion – caring is at the core of authentic leadership

• Meaning – fuels us all and gives us purpose

• Humility and resilience – knowing it is never about you - and that’s ok

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Cassandra Ogier.

Together we delve into:

• The power of presence

• Embodied leadership

• Deep listening/communicating from self-regulation

• Trusting the unfolding of life

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Ellie Norman, Chief Communications Officer, Manchester United Football Club. Together we delve into:

• How to manage your energies to be at your best, and to help others be their best through having people feel seen and validated;

• How connecting with people and building relationships is key to business success, whatever the business you are in;

• Why building a culture of belonging is so important, and what you can do to build one through hope and possibility.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Rachel Eyre, Chief Customer and Marketing Officer at Morrisons. We delve together into:

• How influencing starts with self-awareness, you are your own data bank - use it;

• How leading with pride, courage, and conviction and not being a ‘paranoid overachiever’ matter in leadership;

• The importance of building your career around your strengths, whilst plugging the gaps;

• The importance of being nice, and remembering we are all human beings.

In this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Sophie Devonshire, global Chief Executive Officer, The Marketing Society, author and more!

Together we delve into:

• Pacesetting and the principles for positivity, and how velocity can speed up success…..

• How leadership is an iterative journey - and how to be the editor of your leadership, constantly creating, testing and revising….

• Why marketing matters - now more than ever

In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Nina Holdaway, Managing Director at Accenture Song.

Together, we delve into:

The energy flywheel, and how managing your energy is key to feeling inspiring and inspiring others.

Playing to strengths as part of being your best, and helping others to be their best.

Being your authentic self and understanding human leadership - and why this is more important than ever.

How life and leadership are about the journey, not the destination, and making this journey an adventure.

In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Henrietta Norton, Founder of Wild Nutrition

Together, we delve into:

Purpose - why purpose, instead of passion, is essential in sustainable leadership.

Authenticity - the greatest force we have - and how this is very much a personal journey, weaving the thread between personal and professional growth.

Balancing being and doing - why carving out the space to ‘be’ is the fuel that drives the being and how, historically, many work cultures have focused on the doing at the cost of being.

How Sustainable Leadership is really holistic leadership, and how it is about supporting ourselves in all aspects of our being: body, mind, emotion and soul wellbeing.

In this episode, join me as I share my thoughts about team working and the importance of checking in and checking out.

In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Raj Kumar, Interim CMO of SVB (Silicon Valley Bank) UK.

We delve together into:

What being kind and being direct really means.

How Raj’s leadership has been shaped through being an explorer.

Why Diversity, Equality and Inclusion matter, and Raj’s personal experience of navigating these.

What Marketing is, and why leadership and marketing go hand in hand.

In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Erika Behl, leader and builder of courageous teams, keynote speaker and storyteller.

We delve together into:

Why every moment is a choice.

How leadership burnout really does exist and what we can do to navigate the leader’s sometimes treacherous journey.

How leaders can become more courageous so their team can be more courageous.

In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Candace Gerlach, founder of The Conscious Marketing Group

We delve together into:

How collaborating with people who think differently and getting to know them is key to business – and brand – success.

Why inspiring people along their journey (through creating a set of guiding principles and then letting them find their own way) matters more than ever.

How being curious makes us better marketers – and better humans.

In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Alicia Ioannou, a policy senior manager in the Home Office - currently enjoying new adventures on a career break in Switzerland!

Together, we delve into:

What it means to be confident and to go for it.

How to deal with stressful situations.

The importance of being an explorer of new opportunities and skills.

In this episode, Wilma and I delve into and weave together:

How making change always starts on the inside of ourselves.

What it means to discover and lead from who we are, not from who we think we should be.

The value of being present and avoiding the zip wire of time.

Understanding the deep impact of spending time alone.

Why now, more than ever, there is a need for a leadership renaissance.

In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Ayesha Murray, founder of Ayesha Murray Coaching and brilliant podcast host of The Parent Equation.

We delve together into:

How it is vital to become the leader of you when deciding to run your own business.

Why it is so important to help women in leadership manage Imposter Syndrome.

The challenges and conflicts for working parents between wanting a career and being present for their family.

In this episode, join me as I share my thoughts about time and energy.

In this episode, join me as I explore how checking in and checking out with ourselves and each other is fundamental to building both self-awareness and human-to-human connection.

In this episode, join me as I share the importance of Minding the Gap.

In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Steve Chapman.

We delve into:

How being playful with not knowing is at the heart of how he lives and everything he does.

Spontaneity, and allowing ourselves to be spontaneous - to experiment and let go.

Freedom, and how we can liberate ourselves from the tightening grips that hold us back.

Stuckness - and what we can do to become unstuck.

In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Louise Barnes. Louise is Founder of Team-HOi, dedicated to helping people identify how to regain control over their own health.

We delve into:

How precious Time is and how investing in ourselves is within our control when we plan our time.

The importance of human connection and community in which people help each other.

How focusing on and being conscious of what we believe in needs doing will bring joy - and how giving back is a great reminder of what is important.

How making health habits easy, attractive and rewarding through new patterns of thinking and acting can make all the difference to company culture.

In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Anna Reddy, founder of Leap Health.

We delve into:

How following your heart in times of uncertainty can really help you find your passion and purpose.

How managing your energy to win personally and professionally is key to performance and productivity.

The impact on women of demands made of them in the workplace - and the challenges they have to overcome.

In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Nathan Blair. Nathan is the founder of The Somatic School - dedicated to training people in body-oriented coaching. Through this, he helps leaders to become more conscious of their own embodied experience in relating to self and others in new ways, including using our bodies for strategic decision making - and in leading for the whole.

In this episode, join me as I discuss turning shoulds into coulds, and priorities into choices.

In this episode, I am in conversation with Helen Pankhurst - an international leading women’s rights activist, an experienced advocate, and passionate collaborative campaigner for social justice.

In this episode, join me as I share the power of a walk and talk conversation.

In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Karen Ellis. Karen is founder of Postnatal Rehabilitation, an amazing membership organisation for new mums to build a body they feel strong and confident in after having a baby, to be able to go on awesome adventures with their children.

In this episode, join me as I recount how, on a recent walk, I encountered a friend who had been very unwell and, in fact, the walk was their first time out of the house.

In this episode, I am in conversation with Taryn Weeks. Taryn is the Founder of Sparkz Marketing, helping people and businesses find their spark through building their brand and telling their story.

In this episode, I was delighted to be joined by Julia Yule, Co-Founder and Director of Bloom and Blossom - an award winning British business that provides natural routine-led, solution-focused skincare for the whole family.

In this episode, I was delighted to be joined by Bradley Pritchard. Bradley has had an exciting career in football and has gone on to become the founder of The Sporting Way.

In this episode, I was delighted to welcome back Scott Sherwood, who I spoke to with his daughter, Sophie, in Episode 20.

In this episode, Dougal talks passionately to me about sustainable business and manufacturing practices, and how his family and community values, alongside a love of the natural world, have shaped his leadership.

To coincide with the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, in this episode, I welcome passionate nature campaigner, Tor Lawrence.

In this episode, I talk to Elif Köse, fashion designer, entrepreneur and women's confidence coach.

In this episode, I talk to celebrated Chef and low-carb-lifestyle campaigner, Giancarlo Caldesi.

In this episode, I talk to Fi Macmillan: adventurer, coach, supervisor, entrepreneur and founder of Wild Leadership.

In this episode, I talk to Marshah Dixon-Terry, Career Coach and Organisational Development Consultant.

In this episode, I talk to Dawn Whittaker, Chief Fire Officer and CEO of East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service.

In this episode, I talk to the amazing Sophie Harvey Sherwood, a seven year old girl from Glasgow, who is running to celebrate inspirational women.

In this episode, I talk to Thurstine Basset about the detrimental impact of boarding school and why opening up the conversation will help other boarding school survivors.

In this episode, my guest is Annabel Venner, an expert Marketing Consultant and Chair of The Marketing Society Fellow. We talk about the power of vulnerability and open conversations.

In this episode, I talk to Andrew Kerr, Chief Executive of The City of Edinburgh Council. Andrew talks openly about everything from leading through a pandemic to the importance of family, community, and working as a team.

In this fascinating episode, I talk to the highly respected Leadership Expert, Author and TED Speaker, Steve Radcliffe, about what it means to be a trusted partner to leaders.

In this episode, I talk to the amazing Hind Farag, a US-based Executive Coach and Strategy Consultant, who is passionate about empowering senior leaders as well as underprivileged communities.

In this episode, I talk to the inspirational Gill Whitty-Collins, author of Why Men Win at Work, to discuss deep-rooted, invisible discrimination and how we can change it.

In this episode, I talk to Stacey Copeland, former professional athlete, public speaker, presenter, campaigner and the first ever British woman to win the Commonwealth title.

In this episode, I talk to Joao Perre Viana, Founder and Pioneer of the Walking Mentorship.

In this episode, I talk to female entrepreneur Jacynth Bassett, founder of The Bias Cut - the first age inclusive online fashion boutique - about tackling ageism in fashion.

In this episode, I talk with Jessika Hulbert about being a Celebrant and helping people to have these conversations sooner rather than later. She draws on her own experience of loss and of having conversations with people as they prepare for death.

In this episode, I talk to Abi Petit - Maker, Mender, Mentor and Mother - about her career in textile engineering that took her from Bangladesh to Brussels to Brighton. We also discuss her passion for ethics and how Abi became a pioneer in bringing Fairtrade textiles to the British high street.

In this episode, I talk to Karen Dobres, elected Co-Director of Lewes Football Club - the only football club in the world to pay women and men players the same. Karen reveals how her background affected her own prior prejudices and misconceptions about women in sport and why seeing women playing for the first time was a real wake-up call.

In this episode, I talk with Karen O'Donoghue about the power of collaborating with others to inspire and help people to enjoy better gut health, through learning how to eat functionally and for pleasure. Baker Girl and founder of The Happy Tummy Co, Karen is a woman with a mission to rid the world of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

In this episode, I talk with Marisa Guthrie about trauma in business, the role of Equine Facilitated Learning in helping people through trauma, and her love of wild terrain. We explore how she finds inspiration in the work she does with millennials, their values and their contribution to the world.

In an honest and open account, Shannon Banks talks to me about the experiences which have shaped and challenged her values, and the power of Action Learning to bring about both corporate and social change.

In this episode, I talk to Amanda Saurin about her leadership journey, her love of nature, the extent to which she pays attention to her intuition when setting up new projects, the joy of collaboration, and of working with teams of older women.

In this episode, I talk to leadership consultant, Russ Pocock, about trust, psychological safety, and colliding perspectives - and the positive outcomes that are a consequence of leaders who escape from their echo chambers, allow feedback on their leadership and foster a culture of trust.

In this episode, Ian talks about his own ethics and the ethics of those he wishes to work with. We explore the impact they could make together in creating a fairer society which values individuals over profit and takes responsibility for being part of achieving that.

In this episode, I talk to Leadership Consultant, Natalie Shering, about the importance of helping others to be their best, and why nature and adventure is a major source of inspiration for her leadership approach.