Leadership Mindset - Think, See, Do

My latest podcast episode features an interview with Felicity Wingrove. Fliss is one of the UK’s leading experts in the applied psychology of language. On the interview we talked about: ✅ Fliss’s journey to where she is today ✅ What she does as a psycholinguist ✅ Why she feels words are so critical for leaders! ✅ How Leaders get their communication both wrong and right ✅ How leaders can ensure their most important messages land as they should ✅ Why ‘semantic density’ is important to consider for key words ✅ Fliss’s words for 2024 and her favourite words

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My TEDx journey and insights! Have a listen as I answer the following questions: •What made you want to do a TEDx talk? •How did you find the application process? •What decisions did you make in building the talk and content? • How did you rehearse? • What formal rehearsals were there? • How did you prepare the last 24 hours? •And on the day? •What have you done since? •What are your thoughts post the talk? •Would you recommend to others?

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My latest podcast episode features an interview with my coach Helen Packham where we discussed the journey to me writing my book Survival Psychology.

On the interview we talked about:

•What is the story behind the book?
•How long has it taken?
•How did you come about the title?
•The cover?
•What process did you use to write the book?
•What changes did you make on the way?
•How did you use test readers?
•When will the book be published?
•How can people get a copy?
•What is the most important thing you want the book to do? For others ad yourself?

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My latest podcast episode features an interview with Katie Allen is a specialist Equality and Inclusion Coach and Consultant. On the interview we talked about: ✅ Katie's journey to where she is today ✅ Why she is so passionate about inclusion ✅ The importance of Allyship ✅ What intersectionality is and why people should be aware of it ✅ How do we gain greater power and understanding by moving from Me to Us to We ✅ What leaders can do to raise awareness of these issues and shift cultures

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his month, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rachael Edmonson-Clarke for my Podcast Show. We spoke about:
✅Rachael's journey from senior Sales & Marketing positions at companies like Mars to running her own business
✅How a person's biology can influence both their mood and performance
✅How leader's can take better care of themselves by focusing on the basics (NEWS)
✅What are the classic mistakes leaders make when they neglect their biology
✅The 4 ways to restore homeostasis
✅Why we need to think more like peak performance athletes!

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My latest podcast episode features an interview with Andrew Bailey, who is a pricing and negotiation specialist *** In our interview we talked about: ✅ The issues people face psychologically when pricing their services and products
✅ Where people go wrong with pricing
✅ What helps in terms of mindset
✅ How people and businesses can charge what they are worth
✅ The pitfalls of negotiation
✅ The 4 critical skills to develop
And....
✅ The most important piece of advice Andrew would offer around pricing!

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My latest podcast episode features an interview with Dawn Wray, who is a Gestalt Psychotherapist *** In our interview we talked about:

✔️How a more therapeutical approach can help leaders and others within organisations

✔️Examples of how leaders can get stuck and how they can become unstuck using therapeutical approaches

✔️The potential paradox between psychological safety and freedom for individuals within organisations

✔️How leaders can create boundaries and guardrails without people feeling they are being overly controlled

✔️Buzzwords in leadership that frustrate Dawn and why - Empowerment and Engagement being two of those!

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My latest podcast episode features an interview with my public speaking coach Helen Packham! ***
In our interview, Helen and I discussed: Why evolution is important to our understanding of leadership *** How fear holds leaders back *** The ways can we use the learnings from evolution to our advantage *** Why fear can play such a part in public speaking *** How tribes work in organisations (in/out groups, silos, us &them) *** Impostor Syndrome and what is really going on ***The power of storytelling ***What leaders need to be aware of in terms of evolutionary factors

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My latest podcast interview was with Beth Bearder. Beth is a specialist Employment Law Solicitor. In our interview, Beth and I discussed: Her journey to where she is today *** Beth’s key driving values in the work she does *** Whether businesses do enough to improve the performance of their people *** What they can do more of in this area *** Why businesses don't make the critical decisions to part ways with people soon enough *** What kind of reasonable adjustments businesses should be aware of to support people in their role *** What key things businesses need to be mindful of in terms of unfair dismissal and discrimination

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My latest podcast interview was with Martin Ingham, the Chief Executive of Motorpoint Arena and National Ice Centre.

In a fascinating discussion, Martin and I discussed:

The 20+ year journey for Martin and the Arena * Some of the key highlights – Ed Sheran’s first arena gig, Beyonce, World Ice Hockey Championships *
What the Arena has meant to the community in a broader sense * Amazing stories of innovation in catering, merchandising and security * What being ‘Risk Aware’ rather than ‘Risk Averse’ has meant * The ambitions for the future of the Arena, including the 25th anniversary celebrations in 2025 * Martin’s wish for the future – one of the most non ego fuelled I have ever heard!

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