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An agilist since 2010 and in product management since the 90s, Georg Fasching helps leaders and leadership teams embrace their potential. Check him out at www.georgfasching.com Georg and I sit down to discuss the impact team dynamics have on getting great work done, the importance of creating a safe space and the role the manager plays. Georg has just launched a Team Dynamics course and has given the OverTime listeners a special deal. Make sure to listen to find out more.

In today’s podcast we talk to Kunjal Tanna, Partner at LT Harper, cybersecurity recruitment experts based in London. Before setting up her business earlier this year Kunjal was in the U.S. building a team from 5 to 450 across the country. Kunjal recounts the challenges that came with and what she would do differently if she could go back. She also shares her expert tips on how to build your team.

Alison Coward is the founder of Bracket and author of “A Pocket Guide to Effective Workshops”. She is a strategist, trainer and workshop facilitator. With over 15 years’ experience of working in, leading and facilitating creative teams, Alison is passionate about finding the perfect balance between creativity and productivity. At Bracket she helps teams to use the best of their talents to develop great ideas and collaborate to make them happen. In today's episode we dig into what it takes to turn an average meeting into a productive ideation session by putting on your facilitators hat. Alison shares tips, tricks and learnings every manager can apply!

This week is a podcast week and thrilled to be sharing this one with you. I sit down with Abbie Pugh, Partner @ Multiple, a consulting company that helps tech companies grow through purpose, product and people. Abbie brings a wealth of knowledge to the table! Abbie spent her youth living in different parts of the world, from the US to the UK to Kenya and Egypt, driving her ongoing fascination with what makes people and cultures tick. Her career has spanned public affairs, international development, political risk and technology investment. She has applied her analytical skills on issues as varied as robotics, refugees and ransom negotiations. In 2012, Abbie moved to Facebook EMEA to become Joanna Shields’ Chief of Staff, where she gained insight into how a unique corporate culture can contribute to rapid growth. She subsequently developed her operational, team-building, people and entrepreneurial skills as Chief-of-Staff for serial entrepreneur and investor Shakil Khan. Most recently Abbie was Interim Director at the philanthropic community, Rainmaker Foundation. In this episode wee cover topics like the importance of onboarding, the symbiotic relationship between process and trust, and how leaders can play a proactive role when it comes to shaping culture (hint; it has to do with communication).

Listen in on my conversation with Nafisa Bakkar, CEO at Amaliah.com, a platform dedicated to representing Muslim women. Led by a passion to empower individuals through their identity, their work seeks to surface the many different voices and experiences within the muslim women community. It’s never been more important for Muslim women to be heard; with over 80 contributors, named by Forbes as one to watch and featured in CNN, Metro and WIRED Amaliah are rapidly becoming the place that represents Women in Generation M.

We talk to Sally De Rosa, HRBP Diabsolut and Chief HR Officer of HRWize. Sally shares with us how she managed to scale Diabsolut from 10 to 100, the importance a leader has on culture, the role Respect plays in fast growing companies and how to think about succession.

In this episode, we talk to Ross Allmark, Head of Ticketing at music start-up DICE. Ross talks about the challenges that came with the transition from event management at VICE to tech start-up DICE and how he learned the hard way that he needed to adapt his style in order to succeed. If you're about to start leading a new team, this is a must listen! You can subscribe to this podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/overtime-experiential-leadership-lessons/id1240982648?mt=2

In our first episode of OverTime we sit down with Rob Alderson, VP Content at Wetransfer. Rob started his career in journalism and really 'fell' into his first management role. He shares with us the lessons he's learned from day 1 to managing a one person team to now, where he's responsible for a team over 5. Enjoy, share, comment.

OverTime; Experiential Leadership Lessons was created to help managers reduce the feeling of isolation by hearing from other managers. We will interview managers from a range of disciplines and experience to hear their tales of managing others.