Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is more highly valued by employers than IQ.  We explore what it is and why it's such an important leadership trait.
Callum and I shine a spotlight on emotional intelligence. We discuss what it is and its role in leadership. We review the various aspects of EQ, what it entails and how leaders can exhibit this highly valued trait in order to have positive working relationships, greater returns for the business and lead to higher levels of motivation and happiness in the workplace.
According to Daniel Goleman in his book - Emotional Intelligence, EQ can be learnt whereas our level of IQ remains constant throughout life. So with self-awareness we can increase our quotient of EQ and become empathetic, be better able to manage our emotions, be self-reflecting and as a result create strong relationships and be able to effectively resolve conflict.
We share our own examples of emotional intelligence and its impact at work.
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Callum Jenkins
Rebecca Jenkins
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The podcast is sponsored by  RJEN, helping companies to unlock the growth potential in their business.
To find out more contact us at email@rjen.co.uk
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Justin's Roethlingshoefer shares his perspectives on the key to success, not just in leadership, but in all areas of life. 
We discuss:
High Performance
High performance has become an overused term, describing everyday things such as bed linen to clothing and even habits! Justin seeks to enhance conscious leaders as he takes us through sports analogies to share his perspectives on leadership today.
Justin's four-step process for conscious leadership
Justin takes us through his 4 step process, of awareness, allowing, acknowledgement and action to be a more conscious leader and to reset yourself in challenging times. He shares practical examples that can be easily implemented into your daily life.
Emotional Buy-in - why it matters
We talk about emotional buy-in and why it matters, because as leaders as we are constantly 'selling' concepts and ideas to our teams and colleagues. 
Consistency and self-experimentation
Why consistency is the key to success and an insight into the habits of the best leaders.

Welcome to a new style episode where we take a leadership topic and discuss its importance and relevance in business today.
In this episode, Callum and Rebecca discuss the impact of company culture on performance and results. Callum shares his perspective from working in an organisation and Rebecca shares hers in growing a business where the majority of the workforce were out based.
We discuss:
1. The importance of feeling valued 
2. Why defining your culture isn't enough
3. The benefits of developing a clear culture
4. How to measure the impact of your culture
5. The experience of having a senior executive not uphold the company values
6. How to review and improve your company culture
If you'd like to find out more on this particular topic and how to develop the culture in your business get in touch with Rebecca at email @RJEN.co.uk.
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Callum Jenkins
Rebecca Jenkins
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The podcast is sponsored by RJEN, helping companies to unlock the growth potential in their business.
To find out more contact us at email@rjen.co.uk
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Our podcast guest is  Kiki Stanton, of Kiki Kirby Consultancy. 
A very heartfelt, open and insightful discussion. Kiki talks about humility, being humble and leading from the heart. Being open as a leader and willing to be open to criticism and to show vulnerability.
Kiki first learnt about leadership by not doing it right, focusing on action, striving for success around money and status.  Kiki highlights the importance of feedback and looking inwards, being focused on bringing the team with her, and listening to them. 
Kiki shares how losing her mother to cancer she had to go deep into herself and realised that she wanted to help people and set up her coaching consultancy business. She talks about autonomy, listening, sharing the detail with her team and how her own challenges have made her the leader she is today. 
At the core. Kiki's thoughts on leadership are centred around her 5S's: 
1) Seek: what do you need to achieve what you want?
2) Solve: eliminating procrastination, daily habits, intentions, lifestyle and inner-peace. 
3) Systems: eliminate waste
4) Status: balance to support your needs
5) Scaling: rediscover who you are and what you want
This is an insightful and inspiring perspective on leadership.
Connect with the podcast hosts
We'd love to hear your feedback or any questions you might like to ask us, if so get in touch.
Callum Jenkins
Rebecca Jenkins
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The podcast is sponsored by  RJEN, helping companies to unlock the growth potential in their business.
To find out more contact us at email@rjen.co.u
https://www.instagram.com/rebeccajenkins.rjen/
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Our guest this week is Bryn Ible - Regional Managing Director of Advantedge Commercial Finance.
Bryn shares his experiences in his first leadership-oriented role, where he applied his learnings from previous mentors and managers. 
Bryn talks about how he sees the two aspects to leadership; the financial aspect - ensuring the numbers align on the P&L statement, what drives the business and the departments forward and then also the personal aspect to leadership - finding the right people, ensuring they have clarity in their role and that they feel supported, especially during tough times.
Bryn discusses how in his role as Regional Managing Director you naturally pick up traits from experience. He goes onto share how Covid was one of the big challenges he faced from both an internal perspective, ensuring his staff and team felt supported both emotionally and to carry out their role. Also externally with how Advantage Commercial Finance continued to support and service their customers. 
We discuss;
The importance of communication
Being there for your team
Taking the time to reflect on what is good and what could be done better.
Connect with Bryn and Advantage Commercial Finance on LinkedIn.
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We'd love to hear your feedback on our podcast or any questions you might like to ask us. Feel free to get in touch.
Callum Jenkins
Rebecca Jenkins
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The podcast is sponsored by  RJEN, helping companies to unlock to find, gain and grow the best clients for their business. 
To find out more contact us at email@rjen.co.uk
 
 

Our podcast guest is -  Evan Carmichael - author of Built to Serve, founder of Evan Carmichael Communications, Inc top 100 leadership speakers, Forbes top 40 Social Marketers.
 
An inspiring conversation, we discuss:
Why leadership is an endless mountain to climb but help others climbing behind you
Why it's important to do things that scare you and give you a boom, boom moment!
Help others get where they want to be
Why he fired a great employee 
How to deal with self-doubt
Evan's 3 practical tips for getting ahead as a leader
The importance of the 2% rule
Connect with Evan at his website
The Lead To Succeed podcast is presented by Callum and Rebecca Jenkins.
Sponsored by RJEN, unlocking the growth potential in businesses. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This week our guest is Danny Matthews, the Founder & Creative Director of Danny&co. Danny has had significant experience in two different industries, the financial sector and creative graphic design and shares insights on leadership and entrepreneurship.
Danny kicks things off by sharing a  leadership analogy he remembers from a picture he once saw, a pack of wolves climbing a mountain, but being led from the back by the lead wolf, not the front. For Danny this summarises his perspective on leadership - it's all about empowering and motivating your team from the back, encouraging them to be their best selves so they want to get better, rather than being the leader at the front who is 'pulling' their team forwards.
Danny's take on effective leadership is centred around the beliefs that a leader has, not necessarily the traits they exhibit. For example, Danny is currently growing his team from 3 outsourced members of staff to 8 fully-fledged employees, which in itself is a great achievement, but his focus is on a results only work environment (ROWE) style of working, which is about results output rather than hours worked. This gives employees a sense of freedom and builds trust in the team, going back to a core belief of how leadership should be, rather than a specific trait. 
Danny goes on to share his views on the challenges he has faced in growing an SME business. This is about the trade-off he experienced between focusing on creativity and focusing on lead generation and growing the business. Coming to the realisation he had to step away from the creative side of things for a period of time in order to focus on growing his business for it to have the impact that he desires.
Lastly, Danny shares his advice for aspiring leaders and entrepreneurs about purpose. Understanding what is your purpose for creating a business and having a clear answer to this will enable you to put in the long hours and go above and beyond to deliver your goals of setting up and growing your business. 
You can follow Danny on LinkedIn.
A big thank you to Danny for being on our podcast with us!
 
The Lead to Succeed podcast is presented by Callum and Rebecca Jenkins. It is sponsored by RJEN a business that unlocks the growth potential in companies by finding, gaining and growing the best fit clients.
 

Our review episode with guest Jordi Ferrer of ServiceNow. 
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Our guest this week is Jordi Ferrer, VP & GM ServiceNow - UK & Ireland, one of the fastest-growing global SaaS companies. 
 
We talk about what traits make an effective leader and this comes down to the ability to listen to your team, seek to understand them and enabling a sense of trust. Jordi shared an analogy we really liked,  'allow the team to take the risk & I'll provide the safety net.'  This relates to helping your team feel supported and empowered, knowing that if things don't quite go to plan they will not be negatively affected or blamed. As a leader, Jordi is there to encourage people to be proactive and give them praise when it works out, but if things go South, he is there to be held accountable, not pass the blame to his team.
We discuss one of the challenges he first faced when he became manager of a team, many people unfortunately referred to as the 'screw ups' team.  However, after taking the time to understand each person in that team and building the right culture of transparency, respect and purpose, the team went on to become very successful within the organisation.
We discuss the importance of building mutual trust with your teams, in order for both parties to get more out of the relationship of working together. Listening more to one another to ensure both are understood, especially important if the relationship between an employee and manager is perhaps not as smooth as one would like. But also being able to reflect and be hungry for feedback as a leader is essential, like holding up a mirror to yourself, how do you know how well are doing if your team don't tell you? This comes back to the aspect of building mutual trust so that your team feel enabled to give you honest feedback, without fear of recrimination. 
We wrap things up by discussing what the future holds for business in the UK. Jordi believes we will continue to see the creation of new jobs that don't currently exist, flatter structures in organisations (such as managing upwards) and more emphasis on being an emotionally intelligent business - exciting times ahead!
As always a big thank you to Jordi for being on the podcast with us today and thank you for listening.
 
The Lead to Succeed podcast is presented by Callum and Rebecca Jenkins. It is sponsored by RJEN a business that unlocks the growth potential in companies by finding, gaining and growing the best-fit clients.