Lead To Succeed
Inspirational conversations with today‘s business leaders. Hear their challenges and how they overcame them, their tips to be an inspiring leader and tough lessons learnt along the way. Whether you‘re a manager leading a team, a business owner, or stepping into a leadership role, you‘ll hear practical advice and experiences that will inspire your own approach to leadership. Topics include: leading change, wellbeing in the workplace, self-leadership, authentic leadership, overcoming big challenges, emotional intelligence, crisis leadership, engaging millennials, and leading remote teams. The hosts, Callum and Rebecca Jenkins share their own experiences of leadership. This includes growing a business in the B2B sector, to experiencing different leadership styles. The podcast style is conversational, always leaving the listener with practical steps that they can implement in the workplace. Https://RJEN.co.uk
Episodes
Episodes
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Episode 96 | The Power Of Story Telling In Leadership | With Richard Newman
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Richard Newman, founder of Body Talk and author of You Were Born To Speak, shares his leadership experiences and the power of business storytelling for impact and engagement.
Many of Richard's clients are leaders who are expected to improve their communication skills. This could be to inspire their team, meet with important clients, be an ambassador for their business or speak at a conference.
We discuss the power and science of communication, including the challenges Richard has addressed in leading the growth of his company.
Be inspired by Richard's advice and ideas for outstanding communication in leadership and what he considers to be the greatest gift of leadership.
We also discuss.
1. Who the hero is in your story
2. Seeing the greatness in others
3. The leader being the rock in the storm
4. How to communicate with power in every business situation
5. Helping others to reflect by shining a mirror on them.
Connect with Richard on LinkedIn.
Sunday May 29, 2022
Episode 95 | Executive Loneliness | With Nick Jonsson
Sunday May 29, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
Guest Nick Jonsson, author, co-founder, and managing director of EGN shares his views on leadership and executive loneliness.
We discuss the smiling depression felt by executives and experienced by Nick himself. This is when you appear happy and successful at work but inside it's a very different situation.
In his book, Executive Loneliness, Nick shares how he was dependent on alcohol, and/or valium, and lorazepam, and could not go without such substances for 24 hours, and how he felt as if he was going to die.
Nick feels that executive loneliness still isn’t openly talked about, sufferers don’t discuss it with their partners, and friends and certainly not with those they spend most of their time with, at work.
Nick shares his personal story of executive loneliness and how he got through it, and how he now helps others to prevent them from feeling this way.
We also discuss:
Practical tips for overcoming executive loneliness
Why vulnerability is a strength
The importance of having a mentor
The traits of a great leader
Why the fear of judgment impacted Nick
Monday May 16, 2022
Episode 94 | Growth Happens At The Bottom Of The Pit | With Patrick Cootes
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
Leadership lessons from Patrick Cootes are firmly rooted in humility and in acknowledging the skills of others.
Patrick has transitioned his career from teaching to tech, as Head of Product at Mindstone Learning.
He firmly believes in earning the respect of his team and having a culture that allows for fearless feedback to each other. To help achieve this Patrick talks about rewarding the team for giving tough feedback. Patrick also commits to sharing the feedback he receives from a one-to-one openly with the whole team.
We also discuss:
How to have alignment in meetings
Why the discomfort of disagreement is beneficial
Why leaders need to refrain from speaking
Managing upwards
The importance of sharing ‘screw ups’
Sunday May 08, 2022
Sunday May 08, 2022
Our guest Paul Glover, author, and no B.S. Work Development & Resilience Coach has challenging views on the future of management.
Paul considers the role of managers to become extinct with the advancement of AI, and he’s pleased about that.
Find out why Paul feels strongly about this, his rationale, and the future he sees for leadership.
His forthright opinions and practical tips create an engaging, lively and thought-provoking listen.
We discuss:
The three A’s of employee engagement
Why being a good listener is no longer sufficient
Why leaders should talk about their failures
The future is self-directed teams
Why employees at Amazon USA have pushed to recognise a trade union for the first time.
Why leadership has to be personal for it to be effective
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Episode 92 | Business Leadership Under Fire | With Pepyn Dinandt.
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
We can all cite examples where business leadership has come under fire.
Understanding the reasons behind it, such as why it happened, and how to avoid it, is the topic of our conversation with Pepyn Dinandt.
Pepyn has 30 years of experience in leading the restructuring and transformation of companies in challenging situations, he is the author of Leadership Under Fire, with Richard Westley.
In this episode, we explore the 4C's of neglect that causes significant problems to companies. We touch on some of the 9 practical steps businesses can take to avoid leadership being in the firing line or how to turn it around.
We also discuss:
What makes a great leader
What you need to consider about your competitors
Defining leadership
Thursday Mar 31, 2022
Thursday Mar 31, 2022
Benjamin Lancaster, co-founder, and owner at VCL Vintners is continuing to disrupt the traditional market of whisky cask investment.
In just 13 years his company has around £80 million pounds worth of whisky under management. With a small team of 13, Ben describes his leadership style as unorthodox.
Ben's determination and steely-minded approach, shows us what can be achieved when starting a business from scratch.
With a pioneering spirit and innovation at the heart of the business, Ben strives to be ahead of the curve and be the leader in his field.
We discuss:
Being resolute and determined to reach your goals.
Not taking no for an answer.
Focusing on where you want to be, not where you currently stand.
Managing expectations.
Developing decisiveness.
Standing out and being different.
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Episode 90 | Will Your Change Initiative Pay Off? | With Brendon Baker
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
When it comes to leading change, our guest, Brendon Baker is a leading expert in the field, having consulted on over $10 billion in key transformation projects.
His mission is to help change leaders drive real value under the mantra of keeping it simple.
In this episode, we discuss the fundamental questions that must be asked when leading change. In Brendon’s experience, only 15% of the companies he’s consulted with can succinctly answer such questions.
If you are commencing a change programme, or in one, this episode provides many pointers for success with ongoing validation and a simple exercise to get to the heart of why change is needed and what it will deliver.
We discuss:
The biggest factors that will undermine all change programmes.
Biggest mistakes when implementing a change programme.
The three ripple effects of change that you need to be aware of.
The need for radical honesty and positive disruption.
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Episode 89 | The Need For Diplomacy In Effective Communication | With David Klaasen
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Clear communication is so much more than what you say.
Our guest David Klaasen has transitioned his career from Michelin Star restaurant Chef to Leadership Development and Executive Coach.
His Clarity Matrix considers 4 four key areas; people clarity, people performance, business clarity, and business performance.
One of the key topics we discuss is how to strike the balance between assertive and frank communication, whilst making your communication effective, impactful, and clear.
Knowing how to achieve this is important for all communication to be successful.
We also discuss:
Self-awareness and how it impacts your communication.
The Stockdale Paradox – the balance of optimism for resilience.
How our body responds to stress and the impact it has on our ability to think and communicate clearly.
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation – understanding these factors and their impact on motivation.
How to respond to and manage feedback.
The role of diplomacy for effective communication.