Whilst I.T. and design departments are familiar with sprints, Simon explains how they can be highly effective for managing and growing a business.  
Simon is the author of Strategy Sprints a blueprint for business growth and a TEDx speaker.
Simon recommends 7-day sprints to unblock a business bottleneck and to achieve 10X more.
In this episode, he shares his views on how to solve the weak point in the business, how to harness the team's superpowers, and double revenue in 90 days.
You will leave the podcast with lots of excellent ideas for business growth.
We also discuss
The 3 habits of leaders
What you need to work on most to be a leader
Bitcoin
Why giving freedom faster to your team is good for your business

How energised is your leadership?
Does this mean being extremely energetic or slowing down?
In this episode, author, keynote speaker, award-winning life and executive coach, Simon Alexander Ong, explains why it's both.
Simon's view is that an outstanding leader is a great coach.
Simon refers to Project Oxygen where Google determined what makes a manager great. It's interesting to note that number one is being a good coach, and empowering others to become their own leader first.
In this enlightening episode we discuss:
An effective way to become self-aware
A top leadership tip that Simon received from Simon Sinek
Management of human capital and why it matters
Why shifting from a performance-driven culture to a growth-centric culture is essential
How to transform the way we live and work
Understanding how to manage our four areas of energy
Lessons learnt from Simon's personal challenges

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.
 

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 

 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’

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

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
 

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.