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.

In a new era of Leadership, our guest, Jason Marc Campbell talks about the importance of creating psychological safety for teams and the role of the leader as coach.
 
We live in turbulent times, and the importance of creating the right environment at work continues to be a high priority for top-performing leaders.
In this episode, we take a deeper dive into what psychological safety at work, really means, why it matters, and how to achieve it.
We also discuss:
How to encourage teams to speak up.
Is it ok for the leader not to have all the answers?
The place for vulnerability as a leader.
Why the impact for the individual is more important than the needs of the leader.
Past, present, and future authoring to get clarity of what’s important to you.
Connect with Jason here.

Find out if being an authentic leader and showing a degree of vulnerability brings improvement in financial performance.
Amanda Coulson founded her successful business over twenty years ago and has learnt a lot about leadership during that time.
In her early days of leadership, she was told that vulnerability was not a good trait to show. When she began to appreciate that it’s ok to share your vulnerabilities, it considerably changed her approach and the success of the business.
We also discuss:
Delegation not abdication
Leading from the heart
The impact of vulnerability as a leader on financial performance
Taking a hard look at clients that don’t align with your values 
Facing big challenges, and how your team can help you through them.
 
If you would like to find out about Amanda’s leadership programme, contact Amanda at https://svcsolutions.co.uk

How A Poor Leadership Experience Shaped Nicholas's Approach
Nicholas leads remote sales teams and provides practical leadership tips on this. He shares what he learnt from an unsatisfactory leadership experience, and how he is using that to be a better leader.
We also discuss;
Setting team expectations
Correlations between a team spirit in sport and top performance in business
Tips and techniques that help a team perform better
Leading with intention
You can contact Nicolas here.

Start with the end in mind when launching your business
This is the advice of Michelle Seiler Tucker, a merger and acquisition specialist who has sold over 500 businesses. Michelle considers leadership to be everything when it comes to growing a business and a good leader gets to really know their team.
With Michelle's extensive experience of helping companies to become saleable, we talk about what's needed for a founder to maximise the value of their business
We discuss;
The importance of understanding employees perceptions
Tips and advice to create a business you can sell 
The one question you need to ask every potential new recruit
You can contact Michelle at Seiler Tucker 

What does it take to successfully lead a remote team, regardless of whether you employ that team directly or not?
Brett has a passion to help managers hire teams, delegate, and be a great person to work with. We talk about the challenges of leading a growing business, the importance of having an earn it mindset, and why leaders should focus on their team, not the outcome. 
We also discuss;
How to be  successful leading remote teams
Why you fundamentally can't have a great team with a poor leader
The paradox of vulnerability
A great way to improve communication efficiency 
You can connect with Brett here.

Leading Teams - what makes a successful team for outstanding performance?
Our guest is Matt Schlegel, author of Teamwork 9.0.  We discuss the importance of knowing your team and their personality dynamics to achieve high levels of team resilience and performance.
However, as Matt explains the starting point to leading successful teams is having a high degree of self-awareness yourself and knowing how to complement your skills with those of the team.
We also discuss
How using a diagnostic assessment on yourself and your team helps in communication and building trust.
Knowing your dominant start point, i.e., head, instincts, feeling, and what that means to you as a leader.
Why knowing yourself first is essential to building a powerful and effective team.
How the 9 Enneagram dynamics fit together to optimise team performance.

Our guest, Tom Flatau, is an accredited brain and behavioural specialist and CEO of Twi.
Tom works with business leaders and teams globally to improve business performance by understanding how we can change our brain to become more effective leaders.
 
Tom’s interest and understanding of neuroscience started at an early age when he was told that his brother is the intelligent one. This left a niggle that Tom wrestled with, the impact of which fostered his interest in neuroscience and how it impacts leadership and team dynamics.
We also discuss:
The scientific evidence of a growth mindset and why it matters in business
Why we must exercise our brain and the type of exercise it needs
Unconscious bias – its impact on leadership and team performance
Creating awareness of unconscious bias and how to balance it