Leading Through Uncertainty
Discover the challenges of leading through uncertainty. Jude Jennison of Leaders by Nature interviews CEOs and leaders in organisations on their experiences of leading through uncertainty. www.judejennison.com
Episodes
106 episodes
107: Donna O’Toole on a strategic approach to winning awards
Donna O'Toole is the Founder of August Recognition, a business dedicated to helping other businesses to win awards as part of their marketing strategy. Donna and her team advise on the strategic timing of award entries, leveraging past successe...
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106: Eman Al-Hillawi on piloting her way through business adversity and recovery
Eman Al-Hillawi is the CEO of Entec Si, a business change management cuonsultancy. Eman discusses the challenges her business faced during the pandemic, including the financial strain and the emotional impact of redundancies. She re...
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105: Chad E Foster on resilience and blind ambition
Chad Foster is a keynote speaker who became blind at the age of 21 due to an eye condition, retinitis pigmentosa. Chad had a dream as he was growing up to be in the medical field but had to change this due to his eyesight and ended up going to ...
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#104: Fabrice Desmarescaux on How Retreats in Nature Help Leaders Navigate Uncertainty
Fabrice Desmarescaux is a Partner at McKinsey and works with CEO’s and their teams to increase in their performance and effectiveness. He also creates the next generation of leaders working w...
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#103 Daniel Astarita on overcoming adversity and innovation in retail
Daniel Astarita is the Managing Director of Kesslers, a business that he bought when it went into administration. He’s also MD of a London-based mannequin business, having bought the assets from another b...
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#102: Wendy Dean on leading change without fear
Wendy Dean is the CEO of Strategi Solutions, a business consultancy offering services around people, creative and marketing. She talks about the anxiety that comes when thrust into the uncertainty of major...
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#101: Todd on quitting alcohol and transforming his health
Graham Todd, Co-founder of Spaghetti Agency, a digital marketing company talks about his transformative journey from struggling with alcohol to adopting a healthier lifestyle. He explains the moment he realised...
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#100: 100th episode of Leading through uncertainty podcast
Show NotesLeading Through Uncertainty podcast celebrates its 100th episode and this time I’m talking about my journey with uncertainty and why we need different skills.
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#99: Julie Chakraverty on using HR tech for employee feedback
Julie Chakraverty is the founder of Runway, a platform that facilitates employee feedback in organisations. Julie explains how Runway allows employees to voice concerns either anonymously or openly, ensuring a ...
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#98: Suzi Archer on creating a people-led culture using HR technology
Suzi Archer is the Staff Director at Huler.io, a fast-growing HRtech company. Suzi’s creative approach to HR policies and procedures has resulted in a more human interaction with employees at Huler. By ripping ...
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#97 Anne Shaw on West Midlands transport and leading change
Anne Shaw is the Executive Director for Transport For West Midlands. She talks about the challenge of managing a variety of stakeholder groups, from users to transport providers, the government, as well as her ...
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#96 Ann Hiatt on failing to learn, insatiable curiosity and psychological safety
Ann Hiatt is a Leadership Strategy Consultant working with scale-up companies to create rapid growth. Ann talks about personal and professional change and the skills needed to navigate the uncertainty of change...
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#95 Gillian Bailey from Maintel on hybrid working and stabilising change
Gillian Bailey is the Operations Director for Maintel, a technology organisation. We talk about the backdrop of the pandemic, as well as economic and political uncertainty and how all of these impact employees ...
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#94 Tony Langham on reputation management and changing behaviour
Tony Langham is the Executive Chair and co-founder of Lansons, a reputation management and public relations firm based in London and New York. We discuss the importance of...
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#93 Tara Rule on curiosity, coaching and positive mindset
Tara Rule is the Senior Director of Commercial Strategy Go to Market and Operations at Adobe, responsible for looking at how Adobe make smart commercial decisions. Tara mana...
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#92 Dr Mersha Aftab on design management and emotional intelligence
Dr Mersha Aftab is the co-host director for MA Design Management courses at Birmingham City University. She specialises in design leadership within large organisations, exploring how designers design and lead s...
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#91 Phill Elston on inspiring teamwork, collaboration and radical change
Phill Elston is Operations Director of Brompton Bicycle and is responsible for leading the manufacturing organisation in the production of the famous Brompton bicycles. P...
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#90 Sarah Foster on confidence and the environment
Sarah Foster is the Managing Director of Comply Direct, an environmental consultancy and compliance business. She is also the author of Yabba Dabba Do It, a book on self-confidence. Sarah shar...
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#89 Rich Horth on the great resignation and recruitment
Rich Horth is Operations Director for Adecco, a large recruitment agency with 80 offices throughout the UK. Rich talks about the great resignation, how that...
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#88 Cathy Brown on purpose, connection and communication
Cathy Brown is the Chief Executive of i-SE, a social enterprise that provides business support services for social enterprises in the West Midlands. Cathy brings a wealth of experience from both the commercial sector as well as social e...
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#87 Bella Lewis-Smith on setting up an employee owned business
Bella Lewis-Smith is the founder and MD of Salad, a design and digital agency based in Dorset in the UK. Bella talks about the process of selling her business to become a 100% employee-owned business and the challenges she faced along t...
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#86 Jane Huntington on agile working and technological change
Jane Huntington is the Head of Application Development for Guide Dogs. I’ve worked with Jane and her team and I have some understanding of the complexity and volume of technological change that they are leading. Jane ta...
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#85 Sope Agbelusi on inclusivity, race conversations and authenticity
Sope Agbelusi is a leadership consultant and coach and founder of the business Mindset Shift and the podcast host of Everyday Leadership. We discuss the need for courage and vulnerability in order to be authentic and have an inclusive w...
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#84 Lee Evans on working with fear and living your values
Lee Evans is the founder of Mind Power Solutions and coaches the British Army’s leadership as well as elite athletes and business owners. He talks about how fear is the biggest challenge that every leader faces and how we need to change...
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#83 Mary Gregory on leadership, the ego and self-awareness
Mary Gregory is a leadership consultant and coach and the author of the book Ego: Get over yourself and lead. We discuss the emotional side of change and the need to include the people side of change as a priority. Mary unpic...
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