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The Visible LeaderLeadership Is a Contact Sport: How to Stop Avoiding the Tough StuffAndy Edwards, behavioural psychologist and creator of RELATIONOMICS, joins me to talk about why relationships drive results—and what to do when they’re off.We cover how to spot the hidden signs of misalignment, why most 1:1s aren’t good enough, and the simple fix that changes everything. Expect real stories, plain speaking, and practical tools you can use tomorrow.Key Takeaways Why ‘my door’s always open’ misses the point 7 leadership fails (and how to avoid them) The one habit that makes the biggest difference How to give feedback without fluff What to do when y...
2025-07-0145 minThe Visible LeaderYour Reputation Is Talking – Are You Listening?I'm joined by writer and communications expert Charlotte Otter to unpack a topic that often gets misunderstood: reputation.Before this conversation, I associated reputation management with spin and crisis control. Charlotte completely shifted my perspective. What if reputation is less about image and more about the stories people tell about you based on what you say and do?We explore how to stay visible without being performative, what to do when things go wrong, and how to build trust - even if you're leading a small, growing business.Key Takeaways: What if...
2025-06-0235 minThe Visible LeaderWhen You're Not the Expert: Why Leaders Need Interactional ExpertiseIn this episode of The Visible Leader, I talk to Ed Fidoe - co-founder of the London Interdisciplinary School - about a concept that could radically shift how leaders operate: interactional expertise.What do you do when your team knows more than you do? How do you lead across functions where you don’t have the depth of knowledge? And how can you avoid falling into the trap of blind trust or dangerous overconfidence?Ed shares brilliant insights from his leadership journey, from running a university to launching theatre productions, and explains why not knowing do...
2025-05-0130 minThe Visible LeaderPerfectionism at Work: The Good, The Bad, and The ExhaustingDr Hayley Lewis joined me to talk about perfectionism in leadership—when it’s helpful, when it holds us back, and what we can do about it.We get into: What perfectionism actually is (and isn’t) The toll it can take on leaders and teams How to spot it in yourself or others Ways to loosen its grip (without lowering your standards)Reflective practice, micromanagement, inbox zero, and why reframing matters—it’s all in here.Resources Mentioned Gibbs' Reflective Cycle – A useful tool for reframing experiences. Here is a post on Hayley’s...
2025-04-0143 minThe Visible LeaderYou Think You're Empowering Your Team – Here's Why It's Not WorkingIn this episode, I chat with Marcus Dimbleby, a former military officer, Marcus has been helping organizations build adaptive leadership, resilience, and engagement since retiring from the Royal Air Force in 2013 through his work at Effective Direction.We explore why so many leaders struggle to create empowered teams and what's really needed to bridge the gap between intent and execution.Have a listen to learn practical strategies to truly empower your team, drive engagement, and improve results.Key takeaways Why simply telling your team they're empowered isn't enough. What are the key...
2025-03-0443 minThe Visible LeaderHow to Have High-Performance ConversationsIn this episode of The Visible Leader, I chat with Paul Teasdale about high-performance conversations and what leaders can learn from Formula One. Paul’s career spans from sausage-making to F1, and he shares how leaders can handle tough conversations, make better decisions, and build a culture of high performance.Here’s what we covered: What makes a difficult conversation so hard, and how do you navigate it with grace? How can leaders apply an F1 mindset to performance conversations? What are the three key ingredients to high performance? How do you use data in decision-making with...
2025-02-0635 minThe Visible LeaderWhat No One Tells You About Building CultureIn this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Danny Wareham, an organisational psychologist, coach, and speaker with over 25 years of experience. We took a deep dive into organisational culture - what it is, what it isn’t, and the common missteps leaders make when trying to improve it. Danny has such a wealth of experience and shared incredible insights on how to align culture with strategy to get real results.We covered answers to questions, like: Why isn’t creating a “fun” workplace enough to drive success? What’s the real purpose of organisational culture, a...
2025-01-0734 minThe Visible LeaderDebunking Leadership MythsI talked to Scott Allen about tackling some of the most persistent myths about leadership.Why do these myths continue to hold sway, and how do they shape our understanding of what it means to lead?Scott dives deep into the origins and impact of these myths, encouraging us to rethink traditional views on leadership.Key questions explored: Are leaders really born, not made? Scott’s insights challenge this well-worn belief. How do we define leadership? Spoiler: it’s far more than just holding a title. Does charisma automatically make someone a good...
2024-12-0344 minThe Visible LeaderYour Leadership Says More Than You Think - And It's Not Always PositiveIn this episode, I sit down with Sarah Langslow, an executive coach and leadership expert, to dig deep into the impact we have as leaders—both the intentional and the unintentional. Sarah went from competing in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race to a stellar corporate career, and now she’s the author of Do Sweat the Small Stuff, a book that takes a close look at how our smallest actions as leaders can have the biggest impact. Join us as we uncover some eye-opening truths about the power of presence, intent, and those “micro-interactions” that often go unnoticed.Key Take...
2024-11-0139 minThe Visible LeaderWhy Introversion Doesn't Mean Shy (And Other Myths Debunked)In this episode, I chat with Stacey, an expert on introverted leadership, about the myths surrounding introverts in leadership roles and how they can excel in environments often geared towards extroverts.Have a listen and discover how to truly embrace your strengths as an introverted leader!Key takeaways include: Introversion vs Extroversion: Stacey shares her thoughts on why it’s not a simple binary choice and how understanding these traits can help leaders play to their strengths. Debunking Myths about Introverted Leaders: We explore the stereotype of being quiet and discuss why introverts can be...
2024-10-0136 minThe Visible LeaderWhat Leaders Get Wrong About Creativity (and How to Get It Right)Rich Kirkpatrick is a creative leader, author, and speaker who helps people unlock their creative potential.With a background spanning both business and the arts, he blends science and creativity to guide teams and leaders in fostering innovation. He’s the author of Mind Blown: Unlock Your Creative Genius by Bridging Science and Magic, where he offers practical insights into the creative process.In this episode, we dive deep into the concept of creativity and how it impacts our personal and professional lives. Here’s a sneak peek at the topics covered: What is Crea...
2024-09-0331 minThe Visible LeaderHow To Make Better MistakesMark Graban is an author, speaker, and podcast host specialising in lean management and healthcare improvement. He wrote "The Mistakes That Make Us" and hosts the podcast "My Favourite Mistake." Mark is known for his insights on learning from mistakes and improving organisational processes.Themes Covered: Innovation and Mistakes: Why embracing small mistakes can lead to big breakthroughs. Healthcare Errors: The importance of systems and checklists. Creating a Safe Space: How this fits with psychological safety Leading Through Mistakes: Tips for leaders on how to encourage better mistake makingConnect with Mark here: https://www...
2024-07-3039 minThe Visible LeaderProcess Before (almost) Everything Else: Transforming Leadership with Samuel DrauschakI recently sat down with Samuel Drauschak to explore what process-driven leadership really means – and how you actually build empathy and connection if you get it right.Listen out for the question he suggests you ask your people if you want to get more of the RIGHT things done.Highlights: What is Process Leadership? Learn the key differences between process-driven and data-driven leadership (and why you should care about either). Real-Life Transformations: Hear about how it worked on the ground. Practical Tips: Get actionable advice on where to start with process mapping and who to...
2024-06-1834 min
Red Bean BabyEpisode 13: Covenant House New Orleans - Katrina BabiesListener Advisory: This episodes contains conversation around Hurricane Katrina, including death, trauma and crisis. Please listen with caution and take care of yourself. Ms. Ebonee Craighead, Tasia Stewart, Jane Helire, Shelita Lomax, Wyatt Hines, Gioia Barconey discuss Hurricane Katrina and its long lasting impacts from youth to adults. Sharing memories from 2005 that seem like they happened yesterday, the group engages in a vulnerable conversation on the enduring effects of Hurricane Katrina. https://www.covenanthousenola.org/Instagram: @covenanthousenolaFacebook: CovenantHouseNOLALinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/15374778Twitter: CovenantHouseNOYouTube: h...
2024-06-171h 12The Visible LeaderFive Common Leadership Development Mistakes and How to Avoid ThemIn this episode I chat with Walt Morgan. As a certified coach, former Navy Commander, and university lecturer, Walt specialises in helping people develop their leadership skills on both personal and professional fronts. Walt’s seen it all and has some sharp insights on the common slip-ups leaders make.What we cover: Common Leadership Blunders: Walt lays out the five big missteps he sees leaders making. He’s big on understanding what leadership really means personally and professionally, and he challenges us to redefine it for ourselves. Leadership as a Journey: Leadership isn’t a fixed qualit...
2024-05-2933 min
Conversations with CoachesOptimizing Leadership in High-Pressure Environments | Corine Hines | Conversations With Coaches - S03E05Discover the intricacies of leadership in high-pressure environments in the fifth episode of 'Conversations with Coaches. Corine Hines brings you her case study, where she shows how overwhelmed leaders were trained to excel as effective change agents within a rapidly growing manufacturing firm. In this episode, Corine Hines addresses high-risk challenges within the manufacturing industry. Hired by a prominent UK-based manufacturing company on the brink of a massive project, Corine was faced with the task of supporting a group of newly promoted leaders struggling with the immense pressure of the project.Corine Hines, has seen firsthand the...
2024-05-1441 minThe Visible LeaderHow to Silence Your Inner Critic (and everyone else's while you're at it)Julie Smith is a sought-after coach who has been supporting leaders and teams to grow their impact for three decades. A 15+ year corporate career with Mars and PepsiCo gave Julie first-hand experience of what it takes to succeed in a demanding, fast-paced organization.Julie is the author of Coach Yourself Confident, an encouraging and supportive guide for professionals who have aspirations to progress further in their careers, and who feel that a lack of confidence is getting in their way.In this conversation, we covered: The cost of the self-doubt tax Why you might...
2024-05-1437 minThe Visible LeaderThe Power of Weekly (Yes Weekly!) 1-2-1s : Dr Steven Rogelberg Shares Research-Backed StrategiesDr. Steven Rogelberg is an organizational psychologist whose award-winning research into meetings led to the publication of the highly successful book The Surprising Science of Meetings.And again, he’s taken that research-based approach with his latest book – the excellent Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 meetings.In this episode we challenge the idea that 1:1s are an optional extra for team members who ‘need’ them - and offer a framework for how to get started.We talk about: What the research says and why 121s matter to your team members...
2024-04-3031 minThe Visible LeaderWhat Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)Dr Nia Thomas is a thought leader in self-aware leadership and practices self-aware leadership every single day in her role as Director in a Children’s Charity.She has an allergic reaction when she hears the phrase ‘you shouldn’t care what anyone else thinks’.We talked about the perils of heeding that advice and how to avoid going the other way and becoming a total people pleaser!Topics we covered: How to become aware of your blind spots. The pros and cons of 360 feedback. The cautions around self-awareness. How to avoid overthin...
2024-04-0236 minThe Visible LeaderThe Secret to Showing Vulnerability Without Losing Your CredibilityDr Katharina Schmidt completed an executive MBA at Kellogg Business School and then for the next 20 years had an international career with various professional services firms before she started her own business as an Executive Coach & Leadership Team Developer.She’s lived all over the world and speaks 5 languages fluently. And she had a career as a professional volleyball player!We talked about Confidence and Vulnerability – and how to show both as a leader to build trust in your team.We covered: The link between vulnerability and psychological safety The right balance betw...
2024-03-0544 minThe Visible LeaderHow to Turn Your Strategic Vision into Reality (for EVERYONE in the business)Are you struggling to turn your vision into reality? Learn how to become an execution-focused leader and drive results in your organisation.Monte Pedersen is dedicated to helping organisations manage their strategy execution - he wants this to be a competency within every one of his clients.He wants to eliminate all the bad habits they’ve developed over the years so they have a repeatable operating model that will teach their teams how to manage execution and get better at doing it each year.Discover the key to effective strategy execution in thi...
2024-02-2052 minThe Visible LeaderPerformance Without Appraisals (and what to do instead)Ben Simpson works with leaders and their teams to create better relationships, improve trust, increase autonomy, ditch bureaucracy. He very much sees that you perform best when you’re happy in your work. And he’s a fierce critic of traditional (command and control) management and prefers a more human-centric way of leading and managing.He co-founded Organisational Vitality, is the Director and Chairman of the Deming Alliance UK, Co-organiser of Reinventing Work in Bath and is a visiting lecturer on the Bath MBA.And he has the honour of collaborating with me when we work...
2024-02-0657 minThe Visible LeaderFrom Rehab & Jail to Leadership Success: An Entrepreneur's Journey with Joseph ZeppilliJoseph Zeppilli went from jail and rehab after growing up in the ghettos of Montreal, to running a business that has become one of the largest popcorn manufacturers in North America.In prison, he discovered a love of books. So we navigated his journey as a leader through the most influential books he’d read.The Top 5 books: Food Rules by Michael Pollan Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki Atomic Habits by James Clear Your Next Five Moves by Patrick Bet David 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreenTopics we covered: The...
2024-01-2353 minThe Visible LeaderDebunking Myths of Resilience: Science-Backed Insights with Dr Lee WilliamsDr Lee Williams is a behavioural scientist with 30 years experience helping organisations improve productivity and performance. He’s done this work across many companies – including American Express, Tesco and Dupont. He has an undergraduate degree in Pharmacology & Physiology, an MBA and a DBA from Alliance Manchester Business School where he completed the UK's first empirical study of Business Mental Toughness.He uses this experience to measure employee well-being in his current business, KAYA.Topics covered: What Lee means by resilience What are some common misconceptions people have about resilience? How resilience can sometimes negatively impact...
2024-01-0958 minThe Visible LeaderRevolutionising Bureaucracy: Tactics for Lasting Change with Marina NitzeMarina Nitze is an author and a crisis engineer. She co-authored Hack Your Bureaucracy with Nick Sinai, it contains over 50 tactics, each with real-world examples, for making lasting change in bureaucracies from PTAs all the way up to the White House and Fortune 500 companies.Marina is currently focused on improving America’s child welfare system, helping organisations solve mission-critical IT challenges. Before this she was the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and helped establish the United States Digital Service. She also served as a Senior Advisor on technology in the White Ho...
2023-12-1951 minThe Visible LeaderOvercoming Adversity: A Journey from Depression to Outdoor Cooking Mastery with the Fell FoodieHarrison Ward is better known as Fell Foodie.He’s an inspirational speaker, outdoorsman and cook who loves to recreate restaurant-style meals on minimal equipment (usually a camp stove) in remote locations.He has a vast following across various social media platforms and has featured regularly in the media including Channel 5 and BBC. He regularly delivers talks about his personal battle with depression, suicidal thoughts and alcohol highlighting a journey from an overweight, alcoholic, smoker to the fit, mountain-loving foodie he is today.This is what Dame Mary Berry DBE said about him...
2023-12-0559 minThe Visible LeaderNavigating Change: Glyn Potts' Leadership Wisdom in EducationGlyn Potts is the Headteacher of Saint John Henry Newman Catholic College in Oldham. Newman is a large secondary school serving a diverse community where 43% of students are in receipt of ‘Free School Meals.’Glyn was awarded the ‘Inspirational Teacher of the Year’ award in 2010, has a masters degree in Catholic Educational Leadership and a second masters in Youth Leadership. He is an active member of the Army Cadet Force within the North West.He is a serving Deputy Lieutenant in Greater Manchester, and he was awarded an MBE in May 2022 for Services to the Army Cad...
2023-11-2136 minThe Visible LeaderCarrie Goucher: Can you really fix modern-day meeting gridlock?Carrie helps people transform meetings and meeting culture. She has redesigned how we meet for the collaborative era, crafting meetings that are honest, focused, supportive and energising. Carrie’s PhD created an evidence-based framework for what underpins meeting success (spoiler alert: it’s not having an agenda) and her research was described as 'game-changing for meeting science'.Topics covered: Why it’s time for a new meeting philosophy Signs of a poor meeting culture that you might not spot ‘Best practice’ for meetings that’s just making things worse Carrie’s top tips you can action straightaway
2023-11-0754 minThe Visible LeaderBreaking Down the 'Yes, But...' Excuses for Busyness with Neil JurdNeil Jurd is a former army officer and RMA Sandhurst instructor. He served in several operational theatres, including the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Yemen. Since leaving the army he has worked in leadership development and coaching for more than a decade, Neil has an MA from Cranfield University, is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management and an Entrepreneur in Residence at Lancaster University. He was awarded the British Citizen Award in 2020, and appointed OBE in 2021.He is the author of the 5* rated ‘The Leadership Book’, written to make Leadership easy to u...
2023-10-2446 minThe Visible LeaderCreating Thriving Workplaces: How Phil Burgess and Felix Koch Are Redefining Success Through ConnectionTestament to their belief that relationships are the source of results, Phil Burgess and Felix Koch have worked together for more than a decade.As joint Managing Directors of marketing services agency, C Space, their people-centric leadership approach to culture transformation led to various awards including ‘Best Place to Work’, ‘Best Agency’ and ‘Learning Team of the Year’ at the Learning Performance Institute’s Global Learning Awards.They were jointly listed on Management Today’s ‘Agents of Change’ Power List for men championing gender equity in business and in 2022, Felix was listed on the InsideOut LeaderBoard which ce...
2023-10-1034 minThe Visible LeaderPhilippa Kindon: Is it possible to manage without managers?Philippa Kindon and the team at Mayden think so and they've captured their journey of creating a self-managing workplace in their recent co-authored book, 'Made without Managers'.Mayden is a 140-person strong health-tech company based in Bath, providing market-leading software to NHS Mental Health Trusts, charities and third-sector providers. Mayden takes an agile and self-managing approach, having broken free from traditional people hierarchies and instead is organised around teams that manage themselves and their work.The team at Mayden wanted to share their stories, not because they think they've got this way of working all...
2023-09-2056 minThe Visible LeaderWelcome to The Visible LeaderAfter over 10 years of coaching leaders and teams, I’m on a mission. Well, two missions really. I want to explore the assumptions made about the BEST or the ONLY way to be a leader. I’ll be looking at alternative approaches to see if it’s possible to get results and end up with happier, and more productive people. And second - who are the people taking leadership theory and bringing it to life in their organisation? And how can you get the same results in yours?Join me as I talk to thought leaders and change...
2023-09-1101 min
Beyond the BottomlineCorine Hines: Positive and Inspiring Leadership and How that makes a Difference both Personally and CollectivelyBeyond the Bottomline: Leadership can come in many colours and leadership styles even more so - positive inspiring leadership which goes beyond the bottomline can have distinct advantages to both leader and employees. Human growth leadership, something to emulate!
Corine Hines, Director of Visibly Different is my guest today, talking to us about being a positive and inspiring leader and making a difference personally and collectively.
We will be discussing:
Different styles of leadership and the advantages to both leader and employees when there is a more positivie and inspirational style of leadership which...
2021-12-0139 min