Our guest for Episode 5, Rosie Ferguson, has been the Chief Executive of the House of St Barnabas since September 2019 – a social enterprise members’ club which exists to break the cycle of homelessness. Working at the cusp of hospitality and homelessness. She is Chair of ACEVO, the network for civil society leaders and has previously been a Trustee of Centre for London and a Commissioner on the London Fairness Commission. She has been Chair of UNA Exchange and the Glass-House, Community-led Design. 

Head here to find out more about House of St Barnabus https://hosb.org.uk/ and ACEVO https://www.acevo.org.uk/.

Among the things Rosie talks about in this episode are the value as a leader of the confidence in you of those around you, the importance of ensuring that everyone has the support and permission to lead, and the powerful combination ambitious goals and deliverable plans. Rosie wrote her brilliant Leadership Letter to the Future Civic Leaders of 2041, offering them wise advice to “learn from our mistakes and let go of the systems, structures and grudges or previous eras that no longer serve you, but hold on tightly to the values, principles and histories that inspire you.”

Rosie’s ‘to read’ recommendation is the brilliant ‘Five Dysfunctions of a Team’ by Patrick Lencioni and her ‘to listen’ is Acevo’s Leadership Worth Sharing podcast https://www.acevo.org.uk/resources/podcast.

From this month’s Leadership Letters Lowdown you can find more detail on the organisational gains arising from increased self-compassion, as well as ways to get better at that. https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com

Here’s a link to Amanda Gorman’s website if you want to re-visit her incredible inauguration speech https://www.theamandagorman.com.

Simon Sinek’s TED talk is here https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action

And you can hear Matthew Syed talking to Elizabeth Day on her wonderful ‘How To Fail’ podcast here https://open.spotify.com/episode/4vsAYY9FyiBJPlFe1rE4ix

And you can find the Leadership Letter that this episode is based on here, https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/leadership-letters where you can also find past Leadership Letters and sign up to receive future ones. This is also where you can get in touch to share your Leadership Lowdown recommendations, share your own Leadership Letter for us to feature on the podcast or let us know who you’d like to hear as a guest.

Thanks for joining us and see you soon!

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