...but you do need to have clearly thought through professional principles. Here Bitesize Boss debates the importance of such principles and explains how they help you have a successful leadership journey at a deep personal level.

In Bitesize Boss Series 1 I talk about your aspiration to take the first step up the ladder. In Series 2 you are now a middle leader. In this series of podcasts I will explain how I help you to establish yourself well as a leader, and prepare, I hope, for the move to top leadership.

How should you approach the first day in your leadership position? Bitesize Boss shares some ideas about how to make the right start.

No-one knows it all coming into a leadership job. Bitesize Boss suggests you find a person who can help you be even better in the role, and gives the reasons why. Achieving success is a complicated matter, and a critical friend might just save you from damaging errors.

What do you do with all those formal documents and papers that make up the policies and procedures of your new organisation? Bitesize Boss talks about doing the reading now, and why that can be a big help to your future.

Bitesize Boss explains why hospitality is vital in team building. It has multiplier effects that will be valued. It is therefore a priority.

Bitesize Boss talks here about how the modern leader manages a team whose competence is greater than yours, why this is a good thing and why this should not intimidate you.

Who are the real heroes whose goodwill and loyalty you want to earn from the start of your leadership role? Bitesize Boss talks about the powerful, but possibly unappreciated value these heroes bring to you and to your organisation.

Soon you will take over a new team. In this podcast, Bitesize Boss explores what we learn from the way the captains do handover in a nuclear submarine. 

As you prepare to lead your first serious team, you need to have an idea as to where you want to get to, what you want to achieve, what sort of team you want to be. Bitesize Boss debates the business blueprint and the ideas that come from business books. There is danger and opportunity in those models, and Bitesize Boss suggests a subtle but successful approach.