Challenging Leadership

Challenging Leadership

By Stephen Mather and Jared ScottSociety & CultureBusinessScience
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Challenging Leadership episodes

  • What if people didn't hate change?

    "People hate change" is one of those cliches we tend to accept without question but is that really true? What is the psychology behind change and how can leaders successfully drive it?


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    Jared's book "Authentic Leadership - What Really Works Paperback – 26 Sept. 2024" available through Amazon.


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    28 min
  • Half-built bridges in your team

    Do you half-completed or the remains of failed projects in your team or business? How can you avoid building them and what can you do about them?


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    Jared's book "Authentic Leadership - What Really Works Paperback – 26 Sept. 2024" available through Amazon.


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    https://www.propec.co.uk/


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    29 min
  • Is authentic leadership a good idea?

    To kick off the new season, Jared and Stephen explore what authentic leadership means and whether it's really something we want to aspire to.


    Jared's book is called "Authentic Leadership, what really works?" available through Amazon now.



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    31 min
  • Are you being too nice?

    In this week's show Jared and Stephen explore the balance of building positive working relationships while not being a proverbial doormat.


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    References:

    Article: The Problem with being too nice by Michael Fertik

    https://hbr.org/2014/04/the-problem-with-being-too-nice


    Frankel, L. P. (2005). Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office. Time Warner AudioBooks.


    Dulebohn, J. H., Bommer, W. H., Liden, R. C., Brouer, R. L., & Ferris, G. R. (2012). A meta-analysis of antecedents and consequences of leader-member exchange: Integrating the past with an eye toward the future. Journal of management, 38(6), 1715-1759.

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    52 min
  • Technology Changing Leadership

    Technology has a profound effect on the practice of leadership and management. Jared and Stephen explore the effect technology has had on recruitment, training and customer service. They also look ahead at the potential effect of Artificial Intelligence.

    Be a more effective leader and manager - check out Stephen's courses.

    https://www.propec.co.uk/online-courses


    References

    Stone, D. L., Deadrick, D. L., Lukaszewski, K. M., & Johnson, R. (2015). The influence of technology on the future of human resource management. Human resource management review, 25(2), 216-231.


    Peifer, Y., Jeske, T., & Hille, S. (2022). Artificial intelligence and its impact on leaders and leadership. Procedia Computer Science, 200, 1024-1030.

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    59 min
  • Authority or Empowerment

    Is leadership really about the use of authority or is it really to empower and create the conditions for the people to thrive?


    Stephen Mather, leadership trainer and trained as an organizational psychologist and Jared Scott, a learning and development manager challenge the accepted wisdom, tropes and beliefs about how to be an effective leader.




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    59 min
  • Making Mistakes

    Making mistakes is part of life's journey, but they can be costly and knock our confidence. Jared and Stephen explore their own mistakes and look at famous case studies and what we can learn from them.


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    Interesting links

    Stories of our Times podcast

    https://pod.link/1501716010/episode/cf5ab54d3f7b2606c1620779f3a1ed54


    Gerald Ratner’s speech

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKtBkVrqYYk


    Interview with Gerald Ratner 30 years later

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8I46wU6LTY

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    53 min
  • Challenging Change

    This week Stephen and Jared look at the tropes associated with change and the reality of change in business settings. Stephen and Jared disagree - a bit..


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    1 hr 2 min
  • Challenging Charismatic Leadership

    For some people the very definition of what it means to be a leader is that they should be charismatic. In the first ever episode of challenging leadership Jared and Stephen question this and explore the benefits and risks of this thing people call charisma.


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    55 min

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Learning and development manager Jared Scott, and Organizational Psychologist Stephen Mather challenge the assumptions, the conventions and myths about leadership and management, in this…