Conscious Leadership Now

Hi, my name is David Wetton and welcome to the Conscious Leadership Now Video Podcast

The intent of this Podcast is to encourage you as a leader to embrace Conscious Leadership, by giving you access to some of the world’s leaders in the field of Conscious Leadership, both in practice and in thought.

My guest today is Johanna Lyman.

Johanna is the Founder and CEO of NextGen Orgs. She has helped thousands of people all over the world build the business of their dreams and step into being the leader they’ve been called to be. NextGen Orgs helps small companies whose teams can’t keep up with their growth, get to their next level of success, through building a culture that supports sustainable profitability, and develop their teams to their highest potential.

https://www.nextgenorgs.com/

Johanna’s work draws on insights from conscious capitalism. Indeed, Johanna is Board President for the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of Conscious Capitalism! And one of the four tenets, or pillars, of Conscious Capitalism is Conscious Leadership. Which is spot on for our conversation today!

Bay Area resources for Conscious Capitalism can be found here:

https://consciouscapitalismbayarea.org/cc-resources

Johanna speaks widely on the topics of Conscious Capitalism and BRAVE Cultures™. Where BRAVE Cultures™ are Mission & Purpose driven, first and foremost.

Johanna has kindly offered a complimentary 30 minute session to learn more about conscious leadership or having a BRAVE Culture™ via her Timetrade link:

https://timetrade.com/book/k51xs

Johanna can also be reached:

Via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannalyman/

Via email: [email protected]

The books Johanna mentions as being an inspiration for her in her conscious leadership journey are:

- The Infinite Game: How Great Businesses Achieve Long-Lasting by Simon Sinek

- Dare to Lead, by Brene Brown

- The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership, by Diana Chapman et al

- Conscious Capitalism Field Guide, by Raj Sisodia et al

- Rare Breed: A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different, by Sunny Bonnell et al

- Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness, by Frederic Laloux

- Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change, by Marc Benioff

If you’ve enjoyed this Podcast and my approach to Conscious Leadership, then please know that I Help Aspiring Conscious Leaders develop Purpose-Led, High Performing Leadership Teams through 1:1 Coaching & Tailored Leadership Programmes.

If you sense I can help you, then please look me up, David Wetton, on LinkedIn and let’s jump on a conversation together.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwetton/

I truly believe that Now is the Time for Conscious Leadership; and with all the inspiring, heartfelt work you, as viewers, are doing, I have no doubt that Conscious Leadership will become a thriving reality.

…Making a difference for the greater good of All.

So until next time, I’ll leave you with a blessing from John O’Donohue:

‘May the light of your soul

bless the work you do

with the secret love

and warmth of your heart’

…And so it is

Hi, my name is David Wetton and welcome to the Conscious Leadership Now Video Podcast

The intent of this Podcast is to encourage you as a leader to embrace Conscious Leadership, by giving you access to some of the world’s leaders in the field of Conscious Leadership, both in practice and in thought.

My guest today is Jo Edwardes

Jo completed an Executive MBA at Cass Business School in 2001, where his thesis was: ‘Management in the 21st Century; An argument for People Centred Strategies.’ A conscious leadership thesis in my view!

He is now joint Managing Partner at Good Karma Media, a data driven marketing consultancy, which helps purpose-led brands to improve their marketing and grow their business, so that they can make a bigger social and commercial impact. 

They currently provide marketing services, strategy and communications consultancy services to Blue Chip and smaller clients, charities and social enterprises.

https://www.goodkarmamedia.co.uk/

Good Karma Media itself possesses a genuine passion for social change, caring deeply about our planet, and the well-being of society as a whole. To walk this talk, they are a registered social enterprise in the UK. This means that Jo as a Managing Partner ensures that the majority of their profits are redirected to help protect the planet and accelerate positive change.

If you want to convert some of your marketing budget into excellent results, whilst making a positive difference and impact through Good Karma Media as a Social Enterprise, 

then email Jo at:  [email protected] 

or connect with him on LinkedIn at: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-edwardes/

Social enterprises are businesses that:

- Have a clear social or environmental mission that is set out in their governing documents

- Reinvest or give away at least half their profits or surpluses towards their social purpose

- Are transparent about how they operate and the impact that they have

More information available here:

https://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/what-is-it-all-about/

The books Jo mentions as being an inspiration for him in his conscious leadership journey are:

- Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach

- Become What You Are, by Alan Watts

- The World As I See It, by Albert Einstein

- Everything is Connected: The Power Of Music, by Daniel Barenboim

- Healing For You, by Phil Edwardes, Jo's Father

If you’ve enjoyed this Podcast and my approach to Conscious Leadership, then please know that I Help Aspiring Conscious Leaders develop Purpose-Led, High Performing Leadership Teams through 1:1 Coaching & Tailored Leadership Programmes. 

If you sense I can help you, then please look me up, David Wetton, on LinkedIn and let’s jump on a conversation together.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwetton/

I truly believe that Now is the Time for Conscious Leadership; and with all the inspiring, heartfelt work you, as viewers, are doing, I have no doubt that Conscious Leadership will become a thriving reality. 

…Making a difference for the greater good of All.

So until next time, I’ll leave you with a blessing from John O’Donohue:

‘May the light of your soul 

bless the work you do 

with the secret love 

and warmth of your heart’ 

…And so it is

Hi, my name is David Wetton and welcome to the Conscious Leadership Now Video Podcast

The intent of this Podcast is to encourage you as a leader to embrace Conscious Leadership, by giving you access to some of the world’s leaders in the field of Conscious Leadership, both in practice and in thought.

My guest today is Monica Douglas. This Podcast arose out of an initial conversation Monica and myself had about the murder of George Floyd in this time of COVID-19 Pandemic.

Monica nurtures courageous leaders to be well at times of change and evolution. She’s a qualified and experienced Wellbeing Mentor, Wellness Coach and Spiritual Counsellor for people of any faith or none.

Her LinkedIn is:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicadc/

Book time to talk with Monica:

https://bookme.name/monicadouglasclark/

She is an International bestselling author sharing her powerful transformative story in The Pay It Forward Series,, a speaker, transformational coach, expert listener and trainer with over 20 years experience of supporting people through personal and professional growth. She creates powerful, safe spaces for clients to feel nurtured, challenged, listened to, heard and supported so that they can reclaim their power, speak their truth and evolve through right action.

Monica is a leader and social activist who has worked behind the scenes in equality and social justice throughout her life. She contributed to change in national and local government, in various businesses and community organisations including Nelson Mandela’s Ministry of Justice, and as a former vice-president of Burton Chamber of Commerce.

A spiritual practitioner. She’s a trained and ordained interfaith minister and spiritual counsellor with The One Spirit Interfaith Foundation, yoga teacher, trainer and former trustee of Mandala Yoga Ashram - one of the few authentic, independent and inclusive ashrams in the UK. In 2016, she was part of a team of practitioners and interfaith ministers who volunteered to work at a Peace Camp in The West Bank between Palestine and Israel as a way of supporting the Israeli, Palestinian and International participants to share experiences of death, grief, healing and forgiveness.

A business rebel. For over 15 years, she was the creative director of Jones and Clark Ltd an 85-year-old family business who have positioned themselves as experts in industrial sourcing and supply. Here she used core values to work with the team to relocate the business, move from 6 to 7 figure turnover, double profitability and establish the company as an award winner and regional leader.

Monica works globally online and lives a vibrant, inspired and abundant life.

Monica's email is: [email protected]

Her offerings for you to explore are:

1) Apply for ‘The Circle’:

https://thesanctuary.satoriapp.com/offers/208134-the-circle

2) 7 Day Nurturing You Course:

https://rebelrevnet.teachable.com/p/7-day-nurturing-you-challenge

3) Dance Groove:

https://rebelrevnet.teachable.com/p/get-your-groove-on-challenge

4) Meditation/Contemplation on The Universal Mother:

https://www.facebook.com/monica.douglasclark/videos/10156950825636851/

Monica mentions:

a) Reach organisation:

https://www.thereachapproach.co.uk/

b) 'The Four Agreements', by don Miguel Ruiz

c) Brené Brown's work

d) 'SQ21', by Cindy Wigglesworth

e) 'Emotional Intelligence' by Daniel Goleman

I truly believe that Now is the Time for Conscious Leadership; and with all the inspiring, heartfelt work you, as viewers, are doing, I have no doubt that Conscious Leadership will become a thriving reality.

…Making a difference for the greater good of All.

If you sense I can help you, please look me up on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwetton/

So until next time, I’ll leave you with a blessing from John O’Donohue:

‘May the light of your soul

bless the work you do

with the secret love

and warmth of your heart’

…And so it is

Hi, my name is David Wetton and welcome to the Conscious Leadership Now Video Podcast

The intent of this Podcast is to encourage you as a leader to embrace Conscious Leadership, by giving you access to some of the world’s leaders in the field of Conscious Leadership, both in practice and in thought.

My guest today is Clare Norman.

Her personal philosophy is that leadership development can unlock human potential, fostering enhanced behaviours, culture change and significant business impact.

Clare through Clare Norman Coaching Associates creates coaching cultures through 1-1 and team executive coaching, action learning, mentor coaching and supervision.

https://www.clarenormancoachingassociates.com/

During her earlier 16 years at Accenture she was a Global Leadership Experience Architect where she provided executive coaching, coaching supervision and action learning to all levels, including Managing Directors. 

Her work there was considered cutting edge and won a number of external awards for Accenture, including Brandon Hall Excellence Award, Best in Coaching and Mentoring for its impact on individuals' leadership and relationship building.

She has recently released her latest book:

'Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide' 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0335248799

This practical guide explains how to make the most of mentor coaching for yourself as a coach; and how to become a mentor coach to other coaches.

Her hope is that this book shifts the way coaches approach their continuous professional development.

Coaches can contact Clare for mentor coaching or supervision coaching, whilst executive leaders can receive coaching to enable them to live a better story with significant business impact.

Via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-norman-pcc-a102b25/

Via email: [email protected]

Whilst at Accenture she provided subject matter expertise for managers as coach training, shifting their culture from command and control, to using more of a coach-approach to leadership. Indeed, Clare set up and provided thought leadership for coaching community of practice. 650+ people joined in the first week, suggesting the appetite for a coach-approach to leadership is high.

Clare now takes this cutting edge expertise and experience into her organisation, Clare Norman Coaching Associates. Where she help passionate people to live their best story in times of change and in times of stability.

The books Clare mentions as being an inspiration for her in her conscious leadership journey are:

- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey

- Daring Greatly, by Brene Brown

- Time to Think, by Nancy Kline

- Building a StoryBrand Paperback, by Donald Miller

- Nonviolent Communication, by Marshall Rosenberg

If you’ve enjoyed this Podcast and my approach to Conscious Leadership, then please know that I Help Aspiring Conscious Leaders develop Purpose-Led, High Performing Leadership Teams through 1:1 Coaching & Tailored Leadership Programmes. 

If you sense I can help you, then please look me up, David Wetton, on LinkedIn and let’s jump on a conversation together.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwetton/

I truly believe that Now is the Time for Conscious Leadership; and with all the inspiring, heartfelt work you, as viewers, are doing, I have no doubt that Conscious Leadership will become a thriving reality. 

…Making a difference for the greater good of All.

So until next time, I’ll leave you with a blessing from John O’Donohue:

‘May the light of your soul 

bless the work you do 

with the secret love 

and warmth of your heart’ 

…And so it is

Hi, my name is David Wetton and welcome to the Conscious Leadership Now Video Podcast

The intent of this Podcast is to encourage you as a leader to embrace Conscious Leadership, by giving you access to some of the world’s leaders in the field of Conscious Leadership, both in practice and in thought.

My guest today is Vinay Parmar Managing Director for National Express Accessible Transport division. National Express is a multinational public transport company, one of the top 250 companies in the UK.

In this time of coronavirus, Vinay and his team collaborated with an initiative across the West Midlands in England, in partnership with Transport For West Midlands, by repurposing their Ring and Ride fleet to provide free shuttle transport to NHS and Social Care staff to and from work.

For Vinay, leadership, transformation and change are at the heart of who he is and form the core of his skill set which has enabled him to deliver excellent results throughout his career.

A career which over the last 25 years has seen him working for and consulting with FTSE 250 companies in the Financial Services, Telecoms, Automotive, Retail and Travel industries; inspiring fresh thinking and leading transformation primarily in Customer Experience.

Vinay strongly believes that relationships and team working are the key to success.

His conscious leadership journey has not been a smooth one, he's had to overcome setbacks, challenges and obstacles in his life, which no doubt have fuelled his Conscious Leadership.

Vinay has written the book ‘A Passage to India: An inspirational true story of dealing with change, challenge and adversity.’ which describes some of the most harrowing moments of his life. Including the death of his mother on his wedding day.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Passage-India-inspirational-challenge-adversity/dp/1477575340

Vinay is open to connecting with others and having great conversations through LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayparmar/

Anyone who would like a copy of his 'Morning Reflections template', as a Pdf, which he talks about in this podcast, please email me at [email protected] and I'll email a copy to you.

The books Vinay mentions as being an inspiration for him in his conscious leadership journey are:

- The Art of Possiblilty, by Benjamin Zander & Rosamund Stone Zander

- The Fifth Disciple, by Peter Senge

- Built to Last, by Jim Collins & Jerry Porras

- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey

- Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership, by Joseph Jaworski

If you’ve enjoyed this Podcast and my approach to Conscious Leadership, then please know that I Help Aspiring Conscious Leaders develop Purpose-Led, High Performing Leadership Teams through 1:1 Coaching & Tailored Leadership Programmes.

If you sense I can help you, then please look me up, David Wetton, on LinkedIn and let’s jump on a conversation together.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwetton/

I truly believe that Now is the Time for Conscious Leadership; and with all the inspiring, heartfelt work you, as viewers, are doing, I have no doubt that Conscious Leadership will become a thriving reality.

…Making a difference for the greater good of All.

So until next time, I’ll leave you with a blessing from John O’Donohue:

‘May the light of your soul

bless the work you do

with the secret love

and warmth of your heart’

…And so it is

Hi, my name is David Wetton and welcome to the Conscious Leadership Now Video Podcast

The intent of this Podcast is to encourage you as a leader to embrace Conscious Leadership, by giving you access to some of the world’s leaders in the field of Conscious Leadership, both in practice and in thought.

My guest today is Dr Lynne Sedgmore CBE.

Lynne held 3 Chief Executive roles within Further Education in the UK for 17 years, including Executive Director of the 157 Group of FE Colleges and Chief Executive of the Centre for Excellence in Leadership (known as CEL). A book ‘Spiritual Leadership in Action’ has been written by Professor Jody Fry about her time at CEL with the subtitle ‘Achieving Extraordinary Results Through Ordinary People’

Link to 'Spiritual Leadership in Action':

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spiritual-Leadership-Advances-Workplace-Spirituality-ebook/dp/B01N312ROP/

Link to 'The Leaderful Way' by Dr Lynne Sedgmore CBE

https://storage.googleapis.com/voyage-resources/Public/Thought%20Leadership%20Papers/The%20Leaderful%20Way.pdf

Link to 'The Luminary Leaderful Way' by Dr Lynne Sedgmore CBE

https://wheresthefinleadership.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/201910_Luminary_Leaderful_Way.pdf

Link to The Goddess Luminary Wheel Liberating Leadership course, two year training with Dr Lynne Sedgmore CBE

https://goddesstempleteachings.co.uk/goddessluminary/

Dr Lynne Sedgmore CBE's email address if you want to contact her is:

[email protected]

Lynne was awarded the CBE by the Queen, for services to education in 2004. She was named one of the Debrett's 500 most influential people in the UK in 2015 and one of the UK " 100 women of Spirit" in 2016. Her organisations have won numerous national and international awards including the International Spirit at Work Award.

It’s important to note that all the organisations led by her have achieved outstanding results. Indeed these results have allowed her and given her license to be a pioneer in putting her ideas regarding Conscious Leadership into practice.

Lynne was a member of the Prime Minister’s UK wide national review of public sector leadership 2009/10 and was advisor to the 11 National UK Leadership Academies. Lynne has chaired and sat on numerous national and Ministerial public sector committees and advisory groups.

She truly has lived and embodied the journey of spirituality and embodied it in the workplace for all to see and experience. A truly Conscious Leader in my view.

In 2015 Lynne retired from the role of CEO of the 157 Group of FE colleges.

I say ‘retired’, because Lynne is currently a coach, founder of the Goddess Luminary Wheel teachings, Poet, Interfaith Minister, Priestess, healer, non executive, thought leader and Enneagram teacher.

My heartfelt wish is that you leave this podcast feeling inspired, with ideas to take away and implement in your business or organisation, to make a real difference in our world.

If you’ve enjoyed this Podcast and my approach to Conscious Leadership, then please know that I Help Aspiring Conscious Leaders develop Purpose-Led, High Performing Leadership Teams through 1:1 Coaching & Tailored Leadership Programmes.

If you sense I can help you, then please look me up, David Wetton, on LinkedIn and let’s jump on a conversation together.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwetton/

I truly believe that Now is the Time for Conscious Leadership; and with all the inspiring, heartfelt work you, as viewers, are doing, I have no doubt that Conscious Leadership will become a thriving reality.

…Making a difference for the greater good of All.

So until next time, I’ll leave you with a blessing from John O’Donohue:

‘May the light of your soul

bless the work you do

with the secret love

and warmth of your heart’

…And so it is

Hi, my name is David Wetton and welcome to the Conscious Leadership Now Video Podcast

The intent of this Podcast is to encourage you as a leader to embrace Conscious Leadership, by giving you access to some of the world’s leaders in the field of Conscious Leadership, both in practice and in thought.

My guest today is John Renesch. 

John has spent over half a century as a businessman/entrepreneur. He describes himself as an advisor, mentor, futurist and writer on matters of social and organizational change. He believes that commerce holds the key to bringing about a global shift of human consciousness, thus creating a future of tremendous possibility for humankind.

Link to John's website with over 1,000 articles, blog posts, and newsletter which has run for over 20 years:

http://renesch.com/

Link to John's video - A Maverick Futurist's Vision:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwG4adj-xk

Link to John's latest book 'The Great Growing Up: Being Responsible for Humanity's Future':

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Growing-Up-Responsible-Humanitys/dp/1935387189/

John states that ‘The biggest crisis in the world today is the lack of really effective leadership – what he calls “conscious leadership.”

“Conscious leadership” is the term John coined back in the 1980s to communicate the quality being called for in leading people, organizations and society through this historic species-wide transformation and determining a positive future for our children and grandchildren to inherit.

John was a founding member of The Conscious Leadership Guild, set up in 2018 The purpose of the Conscious Leadership Guild is to strengthen the competency and consciousness of its members in order to have more conscious leadership in place throughout the world. John was also Inaugural Board Chair of the Shaping Tomorrow’s Foresight Network, and Co-founder of FutureShapers.

Warren Bennis, the late international leadership expert, called John “a wise elder who shines with wisdom.

Indeed through his wisdom John has published 14 books to date, his latest being ‘The Great Growing Up’, which received the 2013 Grand Prize for Non-Fiction from the Next Generation Indie Books Awards.

The Great Growing Up carries a subtitle ‘Being Responsible for Humanity’s Future’ 

This seems so apt for our times now. As you say in the book, “We require a new level of maturity, taking responsibility for the whole, being accountable for our choices, individually and collectively. We must grow up!

My heartfelt wish is that you leave this podcast feeling inspired, with ideas to take away and implement in your business or organisation, to make a real difference in our world.  

If you’ve enjoyed this Podcast and my approach to Conscious Leadership, then please know that I Help Aspiring Conscious Leaders develop Purpose-Led, High Performing Leadership Teams through 1:1 Coaching & Tailored Leadership Programmes. If you sense I can help you, then please look me up, David Wetton, on LinkedIn and let’s jump on a conversation together.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwetton/

I truly believe that Now is the Time for Conscious Leadership; and with all the inspiring, heartfelt work you, as viewers, are doing, I have no doubt that Conscious Leadership will become a thriving reality. 

…Making a difference for the greater good of All.

So until next time, I’ll leave you with a blessing from John O’Donohue:

‘May the light of your soul 

bless the work you do 

with the secret love 

and warmth of your heart’ 

…And so it is