In this episode Adrian chats with Mark Kitching, Technology Director

🎙️ Tune in to hear Mark speak authentically about the nuances of tech leadership, team building, organisational challenges and building cultures where people genuinely enjoy coming to work. Mark is a real people person, and it’s easy to see why his teams buy into him as both a leader and an individual.

In this episode, Mark shares insights on creating high-performing teams, the critical importance of trust and communication, and how leaders can effectively manage both up and down in large organisations.

💡Stakeholder management.

💡Navigating tech disagreements.

💡The benefits of a happy work force.

💡Balancing honesty and influence.

💡Building trust in new teams.

💡Empathy in leadership.

💡Dealing with under performance.

Exalto Consulting:

www.exalto-consulting.com

https://linktr.ee/exaltoconsulting

Adrian Prodger:

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

Mark Kitching

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-kitching/

Embracing your worth with Aisha Minhas

In this episode Adrian chats to multi award winning People and Change Leader - Aisha Minhas.

The episode covers:

• Involving your team in cultural change
• Embracing your worth
• Benefits of Peer 2 Peer coaching
• Driving change
• Beyond tick box diversity
• D&I Training
• How diverse teams innovate.

Exalto Consulting:

www.exalto-consulting.com

Adrian Prodger:

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

Aisha Minhas:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aisha-m-profile/

Rick Spencer - How transparent should you be with your teams?

In this episode Adrian chats with Rick Spencer, Engineering Team Leader at Certinia

The conversation covers a variety of topics, including:

• Importance of career frameworks covering the whole business not just individual teams.
• Benefits of direct customer feedback for software engineering teams.
• The positive effect of Ricks MBA on his leadership
• Key elements of high performing teams
• Biggest challenge as a leader
• Alternatives to OKR's/SLA's that focus on the business as a whole rather than individual teams.

Check out Adrian's profile here: linkedin.com/in/adrianprodger

Rick's profile on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rick-spencer-mba-26b6b213

Exalto Consulting: https://exalto-consulting.com/

Outside your comfort zone with Helen Ramshaw

In this episode of Cuture Corner Adrian speaks with Helen Ramshaw - Engineering Manager at mkodo.

The conversation covers a variety of topics, including:

• A top down approach for cultivating culture.
• Pushing people outside their comfort zone.
• Constructive feedback.
• Importance of clear communication.
• Empowering your team.
• Importance of recognition.

Check out Adrian's profile here: linkedin.com/in/adrianprodger

Helen's profile on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/helen-ramshaw-56a0a978

Exalto Consulting: https://exalto-consulting.com/

In this episode Adrian talks to Chris Henderson - Senior Quality Engineering Manager at Dunelm

The conversation covers many aspects, including:

• Biggest challenges as a leader
• Coaching and mentoring in leadership
• Importance of empathy and emotional intelligence as a leader
• Strategies for holding each other accountable as leaders
• Vulnerability and openness in leadership
• What the culture is like at Dunelm
• Use of tools to understand team dynamics / strengths / development areas.

Chris's LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/christopher-henderson-344231156

Adrian's LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/adrianprodger

Exalto Consulting:

www.exalto-consulting.com

In this episode Adrian talks to Dileep Marway - CTO at technology consultancy AND Digital.

The conversation covers many aspects, including:

• Dileep’s journey into Tech.
• Retaining culture through rapid growth.
• Empowering teams to dive culture.
• Career highlight.
• Importance of knowing your team on a personal level
• Helping people on their career journey.
• The willingness to continually learn/growth mindset.
• Behaviours based hiring.
• What makes a great leader.
• Importance of career progression.

Dileep's LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/dileepmarway

Adrian's LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/adrianprodger

www.exalto-consulting.com

In this episode Adrian speaks to Amelia Bampton, Engagement Manager at Equal Experts.

The conversation covers a variety of topics including:

• Being an individual at work
• Self awareness
• Feedback loops
• Psychological safety
• The importance of balanced teams
• Inspiring people
• Empowerment over command and control

Adrian: linkedin.com/in/amelia-bampton

Amelia: linkedin.com/in/amelia-bampton

Exalto Consulting:

https://www.exalto-consulting.com

https://www.youtube.com/@ExaltoConsulting

Adrian speaks to Nichole Tinnion, Senior Director at ASDA about her journey into IT, her leadership style and tips for crafting culture.

The conversation includes:

• Human Centric Leadership
• Career paths
• Surround yourself with people better than yourself
• Building diverse teams
• Saying yes to everything
• Working abroad at a young age.

Nichole's LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/nichole-tinnion-4a509a50

Adrian's LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/adrianprodger

Exalto Consulting:

https://www.youtube.com/@ExaltoConsulting

https://exalto-consulting.com

Adrian chats with Clem Pickering - Performance Coach for tech leaders

The conversation covers:

- Low hierarchy, creating openness & transparency

- Benefits to being open by default as opposed to closed by default.

- Benefits of Advocacy as you scale a business

- Feedback strategies

- Imposter syndrome and working through it.

- Psychological safety

- Dealing with conflict

Adrian's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/adrianprodger

Clem's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/clement-pickering

www.exalto-consulting.com

In this episode Adrian and Terry discuss a range of topics covering things such as –

✅The benefits of all hands meetings.

✅Inclusive hiring.

✅Importance of Psychological safety.

✅Emotional intelligence and empathy.

✅Collecting and giving feedback.

✅The importance of diverse teams.

✅What makes a good leader.