Developing Inspired Leaders

Here Mark and I talk about the courage it takes to make the right decisions based on your values, and what it means to be an authentic leader.

Here we look at what really determines peak performance, and it’s not mindset. We also delve into our shadow side and how if not fully embraced, it can lead to self-defeating behaviours. 

In this episode, business leader Marcia McKerrow of Discover Your Best Consulting and I talk about how having an end goal can work against your success, and also what advice we would give our younger selves starting out in business.
Find out more about Marcia at http://www.discoveryourbest.co.uk/ .

Many organisations stress that they want their leaders and aspiring leaders to be more visible and have presence. But what does this mean?
Here in this episode I uncover how this can become distorted as an unintended consequence of measuring leadership competencies / traits, and lay out 7 ways to achieve Visibility and Presence in a much more authentic and sincere manner.

I've met very few people that can answer this question straight out. What does that quiet voice of intuition tell you about what you desire; what is the impact you want to make in the world? Here I share part of my story, and also the important role fear plays as feedback which may mean there are additional actions we need to incorporate in our planning to mitigate the downside.

Reference: Keith J Cunningham; The Road Less Stupid – how to avoid the ‘Dumb Tax’ by asking questions and learning from others who have successfully achieved what it is that you want to achieve in life. 

In this episode we explore what it means to be an Inspired Leader, and what it takes to develop into one. We all have a natural capability to be an Inspired Leader but it does require growth, and growth is not easy! We talk about the importance of creating a future that is bigger than your past, and how to stay centred and balanced in emotionally charged conversations by owning the traits that trigger you in some way. Our natural Inspired Leadership capability arises when we are centred and balanced.

This episode outlines what you can expect from future episodes of the Developing Inspired Leaders Podcast - enjoy, Nicky.