Failing my way (in public) to success

By Mark Sclaire

Within these podcasts there are 2 focuses

1 - I will interview successful people who making a disturbance in their markets, if you listen closely, you will be able to pick up on some real gems but th... more

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December 04, 2024 Is Leadership Right for You? Unlocking True Potential
Why do you want to be a leader?
Last week I had the opportunity to speak at HR summit & Expo in Dubai,
I had the chance to talk about anything I wanted
Straight away though I knew what I wanted to speak about .
Understanding if leadership is the right move for you.
You will know people who got promoted and were gone from the business in 6 months.
Why does this happen?
In my presentation I showed it from 2 sides.
Should they have been a leader in the first place?
What should the company be doing to protect the person?
During my presentation I like to ask thought provoking questions, reason being, everyone knows what they’re doing but are they doing it?
Along with my own experience I’ve been fortunate enough to have some incredible conversations with CHRO and senior leaders who not only talk but have proven strategies.
I speak about these during my presentation.
Do you think this can help you, your development and the development of people in your business?
Want a copy of the presentation?
I’ve put this together on 2 pages.
If you want a copy! Comment in the box ‘YES’ and I’ll send it to you!
Working with ICS Learn team, they wanted to make sure this presentation stayed evergreen so we recorded it.
Comment YES YES for both 😂😂
People say I look so calm on stage but In all honestly, I have doubts constantly but I know if I can get through it, it really can bring value to people and make a difference in their lives .
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25min
November 18, 2024 Overcoming Doubts My Journey to Confident Speaking

If you can overcome this, you won’t care who you speak in front of. I’m the youngest of 3 boys, 1 of my brothers use to practice his wrestling moves on me, They would make me believe it was good business to swap a £5 note for a shiny 50 pence. I would get them back by informing my parents they had done bad things (like sneaking out) I’m no grass though 😂Our family tradition has always been Friday night family dinners, I’d say looking back it impacted my life in 2 ways First I hated the idea my friends were going out and I was stuck in doors but it really gives you the grounding and foundations needed, I appreciate my family time so much . Second was that being the youngest , I was the butt of all jokes, My dad never shied away from going along with my brothers and taking the mick out of me . I’m the youngest, I accept it, it’s fine 😂But , you can imagine the nerves and anxiety speaking at the table, worried anything I say will be ridiculed or picked at. Was a lot of this In my head? Maybe but either way it was how I felt. Fast forward many years , I can get up and speak in front of anyone, not worried about beingRediculed or have what I say be picked at, How am I able to do this? Well… I overcame the fear of speaking at the dinner table , When ever I’m nervous (which happens all the time) I go back to that dinner table and know it can never be worse than that time , If I can speak in front of my dad, I can speak in front of anyone! We can always picture worst case scenario for something we’re about to do,I go back to that time and I use it as a positive. Which moments can you go back to that will help you overcome the challenges you face now?
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8min
November 14, 2024 What happens when you don't make a decision as a leader?
Failing my way (in public, in my car) to success

On this episode I speak about hiring someone who was meant to raise the bar, a new benchmark on what success looks like,
Trouble was, I made the wrong choice
Now, if you make a bad choice you can either bite the bullet, hold or your hands up and solve the issue before it gets out of hand,
Or you can drag it out and in the end, relationships , culture and all round energy can get effected watch this episode to see what happened to me,
I do these videos to show the challenges, everyday is a struggle,
I will tell you nothing comes easy and show you where I fail but I will fail my way to success.

What happens when you don't make a decision as a leader?
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8min
November 13, 2024 Ep 107 Practicing Law in the UAE, A UK Barristers Guide with Bushra Ahmed
On the show today, Bushra Ahmed
A Dubai based, award winning DIFC litigator, arbitrator, and barrister, individually ranked in C&P and L500 in Dispute Resolution and Employment. Specialisms: banking, mis-selling, regulatory, employment and enforcement.
We speak about transferable skills, conflict resolution, communication skills, listening skills,
I am fascinated by law because I wanted to be a lawyer when I was younger but when I look at skills needed to be a lawyer, I have been able to apply those to what I do now and build a career
In this episode we discussthe importance still of hard work even with AI , Everyone has seen the show SUITS but is there a Mike in the team?What is the reality of this?
Transferable Skills: Boost Your Career Success
Problem-Solving: The Power of Listening
Smarter Ways to Resolve Disputes
How UK Lawyers Practice Law in Dubai: A Unique Insight
Mediation: The Key to Effective Leadership
Understanding Mis-Selling in Financial Products: Legal Insights
The Key to Conflict Resolution
The Power of Evidence: Proving Your Case Effectively
Ep 107 Practicing Law in the UAE, A UK Barristers Guide with Bushra Ahmed
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50min
November 09, 2024 STOP answering interview questions like this - Failing my way (in public) to success.
As a leader, what would you do in this situation? This was a big eye opener for me.
Around 6 years ago I decided I was leaving the company I worked at for 7 years, I have my own company now but back then I was looking for a leadership role at one of the flag ship companies In Dubai .
During the interview I was asked a situational question. Mark, you’re leading a team and the the online product goes down, no one can open the app, no one can use it, what do you do ?
Now, on reflection, I completely messed up here! My response
I’ll do what ever I have to, I’ll do this job , I’ll do that job, I’ll be up all night to ensure it’s done and everyone is back on line!!At the time I thought it showed my grit and determination
BUT
The reason for the question was to see the level of trust I had in my team! What should I have done?
Well I need to first of all picture that I know my team, I trust them and they are more than capable to get this issue resolved ! With that mindset I then can go about what is my role and that is to support them in the background
Yes I have to still be hands on but in no way should I be trying to do the tech guys job when I don’t even know how to set up a laptop! Why am I saying this? 2 things 1 - I realized that maybe I’m not the leader I thought I was.2 - don’t be so eager during an interview to say you’ll turn the world upside down to get it doneThink what you would actually do in that role and probably something you’ve already been doing for a number of months / years.If you want to know what else happened during this Interview, something that meant I wasn’t even going to get the job in the first place, watch out for my “failing my way (in public) to success podcast Where I tell more of this story, you’ll be SHOCKED and I’m hoping it questions some of the stupidity that goes on today! Leaders, recruiters, interviewers, interviewees , what’s your thoughts on this? Has it happened to you? hashtag#leadership hashtag#interview hashtag#candidate hashtag#recruitment hashtag#grit hashtag#determination
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10min
November 07, 2024 Find a place for a person that fits the values and culture you're building.
what values do you want in your team and as a leader?
on this episode I speak about key questions you need to be asking if you want to be building a strong team
Along with this I speak about the importance of having the right personalities in the team,
WIDGET
Working genius www.workinggenius.com
(1) Wonder - is there a better way (day dream when younger)
(2) Genius of invention - joy and energy of coming up with new ideas
(3) Discernment (gut feel) good at seeing patterns , integrative thinkers
(4) Galvanize - rally the troops, enjoy getting people up
(5) Enablement - people that get joy and energy out of saying yes and they love to help. If you think it’s a good idea , I’m going to follow you
(6) Tenacity - they like to get it done, they like to get it finished
You might have the right people but are they sitting on the right seat on the bus
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11min
November 05, 2024 "I'll leave if I don't get the promotion" - Failing my way (in public) to success
because of my behaviors and my intentions I was given an opportunity within the company to be promoted
So going through the interview process my director he said to me Mark what do you think about going for a promotion?
And I said well I'm not sure but I'll give it a go
I asked him what are you expecting to see in my presentation?
And he actually gave me an overview So when you're banging your head against the wall thinking what should I be presenting What is this person going to expect Ask the question What are you expecting to see from this?
And he gave me a breakdown And it wasn't that he gave me the answers I still had to put it together go through the presentation And that was tough But at least I had a sort of expectation of what he wanted to see and that really helped
he comes up with a question and he says why should you get this job over the other person?
And I said bluntly and to the point I'm not here to talk about the other person I'm here to talk about myself If I do not get this job I will leave the business
Now for about 7 years in my head I've told myself that the reason why I've said that is because I'm the man and what a line to drop and everything And the truth is that actually isn't true And it's only through going for a presentation I did last week about the social pressures of leadership and why people decide to be a leader in the first place And one of the reasons is the social pressure of oh you're not a manager yet Oh you're still doing a sales job Oh I thought you'd be a bit more than that by now
And it wasn't that I fell for that particular trap It was that everyone would have known that I would have gone for this promotion And if I wouldn't have got the job I said to myself oh now I've got a taste of it I have to go for a leadership role But the truth is I thought I'll be so embarrassed going back into what I was doing when everybody across the business you know everyone saw that I was interviewing for it Everyone knew that I was going for that position So that was a little bit of an awakening in the last couple of weeks really because even though yes I felt that oh I couldn't once I got a taste for leadership I couldn't go back into doing just what I was doing But also I came to a realisation that yeah I would have been embarrassed i would have been embarrassed to go back and have that person who i was a team member with have a promotion and me just continue with what what i was doing which you know i was pretty happy with coming in making good money uh but it's 2 ways here one is that i've been identified as a leader my director saw something in me now whether he thought and again this is the journey I've been on you know was I coachable enough Did he see me as the person that could be coachable? And I honestly believe that in the last you know from working with him getting things wrong multiple times but putting my hands up challenging him as well You know you might not think To be coachable you can challenge but he wanted me to challenge him because it was a sort of mentor-mentee thing
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10min
November 04, 2024 5 Key Ingredients to be an impactful leader with Andrew Stotter Brooks
You requested it so we joined forces again!
It was clear from our first time speaking that 1 hour definitely was not enough.
This is a clip from our 2nd time sitting down, this full episode will be shared shortly.
Here Andrew shares his 5 ingredients to be an impactful leader
Disclaimer - please remember that even though Andrew Mentions 5 key areas to focus for leadership, everything is cemented with being authentic and true to who you are.
1st ) Clarity
Direction of travel, why are we doing this?
What is the purpose of doing this?
Tell me what you understand about this, tell me what you heard, tell me what the
next steps are.
It is hard as a leader to listen and let the team
2nd) Feedback
Honest feedback
Seek feedback from your team and people around you
Be open to asking for feedback
Thank you for the feedback,
Maybe asking them to share an example of the feedback.
Be careful as a leader because people are fearful of telling you something,
what happens here? problems get built up when it could have got resolved quickly
by informing the leader early on.
3rd) Input vs output
Understand role they play in the team
John Adair - Action Centered Leadership
Sandhurst, Military
Define task, understand individuals contribution and how that affects the team.
We all play different positions but together we make 1 team.
If we focus on everyone being happy, we wont complete the task.
4th) Personal Growth
People need to feel like they're learning with you
Showing them how to learn and grow
People need new opportunities and they need to be challenged
They will be afraid of this but its important to show the team that its possible.
5) Kindness and care
Elton Mayo - Psychologist
Exploring how we can motivate team members
Hygiene factors - Salary, corner office, relationship you have with your manager
Issue is they can be expensive, they become the norm
Real sense of achievement, being care for and loved, this is where you can have a real impact in people
Andrew speaks about the study that was done with the Illinois Electrical Company.
Thank you for watching, please give this a like share and follow, the more we do this, the bigger reach and bigger guests!
5 Key Ingredients to be an impactful leader with Andrew Stotter-Brooks
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28min
October 30, 2024 People don't want a friend, they want a leader.
I'm bored of talking into a camera, (it doesn't feel right) so I thought I would do a more , in the flow episode.
Last week I did a presentation about the pitfalls of leadership and it got me thinking ,
In this episode I share story of when I was promoted and a few of the first actions I took.
Let me hear your thoughts on this
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11min
October 29, 2024 🎙️ Episode 105: How Did You Do That? With DNA - The Mind-Reading Duo 🎙️
🎙️ Episode 105: How Did You Do That? With DNA - The Mind-Reading Duo 🎙️
This week on the podcast, I sit down with the unforgettable mind-reading duo DNA—Darren & Andrew —who left audiences and judges across the UK stunned with their unbelievable act. Known for their Saturday night TV magic, DNA has captivated millions with their mysterious ability to read minds, making them the perfect guests to explore the art of persuasion and influence in business and beyond.
Why bring magicians onto a business podcast? Because the skills that fuel their performances—presentation, audience engagement, and the ability to influence decisions—are just as vital to building a career or business. DNA breaks down the surprising parallels between magic and business success, sharing insights and stories on:
✨ Presenting with confidence
✨ Captivating and holding an audience’s attention
✨ Influencing thoughts and decisions in real time
✨ Recovering gracefully from mistakes on stage
And yes, they even throw in a few mind-bending tricks that will leave you saying, "How did they do that?"
Catch this unique episode for an eye-opening look at how skills from the stage can apply to the boardroom—and beyond. A huge thank you to Darren and Andrew for joining us; I'm thrilled to finally share this one with you!
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53min

FAQs about Failing my way (in public) to success:

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The podcast currently has 118 episodes available.