Welcome to Insights from Leaders, with Lucy Carter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠TenOpalSquare.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠.  

Hear my honest and frank conversations with leaders from accountancy and wider professional services firms, sharing their path to leadership and how they continue to thrive.  Through listening, you'll find there's lots you'll be able to relate to your journey into leadership, but also gain advice and top tips to help you on your way too.

In this episode gain insights into leadership and tips on navigating the path to leadership from Ben Bilsland, who is a UK Partner at RSM and also their Technology and Media Industry Senior Analyst, a role that's part of RSM’s Industry Eminence Programme. In this role Ben forecasts and communicates economic, business and technology trends advising clients on conditions impacting middle market leaders.

'When it comes to leading teams, it's constantly thinking that not everyone is the same as you and what might make perfect sense in your brain may not land with the other person.... one leadership style doesn't fit all or all situations.'

'Self reflection really matters...it's one of the skills you have to develop.'

A must read book: The Innovator's of DNA: Mastering the five skills of disruptive innovators by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen and Clayton M. Christensen