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 how to navigate the path to leadership from Graeme Swan, a Senior Partner at Baringa Partners.  Graeme made Partner at 33, and over the last 20 years he's become skilled at leading teams for growth, delivering transformation and starting new businesses.

'There's no such thing as failure, just feedback, I've learnt to back myself.'

'I was incredibly risk averse for the first 6-7 years of partnership, I took very safe options and that was because of a fear of failure really.  It's through institutional trust, trusting the people around you and feeling that we're all in it together with positive intent that allows you to take some risk without fear of failure.'