Leadership Detectives

In this episode we are delighted to be joined by Viviane Joynes - Managing Director EQS UK. 

Viviane shares with us her insight into what she sees and looks for in a great leader, what areas of leadership she feels are important and on being a woman in a leadership role. 

Some fantastic insights from a great leader. 

Please let us have your thoughts and feedback.

In episode 8 Neil and Albert talk about the importance of developing a management system to allow leaders to manage the business in an efficient way and give them time to focus on the important things.
Find out tips on how to manage upwards to senior execs or to shareholders. / investors, manage downwards to energise and enable your teams.

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Albert and Neil are joined in this Zoomcast by retired Metropolitan Police Superintendent Ian Chappell. 
We wanted to look at leadership styles and skills from a completely different organisational structure. 
There is some fantastic insight and learning that is relevant to all leaders.
From being a gold commander at the London Olympics to managing crowds at Chelsea football games Ian brings great stories and experience to the conversation. 

We had a little technical hitch about 7 o 8 minutes in, but bear with the conversation as some of the best stuff is at the end.

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In this podcast Albert and Neil talk about why it is so important for leaders to look after themselves. 
If a leader doesn't look after themselves - physically, mentally, emotionally - it effects them personally, their team and their business. 
We discuss why being a tough leader with a big ego is bad for everyone around you.
We also discuss the sort of things you need to do to take care of yourself now.

In this episode Neil and Albert are joined by Jean MacAskill a hugely experienced professional in team and leadership development. Her insights during the podcast will be helpful for anyone who wants to be a better leader.
Some of the insights include:
3 secrets of leadership - it is OK and importance of being human, why it is so important to pay attention to what people say, ensuring that you are self aware. 
Learn what an "all ears meeting is"!!
What do great leaders do well and poor leaders do wrong ? 

We also discuss the challenges of leaders being "over resilient" in the current panademic.

In this podcast Albert and Neil explore the challenges of leading in difficult situations.
From difficult situations caused by external factors that you cannot control - such as the economy, the political situation, the environment, to difficult employee situations we talk about how great leaders approach these situations for the best outcome of everyone involved.

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In this episode Neil and Albert discuss the topic of fairness in leadership. After the 1st episode we received a comment from someone who said that in their experience all the great leaders they had worked for had been fair. 
We talk about is being fair a weakness ? Is it something you can learn ? What is the impact of not being fair ?
We discuss the need for leaders to be balanced in their decisions, in the way they deal with people and situations. 
A very interesting topic to discuss and understand how being "fair" can make one a great leader. 

Next week's episode 4 will be on the topic of "dealing with difficult situations".

In this podcast we talk about the importance to being a great leader of great communication. We look at why effective and timely communication of the right information is important and how you can do this. 
If you are a manager, leader or anyone who is responsible for a team of direct or indirect reports you will benefit from watching this podcast.

In this episode we discuss the difference between leadership and management. 
What makes a great manager ? What makes a great leader? Can you be both ?