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This week, Leading 4 Life Stories goes international and my guest is Steven Moore, a former US Congressional Chief of Staff, and now President of the Ukraine Freedom Project. 

Steven is a highly experienced political strategist, international social entrepreneur and public opinion researcher, who has a wide range of really interesting perspectives on both the US political situation and the wider world of geopolitics.

Given the very current challenges facing the world at large and the US in particular, this was an interview that I really enjoyed and from which I learned a great deal.  Steven has a great vantage point both from his past experience and from his current political activity and connections, and he really brings this to life with the discussion.  I very much hope you enjoy it and find it useful.

You can find Steven on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-moore-7884a04/


In this interview we cover the following topics (starting time in brackets):

• Steven's career journey (00.02.08)
• Early motivations (00.06.52)
• Conforming to the political narrative (00.09.09)
• The US as the "world's policeman"? (00.11.11)
• A world optimised for economic ease rather than security! (00.21.36)
• The political divisions in the US (00.26.06)
• Perspectives on the 2024 US Presidential Election (00.30.37)
• Thoughts on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine (00.36.21)
• Role models (00.43.27)
• Important leadership traits (00.45.05)
• What would Steven have done differently? (00.49.36)
• Career high point (00.53.02)
• Career low point (00.54.33)
• Most memorable event! (01.01.13)

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My guest this week is Chief Constable Jo Shiner, the ninth Chief Constable of Sussex Police and the first female officer to hold the role.  Jo is a career police officer having served for over 30 years initially in Norfolk and Kent before moving to Sussex as the Deputy Chief Constable in late 2018.  She was subsequently selected to be the Chief Constable in July 2020.

During her long career, Jo has carried out a very wide range of policing roles and has also held a number of national responsibilities.  She is currently the national lead for roads policing, an issue very close to her own heart as she explains in the interview.

This was a fascinating interview as we cover not only a wide range of Jo's personal leadership experiences, but also touch on a lot of wider policing topics that I suspect you will find extremely interesting.  I really hope you enjoy the session.

You can find Jo on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-shiner-1b80b82a0/


In this interview we cover the following topics (starting time in brackets):

• Jo's career journey (00.02.01)
• Balancing national and local responsibilities (00.03.41)
• Early motivations (00.05.56)
• Changes in policing over a 31 year career (00.07.42)
• Adjustments to leadership style (00.11.45)
• Advice to a school age Jo! (00.14.38)
• Role models (00.15.30)
• Most important leadership traits (00.20.56)
• Managing reputational issues and challenges in the police service (00.23.18)
• What would Jo have done differently! (00.34.32)
• Most important achievement and legacy (00.36.32)
• Career low point (00.46.44)
• Managing mental health challenges in the police service (00.48.47)
• Work : life balance (00.51.17)
• Public confidence in the police service (00.58.55)
• Keeping police officers safe when on duty (01.02.03)
• Most memorable event! (01.13.20)
• Most difficult question! (01.14.04)

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Having returned to the RAF after my exchange tour with the German Air Force, this personal stories episode reflects on some of the aspects of my first command tour as a Flight Commander on Number 54 (Fighter) Squadron at RAF Coltishall.  

Returning to the Jaguar in this more senior role was an absolute delight and I relished the challenges it brought both in flying terms (with a number of new skills to learn), and in respect of the leadership responsibilities I now had.  

In this episode I focus on some of those leadership aspects and I aim to provide some broad tips that I believe are applicable in a wide range of leadership roles across the civilian world as well.  There's a lot more to come on the flying specifics from this tour, especially in regard to operations over Iraq and Bosnia so keep listening if that's what you want to hear about!

I really hope you enjoy this episode and, as ever, all feedback is welcome!  

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In this thematic episode I tackle a set of topics that crop up a lot when I do leadership development training with groups and individuals.  

Using some examples of what I have learnt along my own journey, I provide a range of thoughts, tips and techniques that should help leaders to develop their team members better and, in the process, create more headspace and thinking time for themselves.

Too often I have seen leaders fail to delegate or empower their team members and, as a result lose their trust and confidence over time.  I hope that the content of this episode provides a number of ideas that will help you to avoid falling into any of those traps.

As ever, I would be delighted to hear your feedback and please do subscribe and review if you are enjoying what you hear on these podcasts.

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This week is a little different to normal as I combine a thematic issue with a guest interview and discuss the whole topic of Artificial Intelligence with Steve Brown.

Steve is a leading expert on generative AI, autonomous AI assistants, digital transformation, the future of work, and how advances in AI will shape the future of education, business and society.  He is a published author and speaks globally to a very wide range of corporates and media outlets on all things AI and, importantly, has a rare ability to explain a very complex issue in ways that normal mortals like me can understand!

As you will discover if you listen to the podcast, Steve generously offered access to a range of free resources (not discoverable by normal search) on his website and having taken a look, this is a veritable gold mine of material to help you learn more about this vitally important topic.  The web URL you need to go to is at 00.45.50 on the podcast

I really hope you enjoy this session; given that it's very different to my normal podcasts, I would really value your feedback please!


You can find Steve here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/futuresteve/

Website: https://www.stevebrownfuturist.com/


In this interview we cover the following subjects (starting time in brackets):

• What is a "futurist"? (00.02.52)
• Steve's career journey (00.06.20)
• The future is something that humans build together! (00.09.42)
• Early motivations (00.11.54)
• Advice to a school age Steve! (00.16.40)
• Expectations of what might happen due to AI (00.20.00)
• What should leaders be doing now? (00.28.10)
• Avoiding AI vs embracing AI (00.30.46)
• Early adopter vs laggard! (00.32.54)
• Comparisons with other technological waves (00.38.46)
• Getting on the AI starting grid! (00.44.47)
• AI in education (00.49.25)
• AI risks and mitigations (00.56.44)
• Work / life balance (01.02.43)
• Most memorable event (01.04.39)
• Most difficult question (01.07.07) 

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This week's guest is Jonathan Bowman-Perks, a fellow podcast host and coach with a long and extremely successful track record in both.  Jonathan is a former Army officer who had a long and distinguished career before moving to the private sector.  Since he made that jump, his career has gone from strength to strength, with time at PWC, IBM and Penna before setting up his own leadership development and coaching business. 

Jonathan's "Inspiring Leadership" podcast has a significant global following and I was privileged to be a guest on it towards the end of last year.  We had an immediate connection, not only because of our professional backgrounds but also because we both lost our fathers at a very similar age.  It was unsurprising therefore that we had a great conversation on both podcasts and this episode contains a wealth of advice, thoughts and tips from our collective experience of leadership development.

I very much hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it!

You can find Jonathan on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanperks/


In this interview we cover the following subjects (starting time in brackets):

• Jonathan's career journey (00.02.43)
• Early motivations (00.13.52)
• Adjustments to leadership style (00.22.59)
• Role models (00.34.35)
• The 3 "Hums" - great questions for any leader! (00.46.51)
• Most important leadership traits - the Inspiring Leadership compass (00.53.03)
• What Jonathan has learned from all his coaching and podcast work (01.01.25)
• Who's on the top of Jonathan's wish list to have as a podcast guest (01.13.08)
• Advice to a school age Jonathan! (01.14.28)
• What would Jonathan have done differently (01.17.24)
• Most important achievement (01.22.39)
• Career low point (01.28.19)
• Where are the greatest opportunities for leadership improvement? (01.32.51)
• Most memorable event (01.36.30)
• Most difficult question (01.37.17)

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With this first episode of Season 2 of the podcast, I return to the personal stories and give an account of my time on an exchange posting flying the RF4E Phantom with the German Air Force, the Luftwaffe.  

It was a fascinating time not least because of the political changes that occurred during my 2 1/4 years with the Germans.  In that time, the Berlin Wall fell, German reunification became a reality, and the Cold War ended.  As a direct consequence, the tour was punctuated with a wide range of fascinating experiences as well as serious challenges.  

I do my best to give a short summary of what was a really busy couple of years and so I apologise if it feels like I touch too lightly on the issues but, if there is appetite for me to do so, I would be delighted to add more detail in later episodes so please keep the feedback coming.

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Given that I strongly suspect you will have better things to do than listen to me on New Year's Eve when this podcast becomes available, I have made it a reasonably short episode and  focused on providing a review of 2023 and this first season of Leading 4 Life "Stories".

The episode provides a short summary of the episodes so far as well as my own thoughts on the high points and plans for the future.  If you are new to the podcast, it will give you a decent overview of what the previous episodes contain and signpost a few of my personal highlights that you might wish to dip into if you haven't already.

Season 2 of the podcast will launch at the start of 2024 and I would really welcome your thoughts and input as to what you would like to see as I develop the podcast further into next year and beyond.

Whether or not you are a regular listener, I am extremely grateful for you giving up some of your valuable time to listen to what I have to say and I am even more grateful if you have subscribed, reviewed and / or provided me with direct feedback.  Please keep that coming as it means the world to me and I read it all!

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As this episode goes live on Christmas Eve 2023, I thought I would keep it very short and to the point.

I have had a good deal of time to personally reflect over the past couple of weeks and that thinking time has allowed me to focus on some things that are hugely important at this time of year.  Speaking for myself, I know that I should say "thank you" a great deal more and that I should also make much more time to keep in touch and "check in" with my circle of friends.  

Far too often, we all take things for granted and don't fully appreciate those that  support us or help us along the way.   Equally, most of us make optimistic statements such as "we must get together soon" without ever actually following through and actually keeping in touch properly.  

This podcast is very much a stream of consciousness but, if nothing else, I hope it gives you pause for thought, and is the catalyst for you not only to thank those that you should, but also to check in on some of those friends and colleagues who you've left on the "to do list" for far too long.  

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This week's guest is General Sir Richard Barrons, the former Commander of Joint Forces Command (one of the 6 UK Chiefs of Staff) and now the Co-Chairman of Universal Defence & Security Solutions, alongside a portfolio of other private sector roles.

Richard commanded at every level in the British Army and saw a huge amount of operational service in just about everything from the Cold War to Afghanistan.  He has a huge amount of leadership and historical knowledge, and some strongly held views about today's geopolitics and the prospects for the future.  

A regular commentator on both TV and radio, Richard's views are thought provoking and sobering, and this is one episode you really don't want to miss.

I really hope you enjoy listening to this fascinating interview - it really was great to be on the other side of the microphone for this one!  


In this interview we cover the following subjects (starting time in brackets):

• Richard's career journey (00.02.22)
• Early motivations (00.07.25)
• Thoughts on career transition timing (00.11.40)
• Adjustments to leadership style (00.16.55)
• Role models (00.29.29)
• Leadership traits and values (00.35.03)
• Advice to a school age Richard! (00.43.24)
• What would Richard have done differently? (00.46.51)
• Most important achievement (00.58.15)
• Career low point (01.01.12)
• Work / life balance (01.07.14)
• Thoughts on current conflicts and geopolitics (01.11.33)
• Perspectives on the USA (01.22.02)
• Most memorable events (01.26.30)
• Most difficult question (01.28.17)

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