For the first episode of each month Andy will be joined by Italian Leadership Strategist Luca Signoretti. Luca is a leadership expert, trainer, public speaker and university professor. He has worked as an executive for leading corporations such as Unilever and Heineken, and as a senior consultant for clients like Coca Cola and Pernod-Ricard.

Each month Andy and Luca share engaging and thought-provoking conversations on the topic of leadership and professional relationships.

Following on from Monday's 'Connected Leadership Podcast' Andy Lopata interviews Ruth Gotian, Chief Learning Officer, Weill Cornell Medicine. Contributor, Forbes & Psychology Today. Former Assistant Dean, Mentoring & Executive Director Mentoring Academy about the relationships that have had an impact on her career, where things have gone wrong and for suggestions of her favourite books, podcasts and talks on leadership, career development, professional relationships, mentoring and more.

In this show Andy interviews Ruth Gotian on how she has made a success of not just one career but reached the top in two, as an assistant dean for mentoring and chief learning officer for Ivy League medical school in New York, Weill Cornell Medicine. Ruth is also a contributor for Forbes and Psychology Today. Ruth shares how professional relationships can help you reach the top of your field and beyond.

Following on from Monday's 'Connected Leadership Podcast' Andy Lopata interviews Kevin Gaskell, leadership mentor, former MD Porsche and BMW and World Record Transatlantic Rower, about the relationships that have had an impact on his career, where things have gone wrong and for suggestions of his favourite books, podcasts and talks on leadership, career development, professional relationships, mentoring and more.

In this show Andy interviews Kevin Gaskell, leadership mentor, former MD Porsche and BMW and World Record Transatlantic Rower on which relationships are the most important if you want to scale a business and what the most important things are to remember when building them.

Following on from Monday's 'Connected Leadership Podcast' Andy Lopata interviews Lee Cockerell (founder and CLO, Cockerell Academy, former Executive VP Operations, Walt Disney World Resort) and David McQueen (Board Adviser, Leadership Specialist and Presentation Skills Coach) about the relationships that have had an impact on their careers, where things have gone wrong and for suggestions of their favourite books, podcasts and talks on leadership, career development, professional relationships, and more.

In this episode Andy and his guests Lee Cockerell (founder and CLO, Cockerell Academy, former Executive VP Operations, Walt Disney World Resort) and David McQueen (Board Adviser, Leadership Specialist and Presentation Skills Coach) discuss how professional relationships underpin executive success and using storytelling as a leadership technique for engaging with staff and customers.

Following on from Monday's 'Connected Leadership Podcast' discussion on mentoring, Andy Lopata asks his guests, Kerrie Dorman and Vanessa Vallely OBE to tell him about the relationships that have had an impact on their careers, where things have gone wrong and for suggestions of their favourite books, podcasts and talks on leadership, career development, professional relationships, mentoring and more.

Following on from Mondays 'Connected Leadership Podcast' , Andy interviews professional athlete Goldie Sayers. Goldie competed in the javelin for Great Britain at three Olympic Games and captained the British team at the European Championships. Goldie and Andy discuss the relationships that have had an impact on her career, where things have gone wrong and her favourite books, podcasts and talks on leadership, career development, professional relationships, mentoring and more.

Following on from Monday's 'Connected Leadership Podcast' Andy Lopata interviews Perry Burton, Head of People and Culture at Grant Thornton UK and Geoff McDonald, mental health campaigner, TedX Speaker and former Global VP of HR at Unilever about the relationships that have had an impact on their careers, where things have gone wrong and for suggestions of their favourite books, podcasts and talks on leadership, career development, professional relationships, mentoring and more.