The Leader's Kitbag

In these ‘Shorts’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 34 and my interview with Louise Breed, Managing Director of Client Services for Karian and Box. In this clip, she talks about her research on how managers often lack the confidence to run good meetings, and what they can do to overcome this.  

RESOURCES 

Find out more about Karian and Box: https://www.karianandbox.com/   

Connect with Louise on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisebreed/    

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE 

https://www.ben-morton.com/episode34/  

This week we’re talking about, and flipping, the idea of naivety with Joshua Berry. Joshua Berry is a world-class facilitator of change and author of  ’Dare To Be Naive: Thinking Bigger to Create Business Success and Joy’. He is also the Managing Director of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting company, and Certified B Corporation.  

Joshua describes himself as someone dedicated to practicing unlearning, identifying limiting beliefs, and shifting business practices...hopefully you’ll get a little of that from this episode.  

The Book Competition!: https://mailchi.mp/ben-morton.com/5n2tnavgum    

Other Resources mentioned in this episode:  

Joshua’s new book - Dare to Be Naïve: https://amzn.to/3TDrMTD    

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In these ‘Shorts’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 30 and my interview with Calvin Niles, a communication coach. In this clip, Nile talks about breaking the stress loop and the power of taking three conscious deep breaths. 

RESOURCES 

Find out more about Calvin’s work: https://calvinniles.com/  

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE 

https://www.ben-morton.com/episode30/

This week we are going back to basics and exploring some of the fundamentals of effective leadership with Brigadier Nick Cowley, OBE.  

Over the past 20 years Nick has been in leadership positions during multiple operational tours of Iraq and Afghanistan.  

Nick is currently commanding 16 Air Assault Brigade, which is the British Army’s high readiness force. During his career Nick has been awarded a Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service, an MBE and an OBE.   

In addition to his military career, Nick has always had a keen interest in education and social mobility. In 2009, Nick founded a social mobility charity called The Talent Tap, which provides training and opportunities to talented students from low social mobility areas. 

Listen to the second-most listened-to episode (episode #33) of The Ben Morton Leadership podcast, in which General James Everard, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe for NATO, shares his leadership insights.

Listen here.

And then check-out the fourth-most listened-to episode (episode #57) in which General David Petraeus, former Director of the CIA and US Army General, discusses the misnomer of having a defined leadership style.

Listen here.

The Talent Tap:https://www.thetalenttap.com/ 

Book | HBR On Teams: https://amzn.to/3l37c25 

Book | Turn That Ship Around: https://amzn.to/404dBZu 

Book | Legacy: https://amzn.to/42aWXth    

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In these ‘Shorts’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 25 and my interview with Dr Paul Brewerton, the Founder and now Chair of Strengthscope. In this clip, he talks about the power of being able to understand and learn from our successes (and not just our failures!). 

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE 

https://www.ben-morton.com/episode25/  

This week we are continuing to explore the incredibly important and timely topic of Burnout with Kelly Swingler – a Burnout Recovery Strategist, and coach for leaders who are ready for a life beyond burnout.  

In her words, she is a lifelong high-achieving, overperforming, recovering perfectionist who thrives under pressure, who knows a thing or two about stress and jeopardising your wellbeing, because she reached Burnout twice.   

Since then, she’s spent the last nine years creating strategies and techniques to stop herself, and her clients, from burning out again. I’ll leave Kelly to share more of her personal burnout story, and more importantly, her road to recovery and a better way of living and leading, herself in just a moment or two.  

The Book Competition!: https://mailchi.mp/ben-morton.com/5n2tnavgum    

Other Resources mentioned in this episode:  

Kelly’s website: https://www.kellyswingler.com    

Kelly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyswingler/    

The FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Programme: https://bit.ly/FREEleadershipmini-course    

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Whether it’s a leadership question for Ben, some feedback on the show, or a guest suggestion, we’d love to hear from you. Whatever the reason for getting in touch, you can easily do it by clicking the link below that Ben will personally review.   

 https://www.ben-morton.com/feedback/   

Mentioned in this episode:

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In these ‘Shorts’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 22 and my interview with David Brown, Former CEO, The GoAhead Group. In this clip, he talks about having a system in place for leaders to know what is going on in their departments.  

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE 

https://www.ben-morton.com/episode22/  

Today we have a slightly different episode – it’s totally unscripted and I’m joined by my amazing Community Manager, Susie Cery, as we experiment with expressing more vulnerability on the show. In this episode, I share my personal experience of burnout over the last 18 months.  

I reflect on some of the (ignored) red flags in the run up, then the changes I have made that have given me the space to recover and build a more sustainable way of running the business. From protecting sleep, diet and exercise, we can break out of the stress cycle. With this, I hope to help you or someone you know who may be on a similar journey.  

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

Calm App: https://www.calm.com/  

Clementine App: https://clementineapp.com/ 

Headspace App: https://www.headspace.com

 The FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Programme:

https://bit.ly/FREEleadershipmini-course  

We want to hear from you!  

Whether it’s a leadership question for Ben, some feedback on the show, or a guest suggestion, we’d love to hear from you. Whatever the reason for getting in touch, you can easily do it by clicking the link below that Ben will personally review.  

https://www.ben-morton.com/feedback/ 

Mentioned in this episode:

The FREE 10-4-10 Course

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In these ‘Shorts’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 21 and my interview with Tessa Clarke, the Co-Founder and CEO of Olio. In this clip, she talks about the reality of making mistakes as a leader and the impact of imposter syndrome. .  

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE 

https://www.ben-morton.com/episode21/  

This week we have an incredibly timely episode as I’m interviewing the MD of one of the organisations in the UK’s 4-day working week trial that has just published its initial findings.  

Simon Ursell is the Managing Director and founder of Tyler Grange, an environmental consultancy and B-corp, which he has led for 13 years, growing the company to become a market leader from start-up to nearly 100 people in 6 offices across the UK.   

Simon’s focus on emotional fitness and environmental impact is helping founders and companies thrive, not just survive. Having led a business to achieve growth throughtwo recessions, he fundamentally believes that change is always good.  

He believes in challenging the norm, being willing to do things differently and taking risks. Having interviewed him for this episode, it strikes me that it’s this combination of traits and beliefs that lead to Tyler Grange’s 4-day work week trial being so outstandingly successful.  

In this episode you’ll hear me reference an incredible, lessons learned document that Simon’s team shared with me ahead of the show. I really encourage you to click on the link in the show notes and grab that document right now. It’s absolute gold dust! 

Resources mentioned in this episode:  

Lesson learned | The 4-Day Work Week:

https://mailchi.mp/ben-morton.com/on9tg5dpkh    

Tyler Grange: https://tylergrange.co.uk    

The FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Programme:

https://bit.ly/FREEleadershipmini-course 

We want to hear from you!  

Whether it’s a leadership question for Ben, some feedback on the show, or a guest suggestion, we’d love to hear from you. Whatever the reason for getting in touch, you can easily do it by clicking the link below that Ben will personally review.    

https://www.ben-morton.com/feedback/ 

Mentioned in this episode:

The FREE 10-4-10 Course

Sign up today and sharpen your skills on, keeping your team motivated, effective delegation, planning and prioritization, handling Imposter Syndrome, and much more. It's my FREE online coaching course to help you become the leader that people want to follow.

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