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 24 and my interview with Richard Moriarty, who has been the CEO of the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority since May 2018. In this clip, he shares how you can set aside more time to think strategically, as well as some practical tips to enable your team to think big and do some horizon scanning. 

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This week it’s my pleasure to introduce you to Gavin Smith who has worked in the public transport industry for over 20 years, starting his career as a bus driver in London. From there he moved into operations roles which eventually led to a five year secondment to Singapore as Operations Director for Go Ahead.

During those five years Gavin digitised all operational processes through developing a bespoke app for the business, delivered improved efficiency through operational reviews and became involved in international tendering, leading to successful secondments in Australia and a Project Director role with Go Ahead Group.

Six months ago he relocated to East Anglia where he is currently Managing Director of Go Ahead’s Operations there. And this is where we pick up the story.

You’re going to love this episode in which we talk about the changes required to move from ops director to managing director, the lessons he learned whilst working in South East Asia and how these are helping him be an effective MD today.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Programme: https://bit.ly/FREEleadershipmini-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 15 and my interview with Lesley Everett, an internationally recognized professional keynote speaker and specialist on Leadership Branding and The Personality of the Brand, known for her content-rich, engaging and practical advice and delivery. In this clip, Lesley talks about building your personal brand and how it benefits who you work for.  

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https://www.ben-morton.com/episode15/ 

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We’re kicking off Season Seven with a subject matter expert episode and I’m delighted to introduce Sophie Wade. Sophie is a work futurist, international keynote speaker, author, and authority on Future-of-Work issues.

She has held senior management, strategy and finance roles around the world — in Asia, Europe and the U.S. — working in media, technology, and venture capital for companies such as IMG and Yahoo. With a strategy and finance focus for her first career, she assisted entrepreneurs and major corporations identify, develop, and execute strategic initiatives, build teams and ventures and create partnerships.

Sophie has a new book out, ‘Empathy Works: The Key to Competitive Advantage in the New Era of Work’, which formed the basis of our conversation, although as always, we went off on some fascinating leadership related tangents that you're going to love listening to.

If you’re listening to this within two weeks of the episode's release date, Sophie has kindly given us an Advance Reader Copy of her book that you can win by clicking on the book competition link in the show notes, so make sure you do that right now.

Before we get into this episode, head over to the Online Course page of my website - https://www.ben-morton.com/ - where you can sign up for my 10-4-10 Leadership Course. It's totally free, it's bite-sized, and it covers some of the most common leadership topics and challenges I get asked about. It also gets consistently great feedback. 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Programme: https://mailchi.mp/b3d5c50adb91/10_4_10  

Guest Links:

Book Competition: https://mailchi.mp/6e2fddd4cddc/empathyworks  

Sophie Wade’s website: https://www.sophiewade.com/  

In these ‘Shorts’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 17 and my interview with Tim Shoveller, Regional MD at Network Rail. In this clip, he talks about addressing issues of trust.  

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Ben’s FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Programme: https://bit.ly/FREEleadershipmini-course 

Ben’s website: https://bit.ly/BenMortonLeadership 

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE

https://www.ben-morton.com/episode17/

In these ‘Shorts’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 20 and my interview with Andrew Southcott, the Managing Director of Captivate Group. In this clip, he talks about overcoming analysis paralysis and making decisions as a team. 

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Ben’s FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Programme: https://bit.ly/FREEleadershipmini-course 

Ben’s website: https://bit.ly/BenMortonLeadership 

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE

https://www.ben-morton.com/episode20/ 

SHOW LINKS

Captivate Group: https://captivate-group.com/ 

Andrew’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-southcott-a9140767/

Today we are joined by Andrea Pacini who is a presentation coach and Head of Ideas on Stage UK. 

He specialises in working with business owners, leaders and their teams who want to become more confident presenters. Since 2010, Ideas on Stage has worked with thousands of clients around the world, including companies like Microsoft, Lacoste, The World Bank and over 500 TEDx speakers.

Andrea is on a mission to stop great ideas from failing just because of the way they are presented. His vision is to help hundreds of thousands of business leaders share their message so they can grow their business, increase their influence and make a positive impact in the world.

As you would expect – considering what he does – Andrea was an incredibly engaging guest.

We spoke about how to deliver great presentations, some of the most common pitfalls, how hybrid working has changed things and interestingly, all of what has changed as a result of the new technologies we now use.

Before we get into this episode, head over to the Online Course page of my website - https://www.ben-morton.com/ - where you can sign up for my 10-4-10 Leadership Course. It's totally free, it's bite-sized, and it covers some of the most common leadership topics and challenges I get asked about. It also gets consistently great feedback. 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Programme: https://mailchi.mp/b3d5c50adb91/10_4_10  

Guest Links:

Presentation Scorecard: https://presentationscorecard.scoreapp.com  

Book: Man’s Search for Meaning https://amzn.to/3iKmt6k  

Book: Presentation Zen https://amzn.to/3P5SBgT

In these ‘Shorts’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 32 and my interview with Jenny Burns, a Partner at the product and service innovation company Fluxx. In this clip, she talks about some of the risks of being a disruptive leader and her approach to building a resilient team.

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Ben’s FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Programme: https://bit.ly/FREEleadershipmini-course 

Ben’s website: https://bit.ly/BenMortonLeadership 

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE

https://www.ben-morton.com/episode32/ 

SHOW LINKS

Find out more about Jenny’s work: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyburns55/   

This week we have something – or should I say someone – a little different for you. After interviewing Becky Valentine for episode 97 and hearing how much she learned about leadership through dramatically stepping out of her comfort sound and acting in a play with Royal Shakespeare Company, I was intrigued to learn more.

So, this week, I’m delighted to bring you this interview with Becky Morris, who was the director for the Nottingham group who would go on to perform on the RSC stage.

Becky has worked in education since 2007, initially as the Community Arts Manager, and then Extended Services Manager for a group of schools, and now teaching and lead of student welfare and enrichment for sixth form.

Alongside this she also started up a theater company called The Felley Players in 2001 and now continues to provide freelance theater support services.

I absolutely loved recording this episode for you and it was a powerful reminder of how much we can learn when we step out of our lane. It’s very easy to speak to the same people, read the same books and go to the same places, yet we can learn so much when we step away from our own norms and venture out of our comfort zone.

Before we get into this episode, head over to the Online Course page of my website - https://www.ben-morton.com/ - where you can sign up for my 10-4-10 Leadership Course. It's totally free, it's bite-sized, and it covers some of the most common leadership topics and challenges I get asked about. It also gets consistently great feedback. 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Programme: https://mailchi.mp/b3d5c50adb91/10_4_10  

Guest Links:

The Royal Shakespeare Company: https://www.rsc.org.uk  

In these ‘Shorts’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 14 and my interview with Dan Hawley, MD at PLB Group. In this clip, he talks about pivoting a print business and keeping decisions simple and straightforward.

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Ben’s FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Programme: https://bit.ly/FREEleadershipmini-course 

Ben’s website: https://bit.ly/BenMortonLeadership 

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE

https://www.ben-morton.com/episode14/