The Leader's Kitbag

In this episode we’re joined by Professor Tony O’Driscoll to talk about his new book – ‘Everyday Superhero: How You Can Inspire Everyone to Create Real Change at Work’.

Tony’s knowledge about leadership and change is off the charts good, and his new book is fantastic. It’s so good in fact, that I’ve got hold of two copies to give away to you, my dear listeners, for free.

For a chance to win one, simply listen to the full episode in which you’ll hear a hidden, secret word. Once you hear it, email it to me via [email protected] and we’ll add you to the draw on 28th April 2022.

Everyday Superhero is a very different type of business book. It’s short, highly engaging and tells the story of how leaders can unlock every employee’s superpower to create lasting change.

I read it in just over an hour and scribbled copious notes all over it…but don’t worry, I’m not giving away my copy!

So, without any further delay, please enjoy my fascinating conversation with the very erudite Professor Tony O’Driscoll.

Links Mentioned:

‘Everyday Superhero’ by Tony O’Driscoll 

Ben’s FREE 10-4-10 Leadership Course: https://mailchi.mp/b3d5c50adb91/10_4_10 

Ben’s website: www.ben-morton.com 

Email Ben: [email protected]

I believe that to be a great leader, we must first learn to be an amazing team player. The mindset shift that this will create might just mean this proves to be one of the most impactful things you ever do!

This is part of the bite-sized series of The Ben Morton Leadership Podcast. I’ve designed it to give you the practical tools, tactics and insights around a specific facet of leadership to help you on that journey. It’s my gift to you and it’s absolutely free. 

If you’re getting value from it, please subscribe to the show and share the link with your friends and colleagues. #LeadOn

It’s not uncommon to find individuals, often in senior positions, within organisations who deliver great results but do so in a manner that’s seriously at odds with the values of the organisation. Find out how to build the courage to make the difficult, right decisions as opposed to the easy, wrong ones. 

This is part of the bite-sized series of The Ben Morton Leadership Podcast. I’ve designed it to give you the practical tools, tactics and insights around a specific facet of leadership to help you on that journey. It’s my gift to you and it’s absolutely free. 

If you’re getting value from it, please subscribe to the show and share the link with your friends and colleagues. #LeadOn

Today we explore the kind of discipline that separates the good from the mediocre. It’s a learned skill that requires daily practice and repetition – and it’s a high-performance, keystone habit for teams that locks so many other things into place.

This is part of the bite-sized series of The Ben Morton Leadership Podcast. I’ve designed it to give you the practical tools, tactics and insights around a specific facet of leadership to help you on that journey. It’s my gift to you and it’s absolutely free. 

If you’re getting value from it, please subscribe to the show and share the link with your friends and colleagues. #LeadOn

This episode is taking a slightly different format to the usual in so much as it's just me talking to you now. In today's episode, I will share one of the very first and most powerful pieces of leadership advice that I ever learned – it’s not your job as a leader to have all of the answers all of the time. Tune in as I deconstruct why leaders often hold this false belief, how to ask your team for their input and ideas, and how this leadership lesson can help you tackle imposter syndrome.

This is part of the solo series of The Ben Morton Leadership Podcast. I’ve designed it to give you the practical tools, tactics and insights around a specific facet of leadership to help you on that journey. It’s my gift to you and it’s absolutely free. 

If you’re getting value from it, please subscribe to the show and share the link with your friends and colleagues. 

You can also visit my website and sign up for my two-weekly, leadership-focused newsletter here: https://www.ben-morton.com  

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The very first piece of leadership advice I ever received was that leaders don’t have all the answers. Leaders believing they need to have all of the answers is one of the biggest things that prevents leaders, teams and entire organisations from unlocking their true potential.

This is part of the bite-sized series of The Ben Morton Leadership Podcast. I’ve designed it to give you the practical tools, tactics and insights around a specific facet of leadership to help you on that journey. It’s my gift to you and it’s absolutely free. 

If you’re getting value from it, please subscribe to the show and share the link with your friends and colleagues. #LeadOn

Today we’re joined by Rowe Hoffer who is the Executive Assistant to Mitchell Bake – the Chief Executive Officer at Mozilla. She has been doing this role for 11 years which is quite incredible when the average tenure for an Executive Assistant in Silicon Valley is two to three years, with five years considered to be a long time!

Rowe has seen the good, the bad and the ugly in terms of leadership, as well as having great leadership experience herself through leading other Executive Assistants and being a champion for the development of the role.

I loved my conversation with Rowe. She shared so many pearls of wisdom around what it means to be a leader and how to unlock the full potential and power of the senior executive and EA relationship.

Before we get into the episode – can I ask you to do me a favour. Please take just a few minutes to rate and review the show wherever you listen. If you then send a screenshot of your review to me on [email protected], I’ll send you complimentary access to my online, Weekly Planning Protocol course. And do also check out my free, mini leadership course via the link in the show notes.

Links Mentioned:

Ben Website: www.ben-morton.com 

Ben’s Free Leadership Mini-Course: https://mailchi.mp/b3d5c50adb91/10_4_10

Mentioned in this episode:

My Weekly Planning Protocol Course

Do you struggle to proactively manage your time and find that your days are largely occupied with firefighting and just dealing with the closest, most important deadline? Then you might want to check out my Weekly Planning Protocol Course via the link below.

Check out the Weekly Planning Protocol Course here

Welcome to a very different episode of the podcast… this is what I’m currently calling a Medley Episode.

It’s made up of 4 answers from 4 different leaders who have previously appeared on the show, all answering the same question. In this episode, they are answering the question…

How do you build and lead high performing teams?

We’ll aim to release one of these Medley episodes every 4 or 5 episodes. This being a new format, you’re thoughts and feedback are more welcome than ever so please do share your thoughts either on social media or send them to me directly on [email protected]. 

In today’s episode we will find out from:

• General Sir James Rupert Everard, Former Senior British Army Officer
• Ivory Matthews, MD of Columbia and Cayce Housing in the US
• Jane Finette, Founder and Executive Director of The Coaching Fellowship
• Lesley McGreggor, MD of the Health & Care division of the Eric Wright Group
• Shona Flemming, CEO of both ScotsCare and Borderline

And one final thing before you go, at the end of 2021 I launched a brand new, free leadership course that tackles some of the most common leadership challenges I get asked about.

It’s called the 10-4-10 programme, because it consists of 10 minutes of content for 10 weeks delivered into your inbox. Each email consists of a written tip or idea, a curated podcast episode, a relevant book recommendation and a video from me sharing a quick tip or setting you a challenge.

If this sounds like something you’ll get value from, simply click on the 10-4-10 link in the show notes to get started.

Links Mentioned:

• 10-4-10 Leadership Coaching Course
• Ep #033 – General Sir James Rupert Everard. Former Senior British Army Officer
• Ep #60 – Ivory Matthews | Tackling Bias in the Workplace
• Ep #67 – Jane Finette | Empowering Women and Letting Go of Control
• Ep #68 Lesley McGregor | Learning on the Job and Finding a Leadership Mentor
• Ep #69 Shona Flemming | Transformational Leadership and Leading From Purpose
• Find out more about Ben’s work: https://linktr.ee/BMLeadership

Welcome to this bite-sized episode! Today I delve into how so many leaders ask the wrong questions around motivating their teams. As leaders we aren’t there to motivate our teams, but to ensure that the people we lead do not become demotivated. Tune in to find out what you can do today.

This is part of the bite-sized series of The Ben Morton Leadership Podcast. I’ve designed it to give you the practical tools, tactics and insights around a specific facet of leadership to help you on that journey. It’s my gift to you and it’s absolutely free. 

If you’re getting value from it, please subscribe to the show and share the link with your friends and colleagues. 

You can also visit my website and sign up for my two-weekly, leadership-focussed newsletter here: https://www.ben-morton.com 

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Leo Walton became part of the founding team at SUPERHOG in 2019, after having spent seven years running the supply function at Onefinestay. 

These experiences have given him a deep understanding of the vacation rental industry. As the VP of Growth, he works closely with operators and hosts, helping them to unlock growth and streamline operations by using SUPERHOG, which combines guest screening with embedded insurance.

Having experience of the property management side, Leo also has an acute understanding of the pain points which SUPERHOG sets out to solve, including guest screening, deposits, chargebacks and property damage. 

His bio says that he is “passionately committed to building tools to help improve and revolutionize the industry”. From chatting to him in this episode I got a sense that he's also incredibly passionate about innovation, thinking differently and creating an environment that allows everybody and anybody to share their opinions and ideas.

This interview rapidly went off in a totally different direction to the one I had in mind, and is so much richer as a result.

You may also notice that we had another very special guest join us at one point…Leo’s 15-month-old daughter!

Please also take just a few minutes to rate and review the show wherever you listen. If you then send a screenshot of your review to me on [email protected], I’ll send you complimentary access to my online, Weekly Planning Protocol course.

Links mentioned:

Superhog: https://superhog.com 

Ben’s Free Leadership Mini-Course: https://mailchi.mp/b3d5c50adb91/10_4_10