The Leadership Podcast

Tim is the award-winning founder and Chief Executive of TLG who was recognised as the Sunday Times Best Charity Leader in 2019. Under his inspirational leadership, the organisation has grown from a small church project to a national movement of churches across the UK. With his previous experience of organisational development in a large multinational company and his comprehensive understanding of the charity sector, he has pioneered TLG as a dynamic organisation known for it’s innovation and development of leaders. Tim is an author, popular speaker and advisor, continually sharing his passion for the Church to be active in every community, bringing hope and a future to struggling children.

To hear more of TLG’s inspirational story, you can get your hands on a copy of Tim’s book ‘Out of the Ordinary’ for free here.

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Have you ever wanted to partner with another organisation but haven’t been sure how to go about it or been worried that your offer to collaborate will be abused or taken advantage of?

In this episode Sim and Ed look back at the interview with Debra Green and take a deeper delve into some of what Debra spoke about:

- The importance of collaboration and how to do it well

- How to strike a balance between prayer and action

- How do you make sure that you get competing priorities of leadership and family life in the correct balance.

Don’t forget to check out all the resources and book recommendations on the Leader’s Hub

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Debra is the National Director and Founder of Redeeming Our Communities (ROC) which brings organisations together towards the work of social transformation.

In this episode Sim and Debra talk about balancing leadership with family life and how she juggles leading a major charity with family life, and how God spoke to her on her wedding day and how that led to her becoming a Christian.

Debra also shares about what it was like growing up as a woman leader in the church and breaking through some of the barriers to being in that space and how she’s now viewed as a pioneer, trailblazer and mentor of women in leadership.

Debra talks about the balance between prayer and action and how praying for the police and and against crime has led a 75% reduction in anti-social behaviour in Bolton, and the power of bringing organisations and services in the community together to provide solutions and share resources.

Check out the work of ROC on their website

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*Updated Audio* There were some issues in the original audio with Sim and Ed talking over each other, that has now been rectified!

In our first Leadership Lessons episode of season 2, Sim and Ed look back at the interview with Mike Royal and take a deeper look at some of the issues raised, including:

• How as leaders do we have stamina to continue to tackle big issues of justice.
• How do we avoid performative ally-ship, and make sure we are not just virtue signalling.
• The value of pushing into discomfort and bringing lasting change.

You can check out all the books and thinkers mentioned in the episode on the Leader’s Hub

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We’re back with our second season on Leadership and Justice. This season we’ll be hearing from 3 new interviewees on how to lead consistently in an inconsistent and unfair world.

October is Black History Month so we start this season talking to Mike Royal, the Co-chief Executive of Cinnamon Network and is recognised as one of the  top black male Christian leaders having an impact in the UK.

In this interview we hear from Mike about how coming to faith gave him hope as a young black man and how that then led him to start TLG and go on to lead Cinnamon Network and inspire the church to get involved in social justice. Mike also spoke about and challenged us on racial justice following the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, and how he sees last year as the most important year for Racial Justice in his lifetime.

Login to the Leader’s Hub for free to get links to all the people, books and resources that Mike mentioned to start hearing more from black thinkers, or check out the following on social media:

Anthony Reddie - Twitter: @AnthonyGReddie
Selina Stone - Twitter: @SelinaRStone
Mike Royal - Twitter: @_mikeroyal

Do check out Cinnamon Connect if you’re looking for tools and resources to serve your community.

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Have you ever wondered just how other people manage to be so together and sorted? We loved the interview with Patrick Regan, where he explored just that, and how in reality what most people are projecting is not what's really going on. How do we deal with tough times? And, perhaps more importantly, how do we emerge from them better, bouncing forwards with the strength and learnings having endured them, rather than wishing we could bounce back to how we were before?

In our final leadership lessons episode of Season 1, Ed and Sim take a deeper look back at the interview with Patrick Regan, and explore their own experiences of resilience - looking at The Resilience River exercise and sharing what keeps their resilience levels high. We also discuss values and priorities, learning to be vulnerable as a leader and the idea of leading from our own weakness.

We’ll be back in a few weeks with a new season focusing on Leadership and Justice with three more interviews. In the meantime, please subscribe and share the podcast with others. Do follow us on social, so we can let you know when the next season drops and check out the resources on the free Leader's Hub.

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We talk to Patrick Regan about how to develop resilience, the importance of knowing our own values and priorities, and being grateful for what is good in our lives and our world.

Patrick Regan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Kintsugi Hope, which came about following a series of personal trials and ill health which affected Patrick and his family. Prior to that Patrick founded and led XLP, an urban youth charity for over 20 years.

Patrick has travelled to over 40 countries working with and on behalf of the poorest communities and is a regular contributor on TV and Radio on the subject of justice and wellbeing. He has received the Mayor of London Peace Award and was also awarded an OBE from her Majesty the Queen for services to young people.

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We talk to Dr Kate Middleton about how to lead in a crisis like the global pandemic we continue to live through, the effect that can have on our mental wellbeing, and how one of the most important things is to look after ourselves through it so that we can support others.

Dr Kate Middleton is a psychologist with a particular interest in the way our emotions effect us. She’s passionate about helping people stay emotionally healthy in spite of what life throws at them, making sure they reach their full potential. She’s a church leader and author, and project leader of Headstrong, an online wellbeing space for young people, which was created in partnership between Mind and Soul Foundation and Youthscape.

Dr Kate Middleton spends a lot of time explaining that she’s not married to Prince William, but does enjoy reading about her good dress sense in the newspapers!

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