Today’s guest is the author of ‘Clarity: Clear Mind, Better Performance, Bigger Results’. Jamie Smart is an internationally renowned writer, speaker, coach and consultant who shows individuals and organisations the unexpected keys to clarity; the ultimate leverage point for creating more time, better decisions and more meaningful results. 

In addition to working with a handful of coaching clients and leading selected corporate programmes, Jamie runs professional development workshops for business leaders, trainers, coaches and consultants.

Listen to this conversation to learn how to develop a sense of clarity, how to lean into your intuition, and how we can all cultivate our innate creative talents. 

Links mentioned:

JamieSmart.com

Jamie Smart LinkedIn

Clarity: Clear Mind, Better Performance, Bigger Results

The Little Book Of Clarity

The Little Book Of Results

Dan Pontefract is a leadership strategist, keynote speaker, best-selling author and he founded the Pontefract Group in 2014. The four books he authored, Lead.Care.Win., Open To Think, The Purpose Effect, and Flat Army are all critically acclaimed and best-sellers, which we explore on the show. 

I loved learning more about Dan’s leadership philosophy and the insights from his books and talks. In this episode we talk about servant leadership, how to be an off-the-grid leader, having empathy and his love for Black Licorice Medallions.

Links mentioned

‘Lead.Care.Win.’ by Dan Pontefract 

‘Open To Think’ by Dan Pontefract 

‘The Purpose Effect’ by Dan Pontefract

‘Flat Army’ by Dan Pontefract

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Dan’s Website

Today’s guest is a perfect example of a team builder. Caustan De Riggs is a business coach who believes in the value of partnerships. He is an experienced enterprise relationship leader with a focus on helping organizations build new capabilities at scale. Caustan is the founder of ‘Comedians On Zoom’, a digital leadership support network based on improv comedy. Born out of the pandemic, ‘Comedians On Zoom’ utilizes the humor of comedians to foster communication and morale among teams.

Listen to this insightful conversation to find out how Caustan has worked closely with Fortune 500 organizations in Financial Services, Life Sciences, and Consumer Packaged Goods. His expertise is in scaling impact, developing teams, and building customer-centered partnerships. 

Links mentioned:

Comedians On Zoom YouTube

Comedians On Zoom Instagram

Tracey Harrison is a business leader, a strategic change consultant and a passionate advocate of social inclusion and mobility. She has lived and worked in Manila, Paris and Texas, she describes herself as restless, a person who enjoys the novelty of the new, but thrives on bringing a degree of order to chaos. She enjoys working with businesses and individuals who share a similar purpose and whose passion for inclusion is heartfelt and action-driven.

In this episode, I chat with Tracey about her passion for inclusion, building resilience and confidence for the next generation, getting out of reactive mode, asking for help – and what we can learn from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Today’s guest is testament to the power of being a jack of all trades. Trond Undheim is a futurist, podcaster, investor, author, speaker, entrepreneur and former director of MIT Startup Exchange, based outside of Boston. He has helped launch over 50 startups. Trond hosts the podcasts Futurized, thought leadership on our emerging future, and Augmented, the industry 4.0 podcast.

Listen to this conversation to find out more about being a jack of all trades, immersive learning, what we can learn from history, the power of conversations – and what he has learned after one year of podcasting.   

Links mentioned:

Colin Hunter’s interview on Futurized

‘The Black Swan’ by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

‘The Undoing Project’ by Michael Lewis

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What the Net Can't Do by Trond Undheim 

‘Disruption Games’ by Trond Undheim

‘Future Tech’ by Trond Undheim

‘Pandemic Aftermath’ by Trond Undheim

For someone that is conflict-avoidant, today’s guest Liane Davey has devised some powerful systems we can all use to help facilitate productive conflict at work. Liane is a New York Times Bestselling author of three books, including The Good Fight: Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team. She is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review and has a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology. She is also the co-founder of 3COze Inc., where she advises on strategy and executive team effectiveness at companies such as Amazon, Walmart, and Google. 

In this fascinating conversation, we dive into the power of constructive language, turning a weakness into a strategic advantage, embracing productive tensions – and why she is often referred to as the Water Cooler Psychologist.

Links mentioned

‘The Leadership Gap’ by Lolly Daskal

‘You First’ by Liane Davey

‘The Good Fight’ by Liane Davey

‘Atomic Habits’ by James Clear

‘Be More Pirate’ by Sam Conniff Allende

On a Terrible Team? Maybe You’re Making It Worse by Liane Davey – HBR

LianeDavey.com

Liane’s LinkedIn

​​Today we’re joined by Andy Sleigh, the CEO of ClearScore, one of the fastest growing fintech businesses in the UK. He previously led Skyscanner’s Asian expansion, having started his career in strategy consulting at Accenture. A sports and travel addict, he has been lucky enough to live and work around the world, including in Beijing, Singapore, Edinburgh, and London. 

Tune in to this conversation as we explore his time working in asia, his huge learning curve and development when he joined Skyscanner, ‘waking up’ moments, lessons learnt from being a consultant, and why so many people seek recognition – when they should focus on being themselves.

In this trailer, I share the “why” behind The Leadership Tales Podcast and give you a taste of what you can expect to gain from the series. Enjoy!