The OverTime Leader Podcast

The OverTime Leader Podcast

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The OverTime Leader Podcast episodes

  • Strategy as the Compass: Navigating Change with Laurence Honerick

    In this episode of The Overtime Leader Podcast, Gillian Davis sits down with Laurence Honerick, a design strategist turned management consultant, to explore the powerful intersection of strategy, change management, and leadership. Drawing from his eclectic career—from startup co-founder to BBC Brand designer—Laurence shares hard-earned wisdom on how to navigate change, align teams, and ensure strategy serves as the unifying force in organizations. With practical frameworks, anecdotes about sailing, and insights on making design the visual language of strategy, this conversation is a masterclass in driving meaningful transformation.


    Tune in to this episode as we explore:

    • How to align your team around a cohesive strategy to avoid chaos and build credibility.
    • Why resistance to change often stems from feelings of loss—and how to address it effectively.
    • The overlooked role of design in making strategy tangible and actionable.


    About OverTime Leader

    At OverTime Leader, we enable leaders across the business with confidence, clarity, and collaboration to drive change. We believe change happens over time, not overnight, which is why our programs are designed to build capabilities and foster behavior change for lasting impact.

    From leadership development programs to strategy alignment and 1:1 executive coaching, we partner with our clients to align teams and drive transformation. With a 21st-century mindset for 21st-century problems, we transform organizations for the better.


    Looking for an easy way to access us? Check out our online program to start developing your leadership skills today!


    Ready to lead change and unlock your team’s potential?

    Learn more at OverTime Leader.


    45 min
  • End-of-Year Leadership Insights: Reflections and Strategies for 2025

    In this special wrap-up episode, host Gillian Davis dives into the lessons learned from 2024, including how executive teams can transition from crisis mode to visionary leadership, the importance of organisational refactoring, and the necessity of bold, unapologetic decision-making. She also shares her top tips for leaders to start 2025 with clarity, focus, and a clear plan of action.


    Tune in to this episode as we explore:

    • Transitioning from crisis to visionary leadership
    • Motivating and re-energising senior management teams
    • Enhancing cross-functional alignment
    • Feedback as a catalyst for high-performance
    • Storytelling and communication skills for leaders


    Sign up for the ScaleUp Leadership course here. This program is designed to take you from being unsure about your leadership approach to becoming a confident, decisive leader who is able to inspire and guide your team through any challenge.


    This podcast is powered by OverTime Leader, an agency that helps leaders build great teams, products and companies. For more information, visit www.overtimeleader.com.


    22 min
  • Scaling Leadership in High-Growth Startups with Oana Andreea Jinga, Co-Founder and CC&PO at Dexory

    Oana Andreea Jinga is CC&PO and co-founder of Dexory, a highly innovative robotics and AI company in central London. With a background in leading strategic partnerships at Google and developing innovative products at Telefonica, her career touched on various areas of the tech world, having found a sweet spot in designing, developing and bringing robots to the logistics industry to drive significant business value across all warehouse processes.


    She is very passionate about educating the world on the benefits and ethics of robotics as well as the importance of building unbiased AI. Oana joins Gillian to unpack Dexory's rapid expansion, the art of delivering visionary pitches, and how to balance founder and manager roles in a growing organisation.


    Tune in to this episode as we explore:

    • Navigating rapid company growth
    • Balancing founder-led and manager-led models
    • US vs. Europe hiring practices 
    • Importance of founder-driven vision messaging
    • Onboarding and integrating senior hires


    Links mentioned in this episode:

    Connect with Oana Andreea Jinga on LinkedIn


    Sign up for the ScaleUp Leadership course here. This program is designed to take you from being unsure about your leadership approach to becoming a confident, decisive leader who is able to inspire and guide your team through any challenge.


    This podcast is powered by OverTime Leader, an agency that helps leaders build great teams, products and companies. For more information, visit www.overtimeleader.com.


    38 min
  • Overcoming Comfort Zones and Embracing Change in Matrix Structures with Katie Lee, COO at Wavemaker

    Katie Lee is the COO at Wavemaker, a global media agency. Beginning her career in the advertising world, Katie dedicated over two decades to various roles, transitioning from large network agencies to small content-focused startups and social agencies. In this kickoff episode, Katie shares her journey from an advertising executive and start up operator to a dynamic role in operational leadership, diving deep into the nuances and challenges of the COO position. 


    Tune in to this episode as we explore:

    • The power of collaborative leadership
    • Pros and cons of matrix working
    • Embracing hard conversations early
    • Accountability in specialist roles
    • Building rapport and psychological safety


    Links mentioned in this episode:
    Connect with Katie Lee on LinkedIn


    Sign up for the ScaleUp Leadership course here. This program is designed to take you from being unsure about your leadership approach to becoming a confident, decisive leader who is able to inspire and guide your team through any challenge.


    This podcast is powered by OverTime Leader, an agency that helps leaders build great teams, products and companies. For more information, visit www.overtimeleader.com.

    33 min
  • Garrick Jones and Paul Ashcroft | Being Curious

    Everybody has had to make the shift to being digital these last few months, and today’s guests are co-founders of Ludic, and are on a mission to activate digital organisations. A key skill they’ve seen in such transformations is the need to be curious as leaders. Garrick Jones and Paul Ashcroft are co-authors of their new book ‘The Curious Advantage’, and we unpick their key learnings in this episode. Tune in to learn more about their seven C’s of curiosity, removing blockers and how to measure the value of curiosity in business.


    Founded in 2004, Ludic Consulting is a global consulting and design business enabling organisations to more powerfully make decisions, implement and transform for an online distributed workforce. 


    Links mentioned in this show

    The Curious Advantage: https://www.amazon.com/Curious-Advantage-Paul-Ashcroft/dp/1648713513/

    The Cognitive Bias Codex: https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/the-cognitive-bias-codex-a-visual-of-180-cognitive-biases/ 

    Susan Collier: https://www.ram.ac.uk/staff/susan-collier

    Jacob Collier: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtmY49Zn4l0RMJnTWfV7Wsg

    ‘Play Bigger’ by Al Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, Kevin Maney

    Hosted by Gillian Davis, co-author 'First Time Leader; Foundational Tools to Inspire and Enable Your New Team' this podcast is to inspire managers to step up and lead their teams. We talk to those on the front line and get managers to share what has worked, what hasn't and what resources they have tried and tested.

    This podcast is powered by OverTime, a company that helps new leaders build great teams, products and companies. For more information, visit www.OverTimeLeader.com.

    36 min
  • Jerry Colonna | What Defines Us As Humans

    Getting out of ‘reactive mode’ has been a very prevalent theme of mentoring this year. So how can we as leaders best let go during a crisis? In today’s episode I’m excited to explore this with Jerry Colonna, a certified professional coach. Tune in as we discuss putting away useless belief systems, building empathetic connections and what Jerry looks forward to for future leaders.


    Jerry is the founder and CEO of Reboot.IO, an executive coaching and leadership development firm. As a professional coach, he draws on his wide variety of experiences to help clients design a more conscious life and make needed changes to their career to improve their performance and satisfaction. He established his coaching practice in 2007.


    Links mentioned in this show:
    Reboot.IO: https://www.reboot.io/ 

    Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up: https://www.amazon.com/Reboot-Leadership-Art-Growing-Up-ebook/dp/B0796SNDSK 

    Second Home: 

    ‘Play Bigger’ by Al Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, Kevin Maney

    ‘Comfortable with Uncertainty’ by Pema Chödrön: https://www.amazon.com/Comfortable-Uncertainty-Cultivating-Fearlessness-Compassion-ebook/dp/B00BBXJH68/ 

    Jerry Colonnas’ interview on the Tim Ferriss Show: https://tim.blog/2019/06/11/jerry-colonna/ 


    Hosted by Gillian Davis, co-author 'First Time Leader; Foundational Tools to Inspire and Enable Your New Team' this podcast is to inspire managers to step up and lead their teams. We talk to those on the front line and get managers to share what has worked, what hasn't and what resources they have tried and tested.

    This podcast is powered by OverTime, a company that helps new leaders build great teams, products and companies. For more information, visit www.OverTimeLeader.com.

    38 min
  • How to Bring Product Thinking Into Your Leadership
    Product is everything, and whether your ‘tech-savvy’ or not, we all need to adopt the product thinking mindset as leaders. As Head of Product at Founders Factory, Seb Sabouné joins the show to share his latest insight into how we can best adopt this mindset. In this current climate with the coronavirus, it’s important more than ever to grow as leaders through empathy and resilience. Hear what Seb teaches through his product coaching framework to help with just that.
    Links mentioned in this show:
    Founders Factory: https://foundersfactory.com/
    ‘Play Bigger’ by Al Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, Kevin Maney
    Hosted by Gillian Davis, co-author 'First Time Leader; Foundational Tools to Inspire and Enable Your New Team' this podcast is to inspire managers to step up and lead their teams. We talk to those on the front line and get managers to share what has worked, what hasn't and what resources they have tried and tested.
    This podcast is powered by OverTime, an agency that helps new leaders build great teams, products and, companies. For more information, visit www.OverTimeLeader.com.
    39 min
  • Martin Enault | Reprioritize our mental wellbeing
    2020 has been a whirlwind for us all so far. With Covid-19, Black Lives Matter and the economy, it can feel overwhelming as senior executives and entrepreneurs with what we can do (and not do). But if we allow ourselves to be vulnerable and open, the opportunity for growth opens. Today we’re joined by Martin Enault, the co-founder and CEO of Intellitix. We discuss what role we play as leaders in the mental health dialogue, what we’ve learnt from our personal mental health journeys and what we should strive for in entrepreneurship going forward.
    A creative business leader with an explorer’s ingenuity and drive, Martin Enault embraces new ways of experiencing the world and doing business differently. As Co-founder and CEO of Intellitix, the first company in the world using RFID for access control and cashless for large events, he’s implemented the technology for festivals such as Coachella, Bonnaroo, Tomorrowland, Lollapalooza and the Quebec City Summer Festival. In 2013 he joined C2 Montreal as COO and CEO Asia-Pacific for C2 International. He’s collaborated with some of the world's leading minds such as Richard Branson, James Cameron, Chelsea Clinton, Snoop Dogg, Yuval Harari and Steve Wozniak, on events he produced in various continents. He was until recently COO of Felix & Paul Studios, an EMMY® Award-winning immersive entertainment studio, where he collaborated on projects such as the first captation in VR within the International Space Station.
    Martin has been involved in bringing changes in mental health for the past 11 years. As Chairman of the non-profit Revivre, he has been sharing how his struggles with anxiety and depression have shaped his life and career. He also currently sits on the board of QuebecInnove.
    Links mentioned in this show
    Elevation Barn: https://elevationbarn.com/
    Revivre: http://www.revivre.org/
    Revivre’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/revivre.org
    ‘Play Bigger’ by Al Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, Kevin Maney
    Hosted by Gillian Davis, co-author 'First Time Leader; Foundational Tools to Inspire and Enable Your New Team' this podcast is to inspire managers to step up and lead their teams. We talk to those on the front line and get managers to share what has worked, what hasn't and what resources they have tried and tested.
    This podcast is powered by OverTime an agency that helps new leaders build great teams, products and, companies. For more information, visit www.OverTimeLeader.com.
    46 min
  • Dr Sheri Jacobson | “Therapy vs Coaching”
    Coaching has seen a huge rise in the last few years. But with this rise, comes a need to better understand what the fundamental role of coaching is. In this week’s episode, Dr Sheri Jacobson helps uncover the difference between therapy and coaching, how to find the right coach for you, and coaching in a workplace setting.
    Sheri started her therapy training in 1997, so with an extensive background, including working for the NHS and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, she’s the Founder of a UK-wide marketplace, Harley Therapy, where it’s their mission to connect the public with experienced and committed practitioners working to alleviate emotional difficulties and promote psychological health.
    Links mentioned in this show:
    Coachfederation.org
    www.HarleyTherapy.co.uk
    www.Mind.org.uk
    www.Mencap.org.uk
    ‘Play Bigger’ by Al Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, Kevin Maney
    Hosted by Gillian Davis, co-author 'First Time Leader; Foundational Tools to Inspire and Enable Your New Team' this podcast is to inspire managers to step up and lead their teams.
    For more information, visit www.OverTimeLeader.com.
    32 min
  • 2019 Year in Review with Gillian and Heather From OverTime
    One of the biggest takeaways we’ve learned from this year is the impact of self-reflection, and protecting regular time and space for this. As leaders it’s very easy to become reactive and think short-term. So in this episode, Gillian and OverTime’s Programme Director and Associate Heather Taylor Portman playback the insights they have gained from running management and leadership programmes in 2019, what they have learned from the process, and what they think managers should focus on going into 2020.
    Hear about practical leadership tools, how OverTime has dealt with lows and leveraged the highs, and what has been learned through facilitating leaders at their ‘Scale Up’ management programme.
    Resources mentioned in this episode:
    ‘First Time Leader’ by Gillian Davis
    ‘Scale Up’ management programme
    OverTime’s one day masterclasses
    Hosted by Gillian Davis, co-author 'First Time Leader; Foundational Tools to Inspire and Enable Your New Team' this podcast is to inspire managers to step up and lead their teams. We talk to those on the front line and get managers to share what has worked, what hasn't and what resources they have tried and tested.
    This podcast is powered by OverTime an agency that enables modern managers for the future of work. For more information, visit www.OverTimeLeader.com.
    54 min

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