The Sound Leadership podcast is for the silent superheroes of L&D, HR and leadership. The show that helps you build awareness, create more options, make sound choices and inspires personal responsibility for you and your teams’ actions.  

Leading teams and managing development can be complex, especially in today’s fast-paced, hybrid workplace. The Sound Leadership podcast offers busy learning and development professionals, HR teams, and leaders practical, actionable insights with extraordinary guests. 

It’s not about becoming the next Steven Bartlett or Steve Jobs - we help people to become more confident and credible in their business and lives by talking to the experts and translating that into everyday life skills that we all need to thrive.  

Each episode explores key trends, strategies, and challenges shaping leadership, management, and workplace culture. Host Dan Boniface is joined by co-host and leadership expert Darren Draper with inspirational guests, including: 

• Scott Walker, one of the worlds most renowned kidnap-for-ransom crisis negotiator, Scotland Yard Detective, Senior Advisor to the United Nations, and Sunday Times best-selling author of Order out of Chaos and Eye of the Storm. 
• Ben Hawkins, SIM Racing Head of Performance for Formula 1’s Williams Racing and featuring in the Drive to Survive style documentary about Prodigy Racing.  
• Jonathan Passmore, world top 30 executive master coach, professor at Henley Business School, author of over 50 books, EZRA Senior Vice President and award winning chartered psychologist. 
• Lucy Grimwade, Coach, storyteller and author of Allyship Actually, having previously worked with River Island, Investec, Harrods, Selfridges, the John Lewis Partnership, Virgin Media and the BT Group. 
• Victoria Smith, former ITV, Euronews, Channel 5 and British Forces press and now specialist in media and communications training with Media First as Course Director.   
• Elisa Colton, communications specialist with Media First, formerly a journalist and radio host with BBC, Al Jazeera with a masters in both broadcasting and international security.  

Together, they'll share cutting-edge leadership insights, effective management practices, and real-world solutions to empower you and your team. 

🎧 Subscribe to Sound Leadership now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen— and stay ahead of the curve. 

We’d love to hear from you! Leave a comment and let us know what leadership challenges you're facing today, we will be able to answer your questions during the show. 

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👉 Connect with the team on LinkedIn: Dan Boniface and Darren Draper 

👉 For more leadership and coaching resources, visit The BCF Group.  

👉 Meet your AI coach companion: 37.space.  

👉 Discover more about our producers at Media First.  

👉 Contact us at: [email protected]  

And if you want to get to know the team more then head over to The Sound Leadership YouTube channel.