Leadership Letters

Wendy Read


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In this first episode of a new season our guest is the Founder and CEO of HRRevolution, Wendy Read. 


Wendy is a founder of 2 start-ups and a member of Tech London Advocates, an inward investment specialist and a mentor for several Business Growth Programmes.  For over 20 years she has worked with renowned companies in the UK, USA, Canada and across Europe, working for high profile businesses across multiple industries.  Wendy helps start-ups, fast-growth and established businesses to set up; nurture, manage and support their employee growth providing HR solutions that ensure the success and performance of employees and the business as it scales. If you would like to learn more about Wendy and connect with her, you can find her on LinkedIn.


During our conversation, we talked about:

  • Reading the room
  • Listening, presence, and assumptions
  • Wellbeing and self care
  • The impact of poor leadership
  • Listening to your organisational culture
  • RE-Imagine by Tom Peters


In the Leadership Letters Lowdown, we covered:

  • Getting to know yourself and your unconscious bias
  • Trust
  • The Authority Gap by Mary Ann Sieghart
  • The Rescue
  • Push Your Peak with Louise Minchin and Mark Beaumont


WENDY’S LETTER + QUOTES

Wendy wrote to the leaders who have influenced her in a different way to those we’ve heard about in previous episodes, by demonstrating the kind of leadership that she has striven not to emulate.


“Out of adversity has come the energy and drive to be the best version of themselves.”

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I was inspired by the negative impact of the wrong leadership to become the most pro-people leader that I could.”

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“I might need to be ten different people in ten different meetings, so it’s important to understand who I am in each meeting.”


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Leadership LettersBy Lizzie Bentley Bowers