The Leadership Enigma

Richard Laing is an actor and voiceover specialist who has starred in Batman, Game of Thrones, V for Vendetta and also played Sam Carmichael in Mamma Mia on the West End Stage for 18 months, 8 shows a week to standing ovations. He is also the voice of The Leadership Enigma! In this entertaining, funny and insightful episode Richard talks about seminal moments in his career that have allowed him to understand and control his gravitas, authenticity, presence and connection with an audience. Leadership is all about communication and Richard speaks passionately about the importance of giving yourself 'Permission to Play' and how we must understand and practice looking after our voice in order to ensure our communication is clear, effective and memorable. Don't miss this episode. www.yourvoiceinbusiness.co.ukWatch & Subscribe: 👀 https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma/videosListen & Subscribe: 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/5NSnRyHzPmyY5OWhGzKU5Pwww.leadersenigma.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connson Locke is a Professorial Lecturer at the world renowned London School of Economics, leadership expert and author of "Making Your Voice Heard." In this fast paced, informative and personal episode Connson shares what led her to dedicate her academic life to the pursuit of finding her voice and helping others do the same. Connson brilliantly outlines key tips for leaders in ensuring introverts and extroverts have equal space to contribute, and how the analogy of a metal ball inside a rubber ball can help us understand our own authenticity as regards the face we show the world. We chat about the need for our Inner Self to be allowed to thrive in complex cultural contexts and how we can can create positive change if we consider being 'the light and not the judge'. Don't miss this engaging episode. www.connsonlocke.comWatch & Subscribe: 👀 https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma/videosListen & Subscribe: 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/5NSnRyHzPmyY5OWhGzKU5Pwww.leadersenigma.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lee Evans is a High Performance Coach and therapist. This is an inspiring, heart-warming and humble episode as Lee talks candidly about dealing with the tragic death of his mother at 15 years old, his career as a Commando in the British Army and his passion for serving and helping others win the game of life. What is High Performance? How do we as leaders, as humans, strive to win at life and not fall foul of the curse of the high achiever? Lee explains that High Performance Leadership is about the commitment, the skill set and the ability for you to lead yourself, well before you attempt to lead others and that the single most powerful ingredient for a High Performing Team is Trust.Lee has an infrastructure for all the critical elements of his life such as his energy, mindset, effectiveness, productivity, communication and more. Listen to his advice for mindset as he reminds us of the need to think, perform and then think again on a daily basis.Change will always be hard but the process of creating new triggers complemented by new routines and rewards can allow us to embrace and consolidate effective habit change. Don’t miss this episode.https:www.highperformancegrowth.comWatch & Subscribe: 👀 https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma/videosListen & Subscribe: 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/5NSnRyHzPmyY5OWhGzKU5Pwww.leadersenigma.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rachele Focardi was born in Italy, lives in Singapore and is a global educator and author of 'Reframing Generational Stereotypes'. With 5 generations comprising organisational workforces, how will leaders balance leveraging diversity of thought with understanding intergenerational conflict? Young people matter more than ever in a working environment that changes at the speed of thought. Covid provided all generations with a shared experience which acted as a 'bridge' in relation to technology, authenticity, flexible working, living through change, embracing vulnerability and more. In this energising episode, Rachele talks about companies that have generated shadow boards and youth committees to guide and advise strategic decision making and how forcing generations to communicate in a common way hides the real issue of how generations interpret each others behaviours and avoid feelings of lack of respect. Watch & Subscribe: 👀 https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma/videosListen & Subscribe: 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/5NSnRyHzPmyY5OWhGzKU5Pwww.leadersenigma.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Henry Hopkins is the co-founder of Accelerator Solutions focused on helping organisations understand and implement their Service Culture and Service Leadership. Each organisation must carefully decide what their service is and is not. Can you genuinely delight your customers all the time or do you need to be pragmatic and deliver consistently whilst occasionally delighting customers along the way?Henry explains that organisations need to ensure they have the correct listening systems in place in order to hear and action the customer 'moments of truth' which requires empathetic listening and a constant state of hyper vigilance. Henry will also outline the three critical ingredients for creating customer trust; clarity, consistency and confidence. Driving a real service culture will require every single person within your organisation to be aligned and committed. Don't miss this gem of an episode. Watch & Subscribe: 👀 https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma/videosListen & Subscribe: 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/5NSnRyHzPmyY5OWhGzKU5Pwww.leadersenigma.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonathan Reichental is the former Chief Information Officer for the city of Palo Alto in Silicon Valley. He's the founder of Human Future, author of 'Smart Cities' and a global educator. Jonathan chats about the need for leaders and their organisations to recognise the risk of becoming irrelevant in an environment where VELOCITY, SCOPE and IMPACT are critical ingredients in a world of constant change. The 4th Industrial Revolution is just beginning and the third has not finished, so this episode is an absolute must for all leaders of any sized organisations to start to consider how we 'sense make', how we turn 'noise into signal' and how the convergence of technologies is an opportunity wrapped in ethical conundrums. Don't miss this episode. Watch & Subscribe: 👀 https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma/videosListen & Subscribe: 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/5NSnRyHzPmyY5OWhGzKU5Pwww.leadersenigma.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy Lynn Durham is the author of "Create Magic at Work" and with the courage of her convictions she decided to leave corporate life and follow her passion to help leaders explore, understand and utilise their SQ (spiritual intelligence). Leaders must learn to behave and make decisions with wisdom and compassion regardless of the situation. Putting aside our egos and operating from a higher place creates untold benefits for ourselves and those we lead. The Great Resignation and burnout are issues impacting many sectors with people deciding to move roles and jobs to find leaders and organisations who are wise and effective change agents, where leaders make wise and compassionate decisions and where leaders understand that their world view is not the only world view. The world has and continues to change, we must too. Watch & Subscribe: 👀 https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma/videosListen & Subscribe: 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/5NSnRyHzPmyY5OWhGzKU5Pwww.leadersenigma.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Danelle Barrett is a retired Rear Admiral in the US Navy and author of "Rock the Boat: Embrace Change, Encourage Innovation and Be a Successful Leader."Danielle has served her country from tours in Iraq to the disaster relief effort in Haiti. She has used multiple high stakes situations to think about her leadership in an ever changing environment. Danelle discusses the need to make speedy decisions with only a fraction of the available information, how she has always focused on what she can fix as opposed to those elements beyond her control. We also talk about how she has had to take off the shackles of what she thought she knew and challenge all of her assumptions whilst embracing the diversity of thought around her and creating a culture where truth to power was always allowed and encouraged. Don't miss this episode. Watch & Subscribe: 👀 https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma/videosListen & Subscribe: 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/5NSnRyHzPmyY5OWhGzKU5Pwww.leadersenigma.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Bachand was a Catholic Priest for 8 years, 4 of those years spent as the Private Secretary to a Cardinal from The Vatican. However, Brian decided to relinquish his role in order to follow his own desire to be, to do, to love and to impact the world. This is a heart warming episode as Brian discusses how the Pandemic has offered the world the gift of pause and reflection as we all start to consider our intention, purpose, connection and value proposition. Brian lives his belief of "when you stand in your truth and embrace what's in your heart, you are free to do what you want to do."At the end of this episode Brian also shares and gets me to participate in a simple exercise that he uses with leaders to create focus, grounding and energy. Enjoy.  Watch & Subscribe: 👀 https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma/videosListen & Subscribe: 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/5NSnRyHzPmyY5OWhGzKU5Pwww.leadersenigma.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Holley a global educator and associate with the Corporate Research Forum having worked with over 100 organisations in 32 countries. The role of the Enterprise Leader is fundamentally different to leading a unit, function or region. Letting go of what has made you successful is frightening and counter intuitive. In fact, what made you brilliant is the hardest thing to let go of!However, there is no limit to what you can achieve if you don't have to take the credit for it. Join me as Nick outlines the 6 Mindsets of the Enterprise Leader:1. Tactical to Strategic 2. Bricklayer to Architect3. Problem Solver to Agenda Setter4. Player to Conductor5. Supporting Cast to Lead Player 6. Warrior to Diplomat Don't miss this high energy and lively episode. Watch & Subscribe: 👀 https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma/videosListen & Subscribe: 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/5NSnRyHzPmyY5OWhGzKU5Pwww.leadersenigma.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.