The Leadership Enigma

Kishore Jayaraman is the President of Rolls-Royce for India and South Asia. He describes Outcomes Focused Leadership as our internal satellite navigation system where we understand where we are coming from and where we are going as a leader. Kishore's leadership has been tested during the recent pandemic and his Outcomes Focused Leadership has allowed him to create and communicate a clear vision with meaning and to build relevant milestones and metrics to measure progress all wrapped in a sense of urgency and psychological safety. Kishore will also share his three point plan during this episode which you can put into practice today! 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.

The Anniversary Episode (Part 6) features Futurist Graeme Codrington and Global Educator and Customer Centricity Expert, Pepe González as they join my studio guests Keith Douglas and Dr Katie Best. In this final guest segment we chat about how leaders need to anticipate, develop scenarios and prepare for an ever changing environment. How adaptive leadership is essential in order to mitigate constant change and how we must become  'customer obsessed' as a strategic imperative. With more data than ever before now available to us it can feel like 'drinking from the fire hose' so we must be able to move from noise to signal and balance with our human centred leadership capabilities with the need for a digital future. 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.

Major General Tom Copinger-Symes is the Director for Military Digitalisation for the UK Strategic Command and a 2 Star General in the British Army. In this insight packed episode, Tom talks about the challenge of balancing the deluge of technical and psychological information in a critical environment so as to create, process and distribute valuable data and insight to those who most need it. We discuss how flattening an organisation (even the army) can help with empowering those closest to the problem and how the concepts of 'hovercraft leadership', 'mission command', 'neuro diversity' and 'rose pettling' have all assisted Tom navigate a variety of senior leadership roles over three decades in the military. 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.

I am joined by Dr Tremaine du Preez, author of 'Decide' and Decision Scientist and Kevin O'Leary former Head of Covert Policing for the Metropolitan Police and Hostage Negotiator. We discuss 'Instinctive Decision Making' with my studio guests Keith Douglas and Dr Katie Best. It's the job of the police to be 'professionally curious' however what is the science behind the coppers hunch? Tremaine outlines Somatic Markers and how feelings in our body that are associated with emotions provide our 'gut instincts'. Should we rely on them? How do we navigate fast and slow thinking? As we move away from the global pandemic, leaders need to start to 'think big thoughts' and distribute the authority and empowerment for others to make decisions who are closest to the issue. If we want 'decision agility' it's not enough to just ask people to make better decisions, we need to equip them with the tools for success. 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.

This episode is part of The Leadership Enigma CEO Series with SatinderPal (SP) Singh, CEO of Adani Total Private Limited in India. SP chats about the power of humility and empathy as he fondly remembers washing dishes in Australia in order to make ends meet and how, as CEO he still uses that human centred approach to be able to work across regions and cultures and build homogenous and unified teams whilst leveraging their diversity of thought. SP is a great example of authenticity in context and how he continuously navigates change personally and professionally by embracing his vulnerability and using it as a powerful mechanism to drive open, transparent and honest debate amongst his team and key stakeholders to drive sustainable change. 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.

Joe Fredericks is the Chief Strategy Officer for PCA. He joins me with my studio guests  Keith Douglas, EVP Mastercard and Dr Katie Best, author and educator. Joe talk us through 'The Leadership Equation' as a way of ensuring we are a Force for Good, something that Mastercard incorporates as part of their cultural DNA. The Leadership Equation: (TQ + EQ + DQ) x MQTQ (Technical Quotient) - is a leader's contextual expertise and incorporates knowledge, experience, wisdom as well as IQ. It represents our WHAT capabilitiesEQ (Emotional Quotient) relates to how we know ourselves and others. Our HOW capabilities DQ (Decency Quotient) is a leader's north star, their purpose, values, morality. Our WHY capabilitiesMQ (Multiplier Quotient) A leader's ability to inspire, engage and empower others so that a leader could move away from the business and it would still continue to thrive. Our So What!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.

Joel Casse is the Global Head of Leadership Development for Nokia. In this fast paced and insight packed episode, we chat about the importance of leaders managing their own brand to engage and inspire people. We discuss the difficulties for experienced leaders to 'unlearn' decades worth of education, experience and wisdom in order to contemplate new ways of working in an ever changing environment. Joel also shares with me his view on VQ (Vitality Quotient) and how the dilemma of hierarchies is something that leaders need to consider in flat, global and matrixed organisations. 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.

Part 3 of the Anniversary Episode with Cheryl Stokes, Partner at Hedrick & Struggles and Greg Orme, author of 'The Human Edge' which won Business Book of the Year 2020. In this episode we chat about The Inclusive Human Centred Leader and how we must rely on the 4C's (Consciousness, Curiosity, Creativity & Collaboration) to differentiate ourselves from a world of machines. We discuss how leaders must discover their unique humanity in order to engage and inspire others to do the same. Inclusive leaders value individuality, create a sense of belonging and build deep purpose and engagement in their organisations. Keith also outlines the balance of IQ + EQ + DQ (Decency Quotient) which may be the Triple Threat for leaders in a post pandemic environment. 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.

Part 2 of The Anniversary Episode features the wonderful Alexandra Altinger CEO of JO Hambro Capital Management and Lale Topcuoglu MD at Swiss Re with my studio guests Dr Katie Best and Keith Douglas. We chat all things leadership including how we lead in a virtual environment and still ensure connection, empathy, care and wellbeing. How has Alexandra, in her second CEO appointment coped and pivoted during Covid? Lale talks about her recently published article on the need for leaders to share experiences without fear of retaliation. This fast paced and light hearted episode is packed full of insights including our need to become comfortably uncomfortable in an ever changing environment whilst also embracing our own uniqueness and ability to pause and reflect before taking action. Even if you are the CEO, you still learn on a daily basis! 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.

Jake Breeden is the Head of Global Learning Solutions at Takeda. We talk about the power of a 240 year old corporate philosophy that provides direction and comfort during times of constant change. "The map changes all the time but the compass stays the same." We discuss lifelong learning for individuals and organisations and Jake uncovers his approach to revolutionising our ability to learn from failure by "Celebrating the Pivot" This episode is jam packed full of great tips and transferable insights for any leader to start to act their way into a new way of thinking.  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.