The Leadership Enigma

In this week's episode, 'The Human Edge' I talk to Greg Orme, global educator and author of the book 'The Human Edge' which won the Business Book of the Year Award in 2020. We delve into the four superpowers of Curiosity, Creativity, Consciousness and Collaboration that can help us differentiate ourselves in an era of great technical change and automation.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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Superpowers and Purpose! Today I chat to Spencer Holt, great friend, colleague and Head of the Commercial Innovation Learning Centre for Astra Zeneca. In a world of constant change, our technical skills are outweighed by the need for our superpowers of imagination, curiosity, resilience and collaboration combined with a strong sense of purpose to guide us and others through the turmoil. Oh and perhaps a bike ride through Utah! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get Out Of The Way! How many entrepreneurs, founders and leaders know how to succession plan? What will be your legacy and why do so many founders hyperventilate when outside funders suddenly replace them with an external CEO? I chat to Beth Miller, author and Talent Management Advisor as regards how leaders must see and navigate the blockers of succession for themselves, their business and their people. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Purpose Based Leadership is all about leaders operating at low ego to empower those around them including the communities within which they operate and serve. I talk to Paul Evans, CEO of the wonderful Leadership Through Sport & Business (LTSB). Paul and his team help young adults imagine and secure futures that they ordinarily would never dream of having. LTSB leverages the universal language and power of sport combined with an intense sense of purpose and inclusivity.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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

How do you bridge the gap between knowing and doing? What does it take to allow you to lead self before you can lead others? Today I chat to Justin Cohen, global speaker, Host of CNBC Africa TV and authority on human potential. Together we explore the journey towards making habit stick; traversing the pain and pleasure ‘self-talk’ and managing our motivation to ensure we leverage our greatest leadership tool…..our own example. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

How does someone with terminal brain cancer get through a full ironman? I am joined by global keynote speaker, author and inspiration Richard Wright. Richard talks very candidly and personally about his life, his battle with terminal brain cancer and his ability to control the controllable in his race and fight for a full life as the ultimate ‘radical optimist’. Join me in this episode as you will laugh, cry and start to imagine what is possible when you can control your thoughts and simply put one foot in front of another. Sometimes it takes your 10 year-old daughter to make the difference!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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

How do you make decisions that have inclusivity as a central ingredient? How do you avoid bias, lack of process, disinformation and false assumptions? Join me as I talk to Tremaine Du Preez, founder and author of Decide and host of the YouTube TV channel ‘Decide’. I unfairly ask Tremaine to try and distil the key points from her recent 180-page PhD thesis in order to help us understand three key points. 1.    Understanding how we make decisions 2.    Creating decision protocols 3.    Avoiding action bias and becoming more problem focused. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode is a wonderful follow on from my chat with Radhika Gupta as I now talk to former Captain Raghu Raman who spent 12 years as an officer in the Indian Armed Forces, 16 years in corporate life with 4 CEO roles and 5 years as a beaurocrat with the Indian Government. Raghu works with global leaders on many subjects and today we talk about courageous storytelling. We can’t predict the future, but we can certainly leverage our past. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I talk to Radhika Gupta, CEO of Edelweiss Asset Management in India. Daughter of a diplomat who has lived in 6 countries over 4 continents, yet her life changed the moment she told the story during a workshop of how she has always been ‘the girl with the broken neck.’ From that moment Radhika understood the power of storytelling to connect people at a deeper level. Covid-19 is Radhika’s first crisis as a CEO, yet she thrives on chaos and change and credits her mother for her own ability to be ‘super resourced.’ However it is her human centred story of vulnerability that continues to connect her to thousands of people not her title.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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Can one person see the bigger picture and be a catalyst for change? I chat to Nazir Afzal OBE, former Chief Crown Prosecutor of the Crown Prosecution Service and former CEO of Police & Crime Commissioners. Nazir has led the prosecution of some of the most high-profile cases in the UK including a number of honour killing and forced marriage cases, the murder of two police officers and the conviction of a large child sexual exploitation ring. During his decades working in the criminal justice system, Nazir has personally led and driven change whilst surrounded by dissenting voices, finding himself on an official Al Qaeda death list, targeted by the far right and at times living under police protection, with his kids travelling to school in taxis and being taught how to use the panic alarm. However, one man’s pursuit of justice and doing the right thing stood steadfast.  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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.