Inspiring Leadership with Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE

Dr. Todd Dewett is a best-selling leadership author, educator, and coach.  After beginning his career with Andersen Consulting and Ernst & Young, he completed his PhD in Organizational Behaviour at Texas A&M University and enjoyed a career as an award-winning professor. Today, he is a widely recognized expert on authenticity, leadership, relationships, and success.  He speaks, writes, coaches, and has created an educational library of courses enjoyed by millions of professionals in nearly every country in the world.  Todd’s advice for professional success is timeless.  He reminds us to embrace candour and develop authentic human connections as the backbone of all productive relationships, to use mistakes as beautiful catalysts for growth and learning, and to face all challenges with our eyes open, clinging to a positive perspective as an essential mental asset.  He pushes you to live fully, or as he likes to say it – live hard.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kevin Roberts is an international business leader, founder, consultant and educator.  His company Red Rose Consulting counsels business leaders and employees on creative thinking, marketing, and leadership.Kevin’s career was built in sales, marketing, and leadership roles at Mary Quant, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, Pepsi-Co, Lion Nathan, Saatchi & Saatchi (17 years as CEO worldwide) and Publicis Groupe.  Kevin has authored several books including 64 Shots: Leadership in a Crazy World (2016) and Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands (2004), published in 18 languages.Kevin is Honorary Professor of Creative Leadership at Lancaster University, Honorary Professor of Innovation and Creativity at the University of Auckland Business School (New Zealand), and Honorary Professor of Leadership and Innovation at the University of Victoria School of Business (Canada).  He is a Resident Expert for Oxford University’s Foundry Lev8 Accelerator Programme.  He is a former director of the New Zealand Rugby Union and former chairman of USA Rugby. He also served on the Board of New Zealand Football and as a Trustee for a Team New Zealand America’s Cup challenge.Currently he sits on the Boards of UK grocer Booths, The Herdy Company (UK homeware and accessories retailer) and My Food Bag (New Zealand home food delivery service).His Leadership tip – Start with the answer and work back.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon was CIO at Morgan Stanley. Now as CEO of Vantage Investment Advisory Ltd he is also Chairman of Clifton College Development Trust, an also a Senior advisor Rothschild and Co. He is Co-Founded the MoneyMaze Podcast. A degree from LSE and learning from the INSEAD Advanced Management ProgrammeSimon’s Leadership top Tip Be nice, be honest, be prepared to be tough.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After 20 years' operating in the hospitality sector and running mainly 4- and 5-star hotels Paul joined the growing Facilities Management business, which after all he says, is a simply a hotel without beds. Paul joined Compass Group and launched a new FM service for the Royal Bank of Scotland breaking new ground for the industry by introducing the first Service Assurance measure through Hospitality Assured now regarded as a benchmark for the FM industry. In 2006 Paul was a co-founder of a new FM business ‘Resource Group’, formed from a management buy-in and based in Northern Ireland, a business that grew to employ over 10’000 people before the GFC in 2008 but subsequently became a casualty of the crisis. Since those early days Paul has gone on to lead FM businesses both here in the UK working for Engie and Amey plc and internationally for Sodexo as the CEO of Mining Worldwide before joining City FM in March of 2020 to lead the UK and Europe business. A firm believer in the power of, ‘you can if you think you can’.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anna Baird, Director of Cocoon Advisory Google, LinkedIn, CEB, Macquarie and PwC Never have people said 'that leader is too human for my liking' or 'that business was too helpful to me' Anna has always been rooted in customer experience work, whether it be the burgeoning era of CRM technology systems or true-data-driven-future product development...every part of her career has included three key elements: 1) aspiring to elevate a customer's journey, 2) leading with compassion (even when it really is hard to dig deep for that patience), and 3) trying to innovate at scale. If you are a manager or leader in the customer success (or now redefined as customer obsessed) space, empathy is at the core of every decision you take. Whether it be empathy for your team members as they launch, learn and iterate of the processes and approaches they use to solution big problems or whether it simply is just checking in and sending someone a message of support in a time like a global pandemic. Small efforts matter a lot, small acts of kindness in the community help fuel our economy. So think about the last great customer service experience you had or the last time someone really helped you in your everyday life. As leaders, let's find more ways to support our teams and our customers starting with championing openness. Open meetings with the roundtables of what's working and what's hard. Strive for open, honest and constructive customer satisfaction discussions. Use data to see the opportunities and qualify the sentiment with VOC. Use the most difficult words shared as your ground floor to improve from. #InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Early on in her career, Anita was hired as one of PayPal’s first employees in the UK and tasked with building the business from the ground up. She played a key role in launching its merchant services business and establishing PayPal as a brand in its own right outside of its parent company, eBay. She then went on to hold various leadership roles within Barclays, where she was appointed as the first ex-officio member of the Barclays Payment Solutions Executive Committee. She also led the Women’s Initiative Network for its payment technology business.  In 2017, she was awarded 9th place in the Financial Times and EMPower’s Ethnic Minority Future Leaders list. She joined Spotify in 2019 as Director, Global Payments Strategy.Anita’s leadership journey hasn’t been plain sailing and she attributes much of her success to the timely intervention and mentoring she received from some incredible leaders along the way. As a result, she is passionate about supporting others on their career journeys. Top tip: Regret Nothing, Learn from Everything#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Raised in a violent ghetto environment in Kingston, Jamaica, Devon Harris is a graduate of the prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England. He served as an officer in the Jamaica Defence Force, retiring as a Captain.He is a founding member of the first Jamaican bobsled team which competed in the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary, Canada. Their exploits inspired the Disney movie Cool Runnings. Devon also competed in and was captain of the 1992 and the 1998 Olympic teams.He is a philanthropist, creating the Keep On Pushing Foundation which aims to support and enhance the education of kids in disadvantaged areas. At the heart of Devon’s message as a motivational speaker are the lessons he has learned of the power of persistence over all sorts of obstacles in order to live one's best life.He is the author of the motivational children’s book, Yes, I Can! and the semi-auto-biographical motivational book Keep On Pushing: Hot Lesson From Cool Runnings.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Angus has enjoyed a career in senior academic leadership across a number of leading British universities, including Loughborough and Lancaster where he served as business school Dean. The Dean’s role is endlessly fascinating and challenging. While business schools underpin the financial performance of contemporary universities they are frequently regarded as intellectual inferiors by many traditional academic disciplines. In parallel, while universities are lethargic bureaucracies dominated the academic community, the markets facing business schools are multifaceted and dynamic. As a business school Dean, you are endlessly managing such tensions.Creating an entrepreneurial ethos and building ambitious teams has lain at the very heart of Angus’s leadership across all the business schools where he has worked. Central to this has been articulating a compelling vision for the future of the School which connects the values of the academic community with the evolving market opportunities. He has led major reorganisation projects both as Dean at Loughborough University and as Chair of the Chartered Association of Business Schools which transformed the performance and standing of both organisations. Being a glutton for punishment he is currently attempting the same at Lancaster University with the Work Foundation.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Theme – I love business and people – and I believe you can create an environment and practises that means everyone can learn, grow and be successful for them personally as well as for the business. You don’t have to be an arsehole to be successful!Philippa has worked in tech all her career, and has been lucky to be able to follow her purpose by realising the benefits that tech brings to enhance society and build successful economies. Philippa was part of a small team that built one of the first successful Dotcom internet brands called Scoot – making print directories a thing of the past. She then moved to Microsoft and launched internet services like Hotmail, messenger and Office365, She finished her time at Microsoft as the CMO for UK and Ireland. He next project took her to Facebook to build their EMEA and latterly their global business marketing function, where she grew the team from 20 to over 600 and helped businesses realise the benefit of Facebook, Instagram, Whats App and Oculus. At heart Philippa is a disrupter, she loves helping others and believes that good people work hard for their luck. She loves leading and helping people around her become successful – and horses! #bethechange #onwards! Top Tip: Start by starting .. and don’t be an arsehole.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leigh shares the story of her life experiences and how that has shaped her to become the CEO of the Inspiring Leadership Trust charity. She has achieved this whilst also developing her skills as a Director of her own business supporting, challenging and inspiring as leadership coach, team coach, motivational speaker, author and podcaster.A very open authentic and heartfelt story whilst also sharing some tips and techniques which have helped the leaders that she has worked with and will be a benefit to you as well.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.