Inspiring Leadership with Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE

From financial services to schools to charities, for nearly 15 years, William has been leading organisations from a vast range of sectors. Moulding to fit the sector you lead is a core principle of William’s leadership, recognising that what works in business, does not necessarily work for leading public sector organisations. Whichever leadership hat he is wearing, William believes kindness and understanding is paramount for getting the best out of any team. In November 2019, William took up his most recent leadership position as Lord Mayor of London. He will be continuing in this role until November 2021 to ensure stability during the Covid-19 crisis. He will be the first Lord Mayor to serve a two-year term in 158 years. Top Tip: You can never over communicate with your team – don’t assume they know what you’re thinking!#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After graduating from the University of Reading, Richard became a commercial developer with John Laing Property in 1999 and then Kier Property. In 2005 he moved to a private family office where he led the business through the aftermath of the 2008 GFC, generating a 50% increase in portfolio value and reduction in gearing by 30% over 8 years. He is now managing director of Martin’s Properties, a privately owned property company with a prestigious multi-sector portfolio and core assets in Chelsea. He is embarking on an ambitious strategy to substantially grow the business over the next 5 years. Richard is a team orientated leader who tries to lead through inspiration and example. He is highly driven and competitive, as evidenced by recent ultra-marathon challenges! He believes leaders have a responsibility to get the best out of people and that teams need clear goals and focus. He regularly shares with his team the vision and mission statement, allied with business KPI’s. He believes each member of the team should be able to see their individual and collective input towards business objectives.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Multiple VP leadership roles in marketing and sales at Verizon across wireline and wireless – including Brand & Creative Strategy for New Product Innovation, Distribution & Sales Acquisition Strategy, Northeast Area Marketing & Sales, New Product Development and Marketing Operations.  With 19 years at the leading telecom brand in the world, Angie has had the opportunity to be part of leading multiple transformations in technology, growth and company culture. Never one to be good at sitting still, the constant change and competitive landscape has kept her enthusiasm and passion, with a focus centred on customers and the dynamic organization she leads. She believes in fuelling her team’s instincts and blue-sky thinking, yet is an ardent user of insights and data to ground their decisions. As for her leadership journey, it is said that you’ve reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments or publicity. So, she’s still a work in progress…Top tip: Think bigger – and play beyond your position.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Appointed CEO of BNP Paribas Ireland and Head of Country in April 2015. BNP Paribas currently employs in excess of 600 people in Ireland across multiple Businesses and Regulated Entities. Derek has Executive responsibility for CIB in Ireland, in addition to having oversight of the Group as a whole, particularly in the areas of Regulation, Compliance and Control, Group Representation and Development, Clients and Organisation. He Chairs the Boards of Greenval Insurance, Darnell Re and BNP Paribas Vartry Re. He also serves as a non-executive Director of BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland, BNP Paribas Fund Administration Services Ireland and the France Ireland Chamber of Commerce. Derek is also currently Chairman of the Federation of International Banks in Ireland and a Board member of the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland. Prior to taking over as CEO Derek held several senior roles in BNP Paribas Global Markets business in Trading and Sales. Derek graduated from UCD with an Honours Degree in Economics in 1987 and worked as a fixed Income Specialist in a number of Institutions before joining BNP Paribas in 2002.Top Tips: Communication, Respect, Honesty, Integrity. Realistic goals.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Garry, by his own admission, drifted into leadership and yet forty years later was awarded an OBE in 2012 for innovation and leadership.  He has led teams of three to twelve-hundred, recently mentored leadership to a generation of Army officers and is currently designing a future strategy for Army education.  He seeks new activities shortly having had fun with a purpose.Garry has studied leaders for many years learning to retain the ‘nature’ of leadership but adapt the approach to the context; a lesson for today and COVID.  Garry also offers we over-concentrate on the leader and not enough on the eco-system of leadership. This is manifesting itself in tensions around control in the current crisis, which he has experienced personally.  Moreover, he feels there are linkages between what needs to occur during C-19 and the emerging impact of Artificial Intelligence on leaders and leadership. He has long held a view we should turn the organisational diagram upside down and always think of the impact of our decision on the individual lest we end up with dislocation of expectation.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Leek, 33 from Orpington, Kent, tackled the infamous Enduroman Arch 2 Arc challenge, an unparalleled triathlon consisting of an 87-mile run from London’s Marble Arch to Dover followed by a 21-mile swim across the English Channel, and a 181-mile bike ride from Calais to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.Only 34 individuals had ever completed the entire challenge solo, while only four individuals have completed it on their own without wearing a wetsuit for the Channel swim – an exclusive group Chris not only joined but did so in a World record time for a non-wetsuit solo effort in 69hrs 29 mins.An amateur athlete with no professional training, Chris took on this challenge for his father Dennis, who has both Parkinson’s and Lewy Body Dementia and is cared for full-time by Chris’ mother Linda. Aiming to raise awareness and £1 million in sponsorship for three charities; Parkinson’s UK, Lewy Body Society and Orpington’s Saxon Day Centre.The Enduroman A2A usually takes three years to train for, however Chris attempted the mammoth challenge with only eight months of training. With this being said, between cold water swims in Dover Harbor and 50-mile weekend runs around Kent, Chris’ training is still no small feat.Despite the intense training regime, Chris still managed to lead a balanced lifestyle: helping to care for his father while splitting his remaining time between his wife Charlotte & dog Parker and his job at Budweiser Brewing Group, and still managing to find time to share a beer or two with his close circle of friends.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Jim is currently the CEO of Haig Housing Trust after retiring from an Army career spanning 35 years from the age of 16. He lives Mark Twain’s maxim ‘Find something you love to do, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life’. This journey took him through life as a soldier, grasping every opportunity presented and seeking to use and develop his talents in pursuit of service and commitment to his country and community. He led units and formations up to Brigade level and was involved in many of the Army’s operational deployments since 1980 including chairing General Patraeus’ Brains Trust in Iraq 2007.His leadership theme is to trust your own judgement in any situation you face as long as you have learned and lost along your journey you will not be far wrong. His top tip is the need for shared situational awareness; making sure all the team work to a common purpose understanding their role in achieving a goal and to understand the criticality of their part while also understanding the bigger picture.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A passionate retail and supply chain professional with over 20 years' experience leading large-scale transformational change programmes with both Private Equity and PLC businesses. Jon's experience extends to leading operations of 15000 employees with operating budgets of up to £750 million. His current role requires him to build and execute the logistics strategy for the Asda business. The core purpose of the logistics strategy is “to serve our customers better than anyone else, but always at the lowest possible operating costs!” Jon has a passion for inspiring and motivating teams and building a culture of innovation and empowerment that enables the sustained delivery of both personal and strategic business objectives. Jon has a passion for developing the leaders of the future and plays a very active role in business mentorship and the diversity and inclusion programme within the business. Jon's mantra....”To serve my our customers better than anyone else!” #InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Martin Dougherty, Chief Operating Officer Wellcome Sanger Institute Genome Campus. Core theme of operation leadership in the scientific or research setting.Martin’s career spans four sectors: academic, commercial, charity and public. He had a successful academic research career in tropical medicine. He then formed a company with colleagues working in pharmaceutical medical communications. After capitalising on this experience, he went to go on to lead a healthcare research group, at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, developing clinical and cost effectiveness guidelines for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. He went on to become Executive Director at the Royal Statistical Society, a learned and professional body supporting statisticians, developing statistical science and promoting the appropriate use and understanding of statistics. Latterly, Martin held the role of COO at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology during the completion of the new Institute laboratories on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, successfully lead, and completed the transition programme in to the new facility. Top Tip: Never forget People are at the heart of any operational process #InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Major General Sharon Nesmith was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1992. She spent much of her early years at Regimental Duty in Germany, serving in the Electronic Warfare Regiment and 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment, during which time she completed 3 tours in the Balkans. Major General Nesmith commanded 1st Mechanized Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (215), over the period of the Brigade conversion to Bowman and deployment on Op TELIC 10. She later commanded 22nd Signal Regiment as the Regiment re-roled to provide command support to Headquarters ARRC, and led on the introduction of FALCON into Service. She also commanded MOD Stafford.  Following the Advanced Command and Staff Course (2001/03), Major General Nesmith’s black bag appointment was within the Directorate of Capability, Resources and Scrutiny in the Ministry of Defence, where she provided affordability advice to senior officers and Ministers at key investment decisions for equipment programmes. She subsequently served as SO1 Capability in Army Resources and Plans. On promotion to Colonel she served as the Assistant Director Capability Plans, leading on the delegation of capability development to the Army Headquarters in support of Director General Capability, and attended the Higher Command and Staff Course (2014).   Major General Nesmith commanded the 1st (United Kingdom) Signal Brigade from August 2014 to July 2016, supporting Headquarters ARRC and the UK JTFHQs. She was then Head of Manning (Army), before being appointed Director Personnel in March 2019. #InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.