Inspiring Leadership with Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE

In his own words, Joe was doing an 'elongated graduate scheme for 13 years', before he started Acast in the UK. He moved from medium to medium in various sales jobs, including Global Radio, ITV, Pearl & Dean & Sky, holding out a belief this would all be for a reason one day. Then the opportunity arose, Acast was born, and this was a chance to channel all previous experiences into this new baby. From 3 people in one small room in Kings Cross, Acast a medium from scratch (no-one was advertising in podcasts yet), and Joe oversaw the journey from the first £5k booking to see Acast become the largest podcast company in the world. Culture was always the No. 1 priority above everything else, and Joe assembled a team 60 strong in the UK, with an aim of everyone citing Acast as the best job they ever had. Top Tip: Ensure people do what they are best at. And that we can all poke fun at ourselves. #InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oliver Johnston, coach, facilitator, teacher, a retrospective view after a career in coaching senior executives (with special interest in inspiring leadership).25 years coaching senior executives, Director of Leadership Consulting, Penna plc. First leadership role was founder of The Ramoan Centre, Save the Children Fund - the first direct alternative to custody for serious and persistent young offenders in Northern Ireland (1978-81).Top Tip - As a leader you can’t inspire anyone, but you can create the environment in which they can find their own inspiration.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

During his forty year military career, Nick has seen how the Army, and Defence, accommodate change both in peace and war. In the latter capacity, he commanded a brigade during operations in Afghanistan, and was the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategic Communication Officer during the Libya campaign. As a strategic leader he implemented a transformational re-design of Defence, focussing on delegation of responsibility and accountability from the MOD to the front line commands.He became Deputy Chief of the General Staff in the rank of Lieutenant General 2015. In this post he was the Chief Executive of an Army of 80,000 regular and 30,000 reserve soldiers and 10,000 civil servants. He was responsible for manpower planning, personnel strategies, strategic planning and programming, performance management and international relations. His focus was on creating and delivering a complex portfolio of change initiatives to make the Army more effective, but also to drive down costs.Top tip. Work out what good looks like. And never forget task, team and individual.  #InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David is Vice President of Client Development for the EMEA region with Management Research Group, a leading global developer of advanced psychological assessments. He is an executive coach and faculty member at IMD Business School in Switzerland, and speaks regularly to international audiences of many aspects of leadership.David is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and is a member of the European Association for Work and Organisational Psychology (EAWOP) and the British Psychological Society (BPS). He is also Past President of the Institute of Business Consulting & Analysis. He holds postgraduate and advanced research degrees in Cognitive Linguistics.This focus of David's coaching work focused on the uniqueness of the individual and what that means in terms of awareness, bias and intrinsic motivation. He builds upon the ability of any person to observe themselves more completely and objectively and then to observe others beyond their own assumptions and biases. This leads to a wider perspective and the ability to make more calibrated and relevant behavioural choices.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CEO Virgin Money, SVP Global Digital & Marketing EMI, Digital & Financial Services Director Asda, Group Marketing & Digital Director HMV, multiple Private Equity leadership / interim CEO roles covering Garden Centres, Care Homes and Restaurants.Mark has had a truly cross sector career leading transformations across financial services, media, retail, leisure, care, restaurants and now the charity sector.  He loves driving an organisation with the customer / those you serve right at the centre – leading to impact, growth and turnaround. He always starts and ends with the customer at the heart of everything he does.  It is easy when you are at the top, to start to assume you are the most important person in the organisation and to forget why you are there and who you are there to serve – your customers. Sectors often require strong technical expertise and Mark recognises that he can never be the lead expert, but he has become practised at asking the simple questions that people start to forget to ask and hopefully lead to new insights and innovation.  One more thing he believes is central to being a good leader and that is the people. This has been a common theme across different sectors. A well-developed, engaged and agile team is far more valuable than one leader!TOP TIP: Always remember you are a customer sample of one!#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Embedding social good and helping people to think and believe better things about themselves.James is a serial-founder with ventures ranging from publicly traded companies with hundreds of people through to micro-businesses. Many were started with only modest amounts of capital and several achieved millions in sales. He's a Trustee of The Silver Line a national charity helpline for older people and supports younger people starting their own ventures. His latest enterprise, Alertacall, has won national awards and has celebrity endorsement. Based on an invention inspired by his own grandmother it now helps tens of thousands of older people as well as many organisations who house and support them. James is an advocate for personal coaching and therapeutic support, believing that what people think and feel about themselves has a critical role to play in their personal success and that of the venture. He's also come to learn that it can take some people longer than others to adapt to a new vision, and the importance of taking time to get their understanding and buy-in.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Bashall brings a huge amount of leadership experience to this programme. He has spent much of his Army career on operations – 12 tours in all; and over 5 years overseas on operational service. Following 9/11 he took command of 2 PARA and led them on 3 successive operational tours to Afghanistan, Northern Ireland and Iraq in the space of 2.5 years. He then commanded a Mechanised Brigade in Basra during the most dangerous and violent period of the Iraq campaign. He also led a Joint Task Force into Libya in the early days of the Spring Uprising in order to extract UK citizens trapped by the civil war. He lives by the code of empowerment, trust and delegation. And his principal leadership tip is to know your people; and to understand what makes them tick as human beings, recognising that we are all different. He believes deeply in leading by example and being seen by those you command. He worries too many senior leaders over use social media; and have lost the touch of visiting in person to communicate directly.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE shares some of his leadership tips and advice from the different leaders, quotes and best books he has read in the middle of this coronavirus crisis and the economic impact on the businesses that he works with. A variety of practical down-to-earth tips and techniques that you can apply now to help yourself.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a Music graduate from Durham University, a former Territorial Army Royal Artillery Officer, a chartered accountant, a certified organisation development practitioner and former PwC Partner, one word that is often used to describe Tracey is ‘unique’!  Tracey’s career is made up of leadership roles in many guises, from being Head Girl at school to leading global financial crime remediation programmes focusing on ethical conduct, culture and behaviours, and empowering and inspiring women in the workplace.Through her own advisory business, Intelligent Ethics, Tracey works with leaders to unlock high performance and talent, accelerate sustainable growth, and drive innovation directly aligned to the execution of strategic business goals by acting as a trusted business advisor, a corporate executive educator and a passionate keynote speaker and panellist. A Financial Times Champion of Women in Business and winner of the Variety Catherine Award for Consulting, Tracey brings a unique blend of business process, commercial understanding, consulting and organizational change management skills to whatever she does. Tracey’s top leadership tip?  Never give up – there is no such word as can’t.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Cresswell is CEO, Bibby Line Group and speaks to a core theme of focus and determination.  John has enjoyed a successful career in high-profile roles including Chief Operating Officer, ITV plc, Interim CEO, ITV plc and, CEO Arqiva Limited.  As well as serving on the boards of Liverpool FC and Capita plc as a Non Exec Director.John joined the media sector as a newly qualified chartered accountant. He has provided strategic and authentic leadership for six world-class media organisations spanning broadcasting, content and technology. More recently he has led teams in retail and financial services. John places enormous emphasis on organizational culture and values.  He believes a primary task of leadership is to direct attention.  His favored triad of focus is customers, colleagues and cash. John believes organizations succeed best when teams are collaborative and able to confront the realities about their position and then set inspiring goals.   He likes to challenge his own thinking and encourages his team and employees to do the same. It helps to look at situations more holistically and to examine situations from all perspectives, which in turn yields ideas for more creative outcomes.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.