The Leadership Enigma
By Adam Pacifico
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For 30 years I've uncovered the best and worst of human behaviour and endeavour.Now it's time to truly understand what we mean by leadership in a chaotic world. I've delivered live events to over 60,000 around the world as a leadership expert, author, opinion columnist and barrister. Each week I'll explore the power and potential of the human being with global experts, academics, rising stars, ambitious upstarts and disruptors across sectors, disciplines and geographies as we explore 'The Leadership Enigma.'Whether you are an entrepreneur, business owner or seasoned corporate executive, this show will uncover the tools, techniques, strategies and lessons learned to catapult your leadership capabilities in preparation for success in a constantly changing landscape. The Leadership Enigma is an award winning globally ranked show powered by LaunchPod Studios. www.leadersenigma.comYouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
| Episode | Date |
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239: From Hype to Action | Sam Burman
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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238: Switch Off to Switch On | Dr James Hewitt
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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237: From CEO to PIP - Anne Chow
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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236: The Anthropology of a Leader - Khairunnisa Mohamedali
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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235: Leading London: Karen Burns: Eyes in the sky | Episode 10
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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234: Leading London: Michelle Andrew: The Power of Vulnerability | Episode 9
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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233: Leading London: Katerina Cabolis: From Lab to Hackathon | Episode 8
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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232: Leading London: Tobias Crosbie: A Modern Dad | Episode 7
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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231: Leading London: Paul Gibbs: Don’t ask, don’t get | Episode 6
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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230: Leading London: Rob Leigh-Bramwell: British, Hand Made | Episode 5
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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229: Leading London: Jose Paris: Bouncing Back | Episode 4
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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228: Leading London: Ben Jaconelli: Supercar to E bike | Episode 3
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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227: Leading London: Sarah Skelton: Relentless | Episode 2
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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226: Leading London: Diptesh Patel: The Humble CEO | Episode 1
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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The Human Centred Medic - Iris Loew-Friedrich
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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224: Being mum to Myles Lewis-Skelly: Marcia Lewis
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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223: Being Basil Fawlty | Adam Jackson-Smith
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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222: Olivier Award for 'Giant' | Mark Rosenblatt
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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221: Tariffs, wars, inflation & money | Tom Stevenson
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May 18, 2025 |
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220: Why I bought a football club | Spencer Gore
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May 04, 2025 |
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219: The Accidental CEO | Josh White
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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218: The Dean of Dumbassery - Garry Ridge
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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217: Reflections of a CEO: Tiger Tyagarajan
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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216: Branding the Iconic - Charl Bassil
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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215: To Infinity & Beyond | Kelly Latimer
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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214: Ai -vs- Humanity | Greg Orme
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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213: Space, the Final Frontier | Dan Hart
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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212: The Master of Disaster | Dr Thom Mayer
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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211: Ding Dong Avon Calling: Angela Cretu
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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210: Winning the World Cup, Mandela & Me: Bob Skinstad
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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209: Where The Evidence Takes Us | Kevin O' Leary
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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208: The CEO Mindset | Tom Monahan
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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207: Rugby Super League | Stevie Ward
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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206: Combat Pilot (aka 'Rowdy') with Loree Draude
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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205: The King's Counsel | Sir Max Hill KC and Tom Sprange KC
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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204: Flying High: Edwin Brenninkmeyer
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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203: A Life of Crime: Sir Max Hill KC
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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202: A Culture of Simplicity: Lisa Bodell
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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201: A lIfe of 'Figital': Giuseppe Stigliano
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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200: A football icon | Viv Anderson MBE
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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199: It (was) a man's world | Sarah MacDonald
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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198: The Strengths Explorer | Mark Edwards
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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197: Collective Intelligence | Jennifer Sundberg
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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196: A life of leadership | Ralph de la Vega
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May 31, 2024 |
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195: Joyology | Donna Easton
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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194: The Stigma of Authenticity | Sane Ngidi
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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193: An African Tale | Paul Russo CEO of KCB
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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192: Working Families | Jane van Zyl
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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191: Behind Face Value | Rob Moore
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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188: The Messy Middle | Dominic George
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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190: CEO & Board Confidence 2024 | Alice Breeden
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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189: Killing Complexity | Adam Howe
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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187: Shifting our Focus | Dr Graham Curtis
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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186: Tune In | Nuala Walsh
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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185: The Unlock Moment | Gary Crotaz
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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184: Punks in Suits | Blaire Palmer
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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183: The Power of Rhetoric | Simon Lancaster
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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182: The Intrapreneur | Louis Gump
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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181: Love Leadership | Margot Faraci
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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180: How to Avoid a Foreign Fail | Allyson Stewart-Allen
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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178: The AI Microwave Meal | Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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179: A Leader of Leaders | Errol Gardner - Global Vice Chair EY Consulting
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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177: The Xmas Special | L Vaughan Spencer
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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176: The Live Show with CEO Tim Creswick
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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175: I'm Dying to Tell You | Dr Mark Goulston
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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174: Mini Skirts to Medicine | Jenifer Rosenberg OBE
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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172: Lead Through Anything | Dustin Seale, Ed Manfre
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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173: Payback | Iain Sinnott
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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171: Sparking Success | Adam Kingl
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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170: Actually Doing Business Better | Atif Sheikh and Darren Ashby
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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169: Legacy and Leadership | Rupert Jones CBE
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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168: Lessons from the Courtroom | Selva Ramasamy KC
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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167: The Multigenerational Glue | Rachele Focardi
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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166: Evolving Sustainability | Chris Caldwell
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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165: Financial Intelligence for Life | Stuart Cash
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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164: The Boardroom Reimagined | Diana Markaki
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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163: The Power of Words | Mohammed Qahtani
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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162: Executive Loneliness | Nick Jonsson
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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161: The Courage of Vulnerability | Tim Creswick
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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160: Leadership Reflections | Carol Day & Mitchell Feldman
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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159: Recent Highlights | Adam Pacifico
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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158: A moment to pause | Adam Pacifico
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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157: The Tech Wild West | Yulia Barnakova
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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156: Beating The Odds | Sapna Gopalakrishnan
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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155: Breaking the Mould | Lady Indiraa
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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154: The Diversity Machine | Jason Nash
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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153: In The Moment | Neil Mullarkey
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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152: Vulnerable (Pt 1) | Dr Verran Rose
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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151: The Inconvenient Truth | Chandran Nair
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May 26, 2023 |
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148: From Law to Luxury | Caroline Pill
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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150: Leading the Beautiful Game | Jack Sullivan
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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149: Coaching Superpowers | Nick Goldberg & Sinead Keenan
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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146: The Weight of Leadership | Stuart Pearce
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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147: Communicating without Anxiety | Richard Newman
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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145: XRAI Glass - Tech 4 Good | Mitchell Feldman
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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144: The Daily Reset | Dr Steven MacGregor
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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143: The Chemistry of Difference | Sue Conder
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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142: Skateistan: From Afghanistan to The Oscars | Oliver Percovich
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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141: Solving Messy Leadership Problems | Dr Katie Best
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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140: The Power of Kindness | Giovanni Masala
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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139: The Voices of Future Leaders
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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138: Think Fast, Talk Smart | Matt Abrahams
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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137: Outside-In | Adrian Simpson
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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136: Leading a Life of Reflection | Chris Grant OBE
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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135: Taken by the Taliban | Anthony Stephen Malone
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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134: David and Goliath | Kate Waterfall-Hill
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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133: Data: The New Non-Negotiable | Dr Jonathan Reichental
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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132: Enterprise China | Professors Stewart Black & Allen Morrison
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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131: From CIA to CEO | Rupal Patel
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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130: Leading Under Fire | Chris Finney
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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129: The Listening Leader | James Ryan
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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128: The Culture Advantage | Dan Strode
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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127: Leading Teams in Complexity | Nick Jankel
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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126: From Detention to Distinction | Onyi Anyado
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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125: Leading in Complexity | Nick Jankel (Part1)
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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124: Leading with Agility | Steve Krupp
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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123: The Sum of the Parts | Terence Taylor
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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122: Being a Force for Good | Lesego Holzapfel & Ezanne Gouws
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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120: Connected Leaders - Lessons from combat missions | John Spencer
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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119: A Life of Music & Resilience | Alice Dyson
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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118: Growth Mindset & Psychological Safety | Chris Samsa
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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121: An Audience with Carol Kauffman PhD
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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117: Sustainable Leadership | Clarke Murphy
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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116: Freedom at Work | Traci Fenton
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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115: Get Your GRIT Together | Laurie Sudbrink
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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114: Mindfulness and Peak Performance | Luke Doherty
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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113: Self Imposed Expiry Dates | Jay Bousada
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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112: Key Person of Influence | Dan Priestley
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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111: Loyalty not retention | Donald Thompson
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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110: Surveillance Capitalism & Liquid Gold | Fraser Edwards
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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109: No Selection No Rejection | Camilla Byk MBE
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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108: Earth League International: Saving the Planet | Andrea Crosta
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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107: Happiness is a Serious Business | Nic Marks
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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106: Embrace Our Uniqueness | Ian Clarke
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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105: The Tribe of WD40 | Garry Ridge
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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104: The Innovation Doctor | Dr Gautam Gulati
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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103: Work Smart, Play Smart | Hidde De Vries
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May 25, 2022 |
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101: The Introverted Activist | Lisa Hurley
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May 14, 2022 |
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102: A Life of Adventure | Rob Lilwall
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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099: Diary of a CEO in Crisis | Simon Leslie
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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100: Whole Person Leadership | Renée Elliott
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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098: People Centric Transformation | Prof Tony O'Driscoll
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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097: Leading With Gratitude, Mitigating Anxiety | Chester Elton
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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096: Survival of the Fastest | Jay Goldman
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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095: Staying Relevant in a Digital World | Howard Tiersky
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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093: Reflections of a CEO | Scott O'Neil
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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092: Human Centred High Performance | Dan Lewindon
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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091: Be The Change | Peter Sursi
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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090: A World Better Led | Dustin Seale
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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089: Mind The Gap | Elliot Evans (aka Elliot the coach)
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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088: Building the Social Mobility DNA | Tom Lyas
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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087: Lifting Others | Richard Newman
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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086: It's All About The People | Reg Rix
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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085: Be The Leader You Want To Be | Brad Berwick
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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084: Where's my Stuff? | James Lisica
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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083: Human Being, Doing & Becoming | Anil Santhapuri
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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082: What's Next for The Leadership Enigma
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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080: Leadership. So What? | John Amaechi OBE
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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081: The Leader Within | Andrew Wallbridge
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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079: Winning at Inclusivity | Marc Woods
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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078: Permission to Play | Richard Laing
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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077: Leading Without Authority | Connson Locke
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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076: High Performance Leadership | Lee Evans
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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075: Multi-Generational Leadership | Rachele Focardi
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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074: Service Leadership | Henry Hopkins
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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073: The 4th Industrial Revolution | Jonathan Reichental
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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072: Spiritual Intelligence of Leaders
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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071: Rock The Boat: Lead the Change | Danelle Barrett
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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070: The Spirit of Leadership | Brian Bachand
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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069: The 6 Mindsets of The Enterprise Leader | Nick Holley
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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068: The Talent Game Changer | Rishon Blumberg
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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067: The 5 Stages of Personal Transformation | Anat Peri
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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066: Breaking The Status Quo | Chris Daw QC
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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065: Your Story Your Brand | Gabrielle Dolan
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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064: Outcomes Focused Leadership | Kishore Jayaraman
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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063: Anniversary Episode (Part 6) | Graeme Codrington & Pepe González
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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062: Navigating The Grey Space | Major General Tom Copinger-Symes
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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061: Anniversary Episode (Part 5): Instinctive Decision Making
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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060: Live and Lead Through Disruption | SatinderPal (SP) Singh
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Jul 10, 2021 |
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059: Anniversary Episode (Part 4) Joe Fredericks
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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058: The Changing Face of Leadership | Joel Casse
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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057: Anniversary Episode (Part 3) Cheryl Stokes & Greg Orme
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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055: Anniversary Episode (Part 2) with Alexandra Altinger & Lale Topcuoglu
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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056: Celebrate The Pivot | Jake Breeden
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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054: Being Before Doing | Deborah Rowland
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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053: Anniversary Episode (Part1) with Dr Katie Best & Keith Douglas
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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052: Coach-ulting | Stephen Cornes
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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051: Breakthrough By Design | Mike Straw
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May 28, 2021 |
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050: Train For Behaviours | Martin Bromiley OBE
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May 18, 2021 |
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049: From Passion to Business | Bee Adamic
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May 12, 2021 |
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048: The Architect of Your Own Career | Lale Topcuoglu
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May 08, 2021 |
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047: Context is Everything | Roderic Yapp
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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046: The Power of Curiosity | Stefaan van Hooydonk
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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045: Mind, Body & Leadership | Shane O'Mara
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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044: Ethical Decision Making | Dr Tremaine Du Preez
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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043: Be A Corporate Diplomat - Allyson Stewart Allen
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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042: Plan Your Exit Now | Michelle Seiler Tucker
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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041: The Flame of Entrepreneurship | Lloyd Salmons
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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040: The Consciousness of Dignity | Tracey Groves
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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039: Presence Has Value | Chris Clark
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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037: Laugh 2 Lead | Neil Mullarkey & Adam Kingl
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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036: The Transformational Leader | Nick Jankel
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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038: It's all about the people | Svitlana Bielushkina
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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035: The Resilient Leader | Alexandra Altinger
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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034: Bullyproof | Marilise de Villiers
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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033: The Inclusive Leader | Cheryl Stokes
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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032: Ordinary people, extraordinary performance | Marc Kahn
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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031: Living Brave Leadership | Guy Bloom
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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030: It's all about the people (Design Thinking) | Justin Ferrell
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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029: 2 friends, 2 podcasts and over 50 amazing guests. (2020 Review) - Spencer Holt
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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028: The Adaptive DNA | Graeme Codrington
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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027: The Power & Science of Breathonics | Tom MIddleton
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Nov 28, 2020 |
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026: The Leader's Secret Code | Ian Mills & Mark Ridley
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Nov 21, 2020 |
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025: Creative Entrepreneurship | Paul Pacifico
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Nov 14, 2020 |
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024: The 7 Myths of Racial Equity | Dr Randal Pinkett & Steve Mahaley
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Nov 07, 2020 |
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023: Persuasion in the Fake News Generation | Professor James Welsh
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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022: Distributed ~Digital Leadership | Lee Bryant
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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021: Difficult Conversations | Julie Okada
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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020: The Human Edge | Greg Orme
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Oct 03, 2020 |
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019: Superpowers and Purpose | Spencer Holt
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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018: Get Out Of The Way | Beth Miller
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Sep 19, 2020 |
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017: Purpose Based Leadership | Paul Evans
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Sep 05, 2020 |
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016: Courageous Storytelling | Raghu Raman
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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015: The Girl With The Broken Neck: Power of Storytelling | Radhika Gupta
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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014: Humanising Decision Making | Dr Tremaine Du Preez
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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013: Many Know, Few Do | Justin Cohen
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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012: The Power of One | Nazir Afzal OBE
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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011: Control the Controllable | Richard Wright
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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010: How Much Is Enough? | Tracey Groves
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May 23, 2020 |
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009: The Leadership Sweetspot | Dr Katie Best
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May 23, 2020 |
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008: The Routemap To Leadership Impact | Keith Douglas
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May 23, 2020 |
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007: Excite The Cynical: Leading Generation Y | Adam Kingl
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May 23, 2020 |
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005: The Big Accelerant | Prof Mark Esposito, Prof Terence Tse, Danny Goh
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May 23, 2020 |
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006: Leadership Development: Unfit for Purpose? | Nick Holley
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May 23, 2020 |
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004: Multiply Your Leadership | Joe Fredericks
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May 23, 2020 |
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001: Podcast Zero: Welcome to The Leadership Enigma. What's this all about?
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May 23, 2020 |
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002: The Commanders Intent | Kevin O'Leary
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May 23, 2020 |
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003: The Genie Is Out Of The Bottle | John Amaechi
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May 23, 2020 |