Leading People
53 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago -Gerry Murray talks to leading people about leading people. Get insights and tips from thought leaders about how to bring out the best in yourself and others.
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Sebastien Tranchant on Leadership and the Future of HR
April 21, 2024 18:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above What does it take to navigate the complex landscape of modern human resources? How can HR professionals foster a culture of innovation while ensuring a deep connection with their workforce? And what lessons can we learn from leading HR experts to adapt to the rapid changes in today's corporate world? In this episode, we sit down with Sébastien Tranchant, an HR leader with a rich background spanning across various industries, including his t...
Gustavo Razzetti on What Makes a Hybrid Team Successful
April 05, 2024 17:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above How are you evolving with the shifting dynamics of workplace culture and hybrid work environments? In this episode, Gustavo Razzetti, author and CEO at Fearless Culture, a culture design firm, shares his revolutionary insights into fostering a thriving company culture in the era of hybrid work. This episode is a treasure trove for leaders aiming to navigate the complexities of today's work culture. We dissect the essence of creating spaces that...
Eva Maurer on How to Adapt to Challenges in Change Management and Leadership Development
March 24, 2024 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above How are you adapting to the challenges in change management and leadership growth? In this episode, Eva Maurer, Head of HR Global Development at a prominent automotive services firm, discusses her forward-thinking strategies that drive significant change within the corporate sphere. Eva describes her journey from traditional HR practices to a more innovative approach that encourages self-exploration, open communication, and collaborative effor...
Discover Innovative Leadership Practices in Season 3
March 16, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes - 5.42 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above Get the transformative secrets of leadership from people who are re-writing today’s HR. Your host, Gerry Murray, guides you on a journey through the compelling landscapes of Leadership, HR development, employee engagement, and talent management. Our latest episode is a treasure trove of insights, featuring the impressive Eva Maurer, who is revolutionising how we approach workplace learning. Say goodbye to outdated teaching methods and hello t...
How to Change their Mind
August 04, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above Unlock the art of ethical persuasion as we sit down with Simon Horton, an award-winning author and negotiation expert. Simon reveals his six-step process, based on modelling the approaches used by hostage negotiators, addiction therapists, and billionaires, to change minds and reach their objectives. His book, Change Their Mind: Six Steps to Persuade Anyone, Anytime, is a treasure trove of practical advice, stories, and detailed models. The p...
How to Bring out the Best in Yourself and Others
June 10, 2023 15:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above How would you like to be able to consistently bring out the best in yourself and others? How could using a coach approach in your daily life bring hidden benefits? As a Coach, how could you take your coaching skills to the level of Mastery? As a Leader, how could you better look out for the well-being of your people? These are just some of the many questions we explore in this episode of Leading People. My guest is Paula King, an award-...
How to ensure your leadership messages are being understood
May 12, 2023 15:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above Does your organisation produce regular leadership communications content for employees? Are your messages actually getting through to the right people? And, if they do get through, are they being interpreted and understood as they're intended? In this episode, I sit down with Communications Consultant, Coach, Trainer and Author Ray Walsh to explore the role of communications in organisations. Communication skills are seen as a prerequisit...
How to Fine-tune your Brain and Supercharge how you Live, Work and Lead
April 07, 2023 15:00 - 52 minutes - 35.7 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above Do you want to feel and do better in life? Do you want to improve your sleep, diet, exercise, brain health and performance? Do you know what your super habits are? Do you know what your destructive habits are? Do you know how to maintain your super habits and change your destructive habits? These are just some of the questions that my guest for this episode, Dr Jon Finn, answers. During our conversation, Jon explains how some habits ca...
How you can have greater impact and influence
March 04, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above What level of impact and influence do you have at work? Indeed, what level of impact and influence do you have in your life in general? Are there situations where you wished you had more impact and influence? In this episode, I chat with Elisabet Vinberg Hearn and Mandy Flint about their books and their work with leaders. Elisabet and Mandy have worked together for over 20 years. They have a passion for helping leaders, and indeed all of ...
How to build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams
February 04, 2023 13:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above In thirty years time, as technology moves forward even further, people are going to look back and wonder why offices ever existed." ~ Sir Richard Branson How well have you and your people adapted to remote and hybrid working? My guest this week is Larry English, President and co-founder of Centric Consulting, a management consultancy that helps firms find solutions to complex digital, business and technology problems. In the early 2000s, Lar...
Reinventing yourself with Integrity
January 08, 2023 14:00 - 55 minutes - 38.5 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above Imagine that you're enjoying all the trappings of success, including financial prosperity, when one day you get a call from the Justice Department. They inform you that they have evidence that your financial prosperity comes from dark dealings in the world of international business. What do you do? Well, this was what happened to my guest, Richard Bistrong. Despite cooperating with the authorities, Richard ended up spending fourteen and a hal...
Welcome to Season 2
December 24, 2022 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.71 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above I'm pleased to announce that Season 2 launches in January 2023! I've already recorded and scheduled the first episodes for the new Season and I can promise you some fascinating conversations to come. Listen to this short preview to learn more. Until then... Meet your host, Gerry Murray Show Links Connect with Gerry on LinkedIn Check out Gerry's website Make Better Talent decisions with Wide Circle Follow Leading People on LinkedIn ...
Do they have potential?
July 22, 2022 17:00 - 8 minutes - 5.96 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above We've reached episode 40 of the Leading People podcast! As so many podcasts fail after only a few episodes, I'm very proud of this achievement. I'm also very grateful to all of you who tune in every two weeks and then promote and share episodes with your friends and colleagues. So, this is the official end of Season 1 and I'm taking a short break before launching Season 2 in September 2022. In this short episode, I take a brief look at how ...
How to deliver great customer experiences
July 08, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above Who is responsible for customer experiences in your organisation? How do leaders help or hinder the customer experience? Why are most organisations designed to deliver lousy customer experiences? And, what is a chatty check-out? These are just some of the many questions my guest, Professor Yves Van Vaerenbergh addresses in this week's show. As an award-winning expert on customer experience, Yves shares with us his insights and tips for ho...
How to Challenge your Illusions and Make Better Decisions
June 25, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above What role do illusions play in your decision-making? How can you challenge your illusions so you can make better decisions? How does a manager with hindsight bias prevent his or her team from making good decisions? For this episode, I sat down with magician, mentalist and keynote speaker, Alex Si, to explore the world of illusions at work. During our conversation, we explore how we create illusions, how we're susceptible to illusions crea...
How Leaders Impact our Brains at Work
June 12, 2022 14:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above Why do we have a brain? It's not what you think... How does exercise benefit your brain? How much of your brain do you use each day? This week's guest is Gregory Caremans, founder of the Brain Academy which currently has over 400,000 students enrolled in its courses on how to understand and better manage your brain. The aim of the Brain Academy is to make brain science accessible to as many people as possible in a way that anyone can under...
How to give yourself Permission to Thrive
May 28, 2022 17:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above On the morning of Tuesday, 8th June 2021 I sent an email to this week's guest, Julie Brown. It was an invitation to herself and her husband to be a guest on this podcast. I'd met him on the street a few weeks beforehand just days before he left for an expedition to Greenland and I'd forgotten to ask him. I never received a reply. Within hours it became clear why. The news broke that world-renowned polar explorer and leadership guide, Dixie Da...
Why we need to start talking about mistakes ... positively!
May 13, 2022 17:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above What have cornflakes, penicillin, cling film, velcro and post-it notes got in common? This week's guest is an award-winning author and Head of Learning at the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, Andy Lancaster. During our conversation, he answers this question among many others. Andy also outlines 7 ways in which leaders could leverage mistakes for the better in their organisations, which feature in his latest book He even ex...
How to tame your Public Speaking Monkeys
May 01, 2022 15:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above Why should we become good at public speaking and what difference could it make to our careers? Why do some of us love public speaking and so many of us hate it? What is a Public Speaking Monkey, anyway? How could some of the issues that we have with public speaking be affecting other aspects of our lives? These are just some of the questions I explore with this week's guest, author and public speaking expert, Dee Clayton. Dee has written...
Discover Why Internal Communications is Essential to an Organisation's Success
April 16, 2022 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above Why do organisations need to invest in Internal Communications? What is Internal Communications, anyway? How do you get Managers onboard with your Internal Communications? How do you communicate internally in a Post-covid Hybrid working environment? These are just some of the questions I explore with this week's guest, author and Internal Communications expert, Liam Fitzpatrick. During our conversation, Liam explains why he's brought out...
Discover the Power of Disciplined Listening
April 02, 2022 08:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above Would you like to have more influence and get more buy-in and commitment from colleagues or other stakeholders? Or, perhaps to sell more of your products or services? Or, to better deal with a low performer on your team? Or, simply to be a better parent? This week's guest is Certified Forensic Interviewer and author, Michael Reddington whose new book is called The Disciplined Listening Method. Michael shares his experiences of forensic ...
How to Create the Conditions for High Performance at Work
March 18, 2022 18:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above Do you have high performers on your team? How would you feel if they went to work for your competitors? I guess you'd prefer if they stayed and worked with you? So, how do you create the conditions so people can thrive, enjoy what they're doing and perform at their best? These are just some of the topics I covered in my conversation with this week's guest, Paul Zak. Apart from having a TED talk with nearly 2 million views, Paul has writ...
Why Leaders need Coaching now more than ever
March 04, 2022 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above Why has coaching become so popular and why do leaders need coaching now more than ever as we emerge from the pandemic? And what impact has the pandemic itself actually had on leaders? How has the virtual work environment of the pandemic affected leaders? These are just some of the questions that I explore with this week's guest - author and Executive Coach, Andrea Lages. Andrea has been working as a coach for nearly 25 years and has notice...
How to adapt your organisation to a changing world
February 19, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above In recent years you may have come across terms such as Agile, Lean, Self-Organising Teams, Teal Organisations, Non-Violent Communication and Holocracy. My guest this week is the author and consultant Jef Cumps. Jef will not only explain and demystify many of these wonderful terms but will also speak about Sociocracy 3.0 and how the principles of Sociocracy are actually quite familiar to many of us, even though the term Sociocracy may not be use...
How to motivate yourself and others
February 05, 2022 15:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBHave you ever felt demotivated or were struggling to get engaged with a new project? Or, are you managing a team and find that motivating them is an ongoing challenge? This week's guest is author, coach and NLP trainer, Jeremy Lazarus with whom I took a deep dive into the world of motivation - and not just your own motivation but also the motivation of others. Jeremy has written 4 books, including one for sports coaches, athletes and players entitled Ahead of the Game. He began his car...
How to make really great Talent Decisions
January 23, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above This week's guest is Dr Dan Harrison the creator and developer of the Harrison Assessment and Talent Analytics tools. People who discover these tools often refer to them as the best-kept secret in the HR or Talent world! Of all the investment decisions that organisations make probably the one that has the least amount of rigour is around people. Yet, the amounts invested in people can be quite significant. There is a mountain of research out...
How to (re)discover your Mojo
January 08, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBPlease subscribe via the Podcast links above. My guest this week is fellow Irishman, Paul Davis. Not only has Paul authored several books but over the past 25 years or more he has advised and worked with many entrepreneurs to help them grow and scale their businesses into multi-million euro enterprises. Along the way, he admits that he has done quite well himself. However, in this open and candid conversation, Paul reveals why so many successful people are unhappy and struggle with many...
The Christmas Edition
December 23, 2021 19:00 - 3 minutes - 2.1 MBI'm very humbled by how many people have become regular listeners of this podcast. Based on my research, Leading People currently ranks in the top 20% of podcasts globally in terms of downloads and listeners. Please subscribe via the Podcast links above. It began as an experiment in January 2021. I looked at my extensive bookcase one day and wondered how could I bring so much of this wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience. I realised that I knew many of the authors and subsequently in...
How to revolutionise your thinking and make wiser decisions
December 10, 2021 17:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBA while back I came across an intriguing article on the BBC Worklife website. It was written by this week's guest, David Robson. I later went on to purchase his excellent and extremely well-researched book entitled The Intelligence Trap. In this conversation, we chat about both the Intelligence Trap and David's forthcoming book The Expectation Effect and David reveals some fascinating insights into how so many smart people make dumb decisions and how to revolutionise your thinking so you...
What could you achieve in just 12 weeks?
November 26, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBIn December as we approach Christmas and the end of another year many of us start thinking about next year. For quite some people it never goes beyond thinking. My guest this week is New York Times Best Selling author and consultant, Brian Moran. I invited Brian onto the show to chat about his results-focused planning methodology, which he calls The 12 Week Year. I discovered The 12-Week Year myself a few years ago and it has completely transformed how I plan my time and where I focus ...
How Dispersed Leadership can Transform your Workplace
November 13, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBIn this episode, I chat with Author, HR expert and CEO, Perry Timms, about his books and in particular what he calls Dispersed Leadership. With the world of work having been turned upside down by Covid, Perry believes that Dispersed Leadership has the potential to transform workplaces. Perry provides examples of how Dispersed Leadership is already producing results in a variety of organisations and valuable advice on how to explore and introduce it into your organisation. He advocates t...
How to make lasting changes in a post-Covid world
October 29, 2021 16:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this episode I caught up with author and Master Trainer, Lindsey Agness, to chat about change. Lindsey is the CEO of The Change Corporation, a boutique consultancy that provides change management services to organisations. However, whilst we touch on organisational change and Lindsey provides valuable advice for leaders, our conversation focuses more on personal change and in particular why now - as we emerge from hopefully the worst of the covid pandemic - might be a good time to make ...
How Coaching Changes Everything
October 16, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBIn this episode of Leading People, I sat down with author and Master Coach, Jonathan Reitz, to talk about how coaching changes everything. In particular, we discuss his latest book, Coaching Hacks, and Jonathan shares his top tips or hacks from his 20 plus years of coaching. These are not just useful for professional coaches but for anyone who aspires to take a more coaching approach to management or even life. In fact, Jonathan provides an interesting insight into how some simple coachi...
How to Solve Complex Problems
October 01, 2021 20:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBIn this episode I chat with Systems Thinking expert and the creator of SystemicIQ, Chris Soderquist, to learn why SystemicIQ is necessary for solving complex problems. He outlines the 6 key skills of SystemicIQ and how to use them. He provides lots of practical examples and also advice on when, and when not, to use SystemicIQ. He explains what Systems Thinking is and how some organisations think they're doing Systems Thinking but in effect they're not. Along the way, we discuss diverse...
How we could all be Leaders with Heart
September 18, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBIn this episode, I chat with author and leadership expert, Yene Assegid about leadership and her new book Leading with Heart. Along the way, she talks about the world-famous leaders she's met, what qualities set them apart - qualities that many of us have or could develop - and why she titled the book Leading with Heart. She tells us about her decision to set up a foundation dedicated to helping young women from less privileged backgrounds acquire life skills to set them on the right path. ...
Why you need both Inner and Outer Leadership to Succeed
September 03, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 48 MBIn this episode, I caught up with author and Master Trainer of NLP, David Shephard. We covered a lot in our conversation with the central theme being understanding Inner and Outer Leadership and why this has become so important in a post-Covid era. He also reveals what he believes to be the ultimate life skill. If you've been thinking of going on a Leadership skills course then you might want to listen to this podcast first. If you're currently struggling with life or work's challenges y...
Saying Yes to the Mess!
August 21, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBHow do you cope when faced with complexity and constant change at work? Well, you might be surprised to discover that a lot of the answers lie in the world of jazz. My guest for this episode is Frank Barrett, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Management at the US Naval postgraduate school in Monterey, California who is also an accomplished jazz pianist. In his insightful book,Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz, Frank outlines a framework of seven principles ...
Turning Performance Pressure into Workday Pleasure
August 07, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this episode, I chat with Leadership Expert and Executive Coach Andrea Danner about her contribution to the book: The Door to Inner Happiness: Secrets from Around the World for When Everything’s Going Wrong. Although conceived pre-Covid, The Door to Inner Happiness reveals powerful strategies from around the world for bouncing back when everything’s going wrong. The book contains the stories of regular people from all over the world who have found ways to turn horrendous situations into ...
How to coach your brain
July 23, 2021 20:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBFor this episode I sat down with Executive Coach and author of no less than 17 books, Joseph O'Connor, to talk about his latest book, Coaching the Brain - Practical Applications of Neuroscience to Coaching. During our conversation, Joseph explains why he writes books on topics that interest him and shares many fascinating insights about how our brains work so that we can all begin to coach our own brains right away. Joseph began his career as a guitar teacher and got into Neuro-Linguisti...
How we learn best
July 09, 2021 19:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBIn this episode, I chat with author and learning & development expert, Stella Collins, to discover how our brains learn best. The Learning Organisation expert, Peter Senge, once wrote: Taking in information is only distantly related to real learning. It would be nonsensical to say, "I just read a great book about bicycle riding—I’ve now learned that.” In order to design and deliver effective learning and development initiatives, it's essential to understand how our brains process and reta...
How to be more resilient
June 24, 2021 20:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBMany people in the western world can remember where they were on 9/11 when the aeroplanes hit the Twin Towers in New York but can you remember where you were on 22nd March 2016? My guest in this episode will never forget where she was on the morning of the 22nd March 2016. Karen Northshield was standing within meters of the first suicide bomber at Brussels airport. Her life was changed in an instant. In fact, according to the medical experts who assessed her condition, she wouldn't survi...
What is the value of women at work?
June 11, 2021 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this episode, I chat with Susan Popoola about her new book "Male Perspectives on The Value of Women at Work". What Susan has to say is not just relevant for women or men but for every one of us. Along the way she explains how pay inequality can be inadvertently created by women, how your current salary should not affect what you're truly worth and how men prefer to choose other men for certain roles. She highlights how a woman's value and potential can be viewed way beyond the workplace...
What is the value of women at work?
June 11, 2021 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this episode, I chat with Susan Popoola about her new book "Male Perspectives on The Value of Women at Work". What Susan has to say is not just relevant for women or men but for every one of us. Along the way she explains how pay inequality can be inadvertently created by women, how your current salary should not affect what you're truly worth and how men prefer to choose other men for certain roles. She highlights how a woman's value and potential can be viewed way beyond the workplace...
What Makes Training Really Work?
May 28, 2021 19:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBIn this episode, I chat with Dr Ina Weinbauer-Heidel to find out what makes training really work. We explore her 12 Levers of Training Effectiveness under three key themes. Ever wonder why some trainings make a real difference and others appear to be a complete waste of time? It's not what you think! In our conversation, we begin to unpack the answer to this question and Ina provides some fantastic insights and tips for trainees, trainers, learning & development professionals and mana...
How to navigate a crisis
May 14, 2021 16:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBIn this episode, I chat with Author and Crisis Expert, Caroline Sapriel. The Covid pandemic has given us all a first-hand experience of a crisis unfolding before our very eyes. It's no longer something happening "over there", but in our own daily lives. In times of crisis, we turn to our leaders to steer us through. But, what if they let us down? In this informative discussion, Caroline explains how leaders can prepare for crisis events and what qualities they need to have to be able t...
How to help Leaders get REAL Insights
May 01, 2021 17:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBIn this episode, I chat with Author, Leadership Coach, NLP Trainer and fellow Harrison Assessments Managing Partner, Pat Hutchinson. Pat explains how she has used her NLP skills and the Harrison Paradoxes to help Leaders get REAL insights into themselves and those they work with. Citing examples from her extensive work she provides many tips on things that Leaders and indeed anyone can implement immediately. She also explains why a "sheep dipping" approach to Leadership Development rar...
How to Build Organisational Success Through People
April 16, 2021 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBIn this episode, I chat with author and communications expert Sheila Parry about her new book: Take Pride - How to Build Organisational Success Through People While the concept of being proud of our work is something that many people can identify with, PRIDE is actually a mnemonic for a framework that Sheila developed over many years of working with organisations, running her own successful Internal Communications agency (The Blue Ballroom) and carrying out independent research. Do they...
How do you build a truly Collaborative Culture?
April 02, 2021 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBIn this episode (recorded in December 2020) I chat with leading author and collaboration expert, Jim Tamm. Collaboration has become such an essential component in an organisation's success, yet still many people struggle to collaborate effectively. Online tools alone will not work without a collaborative mindset, skills and behaviours. Drawing on his research and extensive experience, Jim provides us with insights and tips on how to create and embed a collaborative culture in your organi...
How to build your Conversational Capacity
March 20, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBThis week I sat down with leading author and consultant, Craig Weber, to chat about Conversational Capacity and three critical practices that help you develop this. Craig highlights many essential skills and provides practical tips that individuals and teams can apply immediately to get better at those tough conversations that life throws at us from time to time. Along the way we talk about sweet spots, cognitive cartography, dancing elephants, dojos and much more... Meet your host, Ger...
How Conscious Leadership helps you transform, evolve and grow
March 05, 2021 22:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBHow do you go from being a corporate lawyer to being a successful Executive Leadership Coach? Author and Leadership Coach, Rebecca Watson shares the experiences that led her into coaching and how she's discovered some of the secrets to helping Executives succeed in the world of Leadership. Rebecca has some useful advice for leaders about how to develop self-awareness, improve engagement, use coaching in motivating your teams and how to spot burnout and intercept it before it happens. Me...