Asking the hard questions of leadership...
There is no rule book.
Leaders are pulled in all directions. In the podcast, Ian and co-host, Ben Wales, explore a tension or paradox of leadership and ask how founders, entrepreneurs and scale-up CEOs decide which way to turn.
Shorts: Becoming a Gritty Leader
In these ‘Shorts’ episodes of the Gritty Leaders Podcast, we select our standout moments from previous episodes. This one comes from episode 10 where we both sat down and explored
Shorts: Tactics for Building Employee Engagement with Luke Fisher of Mo
In these ‘Shorts’ episodes of the Gritty Leaders Club Podcast, we select our standout moments from previous episodes. This one comes from episode 9 with Luke Fisher, founder and CEO
34: Leading Through Core Values interview with Peldon Rose CEO Jitesh Patel
Jitesh Patel talks about how he became CEO, and how and why he leads Peldon Rose’s high performing team with core values.
33: Hiring & Firing: part 2
Getting the right people into the team, and the wrong people out of the team.
32: Creating A Challenge Culture with Nigel Travis
Nigel Travis talks about Challenge Culture – hear the approach he took as CEO at Dunkin’ Brands, CEO at Papa Johns, COO at Blockbuster, and now as co-owner of Leyton
31: Hiring & Firing: Part 1
Get the right people in. Keep the wrong people out. Part 1: Hiring
30: B Corps, Better Business and Happiness with Hannah Cox
Is better business harder business? Is it better for the business itself as well as people and planet? And what are B Corps anyway? Find our as we talk to
29: Accountability or Bust
Culture eats strategy for breakfast – especially when it’s a no/low accountability culture.
28: No Bullsh!t Leadership with Martin G Moore
“Pick the top few things that create value. Drop all the other sh!t and don’t worry about it.” Gritty Leaders Club interviews Martin G Moore during the run-up to publication
27: The Leadership Challenge (Kouzes & Posner)
Five behaviours exhibited by the best leaders – how do you measure up?
26: Why Change Fails
Why most companies and teams fail at change (and how to succeed).
25: The 1to1 (Meetings miniseries #2)
How good are your 1to1s? Part 2 of our meetings miniseries examines the 1to1.
24: The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team – Lencioni’s Classic
Patrick Lencioni’s ‘The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team’ has become a classic followed by teams worldwide. Ben and Ian explore the model and when and how to apply it.
23: Leadership: Nurture or Nature?
Are leaders born or made? How can leaders make themselves better?
22: Meetings: The Good, Bad & Ugly
Our angry rants about meetings followed by what good looks like.
20: Measure It. Measure What? (Strategy IV)
Death by numbers vs knowing we’re in the right place, healthy and ready to be successful.
19: Fear In Leadership
With guest Colin Hunter: How can a leader help her team confront fear?
18: Buy Customers, or Bye Bye Customers?
Where to draw the line between exploiting or growing customers.
What is Strategy: part 3
What Is Strategy (Part 3) : Execution Strategy is Invisible. All you can see is Execution.
17: Strategy III Execution
Strategy is Invisible. All you can see is Execution.
16: Leading With Purpose with Jim Kirkwood of TTC
Jim Kirkwood, CEO of TTC of discusses scaling the business, his approach to leadership, navigating challenges and the gritty leader he most admires.
15: 168 Hours. What effective leaders do.
Ben and Ian explore how effective leaders choose what to do to maximise the impact of each week. Each 168 hours.
14: What Is Strategy? Part 2
How do the elements come together to produce a strategy? Also, Ben talks about Reni Eddo-Lodge’s book, ‘Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race’, and Ian discusses