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.
13: Can Sport Teach Business?
What are the differences between sport and business and what can be learned?
12: What is Strategy?
Kicking off a series of episodes exploring strategy Ben and Ian discuss, ‘What is Strategy?’
10: Lazy Leadership
Exploring how leaders get lazy and looking at the opposite to identify the qualities of effective leaders and how they create conditions for success.
9: Culture Defining Moments with Luke Fisher of Mo
Ben talks with Luke Fisher, founder and CEO of London based software company Mo, about engagement, culture, investment and taking a growth company to break out and beyond.
7: Marketing – What Is It? With Grant Leboff
In this guest episode Gritty Leaders Club explores marketing with Grant Leboff.
6: Failure Is Not An Option
How do leaders, teams and whole organisations keep unwavering faith that they will prevail while at the same time confronting the brutal truths of their situation?
5: Under Pressure or Naked Ambition
Ben and Ian explore how leaders generate forward motion, energy and progress in the business. Touching on how SMART goals do not work and exploring engagement and important questions, “What’s
4: Peacetime CEO Wartime CEO
Exploring venture capitalist Ben Horowitz’s concept of Peacetime CEO and Wartime CEO this episode gets into questions of leadership approach, diversity in the senior team and whether or not start-up,
3: Leadership Begins at the Edge of Your Comfort Zone
Ben and Ian explore getting uncomfortable as a leader
2: No Grit, No Pearl
Ian and Ben get into the substance of what it is to be a gritty leader.
1: Gritty Leader?
Ben and Ian introduce themselves and ask, “What is the Gritty Leadership Club?”