E20 - Promoting people then leaving them to fend for themselves (with Anwen Bottois)

Deano catches up with Anwen Bottois, founder of Purple Sky Consulting and host of the HR Strategy in the Hot Seat podcast. Anwen spent over two decades as an HR leader across manufacturing, not-for-profit, British Gas, and higher education before setting up on her own to focus on what she cares about most: Helping leaders actually love the job of leading. This is a conversation about what really happens when people step into leadership, and why so much of what we do to prepare them (if anything!) falls short. In this episode: The moment Anwen stepped up to associate director level and genuinely thought "what is it we do to people?", despite already being an experienced HR professional Her three-part framework: Clear, Capable, Confident and where leaders consistently fall over Why conflict is a choice, not a circumstance, and how leaning in early prevents the build-up The accountability conversation done properly: Why ownership has to come before you can hold anyone to anything Why she uses the word sincerely instead of authentically and what the difference means in practice Her mission: More leaders who love leading, not just tolerate it How to make the ROI case for personalised development when your organisation is hardwired to reach for the group programme Why the learning doesn't happen in the training room, and what to do about it. Links: Anwen on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anwenbottois-leadershipcoach Purple Sky Consulting: purpleskyconsulting.co.uk HR Strategy in the Hot Seat podcast — find it via Anwen's LinkedIn and website