E5 - Guests: Susie Ballentyne - Co-Founder of Leading 4 Life

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageThis episode I am delighted to be able to introduce and interview Susie Ballentyne, my co-founder and partner within Leading 4 Life.Susie and I have known each other since 2011, when we worked together in the UK Ministry of Defence.  She is a social psychologist / behavioural scientist, and has a long background in working with the government as well as in the private sector.  She is in the final stages of completing a PhD and has huge research experience and academic knowledge of leadership issues and, consequently, brings a very complimentary skill set to my own as we work together in this space.You can find Susie on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susie-ballentyne-7483b132/In this interview we have an in depth conversation and exchange of ideas that covers a broad range of topics including (starting time in brackets):A summary of Susie's career journey to date (2:50)Early motivations (7:48)Role models (10:37)Leaders that have impressed the most (14:19)Advice to a school age Susie! (20.57)Glass ceilings! (24:17)Leadership traits and behaviours (29:03)Why we founded Leading 4 Life (44:58)A psychologist's views on my podcast!! (49:56)Leadership myths! (59:45)Training & development success (1:05:00)Susie's most memorable event so far! (1:10:02)The most difficult question she has ever been asked (1:13:33)Support the showThank you for listening!  If you value the content I produce, please consider supporting the show financially by becoming a member at https://www.patreon.com/leading4life/ or clicking the "Support the Show" link above.You will have the choice of becoming a Supporter, a Champion or a Patron of the show and any contribution you feel able to make will be hugely appreciated.You can find more about me here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judsonbob/X: https://x.com/JudsonBobWebsite: https://leading4life.co.uk/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Leading4Life