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Management Today's Leadership Lessons — 117 episodes
How Holland & Barrett is defying high street gloom
‘It’s not time to break everything yet. You want AI to fit into existing rhythms of work’
‘It was a category that I felt had real potential’ – Pippa Murray on scaling the UK’s number one nut butter brand
Will Whitehorn: “We have to industrialise in space. It is an imperative”
Space-Comm Expo: Jamming, spoofing, FOMO and farming
‘I wasn't brave enough and certainly not confident enough’
Why the business of space is everyone’s business
Bliss Group CEO: “I’ve reinvented my career about four times”
Dune London founder on affordable luxury, weathering the retail apocalypse and becoming a ‘sole survivor’
Steph Edusei on tackling ‘imposter phenomenon’ and ‘taking up space’ as a Black leader
How Inchcape’s CEO is navigating the ‘polycrisis’
Grayling PR’s CEO on leadership, agency growth, and the importance of DEI
McKinsey’s head of business building on why all leaders need to be innovators
Julian Birkinshaw: 'Established companies are way more resilient than people give them credit for'
AI’s impact on professional services and getting employees comfortable with change
CBI CEO: “We’re backing UK businesses to ensure they’ve got what they need to invest and grow”
Leading transformation and obstacles to women’s career progression in professional services
Bloom & Wild CFO: Sometimes you need to ‘reframe kindness’
Boosting business optimism and the perils of groupthink
Samsung's first CCO on helping consumers save energy and time
Human-AI hybrid workforces and what ChatGPT thinks of your brand
How BT Sourced is reinventing the procurement process
Selling a business and securing employee buy-in for your AI strategy
Interbrand CEO Gonzalo Brujo’s steps to M&A success
AI avatars and the impact of cheap imports on British businesses
How not to fail at innovation
Confronting the threat of cyberattacks and expanding internationally
Lyndsey Simpson on redefining what it means to grow older in the workplace
Corporate sustainability strategies and cutting supply chain costs
Rule of three: the CEO of Hitachi Vantara’s formula for staying focused
Unilever’s new chief exec and how to achieve growth in a sluggish economy
Wavemaker UK’s CEO and COO on how ‘dual leadership’ helped them spearhead a turnaround
Reeves’ first Spring Statement and disruptive AI innovations
Cisco’s UK&I CEO: The digital skills gap is an ‘opportunity as well as a challenge’
AI’s hidden costs, the lure of US investment, and the financial impact of women on boards
Kimberly-Clark’s UK&I MD: Consistently great businesses ‘have the knack of knowing when to transform’
M&A traps and consultancy accountability
Returning to Planet Organic feels like a “business fairytale”
The future of Tesla under Musk and predictions of an M&A upswing
Zurich Insurance’s chief customer officer on the importance of negative feedback
Missing targets, CIO expectations and the resurrection of Andersen Consulting
CGI’s UK president on the evolution of technology investments
AI's creative capabilities and consultants' take on what CEOs should be prioritising
Cobra Beer’s journey from entrepreneur's dream to household name
Organic growth stories and the value of heritage
Ikea’s ‘human-centric’ company culture
MT’s Top Consultancies, CBI conference, and can AI transform business models?
IBM UK’s CEO on the next era of computing
Tariffs, supply chain fears and the ingredients in M&S’s turnaround
airBaltic's CEO on leading a turnaround at Latvia’s flag carrier
Budget reactions and minimising reputational damage after a cyberattack
Finding your perfect M&A match
The rise of disinformation and the chatbot invasion
Mars Wrigley president Gabriel Fernandez on balancing sustainability and profitability
Taking a ‘less is more’ approach and leading the pack on gender equity
GoFundMe’s CEO on how AI is making the platform more accessible
Dynamic pricing and rebuilding trust after a scandal
How to future-proof your business from the next generation of leaders
M&A activity, pay disparities and it’s the economy, stupid
Dame Stephanie Shirley on women in business, entrepreneurship and why she changed her name to Steve
Investor patience and the meteoric rise of a Chinese electric vehicle maker
BT Business’s CEO on AI, always asking questions and ‘cherishing’ failures
Internal comms, elevating boardroom technology conversations and the ‘gamification’ of digital retail
Leaders need to ‘walk the talk’ when it comes to inclusion
Pay gap reporting, cyber attacks and business finances post-pandemic
What basketball taught one leader about managing people
Transformative M&A deals, picking a co-founder and what business thinks of the new governmen
What rising life expectancy means for businesses and individuals
‘Leaning in’, PR lessons from the Post Office scandal and being ‘neuroinclusive’
“I don’t think any of us should be thinking about failure”
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The case for a chief AI officer and protecting your business from deep fakes
The creator of psychological safety on the art of failure
Overtime epidemic, six-day week and savouring expressions of gratitude
One leader’s recipe for overcoming imposter syndrome
Hybrid working, online impressions and having conversations about mental health
Balancing dual leadership roles
Unilever’s u-turn, visa changes and whether it’s time to ban political discussions at work
The case for good management
P&G’s revival, ‘woke’ leadership and what CEOs really think of the new flexible working rules
How to become a 'friction fixer'
Wayward CEOs, doing ‘life admin’ at work and innovation obstacles
Lessons from the world’s costliest corporate cyberattacks
Podcast: Plastic problems, AI tools and a crusade to create a world of better bosses
The psychology of successful groups
Gardening leave, making things that can’t fail and the inside story of Blockbuster’s demise
Why Mark Dixon is building 'Uber for offices' - without a WeWork comparison in sight
Staying schtum in meetings, Amex and IBM's UK chiefs, and female representation on boards
The CEO who bought her manufacturer
CEO side gigs, return to the office and why if you don't ask you (might not) get
Allowing ambiguity is 'the cruellest thing' for employees
CEO pay, when to quit and the death knell for remote work?
"Don't be a head on legs"
Existential threats, 2024 priorities and fake CEOs
Nik Govier: “Sometimes failure is the making of you"
The problem with praise
Beacons, gangs and why CEOs should never run to a meeting
Innovation secrets: experimental mindsets, parallelism and magpies
Lessons in growing, then selling a business
“Leaders don't know how to lead in this new world”
‘Maintaining the status quo always means going backwards’
Communication lessons from a kidnap negotiator
A CIA analyst turned CEO’s lessons from the field
How to get the most out of your people
“A leader’s job is to defuse problems”
How not to fail at retail
Lessons from the leaders of the future
How to lead a restructure
From Bangladesh to Wall Street: The all-inclusive leader
How to prevent burnout
When leadership becomes personal
How to be a neurodivergent leader
How to achieve ambitious things
How to work with difficult people
What one CEO learnt from going sober
How to lead a failing business
What one CEO learnt after nearly dying from stress