Challenging Leadership

Culture Clash: Leading Beyond Borders

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:34:12 GMT

In multinational business and with multicultural workforces how do we lead effectively? Jared's recent trip to Germany and Stephen's experience working with a mainly Goan workforce provide some insights.

Jared's book "Authentic Leadership - What Really Works" is available through Amazon.

Stephen's websites

https://www.successfulchange.co.uk/

https://www.propec.co.uk/

Music

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Stop Getting Efficiency Wrong

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 11:13:19 GMT

The news is full of talk about efficiency and productivity both sides of the pond. But do politicians and the media even know what these things are? Stephen doesn't think so and it's making him mad.

Jared's book "Authentic Leadership - What Really Works" is available through Amazon.

Stephen's websites

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Music

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Is D.E.I. dead?

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:29:42 GMT

With changes in the US and some multi-national organizations, is this the end of interest in making workplaces inclusive? And how did this question become so politically poisonous? Jared and Stephen try to put the politics aside and explore the intentions and the questions around D.E.I. policies. They also discuss the differences in the discourse each side of the pond.

Jared's book "Authentic Leadership - What Really Works" is available through Amazon.

Stephen's websites

https://www.successfulchange.co.uk/

https://www.propec.co.uk/

Music

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Things Leaders Should Never Do

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:07:42 GMT

Jared and Stephen explore the biggest mistakes managers and leaders make.

Jared's book "Authentic Leadership - What Really Works" is available through Amazon.

Stephen's websites

https://www.successfulchange.co.uk/

https://www.propec.co.uk/

Music

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The End of Remote Working?

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:01:00 GMT

There's a lot of noise around remote working / working from home at the moment. How did we get here? What is the reality? Is this the end of working from home? Who is driving the move back int the office? And what are their motivations?

Stephen's Udemy Course: Remote Team Management & Leadership

https://www.udemy.com/share/1031d4/

Jared's book "Authentic Leadership - What Really Works" is available through Amazon.

Stephen's websites

https://www.successfulchange.co.uk/

https://www.propec.co.uk/

Reference to paper

Bloom, N., Liang, J., Roberts, J., & Ying, Z. J. (2015). Does working from home work? Evidence from a Chinese experiment. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130(1), 165-218.

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Identity, control, meaning, innies and outies - What is Severance Actually About?

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 08:05:57 GMT

What does the Apple TV show Severance tell us about management, leadership and our corporate identity.

Jared's book "Authentic Leadership - What Really Works" is available through Amazon.

Stephen's websites

https://www.successfulchange.co.uk/

https://www.propec.co.uk/

Music

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Managers just about managing: Mental health challenges for leaders

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:09:35 GMT

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Leadership Lessons with Lasso

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:00:57 GMT

Is Apple TV's Ted Lasso a great leader? National Training Manager Jared and Organizational Psychologist Stephen discuss in the first part of a Lasso mini-series on the Challenging Leadership podcast.

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Jared's book "Authentic Leadership - What Really Works" is available through Amazon.

Stephen's websites

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https://www.propec.co.uk/

Music

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Generation Leadership

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:01:17 GMT

Are there generational differences in leadership styles between different generations? Are Boomers terrible at IT? Are Gen Zs really work shy? Are Gen X the superstars? Are these two men really wearing the same shirts as the last episode? All is revealed in this week's episode!

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Jared's book "Authentic Leadership - What Really Works" is available through Amazon.

Stephen's websites

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Music

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So you're great at your job, here's a different one!

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 06:00:44 GMT

Many new managers and leaders get promoted with little training or development. Is this a problem? Jared and Stephen talk about their experience of developing talent for today and tomorrow and how to reduce the pain for everyone involved.

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Jared's book "Authentic Leadership - What Really Works Paperback – 26 Sept. 2024" available through Amazon.

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Music

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What if people didn't hate change?

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 06:00:31 GMT

"People hate change" is one of those cliches we tend to accept without question but is that really true? What is the psychology behind change and how can leaders successfully drive it?

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Jared's book "Authentic Leadership - What Really Works Paperback – 26 Sept. 2024" available through Amazon.

Stephen's websites

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https://www.propec.co.uk/

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Half-built bridges in your team

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:21:31 GMT

Do you half-completed or the remains of failed projects in your team or business? How can you avoid building them and what can you do about them?

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https://www.propec.co.uk/

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Is authentic leadership a good idea?

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:33:43 GMT

To kick off the new season, Jared and Stephen explore what authentic leadership means and whether it's really something we want to aspire to.

Jared's book is called "Authentic Leadership, what really works?" available through Amazon now.

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Are you being too nice?

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 08:51:42 GMT

In this week's show Jared and Stephen explore the balance of building positive working relationships while not being a proverbial doormat.

Be a more effective leader and manager - check out Stephen's courses.

https://www.propec.co.uk/online-courses

References:

Article: The Problem with being too nice by Michael Fertik

https://hbr.org/2014/04/the-problem-with-being-too-nice

Frankel, L. P. (2005). Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office. Time Warner AudioBooks.

Dulebohn, J. H., Bommer, W. H., Liden, R. C., Brouer, R. L., & Ferris, G. R. (2012). A meta-analysis of antecedents and consequences of leader-member exchange: Integrating the past with an eye toward the future. Journal of management, 38(6), 1715-1759.

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Technology Changing Leadership

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:01:01 GMT

Technology has a profound effect on the practice of leadership and management. Jared and Stephen explore the effect technology has had on recruitment, training and customer service. They also look ahead at the potential effect of Artificial Intelligence.

Be a more effective leader and manager - check out Stephen's courses.

https://www.propec.co.uk/online-courses

References

Stone, D. L., Deadrick, D. L., Lukaszewski, K. M., & Johnson, R. (2015). The influence of technology on the future of human resource management. Human resource management review, 25(2), 216-231.

Peifer, Y., Jeske, T., & Hille, S. (2022). Artificial intelligence and its impact on leaders and leadership. Procedia Computer Science, 200, 1024-1030.

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It's leadership, but not as we know it: Leaders in Star Trek and Fantasy

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:32:36 GMT

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Authority or Empowerment

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 09:19:14 GMT

Is leadership really about the use of authority or is it really to empower and create the conditions for the people to thrive?

Stephen Mather, leadership trainer and trained as an organizational psychologist and Jared Scott, a learning and development manager challenge the accepted wisdom, tropes and beliefs about how to be an effective leader.

Useful links

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Making Mistakes

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:50:46 GMT

Making mistakes is part of life's journey, but they can be costly and knock our confidence. Jared and Stephen explore their own mistakes and look at famous case studies and what we can learn from them.

Listeners to this podcast can get a discount to join the Stephen Mather's Propec Training School by going to this link and following the instructions.

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Interesting links

Stories of our Times podcast

https://pod.link/1501716010/episode/cf5ab54d3f7b2606c1620779f3a1ed54

Gerald Ratner’s speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKtBkVrqYYk

Interview with Gerald Ratner 30 years later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8I46wU6LTY

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Challenging Change

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:21:31 GMT

This week Stephen and Jared look at the tropes associated with change and the reality of change in business settings. Stephen and Jared disagree - a bit..

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Challenging Charismatic Leadership

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:01:41 GMT

For some people the very definition of what it means to be a leader is that they should be charismatic. In the first ever episode of challenging leadership Jared and Stephen question this and explore the benefits and risks of this thing people call charisma.

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Trailer: Challenging Leadership

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:20:12 GMT

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