Inspired by Lucy's work, we offer you some questions to prompt your thinking as a leader about the extent to which you, and your organisation, are aware of, and meeting, the needs of individuals in your organisation in midlife. 

The role of love in leadership also features, as well as resources for reflecting on and considering what people might be experiencing in midlife, as well as what you might have underestimated about them!

Lastly, in light of the extraordinary piece of history that Lucy shared, we wrap up the season by thinking about the act of writing letters, why they matter in leadership, and why you might like to write your own Leadership Letter.

REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDATION LINKS:

• Reflections on Connections
• A blog post about Assumptions
• My Leadership Letter - Lizzie Bentley Bowers' Leadership Letter, Season 1
• Revolting Women: Why Midlife Women are Walking Out and What To Do About It by Dr Lucy Ryan
• Lunchtime Learning For Leaders by Dr Lucy Ryan
• Leading from Love newsletter and podcast by Helena Clayton
• Never, ever give up TED Talk by Diana Nyad 
• Nyad and The Other Shore: The Diana Nyad Story on Netflix
• The Mid Point with Gabby Logan podcast

See you next time for more ideas, inspiration, tools and resources to support and challenge you to go towards all that leadership asks of you. We'll be hearing from guests again in the autumn, and will share some additional episodes with some extra food for leadership thought in the meantime so keep your ears peeled for those.

If there's anything else you heard and would like to know more about, please add a comment below or get in touch. 

And while you're here, we would love to know what topics and guests you would like to hear on this podcast, so please do send your suggestions! 

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During our conversation, we talked about:

• Compassion and strength
• Autonomy
• Working for entrepreneurs
• Managing with strengths in mind
• Multi-generational organisations and leadership.
• Taking it seriously without taking ourselves too seriously
• Defining, and redefining, ‘hard work’
• Gender equality
• Sabbaticals
• Midlife check ins
• Love in leadership
• Loneliness in leadership
• The power of pause
• The impact of a letter
• ‘Revolting Women: why midlife women are walking out and what to do about it’ by Dr Lucy Ryan
• Working Identity by Herminia Ibarra
• Diary of a CEO by Stephen Bartlett
• Operation Judgement: The Battle Of Taranto

LUCY’S LETTER + QUOTES

We’re honoured that Lucy shared a letter written by her Grandfather, Captain Denis Boyd, to his brother in the aftermath of one of the most extraordinary events of World War II, the Battle of Taranto. It was deeply moving to hear the words of a leader from so long ago, navigating such dire circumstances. We went on to talk about love in leadership, the power of pause, and the act of writing a letter.

“I wonder how many leaders today would write with such emotion”

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“Leadership as this combination of passion and strength”

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“So often they need a temporary pause..they don’t want to leave.’”

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“I think a lot of organisations are not serious about long lasting change.”

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“Leadership is in a really interesting period of transition.”

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In this episode we are reflecting on our conversation with CPO of Exa Infrastructure, Carrie Cushing.

Learn More About Exa Infrastructure and find Carrie on LinkedIn

There were so many insights to explore in Carrie’s episode, and one that struck a chord with many of you was her reference to the leadership shadow. How do you know what yours is? And if you think you know, how can you be sure? As Carrie said, “if you’re not sure, ask” and in this episode we look at five things to consider when you are giving and receiving feedback to ensure that it really is useful in developing your awareness of your leadership shadow. You’ll find our usual read, watch and listen to recommendations too. And if there is something you want to hear more about from Carrie’s episode please get in touch.

References and RECOMMENDATION LINKS:

Blog post - Feedback In 5

The Perfect story by Karen Eber

Ghosts The Final Episode

People Managing People with David Rice

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Carrie is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has more than 20 years experience working in HR roles across a range of industries including financial service, healthcare, energy and tech. She has a passion for developing talent and culture where people and performance can thrive. 

With extensive leadership experience both as a leader herself, and as an HR partner to so many leaders, there was so much we wanted to talk to Carrie about and she shares a ton of insight, wisdom, reflection and advice in this episode. You can find Carrie at EXA Infrastructure and on LinkedIn.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Confidence that inspires and intrigues
• Intentionally choosing your leadership shadow
• Equality 
• Relationships
• Working at sharing who you are
• Getting to know and playing to your strengths
• Courage in leadership - stepping towards challenges
• When stillness is as important as activity
• Flipping the ‘don’t make mistakes’ mindset
• Projecting confidence, including comfort with what you don’t know
• Always asking questions about the feedback you receive.
• A Perfect Story by Karen Eber
• Bank Of Me by Jane Sparrow

CARRIE’S LETTER + QUOTES

In Carrie’s letter to ‘The Leaders Who Were Not Like Me’ she shares valuable lessons from leaders, and the leadership shadow they cast, that she encountered earlier in her career. These include patience, managing emotions, resilience and intentionally managing her own leadership shadow.

“Seeing myself as at cause not effect”

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“If you’re not sure what to do - sit still.”

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“Mistakes are the currency of growth”

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“Intentionally choose the shadow I want to cast.”

“Ask the questions. Take the guesswork out.”

On our sister podcast, Towards Leadership, we will look in more detail at tools, reflections and practical application of the ideas, insights and inspiration we get from our guests on Leadership Letters. An episode focused on Carrie’s insights will be coming soon. If you already follow Leadership Letters, look out for it in your podcast feed.

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We are reflecting on our conversation with CEP of The Sport and recreation Alliance, Lisa Wainwright. Lisa shared an enormous amount of insight, advice and experience - we are thinking we might need another Towards Leadership episode! If there is something you want to hear more about from Lisa’s episode please get in touch. Learn More About The Sport and Recreation Alliance and find Lisa on LinkedIn.

In this episode, we look at bringing people with you through purposeful and rehearsed repetition of your key messages. We also take a look at the voices in our leadership heads, and how to manage them in the most useful ways as well as our usual read, watch and listen to recommendations, complete with a festive touch!

RECOMMENDATION LINKS:

• TL blog post: Your Internal Leadership Team
• Your Personal Boardroom by Zella King and Amanda Scott
• True North by Bill George
• Start with Why by Simon Sinek
• Mind UK
• Unleashed by Frances Frei and Anne Morris
• Where We Go Next Podcast - Episode 49 with Jenara Nerenberg
• Leading Below The Surface by LaTonya Wilkins
• The Anti-Racist Organisation by Shereen Daniels
• Divergent Mind: Thriving In a World that Wasn’t Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg
• And the timeless Elf

Wishing you all a peaceful and restful holiday season - we’ll be back in January 2024 with more ideas, inspiration, tools and resources to support and challenge you to go towards all that leadership asks of you.

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Internationally she has held roles on the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Ethics Panel, European Volleyball (CEV) Credentials Panel as well as being a Director of the British Olympic Association. She is currently a Technical Director for International Volleyball (FIVB) and is a member of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Governance Commission and in 2018, was ranked number 12 in the Top 100 Executive LGBT+ Allies by FT OUTStanding and became an Ambassador for Women on Boards UK. 

With such depth and breadth of leadership experience to draw on this conversation is full of insight into the mindsets, behaviours, skills and communication of leadership. Learn More about The Sport and Recreation Alliance and find Lisa on LinkedIn.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Taking a holistic approach to people and the skills of holistic leadership
• Shared and reciprocated vulnerability
• Catching physical reactions and pausing
• Values and vision
• Calling out and dealing with defensiveness
• Different ways of speaking up
• Using humour
• Consistent messages, individually tailored
• The importance of people who are not like you
• Courage in leadership
• Saying ‘I don’t know’
• Billie Jean King
• Celia Brackenridge
• Personal Boardroom

LISA’S LETTER + QUOTES

Lisa’s letter to Billie Jean King both appreciates and celebrates the ‘mark made not just on the tennis stage but on the world stage’ and the continuous courage it took to do that. In a moving letter Lisa’s admiration of how Billie Jean King has ‘shone a light on the possible’ and the impact that has had on her as a leader serves as a starting point for a conversation about the role of courage in leadership.

“A person is a person in so many different ways.”

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“I’m still just a teacher - yes, my title is CEO, but what I try to do is help people develop themselves.”

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“I don’t know.”

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“You need people you trust around you, and a collective belief in what you are trying to deliver.”

On our sister podcast, Towards Leadership, we will look in more detail at tools, reflections and practical application of the ideas, insights and inspiration we get from our guests on Leadership Letters. An episode focused on Lisa’s insights will be coming soon. If you are already subscribed to Leadership Letters, look out for it in your podcast feed.

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In this episode #9, we are focusing on our first episode of season four when we were joined by Co-Founders of Radio News Hub Stephanie Otty and Jamie Fletcher. Find Steph and Jamie on LinkedIn, as we begin by talking about talking and in light of Steph and Jamie’s approach, the continuous conversations that make disagreements a thing of the past!

ALSO there's much more!

RECOMMENDATION LINKS:

• The Article 7 Types of Rest by Allaya Cooks-Campbell
• The TV Hobby Man with Alex Brooker
• The Podcast Rich Roll Podcast: Episode 600 Sleep Is Your Superpower
• The Blog Posts - Assumptions and Restoration Preparation

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Learn More About Radio News Hub and find Steph and Jamie on LinkedIn.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• The power of two
• When to step in and when to step back
• Maintaining standards without micromanaging
• Alignment on mission and vision
• Hearing, using and filtering feedback
• Conversation vs disagreement
• Constant dialogue
• Nurturing long lasting relationships
• Learning from those around you
• The importance of taking a break

THEIR LETTER + QUOTES

Steph and Jamie’s letter combined words of gratitude and appreciation for former employees with an invitation to stay connected, noting that to honour the past and to ensure continued success that it is crucial to put ‘people at the heart of everything you do.’

“We talk openly with people about what they want to achieve and how we can help them achieve that.”

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“I’ve always likened it to running a marathon. You need someone to run with who is experiencing the peaks and troughs at different times.”

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“Your contribution left a lasting impression.”

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“Because we have the constant conversations we come to the conclusions naturally because we’ve talked it through at length.”

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“People are you best PR.”

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“Everybody I meet I like to learn and take something from them.”

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“Switch off at some point. You don’t always have to consuming.”

On our sister podcast, Towards Leadership, we will look in more detail at tools, reflections and practical application of the ideas, insights and inspiration we get from our guests on Leadership Letters. An episode focused on Jamie and Steph’s insights will be coming soon. If you are already subscribed to Leadership Letters, look out for it in your podcast feed.

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This episode is part two as we look at how the Ego States or Parent-Adult-Child model developed by Eric Berne, can be useful to us as leaders.

Sometimes when our thinking and relationships at work feel stuck, it can be difficult to find a way to name and give voice to what is happening without getting into blame and judgement of each other and indeed of ourselves. It can also be difficult to think of ways to change and shift what feels stuck. It’s in taking responsibility for ourselves and our relationships, naming what’s happening, and doing something about it, that so many individuals and teams we have worked with have found this model useful.

RECOMMENDATION LINKS:

• Being - And Staying - The Adult In The Room - Using The Ego States Model for Better Conversations by Lizzie Bentley Bowers
• Games People Play by Eric Berne 
• Working It Out At Work by Julie Hay
• Transactional Analysis Coaching by Karen Pratt

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In today’s episode we are looking at how the Ego States or Parent-Adult-Child model developed by Eric Berne, can be useful to us as leaders.

Sometimes when our thinking and relationships at work feel stuck, it can be difficult to find a way to name and give voice to what is happening without getting into blame and judgement of each other and indeed of ourselves. It can also be difficult to think of ways to change and shift what feels stuck. It’s in taking responsibility for ourselves and our relationships, naming what’s happening, and doing something about it, that so many individuals and teams we have worked with have found this model useful. In Part 1 of this two part summer series, we share the origins of this work, talk you through Parent, Adult and Child and look at their benefits, and pitfalls, so that you can apply this awareness to your own interactions. 

RECOMMENDATION LINKS:

• Being - And Staying - The Adult In The Room - Using The Ego States Model for Better Conversations by Lizzie Bentley Bowers
• Games People Play by Eric Berne 
• Working It Out At Work by Julie Hay
• Transactional Analysis Coaching by Karen Pratt

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In this episode we take more of a dive into some thoughts and ideas arising from talking to Performance Director of Boccia UK, Greg Baker, in our most recent episode of Leadership Letters.

Hover over the pause button during this episode - we have a lot of reflective questions for you in this episode! Our starting point is the question Greg talks about always asking himself as a leader: Am I doing the best job for the individual in front of me? We begin by offering you questions to support your reflection on how well you know the individuals around you so that you are both up to date with, and know how to accommodate, their needs, how to support them and how to challenge them in the most useful ways.

We go on to discuss and offer further reflective questions around:

• Headspace and time to think: “Thinking is the work.”
• Your priorities
• The extent to which your calendar reflects your priorities and your need for Headspace - and how to make sure it does.
• Culture and environment
• Preparing for challenges and pressures
• Embedding your strengths in order to leverage them. 

RECOMMENDATION LINKS:

• The Book The Strengths Stacker Journal by Lizzie Bentley Bowers
• The Video Why Culture Matters  by Owen Eastwood
• The Podcast Better Under Pressure with Sara Milne Rowe
• The Blog Posts - Getting To Know You and Not Right Now

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Greg was instrumental in the success of British Para Table Tennis achieving multiple medals at the London 2012 Paralympic games, and securing record breaking results in both Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, helping Great Britain secure 2nd place in the overall medals table.

As an ex-England International table tennis athlete, former National Coach, Head Coach and current Performance Director at Boccia UK, he has successfully competed and worked in elite sport performance leadership and management positions for over 20 years. As a certified executive coach working in all sectors, he believes in leadership responsibility at all levels within an organisation and brings his values of trust, respect, honesty and togetherness.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Seeing wellbeing as a performance advantage
• When not to change the plan
• The responsibility of the leaders to create the environment for others to be at their best
• Knowing the individuals in your team and adapting to their needs
• Essential headspace
• Comfort zones and consciously moving out of them in order to understand ourselves under pressure 
• Doing vs being
• The importance of asking yourself what you are avoiding
• Constantly tweaking
• Jacinda Ardern, Ernest Shackleton and Winston Churchill
• Endurance by Alfred Lansing
• Belonging by Owen Eastwood
• Turn The Ship Around by David Marquet

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In this edition, we take more of a dive into some thoughts and ideas arising from talking to theatre director Sean Turner in our most recent episode of Leadership Letters.

Sean talked about the importance of casting – which for you might be the interview so we start there, with a look at the leaders’s role as the audience in an interview. 

We go on to look at:

• Being a receptive and supportive audience
• Inclusive interviewing
• Forced fun, awkwardness and connection
• Why connection matters
• Ways to increase connection
• Psychological Safety
• Trust
• Collaboration

RECOMMENDATION LINKS:

• The Book The Fearless Organization by Amy Edmondson
• The Talk How Do We Heal Medicine by Atul Gawande
• The Podcast Sideways with Matthew Syed
• The Article How To Build Real Relationships at Work by Gorick Ng

And if you know of anyone who might benefit from the work we’re doing, please do check out our new Towards Leadership website, and invite them to follow Leadership Letters or Towards Leadership on Instagram or LinkedIn.

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Sean is Associate Director on the West End and UK Touring productions of the hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, and has directed numerous productions of the show across the

globe. He has recently completed a tenure as Artistic Director of Trinity Theatre in Tunbridge Wells and he trained at the National Theatre as well as in Devising with Complicite. 

On top of directing shows at venues like the Bush Theatre, Soho Theatre and Trafalgar Studios, Sean was responsible for unearthing the script of Arthur Miller’s first play, No Villain, he then directed the World Premiere at the Old Red Lion and later transferred the production to the West End. Last year Sean’s first foray into film work won an NME Award (Best Music Video, 2022) when he co-directed the video for ‘Wake Me Up’ by the band ‘Foals’. 

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Connecting and bonding a team both at speed and authentically
• Transient teams
• Navigating artistic differences
• Managing feelings
• Kindness and treating people well
• The importance of casting 
• Trust
• Letting people fail
• Being present
• Having to deliver disappointing news
• National Service: Diary of a Decade at The National Theatre by Richard Eyre

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We begin with a look at how we tell our stories, and thinking about and connecting with our audience. 

“If the facts are the engine of the story, what matters to you and your audience is the fuel.”

We share prompts and reminders about:

• How we can transfer the storytelling we do socially to the stories we tell at work
• Connecting with the audience, whether it’s 1 or 1000 people
• Using feedback 
• Recording yourself
• Busting the myth that you are either a naturally good storyteller or you’re not. 
• The importance of recognising the impact our visibility as leaders has on energy.

“There is no doubt that being constantly visible and knowing that your words have impact, uses up resource.”

RECOMMENDATION LINKS:

• The Book How To own the Room by Viv Groskop
• The Talk Everyday Leadership by Drew Dudley
• The Podcast The Moth

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As the CEO and Chief Storyteller of Eber Leadership Group, she helps companies reimagine and evolve how they build leaders and teams, transform culture and tell stories - and excitingly is publishing The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories That Inform, Influence, and Inspire with HarperCollins in 2023.

She and I share a passion for the power of stories, and for equipping people to tell them so I was delighted to have the opportunity to listen and learn alongside all of you as we talked all things leadership, and listened to the Leadership Letter that Karen wrote to her niece and nephew.

• Karen is publishing The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories That Inform, Influence, and Inspire with HarperCollins in 2023 and you can find and connect with her at https://www.kareneber.com and on LinkedIn.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Storytelling 
• The importance of establishing a reflection habit early in your career
• Questions as the most powerful tool of leadership
• How you land on others, versus how you think you are landing
• Who you are ok disappointing
• Amplifying other voices
• Immersion: The Science of the Extraordinary and the Source of Happiness by Paul J Zak

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I thought I would start 2023 by delving into past blogs and Leadership Letters archives for some of the conversations, resources and writing we have shared, and maybe even add in a few new ones for good measure!

I’ve gathered them together under the theme - the C's of Kind Leadership.

RECOMMENDATION LINKS:

Rising Strong by Brené Brown 

“Why Compassion Matters”

Brené Brown again! Blog post

Dr Bill George,

Here’s a reminder of how we can all become better listeners.

The Authority Gap

Tanya Marwaha on the Leadership Letters podcast 

Rebel Ideas

This blog post highlights the work of Jane Dutton

Here’s a resource on humour

Simon Sinek to a question about building connection quickly

Amy Edmundson's TED talk

Self care

A Leadership Letter 

Matt Gavin’s breakdown of what constitutes courageous leadership.

Re-Imagining Failure.

& Brené Brown’s Dare To Lead podcast 

or check out Kind Leadership - the full blog

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For me, an effective, curious, compassionate, decisive, resilient and successful leader is able to serve the needs of their organisation, their community, themselves and indeed the wider world in a way that is about thriving and about sustainability in both the individual energy sense, and a global sense. It is leaders that are equipped to go towards anything and everything their world of work presents to them with that will contribute to better, happier, sustainable and empowered workplaces and it’s our mission to help you do that.

We promised you more on ADHD at the end of last month. In our most recent Leadership Letter, Katie Friedman wrote to the leader she was before she was aware of her ADHD, and the leader she is now post diagnosis. It’s a letter that offers layers and layers of experience, insight and food for thought for all of us listening. In this episode of Towards Leadership I reflect on my own experiences of preparing for Katie’s episode in which I catch myself being less inclusive than I would hope to be, share some of my own experiences of ADHD and offer an exercise I, and clients, have found useful time and again as a way of reflecting on conversations, and noticing what we could be doing differently when it comes to meeting needs, including our own.

“I had been a leader who unconsciously saw need as negative because I didn't understand my own.”

I also share some of my own recent lived experience of ADHD as an insight for leaders around the moment when someone discloses something about themselves, and share an exercise that is useful for reflecting on any aspect of conversation, including our levels of inclusiveness. You can find the corresponding blog post here.  

In our resources section I reflect on the distinction between ‘the truth’ and ‘a truth’ when talking about ADHD and share a great TED talk offering insight and questions reflection on the intersection of ADHD with other characteristics. 

RECOMMENDATION LINKS:

• The Talk Yes, Black women have ADHD too and need your attention! by Abigail Agyei
• The Post Kelly Morris’ response post on LinkedIn (Make sure you’re signed in to your LinkedIn account to view this post.)

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You can find and connect with Katie on LinkedIn.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Leading with neurodivergence
• Brené Brown’s Dare To Lead
• Self-compassion
• Learning from yourself
• Divergent Mind - Thriving In A World That Wasn’t Designed For You by Jenara Nerenberg
• Neuro-inclusion
• Representation Matters by Aisha Thomas
• ADHD 2.0 by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
• The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni
• Strengths
• Feedback

And on our sister podcast, Towards Leadership, we will look in more detail at tools, reflections and practical application of the ideas, insights and inspiration we get from our guests on Leadership Letters. An episode focused on ADHD and Katie’s insights will be coming soon. If you are already subscribed to Leadership Letters, look out for it in your podcast feed.

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For me, an effective, curious, compassionate, decisive, resilient and successful leader is able to serve the needs of their organisation, their community, themselves and indeed the wider world in a way that is about thriving and about sustainability in both the individual energy sense, and a global sense. It is leaders that are equipped to go towards anything and everything their world of work presents to them with that will contribute to better, happier, sustainable and empowered workplaces and it’s our mission to help you do that.

I'm passionate about the fact that hearing insights, inspiration, approaches and experiences from our guests on Leadership Letters is an important and rich resource. And I’m equally passionate that in sharing those ideas, it’s important to equip you, if you need it, with a sense of how to do those things; some ways to get there. Towards Leadership is where we will chew over the ’how to’ of Leadership and where you will find resources in our read, watch and listen to section, as well as tools, techniques, reflective exercises and thinking to support and challenge you as a leader, whether you have been in the C suite for many years, or are just starting out in your career with an eye on your future as a leader.

The focus of this episode is listening and relationship building, inspired by insights from Tanya Marwaha in S3 Ep 05 of Leadership Letters. We share the impact of distractions and not paying attention to others, and go on to take a dive into how to listen better and ways bringing our attention back when it wanders. We also look at hope to prepare to listen better, particularly to the people you disagree with.

In our section offering recommendations of resources for leaders in the form of something to read, to watch and to listen to, we begin by looking at the value of a book by an old favourite of the Towards Leadership podcast, Susan Scott. We then draw insights and skill building exercises from Melissa Reiner’s talk at TEDX London Business School. Finally we start a conversation about ADHD with the help of Grace Timothy’s podcast.

“Our work, our relationships, and our lives succeed or fail one conversation at a time. While no single conversation is guaranteed to transform a company, a relationship, or a life, any single conversation can. Speak and listen as if this is the most important conversation you will ever have with this person. It could be. Participate as if it matters. It does.”

Susan Scott

RECOMMENDATION LINKS:

• The talk How to listen like a musician by Melissa Reiner
• The book Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott, which you can also find in my Library!
• The podcast Is It My ADHD with Grace Timothy

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To learn more about Tanya and connect with her, you can find her on LinkedIn.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• What graduates are looking for in leaders
• The two-way leadership relationship
• Role models
• Humanising the role of leader
• What to look for in a leader
• Inclusion, vulnerability, courage, conversation and curiosity
• Standardising questions and processes to increase safety for interviewees
• The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

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Lizzie writes a special letter to you, the Leadership Letters listener, about the guests we have coming up for the rest of this year, but also the brand new plans, starting next month (October), to put our usual 'Leadership Letters Lowdown' into a new home called 'Towards Leadership', which will also be part of a wider resource launching soon.

But for now it starts with the podcast, where as Lizzie explains it'll be where you find tools, techniques and thinking to support and challenge you as a leader.

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Rob is on a mission to help create happier, healthier and higher performing workplaces. As a consultant Rob works with Boards and senior leadership teams on the design and implementation of an integrated wellbeing strategy and through Formscore’s revolutionary technology helps employers with real time well-being analytics, and employees become more intentional about their wellbeing. The InsideOut Leaderboard is a charity with the mission of smashing the stigma of mental ill-health in the workplace by showcasing senior leader role models with lived experiences of mental ill-health. Rob experiences bipolar disorder personally. If you would like to learn more about Rob and connect with him, you can find him on LinkedIn. 

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Leadership through the lens of followship
• Setting aside time for recovery
• The role of the leader in creating the conditions for wellbeing at work
• Wellbeing as a strategic priority
• Creating environments where people feel as psychologically safe as they do physically
• Work Well Podcast by Jen Fisher
• The Master and his Emissary by Ian McGilchrist

In the Leadership Letters Lowdown, we covered:

• Auditing the questions that you ask
• Useful questions
• Rising Strong by Brené Brown
• Ask Better Questions To Build Better Connections by Amber L Wright
• Lex Fridman Podcast with Tony Fadell

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Adam has worked in the staffing industry for over 20 years and his experience spans recruitment, contingent workforce management, executive search, management roles and leadership development. With a passion for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion born from his desire to remove the barriers faced by diverse and underrepresented talent in the job market, he advises organisations and leaders on Equity Diversity & Inclusion, with an approach that focuses on Ethics, Risk & Performance. If you would like to learn more about Adam and connect with him, you can find him on LinkedIn.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Inclusion and allyship
• Communicating the downs and the ups
• Tailoring leadership to individuals
• Appreciating and valuing difference
• Changing our behaviour, rather than expecting someone else to change theirs.

In the Leadership Letters Lowdown, we covered:

• Delivering difficult messages
• Being a sponsor or stakeholder in coaching
• CX Stories by John Sills
• The Case For A 4-Day Work Week by Juliet Schor
• How To Find Ultimate Fulfilment at Work: Steven Bartlett and Marcus Buckingham

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Wendy is a founder of 2 start-ups and a member of Tech London Advocates, an inward investment specialist and a mentor for several Business Growth Programmes.  For over 20 years she has worked with renowned companies in the UK, USA, Canada and across Europe, working for high profile businesses across multiple industries.  Wendy helps start-ups, fast-growth and established businesses to set up; nurture, manage and support their employee growth providing HR solutions that ensure the success and performance of employees and the business as it scales. If you would like to learn more about Wendy and connect with her, you can find her on LinkedIn.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Reading the room
• Listening, presence, and assumptions
• Wellbeing and self care
• The impact of poor leadership
• Listening to your organisational culture
• RE-Imagine by Tom Peters

In the Leadership Letters Lowdown, we covered:

• Getting to know yourself and your unconscious bias
• Trust
• The Authority Gap by Mary Ann Sieghart
• The Rescue
• Push Your Peak with Louise Minchin and Mark Beaumont

WENDY’S LETTER + QUOTES

Wendy wrote to the leaders who have influenced her in a different way to those we’ve heard about in previous episodes, by demonstrating the kind of leadership that she has striven not to emulate.

“Out of adversity has come the energy and drive to be the best version of themselves.”

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“I was inspired by the negative impact of the wrong leadership to become the most pro-people leader that I could.”

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“I might need to be ten different people in ten different meetings, so it’s important to understand who I am in each meeting.”

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Following the earlier stages of her life journey as a teacher, including as a headteacher of two comprehensive schools, (one of which I worked in) she was Chief Executive of the children’s charity NSPCC and Founding Director of the Clore Social Leadership Programme. I was fortunate to work for Mary early in my teaching career, and to be promoted by her to a leadership role that at the time and ever since has had an enormous impact on my life and work.

In the Leadership Letters Lowdown, we covered:

• The work of Jane E Dutton, specifically her book Energise Your Workplace, which I go into more depth on here. 
• Matthew Syed’s book, Black Box Thinking.
• My recent conversations with Alison Lucas on our Endings for Beginnings Podcast. 
• Making high quality connections with Buddy the Elf. 

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If you would like to learn more about Sam and her work, you can find her at Conflict Coaching International and on LinkedIn.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Understanding what conflict is and isn’t.
• The multiple benefits of embracing rather than avoiding conflict.
• Ways to manage conflict as a leader.
• The Conflict Resolution Toolbox by Gary Furlong
• Staying with Conflict by Bernard Mayer

In the Leadership Letters Lowdown, we covered:

• Tender Conversations by Kathryn Mannix
• Ted Lasso
• TED Radio Hour, Finding Another Way

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Jenny is CEO of multi award winning digital design agency Yoyo Design. Working with clients such as Marie Curie, Vivo Barefoot, Mercedes Benz and Universal Music the agency regularly wins awards for their work and their culture, recently scooping Campaign's Best Places to work. Jenny was recently named the Management Today 35 under 35, Young Business Leader of the year. She has also led the agency to make the legally binding commitment to manage the business using the triple bottom line of profit, people and planet as a certified B corporation. And now as a B Corp ambassador she promotes the B Corp values through supporting other companies through the accreditation process, as well as speaking at conferences and on podcasts about building better businesses that put people and the planet at the heart of the organisation. If you would like to connect, you can find Jenny on LinkedIn.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• B Corps
• The Marie Curie end of life charity
• UN Sustainable Development Goals 2016

In the Leadership Letters Lowdown, we covered:

• Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change by David Cooperrider and Diana Whitney
• Quiet by Susan Cain
• How To Stop Languishing and Start Finding Flow - Adam Grant
• The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett

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In this episode, we listen to an open letter written at the start of the summer by the manager of the England Football team, Gareth Southgate, and read by Michael from the Anything Audio team. I actually recommended this letter https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/dear-england-gareth-southgate-euros-soccer in our last episode in our Leadership Lowdown, but felt there was so much to take from it, as leaders, we should allow ourselves a fresh listen, perspective and download.

The Euros aren't the only sport this summer dominating our spare time, and even our working hours at times! And I also wanted to highlight the stand taken by Simone Biles in stepping away from competition in the gymnastics at Tokyo 2020. Not only does she have the world talking about mental health, which is only a good thing, it allows me to highlight again a key part of leadership, it's not just what we do, but how we do it.

This is episode 3 of season 2 of Leadership Letters, so there's plenty of advice, tips, great guests and letters to delve back into when you wish, and you may also like to sign up to my Leadership Letter monthly email, that many episodes are based on here, https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/leadership-letters

This is also where you can get in touch to offer your Leadership Lowdown recommendations, share your own Leadership Letter for us to feature on the podcast or let us know who you’d like to hear from as a guest.

Thanks again for joining us, hope you get to enjoy some kind of summer break, and see you soon!

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Dave and I talk about psychological safety, creativity, inclusion, ambition for others and how above all, and as a foundation for all, kindness is key. We also talk about a very special moment. Gift yourself seven minutes of sheer joy and watch Dave and Flakefleet Primary get the best deserved Britain’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer you’ll ever see!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSbV3YiRkI

Dave’s letter to future leaders is a leadership course in the form of a letter! 

Dave’s ‘To Read’ recommendations are:

Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed and Radical Candour by Kim Scott.

In the Leadership Letters Lowdown:

We start by sharing a way of assessing the wellbeing of your teams or organisations.

I have admired Gareth Southgate’s leadership of the England Men’s Football Team greatly. In this month’s Leadership Letters Lowdown my ‘To Read’ recommendation is his open letter to England, which highlights many facets of what for me, is important in leadership.

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/dear-england-gareth-southgate-euros-soccer. 

In the ‘To Watch’ recommendation Dr Bill George, author of Authentic Leadership and North Star talks about his leadership fundamentals. We all know how important a succinct and compelling mission is, and I love his reminder of the importance of repeating it – something I think leaders can unconsciously hold back from for fear or being repetitive.

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/authentic-leadership/

And my ‘to listen’ recommendation; TED Radio Hour – Inspire To Action

TED Radio is a great podcast, taking a theme each episode, and combining extracts from relevant TED talks with interviews and other audio material. This particular episode looks at how leaders bring people with them and has plenty to inspire and reflect on, including the incredible story of Icelandic presidential candidate Halla Tómasdóttir.

https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/inspire-to-action/id523121474?i=1000458160158

And you can find the Leadership Letter that this episode is based on here, https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/leadership-letters where you can also find past Leadership Letters and sign up to receive future ones. This is also where you can get in touch to share your Leadership Lowdown recommendations, share your own Leadership Letter for us to feature on the podcast or let us know who you’d like to hear as a guest.

Thanks for joining us and see you soon!

Lizzie

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Christina Blacklaws is a former President of the Law Society of England and Wales, the representative body of over 150,000 solicitors. She is an innovator in the legal field, having developed and managed one of the first ‘virtual’ law firms and set up the UK’s very first Alternative Business Structure with the Cooperative Group. She was also one of the first Directors of Innovation at a top UK firm. Christina now runs her own consultancy business providing strategic advice particularly in the areas of transformational change, technological developments and diversity and inclusion. She holds a range of public appointments including chairing two UK Government bodies in lawtech - The LawTech UK Panel and Innovate UK’s Next Generation Services Advisory Group. She is a member of the Ministry of Justice’s Legal Support Advisory Group. Christina is passionate about diversity and inclusion and is the representative for the Women Lawyers Division on the Law Society of England and Wales Council and an active member of Thomson Reuters Women in Leadership in Law Advisory Board. She also sits on the editorial board of Women Lawyers. As President, she spearheaded the largest ever global research on women in law involving thousands of lawyers over 20 countries and resulting in three reports and a UK government backed Pledge.

Christina and I begin, as always, by talking about how her early experiences of leadership impacted her and her leadership. We go on top talk about inclusive leadership, systemic bias and the importance of fully recognising, and then taking care with, your power as a leader. Christina’s moving and inspiring Leadership Letter is to the equally inspiring recipient, the Prime Minister of new Zealand, Jacinda Ardern.

Christina’s ‘To Read’ recommendation is the poetry of Maya Angelou:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/maya-angelou-the-complete-poetry/dr-maya-angelou/9780349006215

And here is a link to Christina’s TEDx talk:

https://www.tedxroyaltunbridgewells.com/video-blog/2020/the-future-is-biased-christina-blacklaws

In this month’s Leadership Letters Lowdown, my To Read recommendation is this article on ‘languishing’, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-%0Alanguishing.html that led me to say more on motivation and emotion in blog posts you can find here: https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/blog, where you’ll also find the link to Gloria Wilcox’s emotions wheel.

Here’s the link to Karen Eber’s brilliant talk on storytelling for leaders: https://www.ted.com/speakers/karen_eber

And my ‘to listen’ recommendation; The Moth podcast. https://themoth.org/podcast

And you can find the Leadership Letter that this episode is based on here https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/leadership-letters where you can also find past Leadership Letters and sign up to receive future ones. This is also where you can get in touch to share your Leadership Lowdown recommendations, share your own Leadership Letter for us to feature on the podcast or let us know who you’d like to hear as a guest.

Thanks for joining us and see you soon!

Lizzie

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We look at the 7F’s of threat responses, and David rock’s SCARF model, before going on to the Leadership Letters Lowdown.

You can read Brian Chesky’s letter here https://news.airbnb.com/a-message-from-co-founder-and-ceo-brian-chesky/

The SCARF video by Beyond Performance that I mention can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMejNf0dL2g

And more on David Rock and his work and further resources here https://neuroleadership.com/personnel/david-rock/

The podcast by Patrick Lencioni is here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-is-easy-transition-is-hard/id1474171732?i=1000509486492

And here’s Oprah Winfrey’s book “What I Know For Sure” https://www.waterstones.com/book/what-i-know-for-sure/oprah-winfrey//9781447277668awc=3787_1615910686_d5b7b1cf43b2b10296976ee0d1a8e76a&utm_source=259955&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=Genie+Shopping

And you can find the Leadership Letter that this episode is based on here, https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/leadership-letters where you can also find past Leadership Letters and sign up to receive future ones. This is also where you can get in touch to offer your Leadership Lowdown recommendations, share your own Leadership Letter for us to feature on the podcast or let us know who you’d like to hear from as a guest.

Thanks for joining us and see you soon!

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Head here to find out more about House of St Barnabus https://hosb.org.uk/ and ACEVO https://www.acevo.org.uk/.

Among the things Rosie talks about in this episode are the value as a leader of the confidence in you of those around you, the importance of ensuring that everyone has the support and permission to lead, and the powerful combination ambitious goals and deliverable plans. Rosie wrote her brilliant Leadership Letter to the Future Civic Leaders of 2041, offering them wise advice to “learn from our mistakes and let go of the systems, structures and grudges or previous eras that no longer serve you, but hold on tightly to the values, principles and histories that inspire you.”

Rosie’s ‘to read’ recommendation is the brilliant ‘Five Dysfunctions of a Team’ by Patrick Lencioni and her ‘to listen’ is Acevo’s Leadership Worth Sharing podcast https://www.acevo.org.uk/resources/podcast.

From this month’s Leadership Letters Lowdown you can find more detail on the organisational gains arising from increased self-compassion, as well as ways to get better at that. https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com

Here’s a link to Amanda Gorman’s website if you want to re-visit her incredible inauguration speech https://www.theamandagorman.com.

Simon Sinek’s TED talk is here https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action

And you can hear Matthew Syed talking to Elizabeth Day on her wonderful ‘How To Fail’ podcast here https://open.spotify.com/episode/4vsAYY9FyiBJPlFe1rE4ix

And you can find the Leadership Letter that this episode is based on here, https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/leadership-letters where you can also find past Leadership Letters and sign up to receive future ones. This is also where you can get in touch to share your Leadership Lowdown recommendations, share your own Leadership Letter for us to feature on the podcast or let us know who you’d like to hear as a guest.

Thanks for joining us and see you soon!

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Head here to find out more about them, to get involved, and if you are among their alumni, as Sharon said on the podcast, they would love to hear from you - https://www.young-enterprise.org.uk/.

Sharon’s letter to President Barack Obama was packed with things for us to chew over as we talked about ‘leaning into challenges that don’t have perfect answers’ and about the importance of the language we use, particularly when describing the future for the younger generations currently adapting through Covid19. We also talked about the impact of how you hold yourself physically as a leader, the role of listening and silence (particularly in online meetings) and avoiding being the rescuer.

Brene Brown’s brilliant ‘Dare To Lead podcast featuring Barack Obama that Sharon and Lizzie are both big fans of is here https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-president-barack-obama-on-leadership-family-and-service/

And from this month’s Leadership Letters Lowdown you can find blog posts on how to develop the leadership skill of ‘holding the tension of opposites’ here: https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/blog-feed/stalemate-leading-a-way-forward

and the post on the ‘Three Funny Things’ exercise here: https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/blog-feed/a-funny-thing-happened

Here’s Sarah Salway’s brilliant TEDx talk https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_salway_in_praise_of_everyday_words_jan_2019

and for a deeper dive into the ‘Word of the Year’ head here: https://languages.oup.com/word-of-the-year/2020/

And you can find the Leadership Letter that this episode is based on here, https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/leadership-letters where you can also find past Leadership Letters and sign up to receive future ones. 

See you soon!

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In this episode, Lizzie steps into the shoes of her guests by way of starting a December tradition for this podcast, as she shares her first own Leadership Letter, to retired Executive Headteacher Ian Collins, who she worked with and also happened to be her secondary school English teacher. As you'll hear an important influence and thinking around leadership. 

"I really enjoyed writing my own leadership letter, and can’t help noticing that in doing so reflected on and acknowledged some important things. If it makes you think about writing one we’d love to devote some episodes in 2021 to your letters so please do send them in."

The Leadership Letters Lowdown is the audio version of December’s Leadership Letter email – you can find that here, where you can also find past Leadership Letters and sign up to receive future ones.  https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/leadership-letters

You can find the post on the Four Pillars, from Endings for Beginnings, to close 2020 and turn with greater energy, perspective and intention towards 2021 both here https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/blog and here https://endingsforbeginnings.co.uk/resources

You’ve also been hearing about ‘Wolfpack’ by Abby Wambach. http://abbywambach.com/books/wolfpack/

If there’s anything else you would like to know more about, please get in touch. Let us know who you’d love to hear from on the podcast, and please do send in your own Leadership Letters, for us to talk about too. 

See you soon!

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It was apt as England went into 'Lockdown' again, we spoke to two people who've led the way on remote working. For 15 years, the world’s largest virtual PR agency, has worked with brands like Dropbox, Snapchat, Vodafone & Workday, running campaigns in more than 40 countries and are now a top 150 PR week agency. As well as reflecting on all things leadership, George and Nicky provide insight on working remotely, advice on being a partnership and creating a strong team, while caring about their staff and freelancers and also their families. And as mentioned in the podcast, if you would like to donate to The PR Network's lockdown charity initiative, raising money for the Trussell Trust, here's the link gf.me/u/y8y88n 

Don't miss Lizzie's something to read, watch and listen to and the Leadership Letters Lowdown

The blog post on setting goals is here, https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/blog-feed/medium-term-goals

And you can find the Leadership Letter that this episode is based on here,  https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/leadership-letters where you can also find past Leadership Letters and sign up to receive future ones. 

See you soon!

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You can find the Leadership Letter that this episode is based on here, https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/leadership-letters where you can also find past Leadership Letters and sign up to receive future ones.

The blog post on interview preparation is here: https://www.thecausewaycoaching.com/blog-feed/anyone-for-an-interview

The resources we mentioned this month are:

How To Argue With A Racist by Adam Rutherford

Fierce Conversations and Fierce Leadership by Susan Scott

You can find more information about Roger Schwarz, who I mention alongside Susan Scott as somewhere I learned a great deal about going towards challenging and important conversation here: https://www.schwarzassociates.com/services/the-skilled-facilitator-intensive-workshop-open-enrollment-3/

The TED talk I mentioned is by Lera Boroditsky is titled ‘How Language Shapes the Way We Think.’ https://www.ted.com/talks/lera_boroditsky_how_language_shapes_the_way_we_think?language=en

Anything else you heard and would like to know more about, please do get in touch. We’d love to hear about who you’d love to hear from on the podcast, and please do send in your own leadership letters for us to talk about too.

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Professional coach Lizzie Bentley Bowers will be joined by some remarkable leaders, who’ll reveal their own ‘Leadership Letter’ to kickstart the conversation, share experiences and opinions, and challenge you to be an even better leader.

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