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LQ – Legacy Quotient: Leave Your Enduring Leadership Imprint
11 Nov, 2025
LEADERSHIP WISDOM LQ – Legacy Quotient: Leave Your Enduring Leadership Imprint Consider Field Marshal Lord David Richards GCB CBE DSO DL (Podcast 298). Throughout his career, he led operations…
Leadership lessons they don’t teach in school – Making A Man Guest Spot
22 Oct, 2025
New podcast guest spot Leadership lessons they don’t teach in school I joined the Making A Man podcast for a frank conversation about the leadership lessons you learn in real life, not textbooks. Hos…
LEADERSHIP WISDOM RQ – Resilience Quotient: Thrive in Adversity
22 Oct, 2025
General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO (Podcast 126), former Chief of the General Staff, sadly died in 2024. A few months earlier I had corresponded with him. He was terminally ill with cancer, yet you…
LEADERSHIP WISDOM – CQ – Collective & Cultural Quotient: Drive Cognitive Diversity
22 Oct, 2025
Mark Urban is a distinguished British journalist, historian and broadcaster (Podcast 370); renowned for his fearless commitment to truth and his deep knowledge of defence, foreign affairs and militar…
MQ – Moral Quotient: Find Your True North
23 Sep, 2025
LEADERSHIP WISDOM on MQ – Moral Quotient Angie Klein, CEO of Visible (Podcast 75), runs the Verizon-owned company with a reputation for no-nonsense drive and unwavering integrity. She said: “I…
Maintain Your True North
3 Sep, 2025
I’ve seen it, in the military and the boardroom. Leaders whose values drift as outside pressure builds – one shortcut here, a quiet compromise there. It doesn’t look like much at first, but one…
How can you make use of the Compass Model to Navigate Your Team through Turbulent Times?
27 Aug, 2025
Whether in the heat of military operations or the pressure cooker of corporate life, our instinctive response to crisis is fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. When the stakes are high, the mind narrows…
New Podcast: Leadership Wisdom with Anthony Scaramucci
19 Aug, 2025
LEADERSHIP WISDOM Leadership Wisdom with Anthony Scaramucci: At fifty-three, Anthony Scaramucci (Podcast, 379) had achieved the kind of boardroom success most leaders dream of. Nothing humbled him mo…
“THE CEO’S COMPASS: How to Navigate Your Team Through Turbulent Times”: A Sneak Peek
13 Aug, 2025
In my forthcoming book (published 11 Nov with Pre-orders soon) – “THE CEO’S COMPASS: How to Navigate Your Team Through Turbulent Times” I share the wisdom and advice from some of my 400 guests…
“Lead by example and that will always inspire others” says Liz McConaghy
8 Apr, 2025
Liz McConaghy’s story is one of resilience, courage, and transformation. Originally from Northern Ireland, she joined the RAF on her 19th birthday, becoming the longest-serving female crewman on the…
“They won’t really care how much you know until they know how much you care.” says Lieutenant-General Tom Copinger-Symes
4 Mar, 2025
In this episode, we sit down with Lieutenant-General Tom Copinger-Symes, the Deputy Commander of UK Strategic Command, to explore his distinguished military career and the evolving landscape of defen…
Decode the CEO Fear Factor
20 Feb, 2025
The Top 5 Fears and Vulnerabilities of CEOs Themes from the Podcast interviews highlight several fears that CEOs face: Fear of Failure: Many CEOs struggle with the fear of making mistakes, especially…