The Visible Leader (Corine Hines)

Testament to their belief that relationships are the source of results, Phil Burgess and Felix Koch have worked together for more than a decade.

As joint Managing Directors of marketing services agency, C Space, their people-centric leadership approach to culture transformation led to various awards including ‘Best Place to Work’, ‘Best Agency’ and ‘Learning Team of the Year’ at the Learning Performance Institute’s Global Learning Awards.

They were jointly listed on Management Today’s ‘Agents of Change’ Power List for men championing gender equity in business and in 2022, Felix was listed on the InsideOut LeaderBoard which celebrates senior-leader role models who are working to smash the stigma of mental ill-health in workplaces.

As Chief People Officer and European CEO of C Space, they commissioned an award-winning mental health and connection programme which had a phenomenal impact on participant wellbeing and their sense of connection.

This inspired them to leave their corporate careers to set up WITHIN where they now work with leaders to drive results by creating cultures of connection where people can thrive. Their award-winning, group-based approach strengthens relationships, significantly improving wellbeing and delivering sustained impact over time.

The topics we covered:

• How people feel connection and disconnection in the workplace.
• Where employee disconnection might show up in the bottom line.
• What positive impact working on connection could bring.
• How people’s best efforts often miss the mark.
• And what you can do that will really make a difference.

If you want to hear more from Phil and Felix sign up to their free workshop:

Unlearning 3 leadership habits that prevent connection. https://calendly.com/within-business/within-workshop-unlearn-3-habits-that-prevent-connection?month=2023-10

Or connect with them on LinkedIn:

Felix: www.linkedin.com/in/relationships-are-the-source-of-results/

Phil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipburgess/

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Dr. Steven Rogelberg is an organizational psychologist whose award-winning research into meetings led to the publication of the highly successful book The Surprising Science of Meetings.

And again, he’s taken that research-based approach with his latest book – the excellent Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 meetings.

In this episode we challenge the idea that 1:1s are an optional extra for team members who ‘need’ them  - and offer a framework for how to get started.

We talk about:

• What the research says and why 121s matter to your team members
• Whether you can be too senior to need a 121.
• What leaders are getting wrong.
• The mechanics of what a good 121 should look like.
• How to get started for leaders and for HR

You can find resources on Dr. Steven Rogelberg’s website: www.stevenrogelberg.com

And find his book here: Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings

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Julie Smith is a sought-after coach who has been supporting leaders and teams to grow their impact for three decades. A 15+ year corporate career with Mars and PepsiCo gave Julie first-hand experience of what it takes to succeed in a demanding, fast-paced organization.

Julie is the author of Coach Yourself Confident, an encouraging and supportive guide for professionals who have aspirations to progress further in their careers, and who feel that a lack of confidence is getting in their way.

In this conversation, we covered:

• The cost of the self-doubt tax
• Why you might want to mark down people who regularly go above and beyond
• How to grow your own confidence
• What to do about lack of confidence in people you lead
• And the name Julie gives the nagging negative voice in her head…

You can find more about  Julie Smith on her website: https://talentsprout.co.uk

And find her book here: Coach Yourself Confident: Ditch the self-doubt tax, unlock humble confidence

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Carrie helps people transform meetings and meeting culture. She has redesigned how we meet for the collaborative era, crafting meetings that are honest, focused, supportive and energising. Carrie’s PhD created an evidence-based framework for what underpins meeting success (spoiler alert: it’s not having an agenda) and her research was described as 'game-changing for meeting science'.

Topics covered:

• Why it’s time for a new meeting philosophy
• Signs of a poor meeting culture that you might not spot
• ‘Best practice’ for meetings that’s just making things worse
• Carrie’s top tips you can action straightaway

Carrie is making her Mini e-course: Get your team out of meeting gridlock available for free to my listeners. Here is the discounted link:

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Connect with Carrie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriebedingfield/

And check out her FewerFasterBolder website: https://www.fewerfasterbolder.com/

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In this episode, I chat with Stacey, an expert on introverted leadership, about the myths surrounding introverts in leadership roles and how they can excel in environments often geared towards extroverts.

Have a listen and discover how to truly embrace your strengths as an introverted leader!

Key takeaways include:

• Introversion vs Extroversion: Stacey shares her thoughts on why it’s not a simple binary choice and how understanding these traits can help leaders play to their strengths.
• Debunking Myths about Introverted Leaders: We explore the stereotype of being quiet and discuss why introverts can be powerful leaders.
• Practical Tips for Introverts in the Workplace: From preparing for meetings to managing your energy, Stacey offers some brilliant, actionable advice to ensure introverts have their voices heard.
• Influence and Contribution: We cover how introverts can influence and contribute without needing to be the loudest person in the room.
• How to Ask for What You Want: Stacey gives great advice on how introverts can successfully ask for the promotion, recognition, or raise they deserve.

Stacey also shares a free “Meetings Playbook for Introverts” – you can download it from her website to learn more.

Resources:

• Contact me to book your free 30-minute Leading Smarter discovery call on LinkedIn.

• Visit Stacey’s website: ifactorleadership.com for more insights and tools.
• Meeting Playbook for Introverts: 10 Strategies to Have Your Voice Heard and Your Ideas Shine: https://ifactorleadership.com/meetingplaybook/
• Conference Survival Guide for Introverts: https://ifactorleadership.com/survivalguide/- Ways to work with Stacey: https://ifactorleadership.com/coaching/
• Connect with Stacey on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chazinconsulting/

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After over 10 years of coaching leaders and teams, I’m on a mission. Well, two missions really. I want to explore the assumptions made about the BEST or the ONLY way to be a leader. I’ll be looking at alternative approaches to see if it’s possible to get results and end up with happier, and more productive people. And second - who are the people taking leadership theory and bringing it to life in their organisation? And how can you get the same results in yours?

Join me as I talk to thought leaders and change-makers about practical ways to apply new learning and rethink the status quo.

Neil Jurd is a former army officer and RMA Sandhurst instructor. He served in several operational theatres, including the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Yemen. Since leaving the army he has worked in leadership development and coaching for more than a decade, Neil has an MA from Cranfield University, is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management and an Entrepreneur in Residence at Lancaster University. He was awarded the British Citizen Award in 2020, and appointed OBE in 2021.

He is the author of the 5* rated ‘The Leadership Book’, written to make Leadership easy to understand and easy to apply.

Topics we covered:

• The dark side of being busy
• The ‘yes, but..’ excuses for busyness
• How to create space
• How controlling less can be the key to success

Find out more about Neil

Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neiljurd/

Find his book here: The Leadership Book: A step by step guide to excellent leadership

Watch his Ted Talk: Pause & Allow. How controlling less can be the key to success

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Ben Simpson works with leaders and their teams to create better relationships, improve trust, increase autonomy, ditch bureaucracy. He very much sees that you perform best when you’re happy in your work. And he’s a fierce critic of traditional (command and control) management and prefers a more human-centric way of leading and managing.

He co-founded Organisational Vitality, is the Director and Chairman of the Deming Alliance UK, Co-organiser of Reinventing Work in Bath and is a visiting lecturer on the Bath MBA.

And he has the honour of collaborating with me when we work with clients together!

We geeked out in this episode but also made sure we offered practical advice for rethinking your appraisal system.

We covered:

• Is it true that appraisal processes never work?
• So why do they persist?
• The hidden/unintended consequences of annual appraisals
• If command and control should be a thing of the past – why is Amazon so successful?
• If we ditch the concept of an appraisal system what could you do instead?
• What do we mean by ‘ask better questions’?
• What actions can leaders start taking right now?

If you have any questions as a result of this Podcast you have permission to pick our collective brains! Our e-mail addresses are:

corine@visibly-different.co.uk

ben@vitalorg.co.uk

Find out more about Ben here: https://vitalorg.co.uk/

And connect with him here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bensimpsonbath/

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In this episode, I sit down with Sarah Langslow, an executive coach and leadership expert, to dig deep into the impact we have as leaders—both the intentional and the unintentional. Sarah went from competing in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race to a stellar corporate career, and now she’s the author of Do Sweat the Small Stuff, a book that takes a close look at how our smallest actions as leaders can have the biggest impact. Join us as we uncover some eye-opening truths about the power of presence, intent, and those “micro-interactions” that often go unnoticed.

Key Takeaways Include:

• Intent vs. Impact: Sarah reveals why our intentions, no matter how good, often go astray. How can we make sure the message we think we’re sending is what others actually receive?
• Unintended Consequences of Being "Nice": What happens when kindness becomes a cover for discomfort? Sarah’s story of a moment gone wrong might make you rethink how you approach feedback.
• Navigating Power Dynamics: Sarah shares how power subtly affects every interaction—and how even the smallest misstep can amplify in unexpected ways. Are you tuned in to how power affects your team?
• Breaking Habitual Responses: What if your quick-fix solutions are doing more harm than good? Sarah offers a different way to engage that could change the way your team sees you.

Resources:

• Explore Sarah’s website: sarahlangslow.com for her book Do Sweat the Small Stuff and access to additional resources.

Contact Me:

• Book your free 30-minute Leading Smarter Discovery Call https://calendly.com/visiblydifferentcorine/1-2-hr-discoverycall
• Download my Leader's Guide to Increasing Your Impact, Influence & Free Time https://www.visibly-different.co.uk/increasing-your-impact/

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In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Danny Wareham, an organisational psychologist, coach, and speaker with over 25 years of experience. We took a deep dive into organisational culture - what it is, what it isn’t, and the common missteps leaders make when trying to improve it. Danny has such a wealth of experience and shared incredible insights on how to align culture with strategy to get real results.

We covered answers to questions, like:

• Why isn’t creating a “fun” workplace enough to drive success?
• What’s the real purpose of organisational culture, and how can leaders use it as a tool?
• When does communication actually undermine engagement?
• Why do we still think pay is a motivator when all the evidence says otherwise?
• How can leaders step back and focus on leading environments instead of people?

Find out more about Danny Wareham at dannywareham.co.uk or connect with him on LinkedIn

Enjoy!

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Glyn Potts is the Headteacher of Saint John Henry Newman Catholic College in Oldham. Newman is a large secondary school serving a diverse community where 43% of students are in receipt of ‘Free School Meals.’

Glyn was awarded the ‘Inspirational Teacher of the Year’ award in 2010, has a masters degree in Catholic Educational Leadership and a second masters in Youth Leadership. He is an active member of the Army Cadet Force within the North West.

He is a serving Deputy Lieutenant in Greater Manchester, and he was awarded an MBE in May 2022 for Services to the Army Cadet Force and Education.

Topics we covered:

• Why retention is the new recruitment
• What leadership skills are most lacking today
• Why calling young people snowflakes isn’t accurate or fair
• The leadership theories Glyn is making a reality
• The first place to start if you want to implement change

The leadership books Glyn talked about are:

Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

L. David Marquet’s Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

James Kerr’s Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us about the Business of Life

And here is more about Glyn’s inspiring story:

One year in a struggling British state school

I recently sat down with Samuel Drauschak to explore what process-driven leadership really means – and how you actually build empathy and connection if you get it right.

Listen out for the question he suggests you ask your people if you want to get more of the RIGHT things done.

Highlights:

• What is Process Leadership? Learn the key differences between process-driven and data-driven leadership (and why you should care about either).
• Real-Life Transformations: Hear about how it worked on the ground.
• Practical Tips: Get actionable advice on where to start with process mapping and who to involve.
• Empathy and Efficiency: Understand how connecting with your team is the key to better processes and better business.
• Beyond Business: Find out how process principles can be applied to your personal life – because we’re all trying to improve aren’t we?!

Connect with Sam here:

• Website: Truvel.com
• LinkedIn: Sam Drauschak 

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Rich Kirkpatrick is a creative leader, author, and speaker who helps people unlock their creative potential.

With a background spanning both business and the arts, he blends science and creativity to guide teams and leaders in fostering innovation. He’s the author of Mind Blown: Unlock Your Creative Genius by Bridging Science and Magic, where he offers practical insights into the creative process.

In this episode, we dive deep into the concept of creativity and how it impacts our personal and professional lives. Here’s a sneak peek at the topics covered:

• What is Creativity?
  We kick things off by questioning the very essence of creativity. Is there a test to measure it, or is it something more intrinsic?
• Leadership and Creativity:
  Explore how creativity manifests in leadership and teams, and what happens when it’s missing.
• Signs of a Creative Team:
  How can a leader tell if their team is creatively thriving or just going through the motions?
• The Wizard vs. The Robot:
  Discover the two types of thinkers in creativity and why both are essential to the process.
• Iterative Improvement vs. Creative Leaps:
  Can creativity be a series of small steps, or are big leaps necessary? What’s the risk involved?
• Creating a Culture for Creativity:
  Learn about fostering an environment where creativity can flourish and the surprising elements that might be holding your team back.
• Constraints as Creativity’s Best Friend:
  Why setting boundaries might actually unlock more creative potential.
• Is Creativity Always Good?
  Can too much creativity be a hindrance? The discussion turns to balance and the importance of execution.
• Top 5 Creativity Killers in Leadership:
  What are leaders doing today that stifles creativity, and how can they turn it around?

Contact me to book your free 30-minute Leading Smarter discovery call on LinkedIn.

Connect with Rich on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richkirkpatrick/

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In this episode I chat with Walt Morgan. As a certified coach, former Navy Commander, and university lecturer, Walt specialises in helping people develop their leadership skills on both personal and professional fronts. Walt’s seen it all and has some sharp insights on the common slip-ups leaders make.

What we cover:

• Common Leadership Blunders: Walt lays out the five big missteps he sees leaders making. He’s big on understanding what leadership really means personally and professionally, and he challenges us to redefine it for ourselves.
• Leadership as a Journey: Leadership isn’t a fixed quality but an evolving journey that reflects our actions and intentions. Walt shares his thoughts on how our understanding of leadership can and should change over time.
• The Right Time for Development: We talk about the importance of starting leadership development early. The more set in our ways we are, the harder it is to adapt and grow.
• Getting Help: We discuss the power of coaching to unearth and change deeply ingrained habits and mindsets that hold us back.
• Learning vs. Development: We explore the difference between just learning new things and actually developing as leaders. How to turn knowledge into action to make real changes in how we lead.

Interested in more from Walt? Reach out to him on email at walt@tliftcoaching.com or check out his website at www.tliftcoaching.com.

Once you’ve had a listen think about your own leadership style. Are you sticking to old habits? Maybe it’s time for a chat with your team to check out what leadership means to you all.

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I talked to Scott Allen about tackling some of the most persistent myths about leadership.

Why do these myths continue to hold sway, and how do they shape our understanding of what it means to lead?

Scott dives deep into the origins and impact of these myths, encouraging us to rethink traditional views on leadership.

Key questions explored:

• Are leaders really born, not made? Scott’s insights challenge this well-worn belief.
• How do we define leadership? Spoiler: it’s far more than just holding a title.
• Does charisma automatically make someone a good leader, or can it sometimes be a drawback?
• Why do so many leaders feel compelled to have all the answers? Scott turns this idea on its head.
• Should leaders always be ethical, and is there ever a place for lying in leadership?

Join us as we challenge these myths and offer fresh perspectives that will make you reflect on your own leadership journey. This episode is packed with ideas that could transform your approach to leadership.

Intrigued? Listen now and prepare to rethink what you thought you knew about leading.

Mentioned in the episode:

• The Leader’s Framework for Decision Making by Snowden & Boone – A must-read Harvard Business Review article exploring decision-making in leadership.
• Research on charisma by John Antonakis – Groundbreaking research on how charisma influences leadership from a professor at the University of Lausanne.
• Psychological Safety by Amy Edmondson – Learn more about Amy Edmondson’s pioneering work on creating environments where teams can thrive.
• Dissent in organisations by Megan Reitz – Explore Megan Reitz’s research on speaking up and dissent in the workplace, and how leaders can foster open debate.

Find out more about Scott Allen at scottjallen.net or connect with him on LinkedIn

Contact Me:

• Book your free 30-minute Leading Smarter Discovery Call https://calendly.com/visiblydifferentcorine/1-2-hr-discoverycall
• Download my Leader's Guide to Increasing Your Impact, Influence & Free Time https://www.visibly-different.co.uk/increasing-your-impact/

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Dr Lee Williams is a behavioural scientist with 30 years experience helping organisations improve productivity and performance. He’s done this work across many companies – including American Express,  Tesco and Dupont. He has an undergraduate degree in Pharmacology & Physiology, an MBA and a DBA from Alliance Manchester Business School where he completed the UK's first empirical study of Business Mental Toughness.

He uses this experience to measure employee well-being in his current business, KAYA.

Topics covered:

• What  Lee means by resilience
• What are some common misconceptions people have about resilience?
• How resilience can sometimes negatively impact employee well-being and mental health
• How to get the balance right so you get fewer downsides
• Top tips for leaders who want to help increase wellbeing

Connect with Dr Lee Williams here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thewellbeingchampion/

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Mark Graban is an author, speaker, and podcast host specialising in lean management and healthcare improvement. He wrote "The Mistakes That Make Us" and hosts the podcast "My Favourite Mistake." Mark is known for his insights on learning from mistakes and improving organisational processes.

Themes Covered:

• Innovation and Mistakes: Why embracing small mistakes can lead to big breakthroughs.
• Healthcare Errors: The importance of systems and checklists.
• Creating a Safe Space: How this fits with psychological safety
• Leading Through Mistakes: Tips for leaders on how to encourage better mistake making

Connect with Mark here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgraban/

Listen to Mark's podcast, My Favorite Mistake.

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Marina Nitze is an author and a crisis engineer. She co-authored Hack Your Bureaucracy with Nick Sinai, it contains over 50 tactics, each with real-world examples, for making lasting change in bureaucracies from PTAs all the way up to the White House and Fortune 500 companies.

Marina is currently focused on improving America’s child welfare system, helping organisations solve mission-critical IT challenges. Before this she was the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and helped establish the United States Digital Service. She also served as a Senior Advisor on technology in the White House under the Obama Administration.

We talked about:

• What it means to have a high-functioning bureaucracy
• What hacking your (low-functioning) bureaucracy means
• Where to start to get results
• The mistakes that keen people make
• Why Marina is obsessed with stabbing people in the chest

And much, much more.

Find out more about Marina here:

https://www.marinanitze.com/

And buy her brilliant book here:

Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on any Team https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hack-Your-Bureaucracy-Things-Matter/dp/0306827751

Are you struggling to turn your vision into reality? Learn how to become an execution-focused leader and drive results in your organisation.

Monte Pedersen is dedicated to helping organisations manage their strategy execution -  he wants this to be a competency within every one of his clients.

He wants to eliminate all the bad habits they’ve developed over the years so they have a repeatable operating model that will teach their teams how to manage execution and get better at doing it each year.

Discover the key to effective strategy execution in this episode and learn why working longer hours doesn't always equal greater productivity.

Topics we covered:

• Strategy is not a linear process: Why strategy doesn't happen in a straight line and how to communicate and adapt as things change.
• Long hours ≠ greater productivity: Why, contrary to popular belief, working longer hours does not necessarily lead to increased productivity.
• Why effective communication is key: And how to make communication the foundation of successful leadership.
• And why you might be getting it wrong if you’re aiming for a work-life balance.

Connect with Monte on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monte-pedersen-9554a1126/

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Philippa Kindon and the team at Mayden think so and they've captured their journey of creating a self-managing workplace in their recent co-authored book, 'Made without Managers'.

Mayden is a 140-person strong health-tech company based in Bath, providing market-leading software to NHS Mental Health Trusts, charities and third-sector providers. Mayden takes an agile and self-managing approach, having broken free from traditional people hierarchies and instead is organised around teams that manage themselves and their work.

The team at Mayden wanted to share their stories, not because they think they've got this way of working all right, but rather because they want to provide examples of how it can work, and also give a real account of some of the challenges.

A lifelong student of organisational behaviour, Philippa earned her PhD from the School of Management at the University of Bath with research into identity in the workplace. Passionate about people at work, she believes that everyone deserves to be happy in their work. Not the lighthearted laugh-at-a-film surface-level happiness, but a deep, fulfilling sense of purpose and joy through connection to a meaningful endeavour.

Philippa's role at Mayden spans business development, innovation, coaching and championing self-managing ways of working.

Topics include:

• What was the problem that Mayden wanted to solve with self-managing teams?
• How Mayden was able to take ways of working from software development and apply them to the entire organisation
• How career growth and progression work in self-managed teams
• Does self-management mean there are no hierarchies?
• How do work-placed investigations progress in a managerless organisation? What about interpersonal conflicts?
• Did the Mayden team face surprises or objections?

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In this episode of The Visible Leader, I chat with Paul Teasdale about high-performance conversations and what leaders can learn from Formula One. Paul’s career spans from sausage-making to F1, and he shares how leaders can handle tough conversations, make better decisions, and build a culture of high performance.

Here’s what we covered:

• What makes a difficult conversation so hard, and how do you navigate it with grace?
• How can leaders apply an F1 mindset to performance conversations?
• What are the three key ingredients to high performance?
• How do you use data in decision-making without drowning in it?
• How can leaders communicate better without overwhelming their teams?
• What do you do when a high performer is also a challenge to manage?

Resources & Links:

Connect with Paul Teasdale on LinkedIn: Paul Teasdale

Or visit Paul’s website: www.paulteasdale.co.uk

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Dr Nia Thomas is a thought leader in self-aware leadership and practices self-aware leadership every single day in her role as Director in a Children’s Charity.

She has an allergic reaction when she hears the phrase ‘you shouldn’t care what anyone else thinks’.

We talked about the perils of heeding that advice and how to avoid going the other way and becoming a total people pleaser!

Topics we covered:

• How to become aware of your blind spots.
• The pros and cons of 360 feedback.
• The cautions around self-awareness. How to avoid overthinking every encounter you have with your team.
• How you can be an authentic leader whilst taking others' opinions into account.
• How to judge when constructive feedback is useful or noise that should be disregarded.
• How can leaders navigate the fine line between caring about others' thoughts and maintaining their authenticity?

Find out more about Dr Nia Thomas: https://knowingselfknowingothers.co.uk/

And connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nia-d-thomas/

Get your free copy of my Leader's Guide to Increasing Your Impact, Influence & Free Time here:  www.visibly-different.co.uk/increasing-your-impact

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Dr Katharina Schmidt completed an executive MBA at Kellogg Business School and then for the next 20 years had an international career with various professional services firms before she started her own business as an Executive Coach & Leadership Team Developer.

She’s lived all over the world and speaks 5 languages fluently. And she had a career as a professional volleyball player!

We talked about Confidence and Vulnerability – and how to show both as a leader to build trust in your team.

We covered:

• The link between vulnerability and psychological safety
• The right balance between confidence and vulnerability
• What being a vulnerable leader actually sounds like
• How imposter syndrome fits into the picture of confidence and vulnerability
• What experiments you can try that will encourage you (and everyone around you) to be more vulnerable and build trust

Find out more about Dr Katharina Schmidt: https://www.inspirationanddiscipline.com

Read more of her articles: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/people/katharinaschmidt1/

And connect with her:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-katharina-schmidt-psyd-343612/

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Harrison Ward is better known as Fell Foodie.

He’s an inspirational speaker, outdoorsman and cook who loves to recreate restaurant-style meals on minimal equipment (usually a camp stove) in remote locations.

He has a vast following across various social media platforms and has featured regularly in the media including Channel 5 and BBC. He regularly delivers talks about his personal battle with depression, suicidal thoughts and alcohol highlighting a journey from an overweight, alcoholic, smoker to the fit, mountain-loving foodie he is today.

This is what Dame Mary Berry DBE said about him - "Great, classy food".

We talked about:

• His journey and his catalyst for change
• What he needed in order to support the change
• What challenges he encountered
• What habits he developed
• What sustained his change
• And tips for someone wanting to get healthier and fitter

His debut book is Cook Out: Fell Foodie’s Guide to Over 80 Gourmet Recipes to Cook in the Great Outdoors.