Episodes
On this new episode of Leadership at the edge, the Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark Williams, joined by Director of Reimagine Leadership, Dr Jim Hamill, explore the impact of the 'great resignation', the feasibility of the 4-day work week, and the growing empowerment of employees. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-at-the-edge/message
Published 06/27/22
On the new episode of Leadership at the edge, the   Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark   Williams, joined by Director and Chief Creative Officer of   Genius Learning Ltd, Caroline Esterson, explore trust and empowerment of teams; being a perfectly imperfect leader, and making the workplace more ‘human’. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-at-the-edge/message
Published 05/25/22
On the new episode of Leadership at the edge, the Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark Williams, joined by Founder and CEO of Lean In Agile, Leila Rao, explore the state of leadership and if we’re getting better at it; trust as an act of courage, and observing patterns of behaviour as a survival mechanism. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-at-the-edge/message
Published 04/27/22
On the new episode of Leadership at the edge, the   Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark   Williams, joined by acclaimed academic and author, Henry   Mintzberg, explore future opportunities and challenges for managers, the power of a crowd and distorted choices, and the dangers of superior leadership and abusive management. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-at-the-edge/message
Published 03/31/22
On the new episode of Leadership at the edge, the Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark Williams, joined by Executive Coach and CEO of TeamCatapult, Marsha Acker, explore overcoming patterned leadership behaviour, the shift towards supporting people rather than achieving results, and whether ‘command and control’ still has a place in 21st century leadership. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-at-the-edge/message
Published 02/23/22
On the new episode of Leadership at the edge, the Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark Williams, joined by business agility expert and CEO of the Business Agility Institute, Evan Leybourn, explore the challenges and opportunities of business agility in the current climate, adopting agile behaviours to cope with the new ways of working, and the shape and direction of organisational agility in the future. --- Send in a voice message:...
Published 01/26/22
On the new and final episode of Leadership at the edge for 2021, the Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark Williams, joined by the founder of The Leadership Psychology Institute and co-author, Maria Katsarou-Makin, explore: Trust and its role as the foundation for organisational effectiveness, How organisations can help their teams differentiate between pressure and stress, and Positioning the psychology of leadership in today's world. --- Send in a voice...
Published 12/16/21
On the new episode of Leadership at the edge, the   Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark   Williams, joined by a global thought leader, international speaker,   precision shooting World Champion, and author, Christina Bengtsson, explore: The importance of focus in today’s world, Remodelling focus within leadership, and If focus can be seen as a team behaviour rather than just an individual behaviour. --- Send in a voice message:...
Published 11/18/21
On the new episode of Leadership at the edge, the Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark Williams, joined by one of the UK's most influential women in technology and a multi-award winner for her services to Diversity & Inclusion, Sheree Atcheson, explore: The principles of leadership, The 'cult hero' model of leadership, and How leaders need to adapt for a future full of people who won’t be following ‘traditional’ routes into a career. --- Send in a voice...
Published 10/28/21
On the new episode of Leadership at the edge, the Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark Williams, joined by L&D strategist, workforce futurist, and design thinking practitioner, Keith Keating, explore: The Future of Work, Hybrid Workplace, and how L&D practitioners can use Design Thinking to help employees to adapt in the new way of working. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-at-the-edge/message
Published 09/30/21
On the new episode of Leadership at the edge, the Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark Williams, joined by lecturer, trainer and coach specialised in critical thinking, leadership and cross-cultural communication skill development, Dr Giedrė Vasiliauskaitė, explore: The habitual application of critical thinking Problem-solving and overcoming biased decision making Leadership challenges in the academic world --- Send in a voice message:...
Published 08/26/21
On this episode, we discuss: The effects of working from home paranoia (00:19-02:49) 191 businesses named for breaking national minimum wage law (02:50-05:07) Small businesses adopt hybrid working (05:08-07:31) Businesses continue to underestimate employee turnover threat (07:32-10:25) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-and-management/message
Published 08/11/21
On this episode, we discuss: Tokyo Olympics 2020: Simone Biles walking away from the competition to focus on her mental health (00:21-02:44) Direct messaging replaces emails as the primary form of communication (02:45-05:46) How hybrid working will impact productivity and career progression (05:47-08:50) LinkedIn trust people to work however and wherever works best for them (08:51-11:43) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-and-management/message
Published 08/04/21
On the new episode of Leadership at the edge, the Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark Williams, joined by the Director of the Agile Strategy Lab at the University of North Alabama, Ed Morrison, explore: The new understanding of leadership as a shared process The challenge of collaboration between market economy and civic economy Strategic conversations --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-at-the-edge/message
Published 07/29/21
On this episode, we discuss: Switch lanes at work (00:19-02:51) Organisations need to develop 'the return to the workplace  muscle’ (02:52-05:41) Trendspotting as an ongoing, continuous discipline (05:42-08:00) The pandemic has created a resignation backlog (08:01-10:36) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-and-management/message
Published 07/28/21
On this episode, we discuss: TheSoul Publishing’s no-meetings policy (00:19-03:04) Out-of-hours communication and its impact on mental and physical health (03:05-06:28) PwC’s June 2021 Pulse Survey on eco-friendly consumerism (06:29-08:59) Pinterest becomes the first major social media network to ban weight loss adverts (09:00-11:17) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-and-management/message
Published 07/21/21
On this episode, we discuss: Poor customer service is blamed on coronavirus (00:20-02:49) Leadership lessons by Gareth Southgate (02:50-04:39) The pandemic has changed our tolerance for office work (04:40-07:23) The importance of amplification (07:24-09:59) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-and-management/message
Published 07/14/21
On this episode, we discuss: Culture more important than strategy or operations? (00:20-02:29) Gen Z workers ask city-based businesses for regional hubs (02:30-05:05) Employees expect better support to work from home permanently (05:06-07:28) The results of Iceland's world's largest trial of a shorter workweek (07:29-09:40) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-and-management/message
Published 07/07/21
On this episode, we discuss: 1. Flexible working for some means inflexible working for others (00:20-03:04) 2. Bumble temporarily closed all of its offices to combat workplace stress (03:05-04:53) 3. Coaching proving to be so resilient in the face of a global pandemic (04:54-07:26) 4. Is business travel coming back into the focus? (07:27-10:20) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-and-management/message
Published 06/30/21
Cybersecurity is considered a technical issue by many leaders who are struggling to find the confidence to adopt a cybersecurity culture and empower their people to enact the behavioural change needed to drive it forward. On the new episode of Leadership at the edge, the Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark Williams, joined by Founder and CEO of Cybermaniacs, Kate Brett Goldman, argue that cybersecurity is also a people issue, and explore: The competitive advantage of...
Published 06/24/21
On this episode, we discuss: Getting the strategy right Pop-up holidays BBC WORKLIFE research shows major risk of dying from overwork Goldman Sachs' US bankers to disclose their Covid vaccine status ahead of a return to the office --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-and-management/message
Published 06/23/21
On this episode, we discuss: the burnout epidemic part-time workers are struggling to find jobs the legacy of Edward de Bono The John Lewis Partnership to equalise the parental leave --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-and-management/message
Published 06/16/21
On this episode, we discuss: The average number of sick days in 2020 almost doubled from 2019 Compassionate capitalism Every single person reported feeling anxious about returning to the office in The Conversation's recent survey Maintaining a corporate culture that allows ‘positive deviants’ to flourish --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-and-management/message
Published 06/09/21
On this episode, we discuss: Should working from home be an employer decision? HBR’s latest research: Dispersed Teams Succeed Fast, Fail Slow Tech professionals don’t want to return to the office full-time Motivating middle managers to speak up about Diversity, Equality and Inclusion issues --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leadership-and-management/message
Published 06/02/21
On the third episode of Leadership at the edge, the Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark Williams, joined by Founder and Chief Executive of the newly formed Energy and Environment Alliance, Ufi Ibrahim, explore: How leadership has been tested this past year The environmental challenge and the importance of stewardship  as a leadership quality How technology can be used to support the climate change agenda --- Send in a voice message:...
Published 05/27/21