In this episode of Leadership Actually, Lee Rogers and LisaPowney engage in a deep conversation with Paul Stobart about the nuances of leadership, particularly at the senior management level. They explore the challenges of transitioning to executive roles, the importance of listening and appreciation, and the impact of incisive questioning. Paul shares his insights on driving cultural change within organisations and the critical role of boardsin fostering effective leadership. The discussion emphasizes the need for leaders to build relationships, listen actively, and appreciate their teams to create a thriving organisational culture.

A snippet of what you can hear from Paul in the full episode.

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What if the strongest thing a leader can do… is care?

In this episode, we chat with the brilliant Cat Hakki about leading with empathy in a world that often rewards ego. We explore how leaders can stay grounded, human, and connected — even in high-pressure, fast-changing environments.

If you're navigating complexity and want to lead with more heart (and still deliver results), this one's for you.

In this episode we explore the importance of leader understanding the financial fundamentals of an organisation. The role of finance business partners in larger organisations and the core components for smaller organisations. Mark helps us examine the messy class of finance.

In this episode we explore identifying issues, thinking of solutions and seeing it through. Wayne shares some of the highs and lows of his journey as the founder of My New Term, a recruitment platform in education that is revolutionising the market.

In this episode we discuss leadership, gender equity and courage.

Stacey Copeland has represented her country in two sports, Football and Boxing. She made history to become the first female British Commonwealth Boxing Gold medalist. Stacey is a freelance broadcaster, presenter and commentator for BBC, Fight Zone and Sky. She also also done two Ted talks. Stacey founded Pave The Way charity that aims to challenge stereotypes of girls, boys, women and men.

The messy class on change. Our expert Business Psychologist, Rebecca Stevens, shares her views on the role positive psychology has to play in any type of organisational change.