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About this podcast
This podcast, the second in an initial trial series of four, focuses on the subject of leadership.
Includes interviews with:
Duncan Brown, Assistant Director General at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Gareth Jones, Visiting Professor at INSEAD and a Fellow at the Centre for Management Development at London Business School.
Adrian Moorhouse, professional swimmer, Olympic Gold medallist and Managing Director of Lane4.
David Taylor, best selling author and writer, Business Ambassador for the Prince’s Trust and Visiting Professor of Leadership at Warwick Business School
Sydney Finkelstein, Steven Roth Professor of Management, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
Rob Goffee, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School
Baroness Susan Greenfield, Professor of Pharmacology at Oxford University and Director of the Royal Institution
Interview 1
Interview with Duncan Brown, Assistant Director General at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. In this interview Duncan sets the scene, explains why leadership is an important HR issue and describes why the concept and model of leadership is changing.
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Interview 2
Interview with Gareth Jones, Visiting Professor at INSEAD and a Fellow at the Centre for Management Development at London Business School and co-author of the award winning Harvard Business Review article ‘Why Should Anyone be Led By You?’ In this interview Gareth talks about the kinds of attributes that make a good leader and explains why good leadership is “what works” for you”.
Interview 3
Interview with Adrian Moorhouse professional swimmer and Olympic Gold medallist and Managing Director of Lane4. In this interview Adrian outlines the skills and behaviours that he feels make a good leader.
Interview 4
David Taylor is a best selling author and writer, Business Ambassador for the Prince’s Trust and Visiting Professor of Leadership at Warwick Business School. At Harrogate David presented unique insight into the agendas of real leaders based on interviews with 60 CEOs, here he demonstrates why vision is important.
Interview 5
A further interview with Gareth Jones, Visiting Professor at INSEAD and a Fellow at the Centre for Management Development at London Business School and co-author of the award winning Harvard Business Review article ‘Why Should Anyone be Led By You?’ In this interview he discusses his idea that leaders are “authentic chameleons”.
Interview 6
Sydney Finkelstein is Steven Roth Professor of Management, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. In the first interview he describes the common mistakes that leaders make and why they therefore fail. He then goes on to explain what makes leaders successful.
Interview 7
Adrian Moorhouse, professional swimmer, Olympic Gold medallist and Managing Director of Lane4 talks from his own experience about the transition from individual performer and athlete to director of a company working with a professional team.
Interview 8
In this interview we return to Gareth Jones, Visiting Professor at INSEAD and a Fellow at the Centre for Management Development at London Business School who gives his views on why there is a shortage of good leaders.
Interview 9
Rob Goffee, Professor of Organisational Development at London Business School and co-author of the award winning Harvard Business Review article ‘Why Should Anyone be Led By You” reveals that good leaders often have experience outside their comfort zones and that organisations should capitalise on diversity and different experiences.
Interview 10
Baroness Susan Greenfield, Professor of Pharmacology at Oxford University and Director of the Royal Institution outlines what she has learnt leading a body like the Royal Institution.
Interview 11
Finally we return to Duncan Brown, Assistant Director General at the CIPD who gives his views on how the HR function can be instrumental in developing leaders for the future.