What does it take to be a great leader in a social enterprise or business?
In this episode some of the UK's most innovative social enterprise and business leaders offer practical tips on leadership, purpose and excellence. It features:
- Baroness Sue Campbell who chaired UK Sport and presided over Team GB's and Paralympic GB's huge increase in medals, talking about leadership with moral purpose and innovation;
- Josh Littlejohn, who progressed from entrepreneur to social entrepreneur and is the founder of the Scottish Business Awards and Social Bite;
- Charlotte Borger, the communications director of farmer-owned Divine Chocolate, on marketing for social enterprises: mission, product, or brand first?
- Amy Anslow, co-founder of social enterprise supermarket hiSbe: launching a social enterprise with a clear and ambitious vision, getting the finance together, and overcoming pre- and post-launch challenges;
- Penny Hughes, who chairs the sustainable banking committee at RBS NatWest, is a board member of Morrisons supermarkets, is a former president of Coca-Cola in the UK and Ireland, and has worked for The Gap and Vodafone - on what social enterprises can learn from the corporate sector - and vice versa;
- Consultant and author Andy Hanselman who explains how businesses can get ahead and stay ahead of their competitors;
- and several other guests
Timings:
- 0 - 2:30 introductions
- 2:30 - 13:27: Andy Hanselman
- 13:27 - 15:22: how do leaders of social enterprises balance the need to create an impact with the need to create a surplus?
- 15:22 - 17:10: Baroness Sue Campbell on leadership with moral purpose and innovation
- 17:10 - 18:46: Dana Segal, Cockpit Arts
- 18:46 - 24:13: Josh Littlejohn, Social Bite
- 24:13 - 29:29: Charlotte Borger, Divine Chocolate
- 29:29 - 34:22: Tony Jones, Landlife National Wildflower Centre
- 34:22 - 43:43: Penny Hughes, RBS NatWest
- 43:43 - 53:35: Amy Anslow, hiSbe (How it Should Be)