Ceannas Conversations
Ceannas means leadership in Scottish Gaelic. In these podcasts Don Ledingham, Chief Executive of Ceannas has conversations about leadership with exceptional people who have powerful and compelling ideas about leadership.
https://www.ceannas.com/
- Update frequency
- every 65 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 16
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Jurgen Klopp - no accidental leader
Jurgen Klopp retired as Liverpool’s manager in May 2024, boasting a Premier League title, a Champions League crown, an FA Cup, two EFL Cups, the Community Shield, a UEFA Super Cup, and a FIFA Club Wo…
Handelsbanken - A Case Study in the Power of Decentralisation
The influence of thoughtful leadership
Donald Trump - is he a 'wise' leader?
As part of our weekly Leadership Spotlights series, we examine Donald Trump the extent to which Donald Trump satisfies the criteria of being a Wise Leader.
Alex Hynes - Managing Director of Scotland's Railway
Alex Hynes was appointed Managing Director of the ScotRail Alliance in June 2017. Two years later, he was promoted to the broader role of Managing Director, Scotland’s Railway, following further oper…
Adrienne Muir - Leading A Global Team
For seven years Adrienne Muir was COO of Voxsmart, a global technology company, based in Queenstown New Zealand she led teams based in locations around the world.
In this episode she shares some of th…
Value Stream Co-Leadership with Lee Smith
Lee Smith has had an extensive career with HSBC most recently leading a global team in the technology space. He has joined Ceannas as an Executive Consultant and executive coach.
In this podcast Lee d…
Jack Houghton - Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer for Mindset.ai
Don Ledingham is in conversation with Jack Houghton, the co-founder and chief product officer for Mindset.ai, who have a mission to become the digital infrastructure for the knowledge economy.
Jack ta…
International Women's Day - Debbi McCulloch
As part of the Ceannas celebration of International Women's Day, Don Ledingham interviews Debbi McCulloch the Depute Chief Executive of Spartans FC Foundation, and Head Coach of the Scottish Premier …
International Women's Day - Kirsty Nicholson
As part of our Ceannas celebration of International Women's Day, Don Ledingham interviews Kirsty Nicholson, a partner with Addleshaw Goddard, the international legal company.
In the course of an exten…
Mental Health Awareness - Charlie Winton
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week Don Ledingham speaks to Charlie Winton, Founder fo OK Positive, a platform that allows people to monitor their own mental health and then take positive action.
Strategic Resilience with Benjamin Kayser
Benjamin Kayser played rugby for France on 37 occasions. He is currently studying for an MBA at the University of Oxford and is also a highly sought after and respected sports broadcaster.
If that wa…
The Role of Chief Executive with Rob Roger
This Conversation between Rob Roger and members of the Ceannas Team took place back in March 2021.
At the time Rob Roger was CEO of IQ Student Accommodation,.
In February 2020, Blackstone announced p…
Leadership Lessons from the Military with Gill Wilkinson
In this podcast Colonel Gill Wilkinson helps us to get behind the language of 'Mission command' and 'commander's intent', to show how clarity of purpose, authority, responsibility and accountability …
Diversity and Inclusion with Sinead O'Brien
I was privileged to have a wide ranging conversation about diversity and inclusion with Sinead O'Brien, FCIPD in the first episode of our second series of Ceannas Conversations.
There are so many insi…
Rob Harley - Wise Leadership (The Desmond Tutu effect)
Rob Harley was the Student President at Natal University, South Africa in 1994, the year that Nelson Mandela came to power. In his current role as a Senior Investor with Stewart Investors Sustainabil…
Ed Driver - Managing Director, 5 Star Crew - shares his thoughts on wise leadership
Don Ledingham asks Ed Driver, questions about wise leadership.