Challenging Leadership

In multinational business and with multicultural workforces how do we lead effectively? Jared's recent trip to Germany and Stephen's experience working with a mainly Goan workforce provide some insig…

The news is full of talk about efficiency and productivity both sides of the pond. But do politicians and the media even know what these things are? Stephen doesn't think so and it's making him mad.

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With changes in the US and some multi-national organizations, is this the end of interest in making workplaces inclusive? And how did this question become so politically poisonous? Jared and Stephen …

Jared and Stephen explore the biggest mistakes managers and leaders make.

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There's a lot of noise around remote working / working from home at the moment. How did we get here? What is the reality? Is this the end of working from home? Who is driving the move back int the o…

What does the Apple TV show Severance tell us about management, leadership and our corporate identity.

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Is Apple TV's Ted Lasso a great leader? National Training Manager Jared and Organizational Psychologist Stephen discuss in the first part of a Lasso mini-series on the Challenging Leadership podcast.

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Are there generational differences in leadership styles between different generations? Are Boomers terrible at IT? Are Gen Zs really work shy? Are Gen X the superstars? Are these two men really weari…

Many new managers and leaders get promoted with little training or development. Is this a problem? Jared and Stephen talk about their experience of developing talent for today and tomorrow and how to…

"People hate change" is one of those cliches we tend to accept without question but is that really true? What is the psychology behind change and how can leaders successfully drive it?

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Do you half-completed or the remains of failed projects in your team or business? How can you avoid building them and what can you do about them?

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To kick off the new season, Jared and Stephen explore what authentic leadership means and whether it's really something we want to aspire to.

Jared's book is called "Authentic Leadership, what really…

In this week's show Jared and Stephen explore the balance of building positive working relationships while not being a proverbial doormat.

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Technology has a profound effect on the practice of leadership and management. Jared and Stephen explore the effect technology has had on recruitment, training and customer service. They also look ah…

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Is leadership really about the use of authority or is it really to empower and create the conditions for the people to thrive?

Stephen Mather, leadership trainer and trained as an organizational psyc…

Making mistakes is part of life's journey, but they can be costly and knock our confidence. Jared and Stephen explore their own mistakes and look at famous case studies and what we can learn from the…

This week Stephen and Jared look at the tropes associated with change and the reality of change in business settings. Stephen and Jared disagree - a bit..

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For some people the very definition of what it means to be a leader is that they should be charismatic. In the first ever episode of challenging leadership Jared and Stephen question this and explore…