Leadership Decanted
Curious about leaders, leading teams, or leadership? So are Paul Garcia and Kerry "KG" Butler. In fact, they turned their periodic happy hour chats about life and leadership into the Leadership Decanted Podcast. Join Paul and KG as they discuss all things leadership. Each episode of Leadership Decanted asks fascinating questions about leadership and keeps the conversation flowing over a nice bottle of wine.
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 82
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Cheeky Half Episode (5): Is it over yet? The persistent leadership challenges in the face of a Covid resurgence.
We want to stop talking about Covid. We really do. But it seems this pesky virus isn't done with us just yet.
In this instalment of our Cheeky Half episodes, KG and Paul talk about how the persistence…
(2.7) Leadership Recanted: When leaders go back on their word
Leadership is a tough gig at the best of times. And sometimes it's even harder than that! This is especially true when, having delivered a message to our teams or colleagues, we find ourselves having…
Cheeky Half Episode (4): Getting a good handle on your leadership style
When it comes to understanding the impact and effectiveness of our leadership style, there's a fine line between confidence and delusion.
In this instalment of our Cheeky Half episodes, KG and Paul di…
(2.6) Leadership: A journey worth writing about
What does it take to write a book about one's Leadership journey and some of the tools that helped you along the way? Furthermore, how can you make those experiences and expertise resonate for a broa…
Cheeky Half Episode (3): Leading when you just don't feel like it...
As practicing leaders, sometimes it's a struggle to simply get out of bed, let alone contemplate the day ahead, with all the pressures leadership might bear down on us.
In this 'Cheeky Half' conversa…
(2.5) Women Leading, beyond the gender 'divide'...
*(Formerly titled, "Leadership has no gender...")
In this episode Paul & KG are excited to have Reyna Matthes as our conversational guest. Reyna is a Founding Director of Executive Central. But above …
Cheeky Half Episode (2): Managers vs Leaders. Does this debate prove anything?
We've all heard it before: the 'great' managers versus leaders debate.
In this 'Cheeky Half' conversation Paul & KG try to dismantle the stubbornly persistent myths around what they consider to be a…
(2.4) Leadership: The Next Generation
Two middle aged guys harping on about leadership may be interesting to some, but clearly that is never going to be enough. If Leadership Practice is in any way forward looking, surely we need to look…
Cheeky Half Episode (1): Heart vs Head Leadership
Do you prefer to lead with your 'Head' or with your 'Heart'? That's the conversation in the first instalment of our 'Cheeky Half' edition of Leadership Decanted!
We'd love to hear what you thought of…
Introducing our 'Cheeky Half' episodes!
Sometimes a month between Leadership Decanted episodes feels like a long time between drinks, doesn't it?!
To ease the anxiety KG & Paul will regularly be sharing some of their unfinished thoughts and…
(2.3) A Leadership Quest, Part 2: The Five Levels of Listening
In this episode Paul and KG are taken even deeper into the realms of Deep Listening. This is the final leg of a two leg journey, where we discover the Five Levels of Listening, and why they matter.
T…
(2.2) A Leadership Quest, Part 1: The Fellowship of Deep Listening
This month's episode is a little different. Join Paul and KG as they are taken on a quest to the realms of Deep Listening. In this first leg of a two leg journey we set the scene by understanding a f…
(2.1) Educating Leaders
Professor Michael Anderson joins us over a few glasses of wine to talk about his research and work in the areas of education and how some of the ideas, concepts and frameworks might be relevant to le…
(1.7) What's in a word? Leadership in 2021.
Paul & KG thought it might be an interesting exercise to synthesise their experience of Leadership in 2021 by choosing one word that, at least for them, best represents how they believe Leadership pr…
(1.6) Don't underestimate the power of POT!
When you hear or read the word "POT", what pops into your head?!? Yeah, figured as much.
In this episode KG and Paul pull apart this little word to reveal a powerful acronym, and one worth remembering…
(1.5) Leading self. Is that a thing?
KG and Paul return after an unplanned hiatus to gently shine a spotlight on themselves. What does it take to persevere in the midst of adversity, serious or otherwise, to keep a passion project like …
And we're back!
Yes, after a Covid induced absence we are back with a vengeance. Well, that's what we're promising, anyway. Thank you for your patience as you waited, device in hand, refreshing your podcast feed eve…
(1.4) Leadership is Action!
Naomi Nash, from New River Leadership, joins us as our very first guest on Leadership Decanted.
Over a bottle of wine we discuss the idea that leadership is, first and foremost, an action, and how tha…
(1.3) Courageous Leadership
Over the allure of a good bottle of red Paul & KG discuss some of the ideas in Brene Brown's 2018 book, "Dare to Lead: Brave work. Tough conversations. Whole hearts." Grab yourself a glass of your fa…
(1.2) Can Leadership Be Learned?
The old nature vs nurture question raises its controversial head as Paul & KG tackle the thorny question of whether leadership is something we're born with, or a skill we can learn. Over a bottle of …