E12 - Guests: Lord Mark Sedwill, Former Cabinet Secretary, Head of the UK Civil Service & National Security Advisor

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My guest this week is Lord Mark Sedwill, former Cabinet Secretary, Head of the UK Civil Service and National Security Advisor.

Mark had an amazing public sector career in the UK Diplomatic and Civil Service and is now on his next chapter with a portfolio of big private sector roles.  His huge experience made him a great subject for this podcast and this is a fascinating interview with an absolute wealth of terrific leadership insights that I am sure you will enjoy listening to.


You can find Mark on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-sedwill-882aaa5b/


In this interview we discuss the following subjects (starting time in brackets):

• Mark's career journey (00.01.16)
• Early motivations (00.04.19)
• Adjustments to leadership style (00.11.26)
• Role models (00.22.34)
• Leadership traits and values (00.34.04)
• Advice to a school age Mark (00.35.59)
• Career highs and lows (00.45.45)
• Managing work:life balance (01.02.23)
• Perspectives on global challenges (01.07.06)
• Views on the role of the USA (01.13.39)
• Reflections of UK politics (01.18.48)
• Most memorable event (01.23.55)
• Most difficult question (01.24.22)

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