Best Jacqueline Conway Podcasts (2024)

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#53 Renewables and Leadership with David Currie 26:41

1M ago26:41

26:41

We’re interrupting our podcast season break because this week I’ll be speaking at the Global Offshore Wind conference in Manchester. I’ll be inviting those in attendance to consider that as we transition away from extractive technologies and the associated ways of thinking and operating, so must we move to a more generative model of leadership. One…

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#52 Culture and Change with Sarah Blake at TalkTalk 30:16

3M ago30:16

30:16

Sarah joined TalkTalk in 2019 and has over 20 years experience in HR leadership, having previously worked for companies such as Centrica and Wheelabrator. Currently supporting TalkTalk through a demerger and period of significant change, Sarah is passionate about culture, belonging and employee experience. Sarah is married and a mum to two boys and…

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#51 Innovation with Natalie Sheils 35:37

3M ago35:37

35:37

Innovation in app the development the space is vital as consumers crave new and useful technologies. So, the ability to deliver differentiated and flexible customer experiences is a highly competitive market. On today’s podcast I’ve delighted to be joined by Natalie Sheils who shares her story of Mosaic Group who build and acquire best-in-class app…

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#50 Embodied Leadership with Pete Hamill 48:45

4M ago48:45

48:45

In today’s episode of the podcast, I’m joined by Pete Hamill, consultant and author of Embodied Leadership: The somatic approach to developing your leadership. We explore how we can develop a sense of embodiment and how it can help you as a leader become more effective. Pete Hamill is a consultant, facilitator, and coach with an international backg…

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#49 Allyship in Inclusion with Chami Dhillon 39:49

4M ago39:49

39:49

In today's episode we explore the importance of Allying in Inclusion and how one professional has made it work in a large retail group. Chami Dhillon has pursued her lifelong passion for unlocking potential through better opportunities for marginalised groups across roles in Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing, Financial Servies and Retail industries. W…

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#48 The cognitive load of diversity with Stephen Frost 34:38

4M ago34:38

34:38

Three things are true in diversity and inclusion. The first is that it makes both good business sense – diverse teams are more effective. Second, it's the right thing to do – people should have a place in organisations based on their capabilities. And thirdly, and perhaps more controversially, that working with more diverse groups of people is hard…

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#47 When the future arrives today with Andrew Curry 49:26

4M ago49:26

49:26

Andrew Curry is Director of Futures at SOIF, where he leads SOIF’s Advisory practice, advises on futures methods and techniques, and contributes as faculty to SOIF’s learning and training. He has been a futurist for more than 20 years, working with clients on a wide range of projects across the public sector, the non-profit sector, and the private …

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#46 Developing leaders for complexity with Professor Robert MacIntosh 47:19

4M ago47:19

47:19

We know complexity is a big topic in leadership right now. Today’s podcast explores what it means to effectively develop leaders for this, and in particular the role of business schools. I’m joined by Robert MacIntosh, who is a Professor of Strategic Management and Pro Vice Chancellor for Business and Law at Northumbria University. His research foc…

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#45 The case for decency in leadership with Rick Lee 38:15

5M ago38:15

38:15

I’m joined by Rick Lee, Chief People Officer at Willmott Dixon to talk about the case for decency in the leadership. Rick and his team are focused on attracting, retaining, developing, and promoting the best people and ensuring that they enjoy the career of a lifetime at Willmott Dixon. He is passionate about diversity and is a member of the Govern…

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#44 Enterprise leadership at the BBC with Uzair Qadeer 46:36

5M ago46:36

46:36

In this episode of the podcast I speak with Uzair Qadeer, the Chief People Officer of the BBC about Enterprise Leadership and how this works in an organisation that not only makes the news, but often is the news. We talk about the work he has been doing with the BBC Executive Committee to develop and enhance their Enterprise Leadership and how he i…

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#43 Ethical Leadership and social value with Aidan McQuade and Nicola Parkinson 34:17

5M ago34:17

34:17

This episode explores Ethical Leadership and what it is to run a commerically successful busienss that has social value at its heart. Aidan McQuade is a writer and independent human rights consultant. He was director of Anti-Slavery International from 2006 to 2017. Prior to that he worked extensively in development and humanitarian operations, incl…

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#42 Malevolence at the Post Office 8:47

6M ago8:47

8:47

“The Post Office scandal has exposed Britain as a hotbed of cronyism and corruption”. In this episode, I explore the Post Office scandal in the UK and the lessons that leaders can learn from this abysmal example of executive leadership.By Jacqueline Conway

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#41 Welcome to Season 2 3:17

7M ago3:17

3:17

Welcome to Season #2 of the Advanced Executive Leadership podcast. Connect with the host, Dr Jacqueline Conway, on LinkedIn for updates, and reminders… and a sneak preview of what’s to come this season. You can find Jacqueline here. Or if you're interested in the work that Jacqueline and the team at Waldencroft does, you can can find out more at wa…

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#40 Without trust, is your team really a team? (replay) 12:35

8M ago12:35

12:35

It’s widely accepted that in a successful executive team, the members must feel comfortable being vulnerable enough to admit mistakes, ask for help, share tasks and work together effectively. And when this trust is absent, it leads to negative team politics, protectionism, and friction. These issues not only make the work environment unpleasant — t…

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#39 Leading high-growth in Renewables 36:13

8M ago36:13

36:13

Imagine being a CEO or senior leader and having the opportunity to step out of the business for 4 months to travel and recuperate. That's exactly what Matthieu Hue, CEO of EDF Renewables is currently doing. But just before he left, Matthieu took the time to sit down with me to talk to me for the latest edition of the podcast. In it, Matthieu explai…

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#38 Mark Allan CEO of Landsec plc on navigating a radically disrupted industry (replay) 39:36

8M ago39:36

39:36

There's disruption and turbulence facing many companies and industries. But that disruption is probably most acute in the real estate sector. The dual challenge of the impact of online shopping on our high streets alongside what hybrid working means for office space in town and cities means that as an industry, it’s grappling with deep uncertainty.…

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#37 Becoming Fluent in the Future (replay) 15:09

9M ago15:09

15:09

There are two habits of mind that stops us from fully embracing the future and seeing what might be around the corner. What are they? The Tyranny of Short-Termism and a Poverty of Imagination. They prevent us in developing our anticipatory skills and engaging in strategic foresight. Being Futures Fluent isn't just about being agile and responsive t…

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#36 Going Deeper in Perspective Taking (replay) 50:26

9M ago50:26

50:26

Perspective-taking breaks a golden rule: to treat others as we’d like to be treated and turns it on its head… to treat others as they’d like to be treated. I wonder the impact on leadership if we were to do this more?By Jacqueline Conway

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#35 Unlocking your leadership through multiple perspectives (replay) 14:57

10M ago14:57

14:57

The capacity to be able to take multiple perspectives is the very definition of adult development. This episode explores what it means to take multiple perspectives, and why it might be useful for executive leaders.By Jacqueline Conway

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#34 The tone at the top (replay) 54:09

10M ago54:09

54:09

We've had quite the run on stories that relate to the ethics of leadership and the tone that leaders set. Take Bernard Looney, who resigned as CEO of BP after failing to disclose to the Board the extent of his pervious relationships with colleagues. Or the hedge fund owner, Crispin Odey, who is being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority …

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#33 Can the C-suite enable DEI? 43:31

11M ago43:31

43:31

What is it about some organisations that can be going strong after literally hundreds of years? What is it about these companies that they can maintain what it is that gives them such staying power, yet they can balance this with the renewal that it takes to keep them relevant in a world that keeps changing? My guest on today’s edition of the podca…

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#32 Executive Pay: What Executives Think 15:12

1y ago15:12

15:12

Executive Pay attracts a lot of attention and CEOs are vilified in the media for the pay awards to them. In this episode, I explore the subject of executive pay, the role of the RemCo and most importantly what executives themselves think of astronomical pay awards. You can download Alexander Pepper's book, "If you're so ethical, why are you so high…

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#31 Collective Leadership 30:43

1+ y ago30:43

30:43

Do people learn better alone or in a team? And do teams make better decisions than lone experts? In today’s episode of the podcast, I’m joined by two dear friends and colleagues, Gordon Laird and Vajramudita Armstrong as we explore these questions drawing on the latest neuroscience. Gordon touches on the topic of the changing psychological contract…

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#30 Leadership Conversations 34:43

1+ y ago34:43

34:43

It’s safe to say that there’s a lot of noise that leaderships teams are confronted with and a lot of triaging to determine what needs to be stay on the exec’s desk and what can reasonably be delegated somewhere else in the organisation. In today’ podcast I’m joined by two dear friends and colleagues, Bryan Sampson and Pauline Holland as we riff on …

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#29 The NEW Integrative Framework of Team Effectiveness 12:07

1+ y ago12:07

12:07

In Waldencroft, our work with executive and senior leadership teams is based on our Integrative Framework of Team Effectiveness, or the IF-TE for short. It's a powerful framework that provides an overall picture of the components that influence the functioning of senior teams. And it seeks to explore how the connectivity between these impacts how t…

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#28 Giving it all away 14:26

1+ y ago14:26

14:26

Yvon Chouinard, the 84-year-old founder of the billion-dollar outdoor wear company, Patagonia, looks like an unlikely business tycoon. And in a move that sent ripples around the globe late last year, he made a move that proved he isn’t. He gave the company away. The reason: to divert all of Patagonia’s future profits saying: Earth is now our only s…

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#27 Creating Futures with Bruno Pinho 38:02

1+ y ago38:02

38:02

My guest on this episode of the podcast is Bruno Pinho, Managing Director at TechnipFMC. I’ve just completed a strategic foresight exercise with Bruno, his leadership team and a small group of their ‘leaders of the future’ to create a mechanism to spot emerging trends so that they have an early warning system for events and issues as they are unfol…

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#26 Retrospectively Resilient 12:12

1+ y ago12:12

12:12

When challenges arise it’s been noticed that two contrasting team types emerge, resilient teams and brittle teams. Resilient teams have each others’ backs. They see adversity as an opportunity to improve: to learn, grow and create better preparedness for future set-backs. As teams grapple with increasing complexity and competition, resilient teams …

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#25 Does your Company need a Chief Future Officer? 18:37

1+ y ago18:37

18:37

The future doesn’t stay in the future. It meets us in the present in the form of projects that come to fruition, crises that catch us off guard, and events that upend our plans. You have a choice. Wait and see, scrambling to react as events unfold. Or anticipate what might be ahead. Agile, responsive and ahead of the curve. But how best to do this?…

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#24 Enterprise leadership and the Perilous Peak 16:48

1+ y ago16:48

16:48

Meet Robbie, a 50-something second-time CEO. He’s values led, competent and trustworthy. And he’s well-liked and respected by his people and his team. But Robbie knows the challenges in his business and industry isn't a one-person job. How does he get his Executive Team ready? Find out in this episode.…

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#23 Attunement - and why it matters more than ever 14:15

1+ y ago14:15

14:15

Unless you’ve been on holiday to Mars you won’t have missed that we in the UK had a catastrophic ‘mini budget’ that effectively crashed the markets and the Bank of England had to step in to save our pension funds. The people that you rely on to deliver your services are under an enormous amount of stress and pressure as they are squeezed financiall…

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#22 The tone at the top 54:09

2y ago54:09

54:09

It’s usual for me to hear from a client or a potential client that the issues and challenges faced by their executive team are unique. Are they? My two guests, Chief People Officers in very different organisations believe there's one thing that's necessary and consistent in whatever organisation. That is, the centrality of the tone from the top.…

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#21 Sensemaking and the big chess-cheating hullabaloo 13:22

2y ago13:22

13:22

You don’t need to be a chess GrandMaster to have heard about the hullabaloo that kicked off last week - at the Champions Chess Tour - between the world chess champion, Norwegian, Magnus Carlsen and 19-year-old Hans Niemann. I listened to another chess GrandMaster make sense of it. And in this episode I explore what this means for the way we make se…

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# 20 Mark Allan CEO of Landsec plc on navigating a radically disrupted industry 39:36

2y ago39:36

39:36

There's disruption and turbulence facing many companies and industries. But that disruption is probably most acute in the real estate sector. The dual challenge of the impact of online shopping on our high streets alongside what hybrid working means for office space in town and cities means that as an industry, it’s grappling with deep uncertainty.…

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#19 The Leadership Growth Helix 12:45

2y ago12:45

12:45

All of the work that we do in Waldencroft is designed to help senior leaders become better resourced during disruptive and turbulent times. And really it seems like there’s little respite from the turmoil these days. It makes sense then that, as we develop leaders in organisations, especially those in senior roles who are grappling with a VUCA worl…

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#18 - Going deeper on perspective taking 50:26

2y ago50:26

50:26

Perspective-taking breaks a golden rule: to treat others as we’d like to be treated and turns it on its head… to treat others as they’d like to be treated. I wonder the impact on leadership if we were to do this more? That's what my guest, Sarah Freiesleben, and I explore in this episode. Sarah mentions Dave Snowden and his Cynefin framework for ma…

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#17 Unlocking your leadership through multiple perspectives 14:57

2y ago14:57

14:57

What if we had the humility to accept that we don’t have all the answers; that the answers that we have might be wrong; and that those with insightful new perspectives might be located in the most unusual and humblest of places? We as leaders can take our leadership to a whole new level by cultivating the ability to take on and work productively wi…

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#16 Title Inflation: taking you back to where you started 10:04

2y ago10:04

10:04

The accountancy/advisory giant EY have decided, in an effort to retain talent, to apply title inflation to all 679 Associate Partners, who from now on will all be known as Partners. Inflating titles is an example of what I call perfectly solving the wrong problem. It seems like a straightforward solution and it’s relatively easy to implement. The i…

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#15 Without trust, is your team really a team? 12:35

2y ago12:35

12:35

It’s widely accepted that in a successful executive team, the members must feel comfortable being vulnerable enough to admit mistakes, ask for help, share tasks and work together effectively. And when this trust is absent, it leads to negative team politics, protectionism, and friction. These issues not only make the work environment unpleasant — t…

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#14 The expanding role of the Chief People Officer 39:55

2y ago39:55

39:55

Is your role in the C-suite expanding? In this edition of the podcast, we hear from two CPOs whose role has increased to take on additional responsibilities that have a strategic overlap with their people agenda. We discuss with Cecilie Heuch how Telenor is adopting an approach to leading remotely across geographies using a ‘tight-loose-tight’ appr…

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#13 The data you're avoiding 17:45

2y ago17:45

17:45

Leaders are usually keen to stress that they use data in their decision making. Whether it’s hard facts, statistics, or spreadsheets; data is raised on a pedestal of rationality. We’ve come to accept that a rational data-drive decision making style; characterised by research for, and logical evaluation of, data is the only decision-making style. Bu…

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#12 Reactions to Advanced Executive Fluency 41:57

2y ago41:57

41:57

Today’s episode follows the long awaited publication of the Advanced Executive Fluency CEO report. To coincide with the report’s launch I hosted a webcast with a number of executives and development professionals to get their initial reactions to the research. If you want to access the report, you can download it at: https://waldencroft.com/downloa…

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#11 An insider's view 35:58

2y ago35:58

35:58

Join me on this weeks’ podcast to hear two brilliant Chief People Officers share their perspective of the challenges and joys of life inside an executive team. I was joined by San Johal - CPO of EDF Renewables UK & Ireland and Jayde Tipper - CPO of Temenos. We explore the ideal size for an executive team and the impact this has on decision making. …

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#10 The barriers to becoming futures fluent 15:09

2+ y ago15:09

15:09

As we get ready to launch our CEO research, Advanced Executive Fluency: Responding to New Leadership Challenges in a Complex World, we've been exploring these fluencies on the podcast and we'll continue to until we launch on 13th May. The second of the 4 Fluencies - that is the ways of thinking, acting and being that executive leaders must become f…

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#9 Dancing between the waves 42:22

2+ y ago42:22

42:22

We've all been leading through a pandemic. But what about leading the first-line health response in one of Scotland's busiest and most impacted NHS Trusts? That's what Heather Knox, CEO of NHS Lanarkshire has been doing. And she talks about it in today's podcast. It's a thoughtful reflection on what it has taken to lead in a crisis, wave after wave…

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#8 Our CEO research on what's required of Executive Leaders 20:08

2+ y ago20:08

20:08

We've just completed our CEO research on Advanced Executive Fluency: Responding to New Leadership Challenges in a Complex World. It's outlines the ways of thinking, acting and being that executive leaders will be required to be fluent in as they lead in a world of hyper-disruption and complexity. Stay tuned as over the next few weeks, until the pub…

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#7 Why Matthew Syed is wrong about conflict 13:06

2+ y ago13:06

13:06

Responding to a blogpost on LinkedIn in which Matthew Syed advocated for conflict in teams as a way to coming to the best outcomes, I explore if we really do need more conflict in executive teams or whether it's something else entirely. And what that is.By Jacqueline Conway

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#6 Leading high-growth with Matthieu Hue 36:13

2+ y ago36:13

36:13

Imagine being a CEO or senior leader and having the opportunity to step out of the business for 4 months to travel and recuperate. That's exactly what Matthieu Hue, CEO of EDF Renewables is currently doing. But just before he left, Matthieu took the time to sit down with me to talk to me for the latest edition of the podcast. In it, Matthieu explai…

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#5 Developing resilience in your executive team 20:56

2+ y ago20:56

20:56

Spurred on by many of our executive clients feeling burnt-out and stressed, this episode of Advanced Executive Leadership explores how to cultivate resilience in an executive team. It outlines some of the ways to develop resilience before an adverse event occurs, the ways to stay well resourced during, and how to make sense of a difficult period af…

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#4 Disrupt or be disrupted with Ross B Shuster 36:43

2+ y ago36:43

36:43

Ross Shuster, CEO of Howden, a global air and gas handling company, talks to Dr Jacqueline Conway about shifting his company's focus away from declining industries, and focusing sharply on growth areas. He and his executive team have been disrupting Howden with a vision towards enabling customers' vital processes which advance a more sustainable wo…

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