Hubert Joly is the former chairman and CEO of Best Buy Co. He took on the role when the company was considered in danger of failing and turned it around with a dramatic transformation through his ‘People First’ approach. Prior to his Best Buy Co job, Joly had worked at McKinseys and then increasingly senior […]
Podcast Subject: Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence for the New Normal – Shayna Humphrey – Vanderbilt University
In the context of a global crisis we have looked to leaders who can couple their requisite industry knowledge with attributes of exceptional self-control and poise. In a recent IEDP webinar, we welcomed emotional intelligence expert and Adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt University, Shayna Humphrey to unpack these intrapersonal attributes—that are born of high emotional intelligence, and which enable […]
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Global Table Conversation #3: An Introduction to Territory Mapping with Anthony Willoughby and Andy Stoker
Subscriber Only Content – Anthony Willoughby is a veteran of roads less travelled, and in this conversation recounts some of his experiences from his various expeditions, which included crossing the notorious Taklamakan desert in China by camel, climbing 7,546m Mt. Mustagh Ata in the Parmirs without oxygen or porters and walking across Papua New Guinea with 24 bottles […]
Bob Chapman – Proving the Benefits of People-Centred Leadership
Bob Chapman is the CEO of Barry-Wehmiller Inc and author, with Raj Sisodia, of the best-selling book ‘Everybody Matters’ that describes the story of how he inherited a failing organisation and after several years unsuccessfully applying traditional cost-cutting methodologies to turn it around, he pivoted after a couple of epiphany moments, to a leadership approach and […]
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic on Leadership and Incompetent Men
Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is Chief Science Officer at the global staffing firm Manpower. He is also an organizational psychologist and works with King’s College, London; Columbia University in New York and the Entrepreneur’s Lab at Harvard. He recently published his book Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders, focusing on the fact that many attributes […]
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Michael McDermott on Emotional Intelligence: The Leaders’ Edge
In this webinar we explore what emotional intelligence is and examine ways that you can improve your EQ. EQ is seen as central to people’s success in work and life. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize your emotions, understand what they’re telling you, and realize how your emotions affect people around you. It also […]
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Leading Millennials: A Webinar with Prof Cherrie Wilkerson of Vanderbilt University
Cherrie Wilkerson is a professor at the Owen Graduate School of Management, at Vanderbilt University. Her research interest has been strongly focused on the arrival and growing dominance of Millennials in the workforce; the ways that their generation are different to those who went before them, founded on the environment and nurturing they matured in, […]
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Robin Kermode on Speaking so People Listen
Whether you are making a sales presentation, leading a team, explaining a strategy to the Board, the sound of your voice, regardless of the words you are saying, carries a message to your listeners. Robin Kermode is a stage and screen actor who is now one of Europe’s leading communications coaches, working with senior politicians, […]
Steven D’Souza on Not Knowing
Leaders are typically expected to have an answer for every situation. But in today’s complex and fast moving world that clearly is not possible. Steven D’Souza is a consultant and executive coach and author of several acclaimed books on leadership – including the one discussed in this podcast titled Not Knowing. An expert in psychology, […]