The Little Moments of Great Leadership: Recent Episodes
Rebecca Lewis Smith
Join our conversations as we shine a light on the little moments that make great leadership – the things we do in our every-day, messy-middle juggling of growing businesses or leading organisations. Hosted by Rebecca Lewis Smith, co-founder of Fountain, her guests include leaders she admires, her peers, and leadership experts, all sharing their Little Moments of Great Leadership.
Mark Fisher is the co-founder of MyBigSky, a company working with leaders in the East of England. Our conversation covers:
- Key moments of learning about leadership (and how they often come from big mistakes!)
- Mark’s career and the people who were role models for him
- Listening without judgement
- Making tough decisions
As well as VP of Marketing at Proportunity, Sarah is the founder of Together Equal, a brilliant social enterprise.
Our conversation covers:
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Sarah's career and broad range of experience
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The power of conversation
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Cutting out the never ending email chains
Garry Mansell is a Non-Executive Director, Board Advisor, Speaker and Author of the brilliant business book, ‘Simplify to Succeed’ Our conversation covers:
- Garry’s leadership journey
- The importance of empathy in leadership
- Leading from anywhere in the business, not just from the top
Nitzan Regev-Sanders is the Managing Director of The Creative Copywriter and driving force behind The Creative Copywriter Academy.
Our conversation covers:
- A remarkable leadership journey through the military, peace-building and politics, then into agency life
- Navigating working in a place with very different between organisational values
- Being in business with your life-partner
- The power of calm in leadership
Dr Alan Watkins, Co-founder & CEO of Complete, is an internationally recognised expert on leadership, working with top business leaders around the world. In our conversation, we cover:
- Alan’s career, from medicine to founding Complete
- The four dimensions of leadership
- The universal challenges that all business leaders face
Professor Olga Tregaskis is both an academic and a leader. As well as a Professor of International Human Resource Management at UEA, she is Head of the Norwich Business School. In our conversation, we cover:
- Her career, from her studies, research and to her role as Head of the Business School
- Advice that she found useful along the way
- The importance of leaders giving themselves time to reflect
As Chief Executive of Adnams, Andy has built the brewery's reach and reputation, and has raised the bar for sustainability in business. In our conversation, we cover:
- How Andy grew his career by progressing through the ranks at Norwich Union, returning to academic life and then forging a path at Adnams
- How the North Sea has inspired a commitment to sustainability at Adnams
- Andy’s working day as Chief Executive of Adnams, his team and how they work together
- A conversation about the importance of so-called ‘soft skills’