Perspectives from the Top
Discover the secrets of success for you and your organization shared by the world’s leading thinkers, doers, and trailblazers. Join Chris Roebuck, Honorary Visiting Professor of transformational leadership, leader in military, business, and government, inspiring global keynote speaker, one of HR’s Most Influential Thinkers, bestselling author, and your host of Perspectives from the Top. The show reveals a treasure trove of insights from mega trends to practical strategies and actions to take your career up a gear. Chris also shares these powerful insights with his keynote speaking audiences and masterclasses. From government world shapers and business mold breakers to evidence driven academics and enthusiastic entrepreneurs, each episode shows you how you can immediately use these new ideas and actions to drive your success. You'll enjoy hearing from guests such as Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Sylvia Acevedo, scientist and former CEO of US Girl Scouts, Amanda Russell, former olympic level runner and entrepreneur, and Peter Wuffli, former CEO of UBS, among many others.
Episodes
Chris revisits the key points made by Tony Douglas, adds his own insights and gives listeners some suggestions for practical actions they can take immediately to help them get where they want to go.
Leading Through Complexity, Creating a Community (ft. Tony Douglas)
Tony Douglas on managing complexity in high-stakes environments
OPENING QUOTE:
“It's about people. There are no organizations without people. Simple as that.”
-Tony Douglas
GUEST BIO:
Tony Douglas is CEO of Etihad Aviation Group with over 30 years of international leadership experience in aerospace, transportation, infrastructure, and government sectors. He joined Et...
Chris revisits the key points made by Robert Lefkowitz, adds his own insights and gives listeners some suggestions for practical actions they can take immediately to help them get where they want to go.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm (ft. Bob Lefkowitz)
Nobel Prize-winner Bob Lefkowitz on the power of failing
OPENING QUOTE:
“It was through serendipity and really almost accidental circumstances that I became a scientist.”
—Bob Lefkowitz
GUEST BIO:
Bob Lefkowitz is best known for his groundbreaking discoveries that reveal the inner workings of an important family of cell receptors inside our bodies which essentially makes ...
Chris revisits the key points made by Jack Jarvis, adds his own insights and gives listeners some suggestions for practical actions they can take immediately to help them get where they want to go.
Winners Never Quit (ft. Jack Jarvis)
Jack Jarvis on how challenges become opportunities
OPENING QUOTE:
“If I hadn’t been unsuccessful on UKSF selection, I never would've been here, wouldn't have done what I did when I rode across the Atlantic, raised £70,000 for charity. So everything happens for a reason.”
—Jack Jarvis
GUEST BIO:
Jack Jarvis left school at just 16 to join the army as a soldier in the Royal Engineers, the militar...
Chris revisits the key points made by Ciaran Martin, adds his own insights and gives listeners some suggestions for practical actions they can take immediately to help them get where they want to go.
From Civil Service to Cyber Security (ft. Ciaran Martin)
Ciaran Martin on tech’s role in business and leadership
OPENING QUOTE:
It wouldn't be any good if they didn't have the really, really good technological and operational underpinnings of the wider organization. So why aren't you asking to speak to them? Do you have those people? If you don't, it's not your fault, but don't think you can do this without tha...
Chris revisits the key points made by Asesh Sarkar, adds his own insights and gives listeners some suggestions for practical actions they can take immediately to help them get where they want to go.
Defeating the Personal Debt Trap (ft. Asesh Sarkar)
Asesh Sarkar is changing the way employers and employees handle salary
OPENING QUOTE:
Just like when I joined the workforce as a grad and I had a great experience, making sure that people who join us have a great experience, as well. So yeah, it's quite the journey, and then one we're very much still on and learning every day.
—Asesh Sarkar
GUEST BIO:
Asesh Sarkar is the Global ...
Chris revisits the key points made by Spriha Srivastava, adds his own insights and gives listeners some suggestions for practical actions they can take immediately to help them get where they want to go.
Leadership Lessons from a Global Journey (ft. Spriha Srivastava)
Spriha Srivastava on journalism, justice, and kindness
OPENING QUOTE:
“At the end of the day, we are all humans, we all have our personal lives and we bring along those personal lives to work every day. So, for me, it's very important to be respectful and kind towards each other.”
- Spriha Srivastava
GUEST BIO:
Spriha Srivastava is the London bureau chief and the intern...
Chris revisits the key points made by Ruth Gotian, adds his own insights and gives listeners some suggestions for practical actions they can take immediately to help them get where they want to go.
The Success Factor (ft. Ruth Gotian)
What makes astronauts and athletes so successful— and how you can unlock that same power
OPENING QUOTE:
“That clearly was not my calling. Clearly, I was not passionate about it. And that was really my first inkling that you can be good at something and not enjoy it. And that's okay.”
- Ruth Gotian
GUEST BIO:
Ruth Gotian is the Chief Learning Officer, Assistant Professor of Education in anesthesiol...
Chris revisits the key points made by David Burt, adds his own insights and gives listeners some suggestions for practical actions they can take immediately to help them get where they want to go.
Public Service and Entrepreneurial Thinking (ft. David Burt)
Perspectives on leading— together and alone— from the middle of the Atlantic
OPENING QUOTE:
“Leaders have to recognize that an approach that may work in one instance and may be very good, it may work 90% of the time, cannot work 100% of the time, and you have to be flexible enough to adjust your approach.”
- David Burt
GUEST BIO:
David Burt is the Premier of Bermuda— head of go...
Chris revisits the key points made by Justin Welby, adds his own insights and gives listeners some suggestions for practical actions they can take immediately to help them get where they want to go.
Collaboration, Conviction, and Caring (ft. Justin Welby)
Perspectives from a unique life’s journey
OPENING QUOTE:
“You go in and serve the people in the silos where you don't know by seeking information, seeking advice, bringing their contribution in, enabling them to feel valued, genuinely valued.”
- Justin Welby
GUEST BIO:
Archbishop Justin Welby worked as an oil company group treasurer for much of career, before making a dramatic ...
Chris revisits the key points made by Garry Ridge, adds his own insights and gives listeners some suggestions for practical actions they can take immediately to help them get where they want to go.
You Don’t Need Bosses, You Need Coaches (ft. Garry Ridge)
CEO, entrepreneur, and optimist Garry Ridge gives his Perspectives
OPENING QUOTE:
“Happy people create happy families, happy families create happy communities, happy communities create happy countries, and happy countries create a happy world. And we need a happy world, and business is the force of good for that.”
- Garry Ridge
GUEST BIO:
Garry Ridge is CEO of WD-40, having joined...
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