The LeaderX Podcast with Lucy Barkas
You might have heard that there is a real leadership talent shortage - but what if you were just looking in the wrong place? What if there was a whole generation of leaders ready to step up and lead in business like no one else before them? The X-Gen are here, ready to step up, take control and lead with impact as LeaderX. The LeaderX generation was brought up in such specific social and economic circumstances that it makes them perfect to become a great leader...the problem is, you might not realise that it's YOU! This podcast helps you realise that you are ready and explain why. So, are you LeaderX?
Episodes
If there is one topic that always comes up in Leadership Development Programme Planning it is difficult conversations, or lack of them.
The ability to talk about the tough stuff is the fuel of high performance.
Andrea Newton is a woman on a mission to get organisations talking about things that matter. Having had her own experience of rooting around at rock bottom, she encourages leaders to get comfortable with t...
In any leadership programme I do with teams, we do a levelling exercise. We get back to basics to discuss, what is the team for, who is on it and why does it matter?
It doesn't matter whether it is a new team or one that has been around for ages. I recommend the restarting discussions at least one a year. It clears the decks, lets go of the past and get's all members to focus on the future.
So here are ...
David Wheatley joins the LeaderX podcast to share his 4 questions which create the foundation of any great team.
David works with leaders who are engaged in transitions to new roles, new scope or improved results.
Originally from Leeds, England, David is a former Scotland Yard police officer. He is a graduate of Hendon Police Academy in London and an honors graduate of Lancaster University’s education program. He earned a...
Leadership is hard and you won't have all of the answers. I have made mistakes and learned from them. And yet I have been kind to myself. I have owned my mistakes and taken responsibility. When I am at my worst I try to control everything. When I am at my best I trust.
I learned to lead by treating people like adults. Empowering and building trust.
R. Michael Anderson, MBA, MA has a striking combination that creates truly impactful transformation in leaders – he has the real-life business success of founding, scaling and exiting three software companies, plus the educational background of a Masters Degree in Psychology.
He has led remote teams for years and now shares his lessons in his book Remote Leadership, programmes and via his Facebook Group.
It’s the reason that Stanfo...
Every guest inspires me. Jonathan Hemmus helped me realise just how transferable leadership skills are, whether in crisis, engagement, strategy or decision making.
It got me thinking about how authentic my leadership is and how my saboteurs stop me from being myself.
Mishandled crises can devastate businesses, lives and livelihoods.
Business Book Awards winner Jonathan Hemus joins us to discuss why leaders fail in a crisis and the 3 core skills that will help them thrive.
Crisis Proof will enable you to sleep peacefully at night, knowing your organisation is ready to protect its business and reputation, whatever the world may throw at it.
http://insigniacrisis.com/
(1) In...
My conversation with Rob Brady was enlightening. It moved me. So hear my reflections.
Mental Health has become a hot topic over the past 12 months and long may the conversations continue. Roby Brady and I discuss his own experience with suicide and how he has used it as a his purpose and focus in developing himself, his team and a business.
Alongside being an Elite Performance Coach at Iceberg Digital, offering smart solutions to real estate business owners, Rob Brady is the CEO of Fight Train Clothing CIC...
Talking to Mari Williams helped me to remember why I choose to work in Leadership Coaching.
Listen to my reflections about why the work we do is so important.
Find out how LeaderX you are LeaderX Scorecard - 3WH
In this episode we talk leadership wellbeing, and leading authentically. Leadership is a hard role, as you take responsibility for the people who follow you. You can carry a huge weight on your shoulders, and many leaders have felt this over the last year.
"I love the beauty of the work that we do, because it is almost like you just see people unfolding and you can see them come alive and actually make peace with the...
One of the questions I kept revisiting with clients is "How can I keep my team engaged?"
So I asked two great female business owners who help show appreciation through food hampers and gifts.
Jane has coached on communication skills for 20 years, is a master practitioner of NLP, a TEDx speaker, an author of several books and a
Guinness World Record holder!
She runs The English Cream Tea Com...
Take 10 minutes to explore how you can be an innovative leader and the space you creates for others innovation.
Today we understand why some companies are more innovative than others and what is they key block to innovation.
Matti is the founder of inKNOWation and he has been consulting, training, coaching and mentoring since 2006.
He has worked with 11 of Spain’s 35 top corporations as well as many European & American multinationals. In 1993 he became the MD of an engineering business, were together
with his team t...
I know I have had moments of anxiety or feeling out of my depth.
What does imposter syndrome feel like for you?
Listen to Lucy reflect on her own journey.
If ever there was a time for leaders to focus on employee engagement, 2020/21 was it. I hope that the focus has become a habit, a norm.
Hear Lucy reflect on employee engagement
Check out our courses and take the LeaderX scorecard here Home - 3WH
Have you ever walked in the room and felt like you don't belong?
Or been asked to speak at a meeting and feel like a fraud?
Or had that dread that you will be found out?
That's imposter syndrome.
Tara Halliday, author, coach and imposter syndrome expert joins this episode to get into the real depths of why we all suffer from it from time to time and what we can do about it.
Unmasking; The Coa...
If you heard Caterina and Lucy talk about meetings, you know they both know their stuff. Lucy reflects on some of her meeting mistakes and gives her best tips to stop you from making the same mistakes
LeaderX: 5 steps for GenerationX to step up, take control and lead with impact eBook: Barkas, Lucy: Amazon.co.uk: Books
A one off reflections and top tips for leaders considering hybrid working and how to do it successfully.
We all know what it's like to have bad meetings. We have all been in them and if we are honest, we have probably run them.
Caterina Kostoula Executive & Team Coach, Founder, knows a thing or two about meetings. In fact she wrote the book on it.
She coaches scale-up leaders and teams through times of transition. Clients include leaders from organizations such as Amazon, Booking, Google, Expedia, Vodafo...
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