60 Episodes

  1. 49: The Power of the Ownership Effect” in business – a conversation with Ifty Nasir, CEO of Vestd Equity Management platform

    Published: 10/24/2023

  2. 48: Lessons in leadership from Brendan Hall, Round the World Yacht Race Winning Skipper

    Published: 10/4/2023

  3. 47: Building a global business for the mind. The art and science of Goal Mapping with founder Brian Mayne

    Published: 9/12/2023

  4. 46: Fear, Grit, Purpose and Pearls: A conversation with Penina Shepherd, founder and CEO of Acumen Business Law & Acumen People

    Published: 8/29/2023

  5. 45: In conversation with Hannah Miller, founder of sidekick: Revealing the strengths of unique, brave and exceptional leaders

    Published: 8/15/2023

  6. 44: Beyond Start-Up: The 10 Pre-Requisites for Scaling Up

    Published: 8/1/2023

  7. 43: Creating your dreams in Virtual Reality, an interview with nDreams founder and CEO Patrick O’Luanaigh

    Published: 7/18/2023

  8. 42: Essential Principles – the Power of Non-Negotiables for a Scale-Up Company Leader

    Published: 7/4/2023

  9. 41: Building Strong Foundations – The Art of Knowing Your Scaleup Team

    Published: 6/20/2023

  10. 40: Founding and Scaling an international professional services business with culture and people at its heart, with Ben Bradford CEO of BB7

    Published: 6/6/2023

  11. 39: Scaling a Leisure Business with Dom Gaynor

    Published: 5/23/2023

  12. 38. Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast, Gen Z and The Big Yak with business turnaround leader Emma Simpson

    Published: 5/9/2023

  13. Shorts: Being a Facilitator of Learning

    Published: 5/2/2023

  14. Ask strategically. How important are questions?

    Published: 4/25/2023

  15. Shorts: Hiring For Strengths

    Published: 4/18/2023

  16. 36: Ian’s Ironman 70.3: Rising to the mental and physical challenges of an 8 hour endurance race

    Published: 4/11/2023

  17. Shorts: Master Your 1to1 Meetings

    Published: 4/4/2023

  18. 35: Here’s To The Crazy Ones

    Published: 3/28/2023

  19. Shorts: Say ‘No’ To Bad Meetings

    Published: 3/23/2023

  20. Shorts: The Power of Acting ‘As If’

    Published: 3/21/2023

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Leaders are pulled in all directions. There is no rule book. Beginning with 'No Grit No Pearl' each episode of the Gritty Leaders podcast explores a tension or paradox of leadership asking how founders, entrepreneurs and scale-up CEOs decide which way to turn. Published fortnightly, each Gritty Leaders episode: o Is for leaders in start-up and scale-up growing companies o Asks directly about the tough decisions of leadership: strategy to tactics; the rough and the smooth o Tells real stories of leadership grit to get 'inside' leadership o Tests leadership ideas and theories in today's business front line o Wraps up by drawing Gritty Leadership Lessons from what's been said Ben and Ian are regularly joined by guests. Founders and leaders of growing companies weigh-in to discuss the Gritty Leadership Question of the episode and tell their personal stories, "I learned about gritty leadership from..."