Ceannas means leadership in Scottish Gaelic. In these podcasts Don Ledingham, Chief Executive of Ceannas has conversations about leadership with exceptional people who have powerful and compelling ideas about leadership.
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Jurgen Klopp retired as Liverpool’s manager in May 2024, boasting a Premier League title, a Champions League crown, an FA Cup, two EFL Cups, the Community Shield, a UEFA Super Cup, and a FIFA Club World Cup over his nine years at the club.
In this compressed analysis of Jurgen Klopp’s leadership I’m going to attempt to describe key aspects of his Leadership Behaviour (using the Ceannas Lenses), his Cultural Footprint (using the Culture Building Blocks), and finally his Wise Decision-Making (using the Ceannas Wheel of Wise Leadership), with a few choice quotes from the man himself.
7 Mar 2024
Handelsbanken - A Case Study in the Power of Decentralisation
The influence of thoughtful leadership
7 Mar 2024
Donald Trump - is he a 'wise' leader?
As part of our weekly Leadership Spotlights series, we examine Donald Trump the extent to which Donald Trump satisfies the criteria of being a Wise Leader.
11 Jan 2024
Alex Hynes - Managing Director of Scotland's Railway
Alex Hynes was appointed Managing Director of the ScotRail Alliance in June 2017. Two years later, he was promoted to the broader role of Managing Director, Scotland’s Railway, following further operational devolution from Network Rail to Scotland. He currently leads the delivery of Scotland’s Railway through the ScotRail Alliance.
In a wide ranging conversation with Don Ledingham, Co-CEO of Ceannas, Alex explores:
Impact of childhood experiences on his leadership
Working 'on', not 'in' the business
Managing a system
Accountability
Scanning horizons
Business are all about people
Customers and Employees are inextricably linked
Impact of climate change
Safe home every day
Balancing Warmth and Edge
Entrepreneurship
Making or breaking someone's day as a leader
Leadership as a journey
Listening and learning for free
Culture and the future
14 Nov 2023
Adrienne Muir - Leading A Global Team
For seven years Adrienne Muir was COO of Voxsmart, a global technology company, based in Queenstown New Zealand she led teams based in locations around the world.
In this episode she shares some of the challenges that face anyone leading a team operating in multiple locations and in different times zones.
In the course of a fascinating interview Adrienne provides us with a range of practical suggestions that any leader would be well advised to consider implementing - regardless of whether their team is spread around the globe of simply operating in a hybrid fashion.
7 Nov 2023
Value Stream Co-Leadership with Lee Smith
Lee Smith has had an extensive career with HSBC most recently leading a global team in the technology space. He has joined Ceannas as an Executive Consultant and executive coach.
In this podcast Lee delves into the challenge of Value Stream Co-Leadership where he explores how technology and business leaders need to work together in a very different manner to enable the long-term success in delivery and continuous enhancement of complex products.
15 May 2023
Jack Houghton - Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer for Mindset.ai
Don Ledingham is in conversation with Jack Houghton, the co-founder and chief product officer for Mindset.ai, who have a mission to become the digital infrastructure for the knowledge economy.
Jack talks with passion and insight about his journey from Barrow-in -Furness to his current role.
Jack's journey provides a great example to others who don't follow the traditional route to success.
There are lessons here for businesses and leaders about ai that are of critical importance to their futures.
7 Mar 2023
International Women's Day - Debbi McCulloch
As part of the Ceannas celebration of International Women's Day, Don Ledingham interviews Debbi McCulloch the Depute Chief Executive of Spartans FC Foundation, and Head Coach of the Scottish Premier League Spartans FC Women's Team.
Debbi brings to life her mantra of 'Dream Big, Dream Fierce' through her own career journey and her inspiring approach to 'giving back' to her community as a true example of leadership.
6 Mar 2023
International Women's Day - Kirsty Nicholson
As part of our Ceannas celebration of International Women's Day, Don Ledingham interviews Kirsty Nicholson, a partner with Addleshaw Goddard, the international legal company.
In the course of an extensive conversation Kirsty explores how the legal profession is moving towards a gender balance in leadership roles; how it can further normalise female leadership; the need to promote equal responsibility between men and women for caring duties in the early years; and the importance of role models in promoting women in business.
11 May 2022
Mental Health Awareness - Charlie Winton
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week Don Ledingham speaks to Charlie Winton, Founder fo OK Positive, a platform that allows people to monitor their own mental health and then take positive action.
31 Mar 2021
Strategic Resilience with Benjamin Kayser
Benjamin Kayser played rugby for France on 37 occasions. He is currently studying for an MBA at the University of Oxford and is also a highly sought after and respected sports broadcaster.
If that wasn't enough Benjamin is also an Executive Consultant with Ceannas where he is working with senior executive leaders from the corporate world.
In this podcast he shares his insights into the importance of strategic resilience, switching back and forth between the worlds of sport and business.
28 Mar 2021
The Role of Chief Executive with Rob Roger
This Conversation between Rob Roger and members of the Ceannas Team took place back in March 2021.
At the time Rob Roger was CEO of IQ Student Accommodation,.
In February 2020, Blackstone announced plans to purchase the company for £4.66 billion, in the UK’s largest ever private real estate transaction.
It's fascinating insight into the mind and practice of one of the UK's top executive leaders.
17 Mar 2021
Leadership Lessons from the Military with Gill Wilkinson
In this podcast Colonel Gill Wilkinson helps us to get behind the language of 'Mission command' and 'commander's intent', to show how clarity of purpose, authority, responsibility and accountability actually creates the conditions for disciplined and productive initiative that is often missing in organisations where leaders' fear to accept the authority that their role provides.
Interestingly Gill pointed out that the motto of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where until recently she was Deputy Commander (Reserves) reads 'Serve to Lead'.
11 Mar 2021
Diversity and Inclusion with Sinead O'Brien
I was privileged to have a wide ranging conversation about diversity and inclusion with Sinead O'Brien, FCIPD (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAALtSEwBJEiovbxaLGG-2VHj9Vq_IpLMxyA) in the first episode of our second series of Ceannas Conversations.
There are so many insights provided by Sinead on this critically important topic that I cannot begin to list them here. All I can do is recommend the listen.
29 Jan 2020
Rob Harley - Wise Leadership (The Desmond Tutu effect)
Rob Harley was the Student President at Natal University, South Africa in 1994, the year that Nelson Mandela came to power. In his current role as a Senior Investor with Stewart Investors Sustainability Team he reflects on those experiences and how it has shaped him as a person and a leader.
5 Nov 2019
Ed Driver - Managing Director, 5 Star Crew - shares his thoughts on wise leadership
Don Ledingham asks Ed Driver, questions about wise leadership.
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