
Manufacturing Leaders
Hosted by Mark and Mark Bracknall · Mark Bracknall
- 136
- Episodes
- 51
- Transcribed
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 41K
- YouTube views
About Manufacturing Leaders
Currently the Number 1 Manufacturing Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Mark Bracknall, Founder of Theo James Recruitment is the host of Manufacturing Leaders. The UK is still a powerhouse in Manufacturing & Engineering. We speak to those who are helping to make those firms a success. By motivating, inspiring and managing teams. Are you new to management? Are you keen to hear from those who are dealing with the same day-to-day challenges you are facing? In this podcast we get inside the minds of the Managers in Manufacturing & Engineering, and understand how they get the best our of their teams and make Manufacturing & Engineering great.
- Publisher
- Mark Bracknall
- Category
- business · business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 Feb 2022
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
51 of 136 episodes have a transcript.

1 Oct 2026
How to Lead When You’re the Youngest in the Room

17 Sept 2026
Andy Nisevic: From Toxic Leadership to Lasting Change

3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sarah Wright: The Conversations Great Leaders Don’t Avoid
Inside a recent episode

Sarah Wright: The Conversations Great Leaders Don’t Avoid
Published 3 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Actually, that doesn't bring calm. That creates more panic. Absolutely. And it's about, Particularly during COVID and the organisations I was working with then. It's about having a good team around about you and you've got real psychological safety. I think there's this misnomer that psychological safety is about, you know, everybody skips into work with bluebells flying around their head and it's like a Disney film. It's not like that at all. It's about being able to look in the whites of each other's eyes and say, that's a terrible idea and we should not do that because, you know, but it's giving people the confidence in order to be able to say that and to speak up. […]
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- Laura Black
- Andy Nisevic
- Sarah Wright
- Katie O’Brien
- Gareth Kane
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- YouTube views
- 41,443
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 82
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Questions about Manufacturing Leaders
Who hosts Manufacturing Leaders?
Mark and Mark Bracknall host the show. Published by Mark Bracknall.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Manufacturing Leaders take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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