Best Bob Judson Podcasts (2025)

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E95 - Themes: Transition! 33:44

7d ago33:44

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Career transition is something that happens to almost everyone, sometimes multiple times through their working life. In my case, I faced a major transition out of the RAF after almost 35 years, and into Deloitte where I encountered a world full of brand new and very demanding challenges…

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E94 - Personal Stories: Afghanistan - Part 6 - Key Takeaways 35:15

14d ago35:15

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message In this final part of my Afghanistan stories, I highlight a range of the key leadership takeaways that really resonated with me at the conclusion of this hugely challenging tour. Although I was only there for 9 months, I packed in so much and had so many diverse experiences, it felt con…

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E93 - Guests: Amy Lane, Artistic Director of Copenhagen Opera Festival and a Freelance Opera & Musical Theatre Director 1:39:22

21d ago1:39:22

1:39:22

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Amy Lane, the Artistic Director of Copenhagen Opera Festival and a Freelance Opera & Musical Theatre Director. Amy and I met by pure chance whilst sat next to each other on a flight from Copenhagen to London. We had a fantastic conversation and I knew immediately t…

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E92 - Personal Stories: Afghanistan - Part 5 - The Longest Day! 28:12

28d ago28:12

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Without a shadow of a doubt, losing people that work for you, and who die in the pursuit of the work you preside over, is the toughest thing for any leader to deal with. Whilst many commanders on operations have had a great many more casualties to deal with than me, the memory of the lo…

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E91 - Themes: Mentoring & Coaching 33:38

1M ago33:38

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Having been mentored myself, and having mentored a great many others over the years both formally and informally, I have always been conscious of the value of mentoring. When I received some executive coaching and subsequently added coaching qualifications to my own repertoire a few yea…

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E90 - Personal Stories: Reflections 11:25

1M ago11:25

11:25

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This episode is best viewed on video (link below). It was filmed in an outside environment using an Apple iPhone 16 Pro and Apple AirPods Pro. As a result the audio quality is a rather variable as the camera shots change. Apologies for this; I'm sure this limitation is due to my amateur…

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E89 - Guests: Onyinye Udokporo, Founder of Enrich Learning and Author of "Dyslexia & Me" 1:23:28

2M ago1:23:28

1:23:28

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Onyinye Udokporo, a 26 year old entrepreneur who has already achieved more than many do across their lifetime. A genuine force of nature, Onyinye started her first business, Enrich Learning, when she was just 12 years old, and has continued to build that company in…

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E88 - Personal Stories: Afghanistan - Part 4 - Visits, Visits & More Visits! 24:56

2M ago24:56

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message One of the dominant features of my time in Afghanistan was the volume of senior visits to Kandahar Airfield. This was mostly positive aspect in that in provided a great opportunity for senior visitors to see at first hand the outstanding work that the thousands of personnel on the base …

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E87 - Guests: Russell Wardrop, CEO & Co-Founder of KWC Global 2:06:24

2M ago2:06:24

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is the incredibly charismatic and engaging Russell Wardrop. Russell is the Co-Founder and CEO of the training and development company KWC Global, formally known as Kissing with Confidence, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. I am privileged to work with K…

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E86 - Themes: Flexibility! 19:59

2M ago19:59

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Some events in my life this week caused me to have to be pretty flexible as I prepared to get this week's episode released, and so I thought that a thematic episode, focused on "flexibility" would be a logical output from those events. Flexibility is, without doubt in my view, one of th…

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E85 - Personal Stories: Afghanistan - Part 3 - Out on Patrol! 38:13

3M ago38:13

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message One of the most interesting aspects of my tour in Afghanistan was the opportunity to get outside the base perimeter and patrol with the Royal Air Force Regiment. This wasn't just gratuitous on my part. I believe passionately that leading by example is crucial as a commander and I needed…

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E84 - Guests: Howard Burton, former RAF pilot and British Airways Senior Training Captain 2:00:20

3M ago2:00:20

2:00:20

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is my friend and former RAF colleague, Howard Burton. Howard and I served together on the Jaguar Force way back in the 1980s and then our paths diverged significantly. After a very successful career as an operational front-line pilot, Qualified Weapons Instructor, and…

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E83 - Personal Stories: Afghanistan - Part 2 - Herding the Cats! 31:47

3M ago31:47

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message I continue the account of my time as Commander Kandahar Airfield in this week's episode, and I focus on the challenge that I faced with cohering a wide range of national contingents of vastly different sizes and with often very different agendas and priorities. Given my responsibility f…

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E82 - Themes: Is Your Glass Half Full or Half Empty? 26:44

3M ago26:44

26:44

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message As you will hear when you listen to this episode, a couple of recent events have led me to dive into the topic of optimism versus pessimism this week. My intent is to get you to do a bit of self-reflection and consider whether you are a glass half full or a glass half empty type of pers…

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E81 - Personal Stories: Afghanistan - Part 1 - Setting the Scene 31:23

3M ago31:23

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Having thought I was leaving the operational world behind me when I handed over my command of RAF Coningsby, only a little more than a year later, in January 2008 I found myself getting on an aircraft to head to Afghanistan as the incoming Commander of Kandahar Airfield, one of (at that…

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E80 - Guests: Rory Underwood, England Rugby's record try scorer, former RAF pilot, founder and CEO of Wingman 1:59:52

4M ago1:59:52

1:59:52

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Another week and another great guest on the show. Rory Underwood is probably best known for his amazing skill on the rugby pitch. He represented England for 12 years, and still holds the try scoring record for an England player with 49 tries from 85 international appearances for his cou…

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E79 - Guests: Robert (Cujo) Teschner, former USAF F15 / F22 pilot, Founder & CEO of the VMax Group 1:21:46

4M ago1:21:46

1:21:46

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Recording my guest for this week was one of the most fun conversations I have had in a long time. Robert (Cujo) Teschner is a former US Air Force F15 and F22 fighter pilot, who now runs the VMax Group of leadership trainers in the US. Cujo is a bestselling author and a prize winning spe…

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E78 - Personal Stories: Back to the Classroom! 30:48

4M ago30:48

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message It's always very hard giving up a great job and moving on from RAF Coningsby was no exception. The blow was softened a bit by the fact that I went from there to the Higher Command & Staff Course and subsequently to the Royal College of Defence Studies, so 2007 was, for me, definitely a …

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E77 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air Force Coningsby - Part 8 - The Final Chapter 28:24

4M ago28:24

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Support the show Thank you for listening! If you value the content I produce, please consider supporting the show financially by becoming a member at https://www.patreon.com/leading4life/ or clicking the "Support the Show" link above. You will have the choice of becoming a Supporter, a …

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E76 - Guests: John Peters, former RAF pilot, Gulf War Prisoner of War, Founder and Owner of Monkey Business 1:32:33

5M ago1:32:33

1:32:33

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message WARNING: This episode contains graphic descriptions of torture and interrogation as well as frequent bad language. My guest this week is John Peters. John flew Tornado GR1 aircraft as an RAF pilot and was shot down and captured on his very first operational mission during the Gulf War o…

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E75 - Guests: Douglas Rattray, Managing Director, Fugitives' Drift Lodge & Guest House, South Africa 1:12:28

5M ago1:12:28

1:12:28

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message We kick off Season 3 of the show with a fascinating guest who has an amazing family story and who lives in a fabulous part of the world. Oh, and he has a lot of great perspectives on leadership too!! Doug Rattray is the Managing Director of Fugitives' Drift Lodge & Guest House in the pr…

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E74 - Themes: Review of 2024 15:11

5M ago15:11

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message I'm sure you have much better things to do over the holiday period than listen to lengthy podcasts from me! Consequently, this is a short but hopefully sweet review of Leading 4 Life "Stories" across 2024. I provide some personal thoughts about the journey so far and some detail of the …

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E73 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air Force Coningsby - Part 7 - The Typhoon Display 35:52

5M ago35:52

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message For this, my final personal stories episode of 2024, I thought I would continue the series of tales from my time as Station Commander of RAF Coningsby and cover the development of and the challenges we faced with the Typhoon Display. With a brand new, very high profile, and very high pe…

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E72 - Guests: Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell DFC, WW2 Mosquito Pilot 1:33:23

6M ago1:33:23

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Over the time I've been hosting this podcast, I've been very privileged to have a wide range of wonderful guests; however, this week's guest is an extremely special one even by those high standards. Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell DFC, is a World War 2 Mosquito bomber pilot who is rapidly …

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E71 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air Force Coningsby - Part 6 - HM The Queen's Birthday Flypast 33:24

6M ago33:24

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message One of the most memorable events of my entire RAF career was having the privilege of leading the flypast to mark Her Majesty The Late Queen Elizabeth II's 80th Birthday in 2006. We flew a 49 aircraft flypast, the largest for many years, with a formation of Typhoons as part of the event …

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E70 - Themes: The Power of Debriefing 23:36

6M ago23:36

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message It's been some while since I did a thematic episode so I thought this would be a good topic to introduce, and to hopefully stimulate some thought and maybe even some discussion. Debriefing is the topic and the reason I titled this episode as "The Power of Debriefing" is that I truly bel…

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E69 - Guests: Professor Richard Sullivan, Professor of Cancer and Global Health at King's College London & Guy's Comprehensive Cancer Centre 1:43:35

6M ago1:43:35

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Professor Richard Sullivan, the Professor of Cancer and Global Health at King's College London (KCL) & Guy's Comprehensive Cancer Centre. Richard has been a doctor since the early 1990s during which time he has increasingly focused on cancer as a specialism such th…

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E68 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air Force Coningsby - Part 5 - Flying the Typhoon! 34:16

7M ago34:16

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message In this instalment of my personal stories, I continue to recount my time in command of Royal Air Force Coningsby and, this time, I focus on flying the Typhoon. This was an incredibly special time in my career as being charged with bringing a completely new RAF capability into service wa…

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E67 - Guests: Vice Admiral Paul Bennett CB OBE RN (Rtd), National President of the Royal British Legion 1:18:09

7M ago1:18:09

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Given that this episode will be first published on Remembrance Sunday 2024, my guest this week could not be more appropriate. Vice Admiral Paul Bennett had a stellar Royal Navy career, with multiple warship commands, culminating in a 3* role in NATO's Allied Command Transformation HQ in…

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E66 - Guests: John Cordle, former US Naval Officer, Human Factors Engineer & Sleep Advocate 1:23:32

7M ago1:23:32

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is John Cordle, a former US Naval Captain who still works closely with the US Navy as a Human Factors Engineer and is based in the eastern United States. I met John through episode 43 of the podcast when I interviewed Keith Green and we discussed his book, "Black Offi…

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E65 - Guests: Hardeep Dhanjal, Professional International Speaker, and Mindset Coach 1:19:52

7M ago1:19:52

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Hardeep Dhanjal, a professional international speaker and mindset coach based in Copenhagen, Denmark. I first met Hardeep when he was engaged as the motivational speaker to kick off a workshop session that I was subsequently facilitating for Deloitte Denmark. I was…

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E64 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air Force Coningsby - Part 4 - Flying the Spitfires and Hurricanes of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight 33:18

7M ago33:18

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message One of the greatest privileges of my RAF career was being able to fly as a fighter pilot on the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) for the 2005/2006 display seasons whilst I was in command of RAF Coningsby. This was a truly unique opportunity and one that I will always cherish bec…

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E63 - Guests: Steve Fletcher, Founder and CEO of The Leaders' Club 1:18:26

8M ago1:18:26

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Steve Fletcher, the Founder and CEO of The Leaders' Club (www.theleadersclub.org). I first met Steve almost exactly 10 years ago when I was transitioning out of the Royal Air Force and another colleague suggested I join The Leaders' Club. I joined immediately and, …

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E62 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air Force Coningsby - Part 3 - Building the Typhoon Force! 29:42

8M ago29:42

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Continuing the story of my time in command of Royal Air Force Coningsby, this episode focuses on aspects of the buildup of the Typhoon Force. In the 20 years since I was privileged to command this great base, it is amazing to see how much the Typhoon has progressed not only as an indivi…

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E61 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air Force Coningsby - Part 2 - The Leadership Challenge! 33:20

8M ago33:20

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message In this second part of the story of my time in command of Royal Air Force Coningsby, I focus on some of the specific leadership dynamics and organizational structures of the base. The episode builds on Episode 59 and sets up a series of further episodes that will cover, inter alia: the …

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E60 - Guests: Simon Reid, Head Teacher, Christ's Hospital School, Horsham 1:09:50

8M ago1:09:50

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Simon Reid, the Head Teacher of Christ's Hospital, a 900 bed independent boarding school, near Horsham in West Sussex, UK. Previously the Head Teacher at another famous independent school, Gordonstoun in Scotland, Simon has been at Christ's Hospital for the past 8 …

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E59 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air Force Coningsby - Part 1! 27:46

9M ago27:46

27:46

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This is the first of several episodes charting one of the standout tours of my RAF career! It was the privilege of a lifetime to command Royal Air Force Coningsby, and there are a huge number of life experiences and leadership lessons that came from this single two year period in my car…

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E58 - Guests: Lord Graham Brady, Former Chairman of the 1922 Committee 1:13:31

9M ago1:13:31

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Another week and another amazing guest on Leading 4 Life "Stories. Lord Graham Brady was MP for Altrincham & Sale West from 1997-2024, and for the last 14 of those years he was also the Chairman of the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee, which is the committee of back bench MPs that, a…

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E57 - Guests: Professor Michael Mainelli, Lord Mayor of London 1:29:10

9M ago1:29:10

1:29:10

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message It was a great privilege this week to have Professor Michael Mainelli, the 695th and current Lord Mayor of London, as my guest on Leading 4 Life "Stories". Michael has had the most fascinating career, with a host of executive and non-executive roles on his CV, as well as his journey thr…

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E56 - Guests: Rob Pepper, Principal of Art Academy London 1:32:29

9M ago1:32:29

1:32:29

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Leading 4 Life "Stories" makes a return to guest interviews this episode with a fascinating session with Rob Pepper, internationally renowned artist and Principal of Art Academy London, a leading higher education art school based in the heart of the city. Rob is the first guest I have h…

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E55 - Personal Stories: Group Captain Typhoon! 29:35

10M ago29:35

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message So it was once again on to bigger and better things! This week's episode sees me move to the role of Group Captain Typhoon, a new job, in a new rank, in a new RAF Headquarters. I was now part of Number 1 Group, which was at that point located in "Bomber Harris' former headquarters build…

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E54 - Themes: Motivation! 24:04

10M ago24:04

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Motivation is critical to success both for you personally and for any teams you may lead. In this thematic episode I share my thoughts on how I think about motivating myself and the teams I have been fortunate enough to lead. What works for you will probably be different to many around …

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E53 - Personal Stories: RAF Strike Command 31:21

10M ago31:21

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This week’s episode covers the first part of my post squadron command journey and my first (and only!) tour at RAF Strike Command. Being the Head of Briefing & Coordination was a fascinating 18 months that gave me a huge amount of insight into the workings of the highest levels of the R…

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E52 - Themes: Technology! 26:13

10M ago26:13

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message At the start of the week in which this episode was recorded, the world suffered what was arguably one of the most serious and significant cyber failures yet seen, when a poor quality Crowdstrike software patch caused mayhem in a wide range of industries right across the globe. By pure c…

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E51 - Themes: Communicating with Impact! 21:33

10M ago21:33

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message In this shorter than normal thematic episode, I start a conversation about "Communicating with Impact". There will be further episodes on this topic in the future but, for now, what I wanted to do was highlight some of the key things to think about when you are communicating as a leader…

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E50 - Guests: Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, Chair of the UK Civil Aviation Authority & Former Chief of the Air Staff 1:00:15

11M ago1:00:15

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, the current Chairman of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, and a former Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Air Force. In another first for Leading 4 Life "Stories", this episode was recorded as an event for The Leaders' Club, w…

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E49 - Themes: Family & Friends 12:42

11M ago12:42

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Some recent personal issues have led me to produce this short episode on Family & Friends, largely because I think too many of us neglect these vitally important stakeholders in our lives. I know from my own experience that I could always do better at looking after my personal relations…

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E48 - Personal Stories: Squadron Command! 28:50

11M ago28:50

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message After more than 4 years on the ground, it was time to return to flying and this time as a Squadron Commander! Command of a front-line flying squadron is something that is pretty much at the top of the wish list for every career minded fighter pilot, and I was immensely privileged to tak…

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E47 - Guests: Ralph Arundell, former Army Officer & Henry Arundell, professional rugby player 1:45:27

11M ago1:45:27

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This week's episode is a double first. It is the first time I have interviewed two guests at the same time, and those two guests happen to be father and son with two amazing life stories to share. Ralph Arundell is a former British Army officer with a distinguished career in the infantr…

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E46 - Themes: Lifelong Learning and Investing in Yourself 11:47

12M ago11:47

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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message In a slight break from normal procedure, I've recorded this episode on video whilst I was on the road with Deloitte University this week. It's shorter than many of my episodes but the content will hopefully resonate with you as it is an important topic. Lifelong learning and taking the …

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