Podcasts by Leadership Luminaries
Corporate Leaders and Thought Leaders share their personal stories of challenge and success and bring their particular areas of wisdom and knowledge to bear on what’s relevant now.
PeopleSmart's 'Leadership Luminaries' podcast series is hosted by Michael Banks: leadership coach, writer, story teller, podcaster and Principal Consultant - please get it in touch for more info!
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'Resilience' with Dr Marie-Helene Pelletier from 2023-12-11T10:47:58
Nowadays, more than ever, there is a need for people to be resilient. Dr Marie-Helene Pelletier is a highly regarded expert in leadership resilience and workplace mental health and well-being. I...
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'From Fear to Trust - How to lead with courage, creativity and fun' with Elena Marsh from 2023-11-14T11:06:53
Elena Marsh is one of the exciting ‘new’ pioneers in teaching that leadership development is essentially spiritual development.
In this conversation with Michael Banks Elena ...
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'Using EI to optimize inclusion and diversity in a multicultural world' with Victoria Feldman from 2023-10-24T11:09:10
When Victoria Feldman speaks about multiculturalism she speaks with the authority of someone who has lived and worked in five different continents. And by her own admission she is an “evangelist...
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'Building teams with drums and singing' with Tom Morley from 2023-09-19T13:31:52
Tom Morley is called the 'Rockstar Activator'. He was himself a rock star when playing in Scritti Politti, the band he co-founded in the punk era.
Now he helps teams and groups of...
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'It's your time' with Abigail Barnes from 2023-09-05T10:12:39
Hands up who has some degree of difficulty with time! Almost everyone. If that time management workshop and/or coaching hasn’t worked maybe there is something else going on?
I was genuine...
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'Building learning communities through peer coaching' with Sonja Robinson from 2023-08-01T09:32:34
Sonja Robinson is passionate about the virtues and benefits of peer coaching. In this interview, it’s apparent why.
She takes us through the process of this kind of coaching and how to c...
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Conflict for Good with Liane Davey from 2023-07-11T10:57:06
Wow! What a treasure trove of helpful information about productive conflict. Liane Davey talks with clarity, authenticity, and grounded daily evidence of conflict in all the various forms it tak...
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The Future of Coaching with William Shorten from 2023-06-06T11:09:37
This episode is a must for anyone who coaches or is interested in becoming a coach!
William Shorten speaks clearly and eloquently from the ‘front line’ as he shares his view of coaching p...
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Aligning the Personal with the professional with Fabienne Lindholm from 2023-04-25T13:53:40
It was fun conversing with Fabienne Lindholm as we discussed the importance of optimizing each employee's passion by helping them operate out of their true purpose in life. When someone has ...
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'How Do Leaders Trust Virtually?' with Suzie Lewis from 2023-04-03T15:19:28
After decades of working successfully with organizational leaders to transform both themselves and their companies, Suzie Lewis (Managing Director at Transform for Value | Podcast host "Let...
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'EXP advice from the trenches' with Charlotte Boujassy from 2023-03-14T10:27:04
It was our pleasure recently to welcome Charlotte Boujassy, Head of Global Talent Development at Morphosys, to our PeopleSmart’s ‘Leadership Luminaries’ podcast series with host Michael Banks. Listen
Life without a Tie with Ray Martin from 2022-12-20T09:32:37
Ray Martin, aka The Daily Explorer, is an entrepreneur and award-winning business leader. As a coach, mentor, facilitator, speaker, writer, and mindfulness teacher, he is a torchbearer for great...
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All things EXP with Stefanie Brockstädt from 2022-11-08T09:00:41
Stefanie Brockstädt leads teams composed of members from all over the world. In this conversation she homes in on the universal and essential elements that comprise a compelling employee experie...
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Culture shifts that are needed in businesses in light of the Great Resignation with Nicholas Hamilton-Archer from 2022-10-03T08:09:56
Is the Great Resignation a positive after all? What do companies have to do to accommodate the needs of the younger workforce in order to create a rich and attractive employee experience? What k...
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Becoming a Changemaker with Alex Budak from 2022-09-13T08:00:47
Alex Budak is a force of nature who spends his life teaching people how to become a Changemaker that makes the world a better place. His egalitarian view of leadership means leading through<...
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Green Shoes and Memorable Marketing with Emiel Brok from 2022-08-02T11:22:51
It is not ‘business as usual’ at SUSE, the open source software company. Head of Training services Emiel Brok, spends a lot of his time marketing the training by being ‘memorable’. He believes i...
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The FUNdamentals of business and life with Sarah Burbedge from 2022-07-05T09:32:16
Over the last few years it has been easy to forget that work and life can be joyous and fun. Given the relentless barrage of negative news and gloomy prognostications about the future, surely it...
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EI and Psychological Safety with Deiric McCann from 2022-06-14T07:49:18
Dieric McCann is one of the world's leading experts on the topic of Emotional Intelligence and its role in creating Psychological Safety. In sharing his wisdom around the absolute imperative of ...
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Being Human in the Digital Age with Dr Thomas Juli from 2022-05-17T11:19:43
Can we still be human in the digital age? Dr Thomas Juli says we can.
According to Dr Thomas Juli, 'traditional business has reached a dead end' and, from his latest book 'The Spirit of H...
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Design Leadership - from the creative studios to the corporate world with Juliana Proserpio from 2022-05-03T11:44:22
Design Thinking has been helping companies overcome obstacles, improve customer service and get a competitive advantage by focusing on creativity and collaboration. As we navigate through r...
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Escape from Kyiv - from Resilience to Humility with Jeremy Peter Williams from 2022-04-12T07:37:37
At the root of all genuine success lie certain universal human values and qualities. In the very personal story of how he successfully led his family out of war torn Kyiv Jeremy Williams learned...
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Wellbeing & Vitality with Catherine Llewellyn from 2022-03-15T14:06:15
We spend a lot of time working, in fact the average full-time employee works around 37 hours every week. We dedicate most of our awake time and energy to work. So why do only 27% of peop...
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Staying Authentic in Leadership with Dr Margarita Mayo from 2022-02-22T10:54:41
What exactly is authentic leadership? Does it just mean being yourself?
Think back to the leaders who have most inspired you. What were the qualities that made them so ...
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Empowering HR with Deborah Wilkes from 2022-02-01T15:35:21
Of course HR should have a seat at the top table. Right? But what does HR need to do to get there?
Lately, HR has become a very hot topic. And for very good reasons as we shift towards a ...
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‘Meaningful’ data leads to positive culture change with Pa Sinyan from 2022-01-11T17:07:04
Did you know that the world’s population has seen an alarming increase in anger and unhappiness over the past twenty years?
This week’s podcast guest, Pa Sinyan, gives us...
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'Choosing your Best Future' with Sonal Bahl from 2021-11-30T15:38:32
Sonal Bahl is a wise and powerful thinker and speaker. She talks about the connection between Purpose and Impact, the Joy of Contribution, and how we are either Contracting or Expanding.
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Spiritual Leadership with Dra. Lynne Sedgmore from 2021-11-09T10:13:03
Can business and spirituality actually coexist?
Join our host Michael Banks and guest Dr Lynne Sedgmore, a bold and courageous disrupter, as they delve into the intrigue ...
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Honesty, transparency, participation and 'green funerals'... - with Rupert Callender from 2021-10-25T02:00
In this truly fascinating interview Rupert Callender, founder of the Green Funeral Company, shares how he has applied the l...
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Being vulnerable and why it’s important - with Andy Lopata from 2021-09-27T04:51:46
In this second interview with Andy Lopata, author of ‘Connected Leadership’ and ‘Just Ask’, we home in on why being vulnerable is so important in the context of contemporary leadership and...
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The case for diverse boards - with Monique Choudhuri from 2021-09-07T08:12:26
In this super stimulating interview packed with nuggets of wisdom from the 'front line' Monique Choudhuri explains clearly and passionately the benefits of a board level focus on Diversity and I...
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Psychosynthesis Leadership Coaching - with Aubyn Howard from 2021-08-16T03:00
Please enjoy this dialog between two master coaches with a combined 70 years of experience between them!
The topic is psychosynthesis coaching which differs greatly from what can be ...
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Creativity can liberate Business! - with Annemie Ress from 2021-07-26T12:34:45
In this stimulating, fun and eclectic interview Annemie Ress shares with host Michael Banks how creativity can unlock peoples’ innovative potential to produce accelerated business growth. Annemi...
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Connected Leadership - with Andy Lopata from 2021-06-14T03:00
According to Forbes.com Andy Lopata is ‘a true master of networking’. Andy calls it ‘building strong professional relationships’ and in this interview shares the many reasons that this is such a...
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Transformational and Inclusive Coaching - with Robert Stephenson from 2021-05-24T11:39:37
Robert Stephenson works at the 'leading edge' in his field. He is passionate, thoughtful, eloquent and insightful in sharing his lived experience of practicing transformational and existential&n...
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Learning Collides with Culture at CERN - with Pascale Goy from 2021-05-03T11:06:17
Pascale Goy takes us into the world of CERN and the Large Hadron Collider! She talks about the challenges of enrolling and engaging highly technical and academic populations into the ‘soft skill...
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Leaders who create and regenerate - with Dr. Jim Garisson from 2021-04-12T06:56:42
In this inspiring episode Dr Jim Garrison draws upon his many years and stories of working with some of the world's most historic and influential leaders (such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Jane Goodall...
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What it takes to lead into the future - with Vikas Shah from 2021-03-22T07:45:09
Vikas Shah MBE is a serial entrepreneur, investor and business leader who has had to make some tough decisions over the past year and has some powerful leadership advice that we can all benefit ...
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Regenerative Business - with Marcello Palazzi from 2021-03-01T04:00
How can companies prioritize and balance the higher purpose of making the world a better place with the profit imperative? As the Founder of the B Corp global movement, a community of leaders wh...
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A Coaching Culture for the Remote Workplace - with Ozlem Sarioglu from 2021-02-08T08:25:04
Ozlem shares her wealth of knowledge and experience around how to create a 'coaching culture' in today's largely virtual environment, and how to overcome the challenges of embedding coachin...
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Leading & Learning through COVID | A view from AstraZeneca’s Global Head of Learning - with Brian Murphy from 2021-01-18T04:00
In this enlightening and inspiring interview AstraZeneca’s Head of Global Learning and Development, Brian Murphy, shares the progressive practices that have helped his company t...
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When the Void meets the Infinite | Leading change today - with Ram Ramanathan from 2020-12-14T05:03:08
Ram Ramanathan shares his journey of going from a highly successful, autocratic corporate CEO who ruled by fear to an empathic listener who coaches people to become authentic le...
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YOUth Can Change the World - with Leah Black from 2020-11-23T04:00
Today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders As true global citizens they hold the world in their hands. Yet they feel a great pressure on their shoulders. Leaders of today have a responsibility to ensu...
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Can the Bullying Leader be Redeemed? - with Animah Kosai from 2020-11-02T08:10:38
Bullying comes in many forms and most of the time goes unreported. We've all experienced bullying in our working lives at some point or another. This conversation begins with some truly stunning...
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What is a 'Personal Brand' and why is it so important? - with Sonal Bahl from 2020-10-12T03:34:15
In a year in which so many peoples’ jobs and career trajectories have been adversely affected Sonal Bahl explains how to distinguish yourself in an increasingly crowded job marketplace and how t...
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Emotional intelligence: game changing for business, life changing for people - with Dr Ben Palmer from 2020-09-21T07:30:08
Our guest in this interview is Dr Ben Palmer, founder and CEO of GENOS International and one of the world's leading experts on EI. Ben answers the question “What IS emotional intelligence and wh...
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How do you develop and lead a high-performing team in a virtual world? - with Sabine Weishaupt from 2020-08-31T04:50:28
How do you create a close knit high performance team and a micro culture that supports it in these very challenging times? Sabine Weishaupt has been leading a global virtual team for the past fi...
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Female Leaders are better at handling Crises so why aren't there more of them?! - with Sylvia Smetana from 2020-08-10T05:22:06
In this fascinating interview Sylvia Smetana talks about the qualities that enable women to deal with crises so well whether as Prime Minister or as corporate leader. Female leaders seem to do a...
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Speak Like a Leader, in a virtual world! - with Esther Stanhope from 2020-07-20T08:07:41
Sit back and listen to this high energy, funny and fascinating interview with Esther Stanhope. Enjoy her stories of working with people like George Clooney, Noel Gallagher and
Pivoting from Fear to Confidence; your KOKODA - with Carrie Benedet from 2020-06-29T02:00
In this episode Australian Carrie Benedet tells the story, in graphic detail, of how she walked the Kokoda Trail, a “mammoth” and gruelling military trek 152kms from Owen’s Corner, across Owen S...
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The Power and Practice of Purposeful Leadership - with Zach Mercurio, Ph.D. from 2020-06-08T03:00
To survive, we need a will to survive, a reason for being. That "will" is your purpose - the contribution you and your organization makes through what you do. Research finds that f...
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Leadership for a chaotic future - with Prof. David Clutterbuck from 2020-05-18T03:00
The Covid 19 virus is forcing leaders and HR professionals to rethink what they do and why. Our assumptions about the roles of leaders and HR will not work in a possible CV world Leadership is t...
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Reframe Your Mindset for 2020 (and self isolation!) - with Paul Corke from 2020-04-15T15:00
In the context of finding ourselves in a world of pandemic coronavirus, self-Isolation, and uncertainty about the future, Paul talks about how we can reframe our mindset for greater success. He ...
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