The Inspiring Leadership Podcast

Leadership is everything; whether you’re leading the village hall committee, the largest organisation in the world, or simply leading yourself. Leadership begins with your own self–discipline and your own focus. Leadership brings followers and without followers, you are simply going for a stroll. Leadership provides vision and leaves legacies. To be a leader you need to be the change that you want to be. Leaders change lives and move societies. In these podcasts, we will learn from the best, the very best. Recipes for success, behaviours to model and practical tips from some of our best business leaders, our most successful coaches and the World’s leading thought leaders. The Inspiring Leadership Podcast is produced by gunnercooke llp, the professional services firm that has changed the landscape for legal and consultancy services in the 21st century.

The Inspiring Leadership Podcast is a business podcast hosted by gunnercooke, with 21 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #6

  How Volunteering Builds Stronger People and Better Businesses, with Emma Gervasio RVS

  Feb 5, 202632 minS4

  <p>Is one of the most powerful leadership tools we have also one of the most overlooked? </p><p>Emma Gervasio, Chief Operating Officer at the Royal Voluntary Service, joins Darryl Cooke on The Inspiring Leadership Podcast to discuss the real benefits of volunteering for individuals, businesses, and society. </p><p>With anxiety rates growing, and the fine line between work/life balance now more blurred than ever, Emma shares her compelling research that demonstrates how volunteering programmes can improve mental health and wellbeing, build and improve on our skills and talents, and significantly boost productivity across the board.  </p><p>U...

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  Episode #5

  John Amaechi OBE: Becoming the Protagonist of Your Own Story

  Oct 14, 20251h 7mS4

  <p>What does it take to achieve the extraordinary? </p><p>World-renowned Psychologist, Bestselling Author, and Founder of APS Intelligence, Professor John Amaechi OBE, joins gunnercooke founder Darryl Cooke in this truly moving episode of The Inspiring Leadership Podcast. Recorded live at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. <br/><br/></p><p>In The NeverEnding Story, an overlooked child discovers he is the protagonist, and the only one who can save a fantastical world. For John Amaechi, that story became a powerful metaphor: “The most unlikely of people in the most improbable of circumstances can become extraordinary, if you are w...

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  Episode #4

  Author Sophie Calon in Conversation with Nacoa's Piers Henrique: Growing up around addiction and breaking the silence at work

  Aug 12, 202527 minS4

  <p>What happens when addiction hides in plain sight?  </p><p>In this moving episode, Darryl Cooke is joined by author Sophie Calon and Dr Piers Henriques from Nacoa, the National Association for Children of Alcoholics, in a conversation chaired by Dr Zoe Lambert.  </p><p>In this discussion, Sophie reads from her moving debut memoir Long Going, which reflects on the complex experience of being the child of an alcoholic, and what happens when leadership, success, and addiction collide. Dr Henriques, provides vital insight into the lifelong effects of alcoholism on families and why speaking openly about these experiences ca...

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  Episode #3

  Professor Geoffrey Jones: The Body Shop, Cadbury and the leadership paradox behind every brand

  May 29, 202533 minS4

  <p>What does it really mean to lead a “deeply responsible” business? </p><p>In this eye-opening episode, Darryl Cooke speaks with Professor Geoffrey Jones of Harvard Business School, a global authority on business history and values-driven leadership. </p><p>Geoffrey’s book Deeply Responsible Business explores the rare but remarkable leaders who built profitable companies without compromising their values.  </p><p>In this conversation, he reveals why most corporate social responsibility is little more than performance, how brands like The Body Shop rose and fell, why some values-led businesses thrive while the system destroys others, and what leaders can do today...

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  Episode #2

  Susannah Hardyman MBE: From tutor to CEO, how one social impact idea turned into a national education campaign

  Apr 28, 202534 minS4

  <p>What if the key to changing a young person’s life is giving your time and not your money? Susannah Hardyman MBE reveals how a simple volunteering idea transformed futures for more than 6000 children.</p><p>Susannah is CEO of Impetus, a leading impact funder that supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to get the education, qualifications, and opportunities they need for a fulfilling life. As a young graduate she began by matching volunteer tutors with pupils who couldn’t afford extra help, her idea for Action Tutoring scaled into a nationwide movement. Now in her new role as CEO...

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