Introduction

This episode is a genuine leadership masterclass.

Join me and Kate Williams, CEO of 1% for the Planet, as we explore many of the obvious, and not so obvious, foundational aspects of leadership.

If you consistently apply just a few of the tools and tactics we discuss, I guarantee it will have a dramatic effect on your leadership capability.

Kate Williams is CEO of 1% for the Planet, a global organisation that inspires action and commitment so that our planet and future generations thrive. 1% for the Planet’s global network of thousands of businesses and individuals have donated hundreds of millions of dollars to vetted environmental partners to date.

And as for me, I’m a leadership trainer, keynote speaker and executive coach, 11 years into my third career. The first was ten years in the British Army with multiple deployments to Iraq. My second career was working for some of Europe's largest organisations in senior HR and L&D roles, before founding Ben Morton Leadership back in 2013.

So, between me and my guests, you are in great hands if you want to be a great leader.

Episode Highlights

1. Leadership: It’s Absolutely Not About You
2. The Best Example of a Company Purpose, Ever
3. The Motivational Tool CEOs and Senior Leaders Have Been Searching For
4. How To Create a High-Performance Culture
5. Why Your Personal Experience May Make Your Team More Stressed

Chapter Makers

(04:22)Lessons from Kate’s first leadership experience

(07:45) Proof that leaders don’t need to have all the answers

(13:36) The risk of leading by example

(15:41) The history and future of 1% for the Planet

(20:17) The best example of a ‘company purpose’ in practice

(23:26) Using philanthropy as a lever for performance and profitability

(33:11) The risk and cure for burnout in purpose-driven organisations

(38:00) Balancing long and short-term goals as a leader

(40:44) Changing your leadership approach as the organisations grows

(42:14) Creating a self-aware, feedback-rich culture

(44:36) Managing stress and why your experience means you may not notice how stress is affecting your team

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Further Resources

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In this episode of "The Leaders Kitbag," Ben Morton continues to explore the art of delegation in leadership.

In this episode, you will learn:

• The 3 key benefits of delegation
• How to overcome mental blockers
• "Negativity bias" in the context of delegation

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Introduction

In this episode, you will learn about the dangers of your hidden deaf and dumb spots, plus a series of tips and techniques for making better decisions in a noisy, complex world from Nuala Walsh and myself.

Nuala is an award-winning non-executive director, behavioural scientist, TEDx speaker and author. She was named among the 100 Most Influential Women in Finance and spent three decades in investment management at Blackrock, Merrill Lynch and Standard Life Aberdeen as Chief Marketing Officer.

And as for me, I’m a leadership trainer, keynote speaker and executive coach, 11 years into my third career. The first was ten years in the British Army with multiple deployments to Iraq. My second career was working for some of Europe's largest organisations in senior HR and L&D roles, before founding Ben Morton Leadership back in 2013.

So, between me and my guests, you are in great hands if you want to be a great leader.

Episode Highlights

1. The Missing Step in Your Decision-Making
2. Uncovering Your Blind, Deaf and Dumb Spots
3. The Dangers of Asking for Just the Headlines
4. Why Every Business Problem is a Behavioural Problem
5. How to Choose the Right Voices to Listen To

Chapter Makers

(03:50) The important & neglected step between listening and decision-making.

(08:28) What happens when context and cognition collide?

(09:04) The lure and dangers of quick decision-making

(11:39) Improving your decision-making with a three-second pause.

(17:57) Discovering your hidden deaf and dumb spots.

(21:15) Intentional deafness and unconscious bias.

(26:32) Why we shouldn’t say ‘Just give me the headlines.’

(31:21) Why every business problem is really a behavioural problem?

(32:59) Why we see what we want to see.

(38:29) Identifying the right voices to tune in to.

(39:38) How we’re all being manipulated without realising.

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Further Resources

• Watch Nuala’s TEDx Talk here.
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More About Nuala Walsh

Nuala holds multiple appointments industrywide, she is non-executive director at British & Irish Lions, President of Harvard Club of Ireland, Chair of the Innocence Project London, Council Member at The Football Association, Advisor at World Athletics and former Vice-chair at UN Women UK.

Published in Forbes, Inc, Psychology Today and the Harvard Business Review, her insights feature in the Financial Times, Fox Business and BBC.

She also holds first-class master's degrees in Behavioural Science and Business Studies alongside a degree in philosophy and is a visiting lecturer at INSEAD and the London School of Economics.