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This is Leading with integrity: Leadership talk. The podcast for new leaders, managers, or first-time founders in specialist-driven businesses and teams, and who want to be more effective, people-first leaders and lead happy, productive teams. Learn the crucial strategies, mindsets, and practical steps that successful modern leaders follow to be engaging, ethical and authentic managers who get the best from their teams. We’ll achieve all this via weekly conversations with leaders, leadership experts, entrepreneurs and business owners who have already walked this path and have amazing insights to share. With an added sprinkling of occasional solo episodes and group chats with multiple guests. Want to be a guest on Leading with integrity: Leadership talk? Send David Hatch a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/david-hatch-leadingwithintegrity Podcast hosted by David Hatch (distributed via Ausha). . Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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August 26, 20261 hr 9 min

Ep.245: From Preacher to Breacher: Human Nature & the Key to Effective Leadership, with Eric Robinson | Leadership Podcasts

Do you truly understand your people? Or any people? How well you understand human nature and how people work both as groups and individuals is an aspect of leadership we regularly touch on, but rarely is it a lesson learned through such a unique set of experiences or such highly demanding circumstances as the ones we'll be hearing about this week. Because my guest is recently retired FBI Agent and SWAT Operator, Eric Robinson. Eric will be sharing his unique journey from Christian ministry to a 24-year career in the FBI, including 15 years in SWAT. He has a wealth of stories, experiences and lessons to share from that career and we discuss leadership in law enforcement, the qualities that make a good FBI agent, why it matters to understand and support your team members. Thanks for listening/watching this episode of Leading with integrity: Leadership talk. Don't forget to visit www.leadingwithintegrity.co.uk and click the green button to sign up for the LWI: Integrity Leaders community, using discount code: HALFOFF24 Or contact me directly with any questions: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhatch-leadernotaboss/ Learn more about Eric at: https://preachertobreacher.com/ And keep an eye out for his book in October! Here's some of the tools used in the production of Leading with Integrity and building the community around it: Ausha (hosting & distribution): https://ausha.co/?fpr=leadingwithintegrity PodMatch (guest booking & management): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/lwi_dh TidyCal (booking calendar): https://appsumo.8odi.net/leadingwithintegrity Riverside (recording and editing): https://riverside.sjv.io/leadingwithintegrity Heartbeat (Community Platform): https://go.heartbeat.chat/leading-with-integrity (NB: These are affiliate links where I'll make a small commission should you choose to subscribe, this is a great way to support the podcast, but there's no pressure!) -- Have you had a great (or terrible?) experience of leadership? Want to be a guest on Leading with integrity: Leadership talk? Send David Hatch a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/david-hatch-leadingwithintegrity - The Leading with integrity: Leadership talk Podcast, hosted by David Hatch. Distributed on all major podcast platforms by Ausha.co Happier teams are more productive teams. More productive teams make more successful businesses. If you want to be a better leader, or are struggling with engagement, happiness, or productivity 'challenges', then get in touch with David today and see how Leading with integrity can change your career, you'll find his LinkedIn profile above! Be a Leader, Not A Boss. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

August 19, 20261 hr 19 min

Ep.244: The Top 10 Indicators of a Broken Workplace Culture & How to Avoid What Creates Them, with Natalie Holder | Leadership Podcasts

What is it about a workplace, a company or an employer that makes you feel like you fit in, like the culture is the one for you? For a lot of people, it's down to trust, and you can easily make the argument that this where a good culture begins. I'm joined by employment law & culture strategist, Natalie Holder to help unpack what good and bad cultures look like, the signs to look for and what we can do about those signs. Along the way, we explore the true responsibilities of managers, why workplace culture is so important, trust itself and of course some critical leadership lessons. Thanks for listening/watching this episode of Leading with integrity: Leadership talk. Don't forget to visit www.leadingwithintegrity.co.uk and click the green button to sign up for the LWI: Integrity Leaders community, using discount code: HALFOFF24 Or contact me directly with any questions: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhatch-leadernotaboss/ Find out more about Natalie and her work: https://natalieholderspeaks.lovable.app/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalievholder/ Here's some of the tools used in the production of Leading with Integrity and building the community around it: Ausha (hosting & distribution): https://ausha.co/?fpr=leadingwithintegrity PodMatch (guest booking & management): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/lwi_dh TidyCal (booking calendar): https://appsumo.8odi.net/leadingwithintegrity Riverside (recording and editing): https://riverside.sjv.io/leadingwithintegrity Heartbeat (Community Platform): https://go.heartbeat.chat/leading-with-integrity (NB: These are affiliate links where I'll make a small commission should you choose to subscribe, a great way to support the podcast, but no pressure!) -- Have you had a great (or terrible?) experience of leadership? Want to be a guest on Leading with integrity: Leadership talk? Send David Hatch a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/david-hatch-leadingwithintegrity - The Leading with integrity: Leadership talk Podcast, hosted by David Hatch. Distributed on all major podcast platforms by Ausha.co Happier teams are more productive teams. More productive teams make more successful businesses. If you want to be a better leader, or are struggling with engagement, happiness, or productivity 'challenges', then get in touch with David today and see how Leading with integrity can change your career, you'll find his LinkedIn profile above! Be a Leader, Not A Boss. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

August 12, 20261 hr 23 min

Ep.243: Freelancer to Founder; Leadership Lessons from Leading for the First Time, with Benas Leonavicius | Leadership Podcasts

This week we're exploring the journey of the first time leader as I'm joined by Benas Leonavicius, a founder currently growing his first business, hiring and leading a team for the first time. Benas shares his journey from freelancer to founder, we talk about his technical expertise in SEO and about his company, a personal branding agency called Avium. Benas is very candid about his journey and the insights he offers in this conversation provide a roadmap for first-time founders navigating the complexities of entrepreneurship, people and leadership. Thanks for listening/watching this episode of Leading with integrity: Leadership talk. Don't forget to visit www.leadingwithintegrity.co.uk and click the green button to sign up for the LWI: Integrity Leaders community, using discount code: HALFOFF24 Or contact me directly with any questions: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhatch-leadernotaboss/ Find out more about Benas and his agency: https://avium.vip/ https://www.youtube.com/@benasleo #FirstTimeLeader #FounderJourney #Founders #LeadershipExperiences #Leadership #LeadingWithIntegrity #LeaderNotABoss #PodMatch Here's some of the tools used in the production of Leading with Integrity and building the community around it: Ausha (hosting & distribution): https://ausha.co/?fpr=leadingwithintegrity PodMatch (guest booking & management): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/lwi_dh TidyCal (booking calendar): https://appsumo.8odi.net/leadingwithintegrity Riverside (recording and editing): https://riverside.sjv.io/leadingwithintegrity Heartbeat (Community Platform): https://go.heartbeat.chat/leading-with-integrity (NB: These are affiliate links where I'll make a small commission should you choose to subscribe, this is a great way to support the podcast, but no pressure!) -- Have you had a great (or terrible?) experience of leadership? Want to be a guest on Leading with integrity: Leadership talk? Send David Hatch a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/david-hatch-leadingwithintegrity - The Leading with integrity: Leadership talk Podcast, hosted by David Hatch. Distributed on all major podcast platforms by Ausha.co Happier teams are more productive teams. More productive teams make more successful businesses. If you want to be a better leader, or are struggling with engagement, happiness, or productivity 'challenges', then get in touch with David today and see how Leading with integrity can change your career, you'll find his LinkedIn profile above! Be a Leader, Not A Boss. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

August 5, 20261 hr 14 min

Ep.242: Third Spaces, Team Culture, Leadership and Building Human Connections, with Talia Rosenblum | Leadership Podcasts

When was the last time you truly connected with someone without having your phone in your hand? Whether that be virtual or in person, it's a question a lot of people struggle to answer. We're going to tackle this and other questions about connection and community in this week's episode of Leading with Integrity; and if you don't know what a 'third space' is, then listen now to find out! To help (by which I mean: do all of the heavy lifting) me cover all of this, my guest this week is Talia Rosenblum, founder of Third Space Experiences, which designs and facilitates device free connection experiences for teams, organizations and communities. Thanks for listening/watching this episode of Leading with integrity: Leadership talk. Don't forget to visit www.leadingwithintegrity.co.uk and click the green button to sign up for the LWI: Integrity Leaders community, using discount code: HALFOFF24 Or contact me directly with any questions: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhatch-leadernotaboss/ Find out more about Talia and Third Spaces at: https://www.third-space-experiences.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/taliarosenblum/ Here's some of the tools used in the production of Leading with Integrity and building the community around it: Ausha (hosting & distribution): https://ausha.co/?fpr=leadingwithintegrity PodMatch (guest booking & management): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/lwi_dh TidyCal (booking calendar): https://appsumo.8odi.net/leadingwithintegrity Riverside (recording and editing): https://riverside.sjv.io/leadingwithintegrity Heartbeat (Community Platform): https://go.heartbeat.chat/leading-with-integrity (NB: These are affiliate links where I'll make a small commission should you choose to subscribe, but there's no pressure!) -- Have you had a great (or terrible?) experience of leadership? Want to be a guest on Leading with integrity: Leadership talk? Send David Hatch a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/david-hatch-leadingwithintegrity - The Leading with integrity: Leadership talk Podcast, hosted by David Hatch. Distributed on all major podcast platforms by Ausha.co Happier teams are more productive teams. More productive teams make more successful businesses. If you want to be a better leader, or are struggling with engagement, happiness, or productivity 'challenges', then get in touch with David today and see how Leading with integrity can change your career, you'll find his LinkedIn profile above! Be a Leader, Not A Boss. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

July 29, 20261 hr 12 min

Ep.241: Work Culture, Wellness, Health and Nutrition; Are Your People Looking After themselves, with Amanda Whitehead | Leadership Podcasts

What's one thing that links our health, stress, productivity an even happiness at work? The answer may surprise you (it did me)... There's been a recurring theme of health, mental health & wellbeing this year on Leading with Integrity, and this week we're continuing that trend from a slightly different angle as I chat with Amanda Whitehead, founder of Purposefully Nourished and expert in nutrition, gut health, burnout and stress. Our conversation touches on many of the big questions of leadership from burnout and stress to resilience and the role/responsibility of leaders to their people and to the workplace environments we create. The connections between our nutrition, hydration, rest and physical & mental health, wellbeing at work and more are worth thinking about; and perhaps not as obvious as they may seem. Thanks for listening/watching this episode of Leading with integrity: Leadership talk. Don't forget to visit www.leadingwithintegrity.co.uk and click the green button to sign up for the LWI: Integrity Leaders community, using discount code: HALFOFF24 Or contact me directly with any questions: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhatch-leadernotaboss/ Reach out to Amanda to find out more: https://www.purposefullynourished.com/ -- Here's some of the tools used in the production of Leading with Integrity and building the community around it: Ausha (hosting & distribution): https://ausha.co/?fpr=leadingwithintegrity PodMatch (guest booking & management): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/lwi_dh TidyCal (booking calendar): https://appsumo.8odi.net/leadingwithintegrity Riverside (recording and editing): https://riverside.sjv.io/leadingwithintegrity Heartbeat (Community Platform): https://go.heartbeat.chat/leading-with-integrity (NB: These are affiliate links where I'll make a small commission should you choose to subscribe, but there's no pressure!) - Have you had a great (or terrible?) experience of leadership? Want to be a guest on Leading with integrity: Leadership talk? Send David Hatch a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/david-hatch-leadingwithintegrity - The Leading with integrity: Leadership talk Podcast, hosted by David Hatch. Distributed on all major podcast platforms by Ausha.co Happier teams are more productive teams. More productive teams make more successful businesses. If you want to be a better leader, or are struggling with engagement, happiness, or productivity 'challenges', then get in touch with David today and see how Leading with integrity can change your career, you'll find his LinkedIn profile above! Be a Leader, Not A Boss. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

July 22, 20261 hr 20 min

Ep.240: Finding Your Core Values and Why Scaling the Business Starts with Scaling it’s Leader, with Frank Gessner | Leadership Podcasts

What's your North Star? What values or principles guide you as an individual and (by extension) in your career or business? Not having clarity on these can make every work decision more complicated and difficult. Sounds simple, but it's not always so easy and perhaps this is why so many of us struggle with it, especially when first starting out. Enter this week's guest on Leading with Integrity, Frank Gessner. Frank is a veteran entrepreneur and mentor, he's the founder/creator of LifePilot and a Bloom Growth Facilitator. We discuss the value of knowing your North Star, how to find it and the impact it can have on your life and leadership once you have. We also talk the complexities of leadership, the importance of clarity in decision-making and how every decision has consequences, maybe explaining why founders so often struggle with letting go of projects. Thanks for listening/watching this episode of Leading with integrity: Leadership talk. Don't forget to visit www.leadingwithintegrity.co.uk and click the green button to sign up for the LWI: Integrity Leaders community, using discount code: HALFOFF24 Or contact me directly with any questions: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhatch-leadernotaboss/ Learn more about Frank here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankgessner/ -- Here's some of the tools used in the production of Leading with Integrity and building the community around it: Ausha (hosting & distribution): https://ausha.co/?fpr=leadingwithintegrity PodMatch (guest booking & management): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/lwi_dh TidyCal (booking calendar): https://appsumo.8odi.net/leadingwithintegrity Riverside (recording and editing): https://riverside.sjv.io/leadingwithintegrity Heartbeat (Community Platform): https://go.heartbeat.chat/leading-with-integrity (NB: These are affiliate links where I'll make a small commission should you choose to subscribe, but there's no pressure!) -- Have you had a great (or terrible?) experience of leadership? Want to be a guest on Leading with integrity: Leadership talk? Send David Hatch a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/david-hatch-leadingwithintegrity The Leading with integrity: Leadership talk Podcast, hosted by David Hatch. Distributed on all major podcast platforms by Ausha.co Happier teams are more productive teams. More productive teams make more successful businesses. If you want to be a better leader, or are struggling with engagement, happiness, or productivity 'challenges', then get in touch with David today and see how Leading with integrity can change your career, you'll find his LinkedIn profile above! Be a Leader, Not A Boss. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

July 15, 20261 hr 24 min

Ep.239: Organizations Under Pressure, Failing AI Strategies and the Lessons for Leaders, with Patrick Bell | Leadership Podcasts

What does 'AI' look like when it's implemented well? What are the benefits to businesses and (more importantly) the end user? To help us try to find the answers, this week I'm joined by Patrick Bell, an AI transformation partner and doctoral AI researcher. We (mostly Patrick) dissect the operational friction behind corporate artificial intelligence adoption, why so many technical rollouts fail internally despite looking highly successful on the surface and the structural breaking points of organizations under pressure, with examples like the tension between automated customer support bots and human empathy, or the systemic failure of traditional educational models to adjust to high-velocity AI learning. Thanks for listening/watching this episode of Leading with integrity: Leadership talk. Don't forget to visit www.leadingwithintegrity.co.uk and click the green button to sign up for the LWI: Integrity Leaders community, using discount code: HALFOFF24 Or contact me directly with any questions: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhatch-leadernotaboss/ Learn more about Patrick here: https://www.aitransformationpartner.com/ or here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aitransformationpartners/ Here's some of the tools used in the production of Leading with Integrity and building the community around it: Ausha (hosting & distribution): https://ausha.co/?fpr=leadingwithintegrity PodMatch (guest booking & management): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/lwi_dh TidyCal (booking calendar): https://appsumo.8odi.net/leadingwithintegrity Riverside (recording and editing): https://riverside.sjv.io/leadingwithintegrity Heartbeat (Community Platform): https://go.heartbeat.chat/leading-with-integrity (NB: These are affiliate links where I'll make a small commission should you choose to subscribe, but no pressure!) -- Have you had a great (or terrible?) experience of leadership? Want to be a guest on Leading with integrity: Leadership talk? Send David Hatch a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/david-hatch-leadingwithintegrity - Happier teams are more productive teams. More productive teams make more successful businesses. If you want to be a better leader, or are struggling with engagement, happiness, or productivity 'challenges', then get in touch with David today and see how Leading with integrity can change your career, you'll find his LinkedIn profile above! Be a Leader, Not A Boss. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

July 8, 20261 hr 7 min

Ep.238: Fashion Tech, Sustainability and the Founder’s Journey; Pulling the Threads of Leadership, with Lacey Cadieux-McLean | Leadership

A key topic of this week's episode is sustainability in fashion, fair to say, I'm about the least fashion-conscious person you know. So I'm opening this description with a thank you to this week's guest, Lacey Cadieux-McLean, for 1. patiently answering my silly questions on the subject, and 2. teaching me quite a few things I didn't know and had never thought about when it comes to something as simple as the clothes we wear and the impact they may be having on our health and the environment. We also find time to talk leadership, the challenges faced by new leaders, first-time founders and managers, through the lens of Lacey's own journey from project manager to founder. Thanks for listening/watching this episode of Leading with integrity: Leadership talk. Don't forget to visit www.leadingwithintegrity.co.uk and click the green button to sign up for the LWI: Integrity Leaders community, using discount code: HALFOFF24 Or contact me directly with any questions: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhatch-leadernotaboss/ Learn more about Lacey's work here: https://rhubaia.com/ -- Here's some of the tools used in the production of Leading with Integrity and building the community around it: Ausha (hosting & distribution): https://ausha.co/?fpr=leadingwithintegrity PodMatch (guest booking & management): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/lwi_dh TidyCal (booking calendar): https://appsumo.8odi.net/leadingwithintegrity Riverside (recording and editing): https://riverside.sjv.io/leadingwithintegrity Heartbeat (Community Platform): https://go.heartbeat.chat/leading-with-integrity (NB: These are affiliate links where I'll make a small commission should you choose to subscribe, this is a great way to support the podcast, but there's no pressure!) -- Have you had a great (or terrible?) experience of leadership? Want to be a guest on Leading with integrity: Leadership talk? Send David Hatch a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/david-hatch-leadingwithintegrity - The Leading with integrity: Leadership talk Podcast, hosted by David Hatch. Distributed on all major podcast platforms by Ausha.co Happier teams are more productive teams. More productive teams make more successful businesses. If you want to be a better leader, or are struggling with engagement, happiness, or productivity 'challenges', then get in touch with David today and see how Leading with integrity can change your career, you'll find his LinkedIn profile above! Be a Leader, Not A Boss. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

July 1, 20261 hr 7 min

Ep.237: Leadership in a Micro Company and Challenging Conventional Wisdom on Business Growth, with Joel Miller | Leadership Podcasts

Today we're testing a few of the assumptions of entrepreneurship and leadership, from "fail fast" to "leaders have all the answers" and more, we might even be debunking and refuting some of these ideas, and discussing why they're actually a little bit toxic. I'm joined by guest, Joel Miller, co-founder (with his twin brother) of The Sky Floor, LLC. A marketing agency of two, which has a slightly contrarian view, a non-traditional take if you like, on business growth and how micro-companies can run. Joel shares his unconventional views on leadership and business, we chat about the importance of lifelong learning, the value of small business operations, the need to challenge common business clichés and how staying small can be a competitive advantage. Thanks for listening/watching this episode of Leading with integrity: Leadership talk. Don't forget to visit www.leadingwithintegrity.co.uk and click the green button to sign up for the LWI: Integrity Leaders community, using discount code: HALFOFF24 Or contact me directly with any questions: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhatch-leadernotaboss/ You can find Joel's website here: https://www.theskyfloor.com/ Here's some of the tools used in the production of Leading with Integrity and building the community around it: Ausha (hosting & distribution): https://ausha.co/?fpr=leadingwithintegrity PodMatch (guest booking & management): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/lwi_dh TidyCal (booking calendar): https://appsumo.8odi.net/leadingwithintegrity Riverside (recording and editing): https://riverside.sjv.io/leadingwithintegrity Heartbeat (Community Platform): https://go.heartbeat.chat/leading-with-integrity (NB: These are affiliate links where I'll make a small commission should you choose to subscribe, this is a great way to support the podcast, but there's no pressure!) -- Have you had a great (or terrible?) experience of leadership? Want to be a guest on Leading with integrity: Leadership talk? Send David Hatch a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/david-hatch-leadingwithintegrity - The Leading with integrity: Leadership talk Podcast, hosted by David Hatch. Distributed on all major podcast platforms by Ausha.co Happier teams are more productive teams. More productive teams make more successful businesses. If you want to be a better leader, or are struggling with engagement, happiness, or productivity 'challenges', then get in touch with David today and see how Leading with integrity can change your career, you'll find his LinkedIn profile above! Be a Leader, Not A Boss. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

June 24, 20261 hr 18 min

Ep.236: Finding Rest in a Busy World, Women’s Health, Burnout and a Challenge to Leadership, with Lesley Waldron | Leadership Podcasts

If your team's definition of productivity requires running on empty while ignoring or stigmatising health (mental or otherwise), it’s time to rewrite the rulebook! This week I have a conversation with Lesley Waldron that completely reframes how we look at health at work. Lesley is a fantastic health coach tackling the oft-ignored realities of workplace wellness head-on. We discuss the critical gaps in traditional workplace culture and how it handles/mishandles women's health and menopause in particular. Thanks for listening/watching this episode. Don't forget to visit www.leadingwithintegrity.co.uk and sign up for the LWI: Integrity Leaders community, using discount code: HALFOFF24 Or contact me directly with any questions: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhatch-leadernotaboss/ You can find Lesley online at https://www.lesleywaldron.co.uk on Instagram or LinkedIn . And here's the links to two free downloads mentioned at the end too: A menstrual cycle tracker and A guide to more energy and wellbeing in perimenopause. -- Here's some of the tools used in the production of Leading with Integrity and the community around it: Ausha (hosting & distribution): https://ausha.co/?fpr=leadingwithintegrity PodMatch (guest booking & management): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/lwi_dh TidyCal (booking calendar): https://appsumo.8odi.net/leadingwithintegrity Riverside (recording and editing): https://riverside.sjv.io/leadingwithintegrity Heartbeat (Community Platform): https://go.heartbeat.chat/leading-with-integrity (NB: These are affiliate links where I'll make a small commission should you choose to subscribe, a great way to support the podcast, but no pressure!) -- Want to be a guest on Leading with integrity: Leadership talk? Send a message on PodMatch . - Happier teams are more productive teams. More productive teams make more successful businesses. If you want to be a better leader, or are struggling with engagement, happiness, or productivity 'challenges', then get in touch with David today and see how Leading with integrity can change your career, you'll find his LinkedIn profile above! Be a Leader, Not A Boss. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.