Ceannas Conversations Don Ledingham
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Ceannas means leadership in Scottish Gaelic. In these podcasts Don Ledingham, Chief Executive of Ceannas has conversations about leadership with exceptional people who have powerful and compelling ideas about leadership.https://www.ceannas.com/
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Jurgen Klopp - no accidental leader
Jurgen Klopp retired as Liverpool’s manager in May 2024, boasting a Premier League title, a Champions League crown, an FA Cup, two EFL Cups, the Community Shield, a UEFA Super Cup, and a FIFA Club World Cup over his nine years at the club.In this compressed analysis of Jurgen Klopp’s leadership I’m going to attempt to describe key aspects of his Leadership Behaviour (using the Ceannas Lenses), his Cultural Footprint (using the Culture Building Blocks), and finally his Wise Decision-Making (us...
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Handelsbanken - A Case Study in the Power of Decentralisation
The influence of thoughtful leadership
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Donald Trump - is he a 'wise' leader?
As part of our weekly Leadership Spotlights series, we examine Donald Trump the extent to which Donald Trump satisfies the criteria of being a Wise Leader.
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Alex Hynes - Managing Director of Scotland's Railway
Alex Hynes was appointed Managing Director of the ScotRail Alliance in June 2017. Two years later, he was promoted to the broader role of Managing Director, Scotland’s Railway, following further operational devolution from Network Rail to Scotland. He currently leads the delivery of Scotland’s Railway through the ScotRail Alliance.In a wide ranging conversation with Don Ledingham, Co-CEO of Ceannas, Alex explores:Impact of childhood experiences on his leadershipWorking 'on', not 'in' th...
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Adrienne Muir - Leading A Global Team
For seven years Adrienne Muir was COO of Voxsmart, a global technology company, based in Queenstown New Zealand she led teams based in locations around the world.In this episode she shares some of the challenges that face anyone leading a team operating in multiple locations and in different times zones.In the course of a fascinating interview Adrienne provides us with a range of practical suggestions that any leader would be well advised to consider implementing - regardless of whether their...
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Value Stream Co-Leadership with Lee Smith
Lee Smith has had an extensive career with HSBC most recently leading a global team in the technology space. He has joined Ceannas as an Executive Consultant and executive coach.In this podcast Lee delves into the challenge of Value Stream Co-Leadership where he explores how technology and business leaders need to work together in a very different manner to enable the long-term success in delivery and continuous enhancement of complex products.