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Nottingham Business School Business Leaders Podcast

How do great leaders inspire others, bring ideas to life and deal with setbacks? Join your host Honorary Visiting Professor Mike Sassi in conversation with business leaders to explore the stories, leadership lessons and actionable advice to help you excel in your career.

  1. 17 SEPT

    Nadeem Raza - leading a management buyout, then floating on the stock exchange

    Nadeem Raza is CEO of transport technology company Microlise. He joined Microlise in the 1980s as a young software engineer and over the next three decades worked his way up through the company. In 2008 he led a management buyout – and in 2021 the company floated on the Stock Exchange, where it was valued at £156.5m. In Episode 51 of the Nottingham Business School’s Business Leaders’ Podcast, Nadeem tells Visiting Honorary Professor Mike Sassi about his love of writing software, his fascination with managing people… and why a quarter of all the trucks on Britain’s roads are empty.

    32 min

  2. 3 SEPT

    Nick Beighton - The e-commerce pioneer who turned ASOS into an international success story

    Nick Beighton transformed ASOS into a global e-commerce powerhouse. When he walked through the front door to take up the role of Chief Finance Officer in 2009, the company was a fledgling online fashion retailer, with 200 staff and £160m of revenues. When he stepped down as Chief Executive 12 years later, the company’s workforce was 3,500-strong… and its annual revenues were just shy of £4bn. In a special Episode 50 of the Nottingham Business School’s Business Leaders’ Podcast, Nick tells Visiting Honorary Professor Mike Sassi about the importance of values, the need for planning, and why it’s always better to use influence rather than exert control.

    38 min

  3. 2 JUL

    Ajay Sethi - Mr Tweezerman UK – the public face of a global beauty brand

    Tweezerman is one of the world’s best-known beauty accessory brands – and Ajay Sethi is MD of Tweezerman UK. Ajay set up his business in the back bedroom of his family home, exactly twenty years ago. He became a joint venture partner with Tweezerman in 2018. In Episode 49 of the Nottingham Business School’s Business Leaders’ Podcast, Ajay tells Visiting Honorary Professor Mike Sassi about the pressures and pleasures of leading such a high-profile brand. He also explains why he installed a disco glitter ball in the staff toilets.

    29 min

  4. 18 JUN

    Matt Wallace - Building your own business – and knowing the value of a good podcast

    Fifteen years ago, entrepreneur Matt Wallace was an iMovie hobbyist in a university press office, trying to persuade his boss of the value of video. Today he runs his own company, Janno Media – making videos, creating podcasts and live streaming for dozens of commercial clients across Britain. In Episode 48 of the Nottingham Business School’s Business Leaders’ Podcast, Matt tells Visiting Honorary Professor Mike Sassi how he turned his hobby into a business – and how lockdown paved the way for his expansion into podcasts.

    27 min

  5. 4 JUN

    Darren Cassidy - Leading digital transformation in a global brand built on paper and print

    Darren Cassidy has been with global print tech giant Xerox for 33 years – in 18 different roles. He’s now the company’s MD in GB and Ireland – and President of its operations in Western Europe. But in Episode 47 the Nottingham Business School’s Business Leaders’ Podcast, Darren tells Visiting Honorary Professor Mike Sassi that he is as excited now as he was on the first day he walked through the door at Xerox. During 30 minutes of insightful leadership chat, he talks about learning to change mindsets, the importance of younger staff and becoming an evangelist for transcendental meditation. He also reveals how, although he is now the MD, he was originally turned down by Xerox after he failed his first interview.

    34 min

  6. 21 MAY

    Andy Bostock - Leadership and career development insights from KPMG

    Andy Bostock manages more than 1,000 staff as a senior partner with one of the world's Big Four audit companies KPMG. He also leads the annual audits of some of the biggest local councils and hospitals in the Midlands (of the UK). In discussion with Honorary Visiting Professor Mike Sassi, Andy reflects on three decades with KPMG - and on the need for better funding for local government and the NHS. He also highlights why local business people must talk up their cities; why staff who want to get on should spend more time in the office; and how the most successful leaders have built their careers on being kind to their colleagues.

    24 min

  7. 14 MAY

    Leadership roundtable: The future of business education

    To mark the opening of Nottingham Business School’s new Postgraduate and Executive Education Centre, three experts come together to discuss the future of business education. They are, the President of the European Foundation for Management Development Professor Eric Cornuel, the Chief Executive of the Chartered Association of Business Schools Flora Hamilton, and the Dean of Nottingham Business School Professor Baback Yazdani. In a candid discussion hosted by Honorary Visiting Professor Mike Sassi, they talk about impactful research, challenging technologies and why business schools will only be truly successful if they embrace a higher purpose. They also agree that business schools should be proud to generate the revenues that underpin other university departments.

    46 min

  8. 7 MAY

    Mary Storrie - Turning a tragedy into something positive

    Mary Storrie set up the Rosie May Foundation after her ten-year-old daughter was murdered at a Christmas party in December 2003. Since then – under Mary’s charismatic leadership – the Foundation has raised millions of pounds to educate children, empower women and help families lift themselves out of poverty, across the world. In this episode of the NBS Business Leaders’ podcast, CEO Mary tells Honorary Visiting Professor Mike Sassi about personal grief, pink taxis and the power of lifelong learning.

    22 min
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How do great leaders inspire others, bring ideas to life and deal with setbacks? Join your host Honorary Visiting Professor Mike Sassi in conversation with business leaders to explore the stories, leadership lessons and actionable advice to help you excel in your career.

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