Conscious Leaders with Ruth Farenga

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This podcast is all about offering fresh perspectives on progressive leadership. Ruth Farenga, Founder of Conscious Leaders invites leaders who are doing something particularly innovative or radical in the way they lead their people. They give us a unique insight into their approach, what’s working, their challenges and their personal philosophy behind it. We hope you enjoy! New episodes once a month. Visit www.consciousleaders.org.uk for more about Ruth and their business.

  1. Riham Satti | Stripped back and personal

    03/31/2025

    Riham Satti | Stripped back and personal

    Riham, Co-founder and CEO of MeVitae, grew up in a close-knit family and she brings that style into her community-style leadership. She seeks to get to know really how her employees are doing and get beyond the superficial or work-y answers and into the realness of the relationship. She cares a huge amount about the people that work with her. Riham talks to the recent shifts in US policy around DEI and Trump’s approach. The work of MeVitae is software to ensure ethical and fair HR practises in a data-driven way. This ensures that companies are acting fairly and staying legal. She talks to effective leadership around fairness and how to communicate to employees and act with integrity. Her approach is truly refreshing. You will take away: Adapting your leadership style to different types of employees Their work retreat and allowing different opportunities for introverts and extroverts Clear, open, action-orientated communication around fairness Learning to unwind and give herself space Links & Info Riham is CEO of MeVitae a company that produces software to mitigate biases in their HR processes. Host of this podcast and Founder of Conscious Leaders, Ruth Farenga has written a bestselling book – ‘Next Level Leadership: nine lessons from conscious leaders’. It digests the top traits and behaviours of these exceptional people leaders interviewed on this podcast into simple, actionable lessons designed for leaders to use as a guide. For more info on the book visit the website here. For free content becoming a next level leader, subscribe to the Conscious Conversation www.subscribepage.com/consciousconversation

    28 min
  2. Tom Cartwright | Creating inquisitiveness

    03/10/2025

    Tom Cartwright | Creating inquisitiveness

    Tom has a history of creating engagement – he has a background as a primary school teacher and brings learning from this career into how you create participatory environments at work. He tunes into his employees, like he would the children, to gauge the levels of engagement and if he needs to switch up his style. His style is humble and subtle and it is hard to find his ego. He also quirky and fun and shares how music and humour have played a role in certain ceremonies that the team participate in such as retrospective sprint reviews. He shares how they have moved from start-up to scale up and how they have worked to understand and create their mission as they have evolved. You will take away: • Helping employees develop enquiring minds • Their key operating principles (behaviours) and how to they are helping them stick • Creating ceremonies and rituals that encourage fun and thoughtful working practices Marina brings an infectious level of vibrancy and dynamism with a successful background in television. But this is a world she stepped out of because she wanted to work in an environment with more safety. Something she focuses on building as a leader. Everything Marina does as a leader is about communication and putting her metaphorical arm around others - creating those safe spaces. For her, open dialogue is the vital to connection, understanding and safety. This relates practically in terms of meetings, offsites, personality testing – she wants to tune in and read individuals and help bring them together. This relates practically in terms of meetings, offsites, personality testing – she wants to tune in and read individuals and help bring them together. Her kindness and care for others is quite palpable. You will take away: Creating spaces where employees can be safe and open Vulnerability and the effect on others Dealing personally with imposter syndrome Balancing heart and backbone Links & Info Tom Cartwright is Co-Founder of Carescribe, a company that creates assistive technology. Host of this podcast and Founder of Conscious Leaders, Ruth Farenga has written a bestselling book – ‘Next Level Leadership: nine lessons from conscious leaders’. It digests the top traits and behaviours of these exceptional people leaders interviewed on this podcast into simple, actionable lessons designed for leaders to use as a guide. For more info on the book visit the website here. For free content becoming a next level leader, subscribe to the Conscious Conversation www.subscribepage.com/consciousconversation

    29 min
  3. 2024 Highlights Episode

    01/06/2025

    2024 Highlights Episode

    This highlights episode (which marks 5 years of the podcast!) gives you a taster of this with some of the best bits from 2024! You will find clips from great people leaders who are also driving commercial success - proving it possible to do both. It is tempting to say that 2024 was another ‘turbulent year’ but, as we know, is just par for the course now. However, these leaders do share what it is like to hold uncertainty for their people. Indeed, this podcast will show you how it is possible to be a conscious leader in increasingly turbulent times. You will find some common themes around effective decision making as well as spaciousness in leadership to help these leaders bring the best version of themselves to work. The episode features: Emily Hill - CEO at Ghyston Harry Singer - CEO at Singer Instruments Darren Cassidy - MD for Xerox Megan Reitz - Associate Fellow, Said Business School, University of Oxford There is also a clip from your host, Ruth Farenga on a special episode about ‘how to be a successful leader in 2024’. Enjoy the space that this episode offers as we enter 2025. _________________ If you enjoyed this episode, host of this podcast and Founder of Conscious Leaders, Ruth Farenga has written a bestselling book – ‘Next Level Leadership: nine lessons from conscious leaders’ which digests the top traits and behaviours of these exceptional people leaders interviewed into simple, actionable lessons designed for leaders to use as a guide. For more info on the book visit the website. For free content becoming a next level leader and podcast releases, subscribe to the monthly Conscious Conversation www.subscribepage.com/consciousconversation

    37 min
  4. Megan Reitz | The case for spaciousness in leadership

    12/06/2024

    Megan Reitz | The case for spaciousness in leadership

    Megan has a long history of working at the cutting edge of leadership development and marks a departure from the usual guest on this podcast. She is a deep thinker and researcher around how leaders need to behave in what she calls a ‘pathologically busy’ workplace. This interview explores how our society has an over focus on the short-term, the to do list which leads to rampant busyness. This is not the role of a leader who needs to be able to step back and have perspective. Megan shares how reflective practices and wise attention will help us become the leaders we want to be.  A powerful episode with lots of evidence. You will take away: • An exploration of the tightrope leaders walk with being strong vs being vulnerable • How psychologically safety is built – speaking up and listening up • The moral case for having a positive impact as a leader • Examples and discipline and practices in carving out the right kind of attention so we have a chance to lead effectively   Links and info Megan Reitz is a Professor Leadership and Dialogue at Hult Ashridge Business School, she is an Associate Fellow at Said Business School at Oxford University. She is also the author of ‘Speak Up’, ‘Speak Up, Listen Up’ and ‘MindTime’. You can find Megan Reitz on LinkedIn here.  Host of this podcast and Founder of Conscious Leaders, Ruth Farenga has written a bestselling book – ‘Next Level Leadership: nine lessons from conscious leaders’. It digests the top traits and behaviours of these exceptional people leaders interviewed on this podcast into simple, actionable lessons designed for leaders to use as a guide. For more info on the book visit the website here. For free content becoming a next level leader, subscribe to the Conscious Conversation www.subscribepage.com/consciousconversation

    49 min
  5. Ruth Farenga | How to be a successful modern leader in 2024?

    11/01/2024

    Ruth Farenga | How to be a successful modern leader in 2024?

    This episode is recorded webinar between host of this podcast, Ruth Farenga and Adam Lacey, Founder of Assemble You. It's a fireside chat talking about how to be a successful leader in 2024 illustrated through: Stories - from the best people leaders Ruth can find, many of whom are featured on the Conscious Leaders Podcast and in the Next Level Leadership book. Global research - pulling out key data and models from large studies. Ruth's own experience as a exec coach and facilitator - working with senior leaders in technology companies over the last nine years. Expect a fun and deep conversation that cuts through the barrage of noise we hear around leadership and presents simple, actionable ways to step up and be a more conscious leader.

    50 min
  6. Marina Traversari | Maternal leadership

    09/01/2024

    Marina Traversari | Maternal leadership

    Marina brings an infectious level of vibrancy and dynamism with a successful background in television. But this is a world she stepped out of because she wanted to work in an environment with more safety. Something she focuses on building as a leader. Everything Marina does as a leader is about communication and putting her metaphorical arm around others - creating those safe spaces. For her, open dialogue is the vital to connection, understanding and safety. This relates practically in terms of meetings, offsites, personality testing – she wants to tune in and read individuals and help bring them together. This relates practically in terms of meetings, offsites, personality testing – she wants to tune in and read individuals and help bring them together. Her kindness and care for others is quite palpable. You will take away: Creating spaces where employees can be safe and open Vulnerability and the effect on others Dealing personally with imposter syndrome Balancing heart and backbone Links & Info You can find Marina Traversari on LinkedIn here. Host of this podcast and Founder of Conscious Leaders, Ruth Farenga has written a bestselling book – ‘Next Level Leadership: nine lessons from conscious leaders’. It digests the top traits and behaviours of these exceptional people leaders interviewed on this podcast into simple, actionable lessons designed for leaders to use as a guide. For more info on the book visit the website here. For free content becoming a next level leader, subscribe to the Conscious Conversation www.subscribepage.com/consciousconversation

    22 min
  7. Ciaron Dunne | Make an impact, have fun and make money

    07/26/2024

    Ciaron Dunne | Make an impact, have fun and make money

    This revisit episode brings back the impressive but understated, Ciaron Dunne who has elevated his role in his group of companies, Genie Ventures, to Executive Chair. He has brought in three CEOs and is setting up structures to allow good governance, giving them enough control. He puts this down to trust and, largely, giving up decision-making. But things have not always been full of growth, three years ago Genie went through a period of contraction and had to navigate redundancy in a conscious way. You will take away: Orientating around impact, fun and money Movement towards no longer making decisions A journey through contraction, redundancies and managing a conscious process His personal experience going through the adoption process to add a 4th child to his family   Links & Info Ciaron Dunne is CEO at Genie Ventures. Host of this podcast and Founder of Conscious Leaders, Ruth Farenga has written a bestselling book – ‘Next Level Leadership: nine lessons from conscious leaders’. It digests the top traits and behaviours of these exceptional people leaders interviewed on this podcast into simple, actionable lessons. For free content becoming a next level leader, subscribe to the Conscious Conversation www.subscribepage.com/consciousconversation

    26 min
  8. BONUS: The State of Leadership in Technology 2024

    07/04/2024

    BONUS: The State of Leadership in Technology 2024

    This special bonus episode gives you an enhanced short talk from the launch of the 2024 State of Leadership in Technology research. For the research, Conscious Leaders set out to find out what leaders think of their own leadership capacity. We invited over 200 leaders in tech to self-assess against these vital leadership traits. Furthermore, we ran two leadership roundtables with participants in London and Bristol to digest the data further and provide commentary on the findings. Listen for a revealing look about what leaders think of themselves compared to employees and we dive into subjects such as  tech failure attrition rates psychological safety leaders looking after themselves You can download the research itself at www.consciousleaders.org.uk/research.

    12 min
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This podcast is all about offering fresh perspectives on progressive leadership. Ruth Farenga, Founder of Conscious Leaders invites leaders who are doing something particularly innovative or radical in the way they lead their people. They give us a unique insight into their approach, what’s working, their challenges and their personal philosophy behind it. We hope you enjoy! New episodes once a month. Visit www.consciousleaders.org.uk for more about Ruth and their business.

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    Conscious Leaders
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    58
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