The Rethink Leadership Podcast

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Conversations to inspire new thinking, transformation, and excellence for leaders everywhere, in the unpredictable, uncertain, fast-moving modern workplace we are all operating in. Our guests from around the world include founders, entrepreneurs, leaders at all levels, and experts with a story to tell who come with proven track records, share interesting new thinking, and represent the leadership diversity we are seeing across industries today, from start-ups to multinationals.

  1. S11E14: From Performative to Proven: How The Flavor Room is Rewriting the Playbook for Leaders of Color

    1D AGO

    S11E14: From Performative to Proven: How The Flavor Room is Rewriting the Playbook for Leaders of Color

    Guests: Sutton C. McCraney, MA, MBA, Founder, The Flavor Room™️ & USAF Veteran Lace Flowers Co-Founder, The Flavor Room™️ The Flavor Room was founded by Sutton C. McCraney and Lace Flowers as an invite-only, curated leadership ecosystem for founders and CEOs of color operating at a higher standard. Drawing on Sutton's decade of military leadership and systems expertise and Lace's 18 years at the intersection of food, mental health and human performance, they built a space that redefines access, authority, and long-term influence in business. The Flavor Room centers leadership density, structural integrity, and institutional credibility — prioritizing standards over optics and sustainable power over performative success. Their work focuses on building lasting infrastructure that expands access and ensures it endures. Charity: This episode is in aid of the MATW'S Palestinian Fund as a thank you to Lace and Sutton for joining me. Find out more how this organisation is helping with the Gaza crisis here: https://matwproject.org/crisis-and-emergencies/palestine   Connect with Rochelle and find out more: Website: https://www.theflavor.biz/ Connect with Sutton: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutton-mccraney/  Connect with Lace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceflowers/

    35 min
  2. S11E13: Inside Out Leadership – Those leaders hitting pause to work on themselves

    3D AGO

    S11E13: Inside Out Leadership – Those leaders hitting pause to work on themselves

    Guest: Rochelle Trow Author | Coach | Founder of The Change Canvas Rochelle Trow is an HR executive, author and coach with more than twenty-five years of international experience leading people strategy and transformation across organisations including Unilever, GSK, Astellas, Takeda and Onsemi. After experiencing burnout herself, she founded The Change Canvas to help leaders thrive in high-pressure environments without losing themselves. She has just released her second book ‘Anchored’ which brings clarity to complexity and humanity to change for leaders everywhere. We discuss the pressures on leaders today and how many are needing to focus on themselves first and then deeply support people following., When they are ready and able.  This also links to a shift from traditional, unsustainable corporate people strategies to human-centric strategies that support everyone – including those at the very top. Rochelle’s own experience of burnout has led her on a mission to help other at senior levels in business with frameworks like the "Change Canvas” to address resilience blind spots in high-pressure environments, while providing actionable, measurable strategies for integrating humanity into ongoing business evolution. All this is also covered as an extensive ‘how to’ in Rochelle’s new book Anchored. Charity: This episode is in aid of Breast Cancer Now to which we have made a donation as a thank you to Rochelle for joining us. Find out more and get involved with this fabulous organisation here: https://breastcancernow.org/   Connect with Rochelle and find out more: Website: https://rochelletrow.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/executivecoachhr

    32 min
  3. S11E12: Conscious Leadership in a Multicultural World — East–West insights on leading global, distributed, and diverse teams.

    5D AGO

    S11E12: Conscious Leadership in a Multicultural World — East–West insights on leading global, distributed, and diverse teams.

    Guest: Yining Wang Global Business Strategist and Executive Partner at Sincere Alignment Group Yining Wang personifies Eastern and Western leadership and life, spanning Sweden, Hong Kong and China Yining has a background leading billion-dollar ventures across Asia and Europe, helping leaders cultivate their inner clarity, emotional neutrality, and conscious presence that create truly healthy, high-performing teams and cultures. In his own words, “The future of leadership isn’t bigger empires — it’s deeper self-awareness.” His framework integrates Eastern stillness and inner mastery with Western leadership strategy — turning wellbeing into a leadership must have rather than an HR initiative. Charity: This episode is in aid of Save the Children International, to which we have made a donation as a thank you to Yining for joining us. Find out more here and join us in making a donation to this much needed cause. https://www.savethechildren.net/   Connect with Yining and find out more: Website: https://www.sincerealignmentgroup.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yining-wang-23040017/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yining_sincerealignment/

    29 min
  4. S11E11: What Most leaders Get Wrong About AI (and How to Fix It)

    MAR 15

    S11E11: What Most leaders Get Wrong About AI (and How to Fix It)

    Guest: Len Ward Founder and Managing Partner of Commexis LEN WARD, a former Wall Street VP on the institutional equity trading desk, transitioned from the high-stakes world of finance to become a digital marketing expert—and now leads the AI revolution as Managing Partner of Commexis. With a rare blend of financial insight, entrepreneurial experience, and AI expertise, Len brings practical, forward-thinking guidance to today’s business leaders. He’s a sought-after voice for business leaders ready to understand how AI is changing marketing, operations, and growth—and what it takes to stay ahead. We discuss the pace of change and AI evolution leaders everywhere are faced with. Charity: This episode is in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as a thank you to Len for joining us. Find out more and get involved with this excellent organization here: www.CFF.org     Connect with Len and find out more: Website: Commexis.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenward/ Twitter: https://x.com/lenwardnj @lenwardNJ

    24 min
  5. The Case for Leaderless Leadership

    MAR 8

    The Case for Leaderless Leadership

    Guest: Danny Wareham Culture & Engagement Director + Founder - Firgun Ltd Danny believes that happy bees make tasty honey. If we have the right culture, leadership, support and strategy, then high performance becomes a side effect. He is an author and organisational psychologist who specialises in leadership, culture and personality – with a particular focus on narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism. Danny’s Book ‘Constellation: Leadership reimagined for a connected age’ offers a ground-breaking study drawing on psychology, organisational science, and fresh empirical evidence, for a world too complex for hierarchies to keep pace. This is not a reworking of old theories. It is a new map. Charity: This episode is aid of the The Hubb Foundation, an independent and socially-inclusive charity dedicated to supporting families and communities in creating happy, healthy school holidays. Find out more and get involved here: https://www.thehubbfoundation.com/ Connect with Danny and find out more: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-wareham/ Consultancy Website: https://firgun.co.uk/ Danny's website: https://dannywareham.co.uk/ Book Website: http://constellationleadership.co.uk/ Book Amazon listing: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836887973/

    29 min
  6. S11E09: The Leadership Velocity Crisis - When Your Outer Game Outruns Your Inner Game

    FEB 19

    S11E09: The Leadership Velocity Crisis - When Your Outer Game Outruns Your Inner Game

    Guest: RAJESH NAGJEE CEO Mentor | Business Physicist | Author | Creator of CEO Freedom OS | YPO Forum Facilitator ‘There are two great days in a person’s life - the day we are born, and the day we discover why.” - William Barclay Rajesh Nagjee is a CEO mentor and business physicist who helps scale- stage founders solve what he calls the Velocity Crisis, the widening gap between a company’s systems and a CEO’s capacity to run them at scale. His signature framework, CEO Freedom OS, includes four interlocking components: Command Center OS, Delegation OS, Client Magnet OS, and Personal Brand OS. Clients such as Amex KSA, Nielsen MEA, and BNI Middle East have used it to reduce overwhelm, build decision maturity, and scale sustainably with returns exceeding 500%. Charity: This episode is in aid of The World Federation for Mental Health which promotes the advancement of mental health awareness, prevention of mental disorders, advocacy, and best- practice recovery-focused-interventions worldwide. Find out more and get involved here: https://wfmh.global/ Connect with Rajesh and find out more: Website: https://www.RajeshNagjee.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeshnagjee/ X: https://x.com/rajeshnagjee Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rajeshthenextlevelguy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rajeshnagjee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rajeshnagjee

    32 min
  7. S11E08: How Authentic Leaders Build Thriving, Psychologically Safe Organisations

    FEB 11

    S11E08: How Authentic Leaders Build Thriving, Psychologically Safe Organisations

    Guest: Gina Battye Founder and CEO of the Psychological Safety Institute  Gina Battye is the founder and CEO of the Psychological Safety Institute and author of ‘The Authentic Organization’. Her mission is to create work environments where people work better together and thrive. She is a consultant for some of the world’s biggest companies, providing strategic insights, accessible training, and practical tools for holistic culture change – all underpinned by psychological safety. We discuss Gina’s book, getting to the heart of what makes authentic leaders tick and how they create psychologically safe work environments where people, thrive. Charity: This episode is in aid of Save the Children International to which we have made a donation as a thank you to Gina for joining us. Find out more and get involved here: https://www.savethechildren.net/   Connect with Gina and find out more: Website: https://www.thepsi.global/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginabattye/ Purchase ‘The Authentic Organization’ Book: https://amzn.eu/d/bhKv24g

    37 min
  8. S11E07: Adaptive Leadership and the Power of Being All In

    FEB 10

    S11E07: Adaptive Leadership and the Power of Being All In

    Special Guest: Major General Robert W. Mixon, Jr. (U.S. Army, Ret.) Leadership Expert | Founder and CEO of Level Five Associates Major General Robert W. Mixon, Jr. (U.S. Army, Ret.) is a leadership expert, former commander of the 7th Infantry Division, and bestselling author of ‘The Power of Being All In’. After his Army career, he led both manufacturing and nonprofit organizations, giving him practical insight into leading through uncertainty and transformation. He now advises businesses nationwide and teaches executive leadership at Washington University and SMU’s Cox School of Business. We discuss Roberts leadership career in the military, in the private sector and in the third sector providing a unique lens into what makes great leaders and why adaptive leadership transcends sector, institution or individual. Charity: This episode is in aid of Charities for Vets as a thank you to Robert for joining us. A charity ensuring America’s bravest heroes get access to charity contributions they need, in full. Find our more and contribute here: https://charitiesforvets.org/donate/   Connect with Robert and find out more: Website: https://www.levelfiveassociates.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertmixon/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LevelFiveAssociates X: https://twitter.com/levelfiveassoc YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClp-MK0vsoRaI0yvMdZTs1A Substack: https://substack.com/@robertwmixonjr  |  https://robertmixon.substack.com 00:00 – Intro to The Rethink Leadership Podcast 00:31 – Introduction to the Guest 01:30 – Leadership Conversation & Key Insights 30:44 – Final Thoughts & How to Connect with the Guest 35:45 – Outro, Thanks for Watching & Subscribe

    36 min
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Conversations to inspire new thinking, transformation, and excellence for leaders everywhere, in the unpredictable, uncertain, fast-moving modern workplace we are all operating in. Our guests from around the world include founders, entrepreneurs, leaders at all levels, and experts with a story to tell who come with proven track records, share interesting new thinking, and represent the leadership diversity we are seeing across industries today, from start-ups to multinationals.

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    2022 - 2026
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