Episode 15: Interview with Stephen Gilpin of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club

What can IT leaders, business leaders and team managers learn from elite football? Quite a lot.

In this episode of Team Talk, I sit down with Stephen Gilpin, Assistant Director of Performance at Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and co-founder of Prostate United.

Stephen's career has taken him from physiotherapist to senior performance leader, working across men's, women's and academy football. Along the way, he's developed a thoughtful and refreshing approach to leadership that goes far beyond the world of sport.

Together, we explore:

· Why saying "yes" to one opportunity changed the course of Stephen's career.

· The importance of leading yourself before leading others.

· Why Stephen believes great leaders are adaptive, not simply authentic.

· How purpose, trust and values become even more important during challenging times.

· Building high-performing teams when resources are limited.

• The leadership lessons behind growing Prostate United into a community that has raised more than £1.5 million for prostate cancer research.

Whether you work in sport, technology, law or any other sector, this conversation is packed with practical leadership insights for anyone responsible for helping people perform at their best.

About the guest

Stephen Gilpin is the Assistant Director of Performance at Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and co-founder of the charity Prostate United.

Important Links

• Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club website
• Prostate United website
• Prostate Cancer UK website

About the host

Sherry Bevan believes that high-performing teams start with confident leadership.

Before becoming a Leadership Consultant, she spent more than 25 years working alongside technology teams, including in organisations such as McDermott Will & Emery, Credit Suisse and Arthur Andersen. That experience gives her a deep understanding of the challenges facing today's IT leaders, particularly within law firms.

Through her consultancy, coaching and leadership development programmes, Sherry combines commercial understanding with honest conversations, skilled facilitation and practical leadership support to help leaders build confident, high-performing teams.

A former racing cyclist and lifelong sports enthusiast, Sherry is fascinated by what enables teams to perform under pressure. That's why Team Talk goes behind the headlines to speak with the coaches, performance directors, and leaders who create the environments where success becomes possible.

Because whether it's a law firm, an IT department or an elite sporting environment, great results rarely happen by accident. They happen when leaders create the conditions for people to perform at their best.

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