Straight Talking Series: Changing Expectations of Leaders?

08/15/22 • 30 min

Host: Andrew Whyte, member of Echo Research’s Advisory Board
Guest: Barney Wyld
How much do the seismic shifts and experiences in the US shape expectations of leaders in the UK and elsewhere?

From gun control and transgender issues to abortion rights and climate change, what drives corporate leaders to take a public stance and where is social advocacy going?
What is the line between activity and inactivity?
How to factor in or avoid backlash for responding too quickly, too late or not at all?
Why is it not OK just to be ‘woke’ and how to get beyond your ‘echo chamber’?

In this podcast you will hear about stakeholder capitalism, the challenges to corporate responsibility and the importance of capturing the diverse views across your key audiences in this clear, crisp and practical exchange with Echo Advisory Board member and former Communications Director at the Financial Conduct Authority Andrew Whyte, in conversation with Echo client, Barney Wyld, experienced communications director at Johnson Matthey, formerly with Rolls-Royce, National Grid, Network Rail and Unilever.

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Straight Talking Series: 'Communication is the real work of leadership*' with Rosie Halfhead and Nancy Glynn

Host: Rosie Halfhead, member of Echo Research’s Advisory Board
Guest: Nancy Glynn
Authenticity, total listening and how to create positive contagion - The routes to human- centred leadership

Executives and the businesses they lead are under constant scrutiny.
The concept of social licence is growing, making the challenges of business and society more interdependent than ever.
The playbooks they rely upon are wholly inadequate (and even 'often obsolete'). How can leaders adapt to the ever-changing and increasingly complex environments and deliver sustained high performance and remain true to their purpose?
How do leaders reconcile the need to speak up with the risk of disenfranchising stakeholders?
In this episode we talk about the shift to human-centred leadership and straight-talking communications.

*Nitin Nohria, Dean, Harvard Business School
During this Podcast, our guest Nancy Glynn referenced
Books:

“Emotional - The New Thinking About Feeling” by Leonard Mlodinow
“Time To Think”, by Nancy Kline

Report:
Evidence base for human-centred leadership includes Report co-authored by Nancy Glynn

“Leading with Humanity: The Future of Leadership and Coaching” (PDF)
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Driving the sustainability agenda in the boardroom: In conversation with Matthew Gwyther

In this episode, business journalist and Radio 4 presenter Matthew Gwyther is joined by chair, Chapter Zero director and stubbornly optimistic environmentalist - Susan Hooper.
Susan is a Director of Chapter Zero, an organisation dedicated to providing education, insight and support on climate change to Non-Executive Board Directors and Chairs. She is Chair of Caresourcer.com, EBS (Enhanced Biomass Sequestration), and sits on the Boards of Uber UK, The Rank Group plc (Chair of the Safer Gambling Committee) and Affinity Water Ltd. (Chair of Remuneration Committee). Susan is also actively involved in several start-ups in property, carbon capture and medical technology.
Together, Susan and Matthew discuss the critical future of sustainability, ESG and net zero, and how it is being addressed in both the boardroom and in the field.
They tackle some crucial topics in this episode, not shying away from the nitty gritty of what it will take to truly effect change on an environmental and corporate level.