The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life

Storytelling at its best, the gentle Irish lilt of senior tech leader Feargal Moorhead is compelling as he tells his story from growing up in Ireland to leading roles at Intel and Amazon. He draws connections between the unique culture of County Clare and how it influenced his most recent career pivot from autonomous vehicles to his new venture supporting other leaders to be at their best.

Questions you might ask yourself as you listen:

1. What is it about the environment of the place I grew up in that influences my choices today?

2. Who was the first person other than a family member who inspired me?

3. How do I know when it's time to make a change in my life?

Feargal Moorhead is a seasoned senior leader from world-leading tech firms like Intel and Zoox, the autonomous vehicle division of Amazon. After over thirty years of professional experience space, today Feargal has decided to make a career pivot.

I’m finding it’s becoming much more common for senior executives to reevaluate their priorities and make radical career changes. We’re going to hear about Feargal’s journey, why he’s making the change and of course we’ll hear about the Unlock Moments of remarkable clarity that have shaped his path.

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Feargal Moorhead: https://www.linkedin.com/in/feargal-moorhead-70895643/

Buckley Moorhead: https://buckleymoorhead.com/

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Back in 2019/2020 when I started on this journey of coaching, speaking, podcasting and writing, I had the great privilege of training on the Henley Business School coaching programme here in the UK. My guest today is an esteemed Professor at Henley and I was fascinated by her recent choice to trade places and become a student on the same programme that I’d trained. We’ll talk about that! But her personal journey is also frankly pretty inspiring – how she beat the odds to ascend the academic ladder and become a business school professor.

Professor Rebecca Jones PhD is a Professor in Coaching and Behavioural Change at Henley Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and Co-Founder of the Inclusive Leadership Company. Her research interests lie in examining the factors that influence coaching effectiveness and her consultancy practice focuses on working with organisations to create diverse and inclusive workplaces using coaching and psychological theory and research to achieve sustained behaviour change. Rebecca is the author of the book ‘Coaching with Research in Mind’, host of ‘Coaching@Henley’ and ‘The Coaching Academic’ podcasts and has published her research in globally renowned journals.

I’m looking forward to hearing more of her personal journey and also to get her take on how we can turn intent into action and establish effective new habits in work and in life that help us to be at our very best.

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Prof Rebecca Jones: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-jones-35ab8526/

Coaching at Henley Business School: https://www.henley.ac.uk/coaching-at-henley

The Inclusive Leadership Company: https://inclusiveleadershipcompany.com/

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In these most volatile of times, it feels as though the only certainty in business and life is that change is the new normal. So today I’m delighted to welcome a world-leading thinker and author on transformation and change to The Unlock Moment.

Faisal Hoque is an accomplished entrepreneur, a noted thought leader, technology innovator and advisor to CEOs and the US federal government. He is the founder of SHADOKA and NextChapter, and he serves as a strategic partner and an innovation leader for CACI whose technology and expertise plays a vital role in US national security. He has been named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Technology and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, the Financial Times as well as on Fox and CBS. He was shortlisted in 2023 for the Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award at an event dubbed the Oscars of Management Thinking.

Faisal is the author of 10 award-winning books on humanity, business and technology, including Lift and Everything Connects, and his most recent book, a #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller no less, is called REINVENT: Navigating Business Transformation in a Hyperdigital Era. In it Faisal makes the argument for reinvention to help position organisations and their leaders to reap the benefits of business and digital transformation.

That’s all well and good, but of course I’m also curious about the person behind the pen, so we’ll be digging into Faisal’s own story and the Unlock Moments of remarkable clarity that helped him to figure out the path ahead.

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Faisal Hoque: https://faisalhoque.com

Reinvent: Navigating Business Transformation in a Hyperdigital Era: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reinvent-Navigating-Business-Transformation-Hyperdigital-ebook/dp/B0BWSD8HPK

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In this episode we’re going Down Under to Melbourne, Australia with Master Coach Mel Leow. He's an inspiring speaker whose philosophy 'Live. Be. Brave.' is a powerful mantra for finding empowerment and fulfilment in work and life.

With almost three decades in leadership, coaching, and unlocking human potential in the Asia Pacific region, Mel serves C- suite Executives and their teams to thrive at their best. He is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation and leads a global ICF-Accredited online school "Catalyst Coach", with a mission to equip 10,000 coaches to impact 10 million people over the next 20 years.

Mel is a co-author of 3 books & author of “ENGAGE – How to Stop Living in Default & Start Living the Life You Desire”. He is also the Host of the #100MasterCoaches show. He is a proud father of 3, enjoys cycling and hiking, and together with his wife in Melbourne, they love exploring cafes and vineyards.

I’m looking forward to hearing about Mel’s perspective on career, life and fulfilment and of course those Unlock Moments of remarkable clarity that helped him to figure out the path ahead.

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My regular listeners will know that I have many world-class leaders and coaches coming on the podcast. And I also invite people who I like to call ‘ordinary people with extraordinary stories’. I love the power of vulnerable storytelling to help people to unlock their thinking, feel connected and less alone and lonely in their own journey.

For today’s guest, Paru Radia, there is much more to her story than what you see of her today as a highly successful executive strategist, but it is that story that has shaped her into the powerful thought partner to senior executives and entrepreneurs that she is today.

Paru styles herself the ‘C-Suite Whisperer’ – a sought-after executive strategist who helps her clients take control of their businesses, careers and lives, whilst staying true to who they are. Born into an Indian entrepreneurial family here in England, Paru faced constant challenges that moulded her into a fearless conflict resolver. Over the years working for blue chip organisations and high performance leaders, she has gained invaluable insights into how to read the room and read between the lines to communicate with and motivate diverse personalities to achieve exceptional results.

But today we’re also going to hear much more of Paru’s origin story, the challenges she faced along the way and how she overcame them to become the person she is today. And of course the Unlock Moments of remarkable clarity that helped her to figure out the path ahead. I can’t wait to learn more.

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Paru Radia: https://www.paruradia.com/

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The Unlock Moment podcast is brought to you by Dr Gary Crotaz, PhD. Downloaded in over 120 countries. Sign up to The Unlock Moment newsletter at https://tinyurl.com/ywhdaazp Find out more at https://garycrotaz.com and https://theunlockmoment.com