As part of our weekly Leadership Spotlights series, we examine Donald Trump the extent to which Donald Trump satisfies the criteria of being a Wise Leader.

Alex Hynes - Managing Director of Scotland's Railway

Jan 11th, 2024 57m 59s

Alex Hynes was appointed Managing Director of the ScotRail Alliance in June 2017. Two years later, he was promoted to the broader role of Managing Director, Scotland’s Railway, following further operational devolution from Network Rail to Scotl

Adrienne Muir - Leading A Global Team

Nov 14th, 2023 41m 31s

For seven years Adrienne Muir was COO of Voxsmart, a global technology company, based in Queenstown New Zealand she led teams based in locations around the world.In this episode she shares some of the challenges that face anyone leading a team

Value Stream Co-Leadership with Lee Smith

Nov 7th, 2023 55m 40s

Lee Smith has had an extensive career with HSBC most recently leading a global team in the technology space. He has joined Ceannas as an Executive Consultant and executive coach.In this podcast Lee delves into the challenge of Value Stream Co-L

Jack Houghton - Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer for Mindset.ai

May 15th, 2023 55m 21s

Don Ledingham is in conversation with Jack Houghton, the co-founder and chief product officer for Mindset.ai, who have a mission to become the digital infrastructure for the knowledge economy.Jack talks with passion and insight about his journe

International Women's Day - Debbi McCulloch

Mar 7th, 2023 49m 33s

As part of the Ceannas celebration of International Women's Day, Don Ledingham interviews Debbi McCulloch the Depute Chief Executive of Spartans FC Foundation, and Head Coach of the Scottish Premier League Spartans FC Women's Team.Debbi brings

International Women's Day - Kirsty Nicholson

Mar 6th, 2023 45m 53s

As part of our Ceannas celebration of International Women's Day, Don Ledingham interviews Kirsty Nicholson, a partner with Addleshaw Goddard, the international legal company.In the course of an extensive conversation Kirsty explores how the leg

Mental Health Awareness - Charlie Winton

May 11th, 2022 54m 51s

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week Don Ledingham speaks to Charlie Winton, Founder fo OK Positive, a platform that allows people to monitor their own mental health and then take positive action.

Why Ceannas?

Apr 4th, 2021 3m 27s

The Ceannas proposition to be read in conjunction with the Ceannas Homepage.https://www.ceannas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Ceannas_CurveGraph_v2-1.mp4

WHY CEANNAS?

Apr 2nd, 2021 6m 11s

To be listened to in conjunction with reading the Ceannas homepage

Strategic Resilience with Benjamin Kayser

Mar 31st, 2021 45m 36s

Benjamin Kayser played rugby for France on 37 occasions. He is currently studying for an MBA at the University of Oxford and is also a highly sought after and respected sports broadcaster. If that wasn't enough Benjamin is also an Executive Co

The Role of Chief Executive with Rob Roger

Mar 28th, 2021 1h 7m

This Conversation between Rob Roger and members of the Ceannas Team took place back in March 2021. At the time Rob Roger was CEO of IQ Student Accommodation,. In February 2020, Blackstone announced plans to purchase the company for £4.66 billio

Leadership Lessons from the Military with Gill Wilkinson

Mar 17th, 2021 50m 22s

In this podcast Colonel Gill Wilkinson helps us to get behind the language of 'Mission command' and 'commander's intent', to show how clarity of purpose, authority, responsibility and accountability actually creates the conditions for disciplin

Diversity and Inclusion with Sinead O'Brien

Mar 11th, 2021 54m 19s

I was privileged to have a wide ranging conversation about diversity and inclusion with Sinead O'Brien, FCIPD in the first episode of our second series of Ceannas Conversations.There are so many insights provided by Sinead on this critically im

Diversity and Inclusion with Sinead O'Brien

Mar 10th, 2021 59m 2s

Wise Leadership - not a leadership style. type or model

Mar 30th, 2020 17m 16s

Don Ledingham explores the Ceannas Approach during a walk over his local hills. Apologies for sniffs, heavy breathing, etc!

The Invisible Flow of Time

Mar 22nd, 2020 6m 45s

The Invisible Flow of TimeThe passing of time is sometimes described as the ‘invisible flow of time’. Such a metaphor immediately conjures up the idea that time can flow at different rates, i.e. it can speed up and it can slow down.I’m not talk

Rob Harley - Wise Leadership (The Desmond Tutu effect)

Jan 29th, 2020 30m 53s

Rob Harley was the Student President at Natal University, South Africa in 1994, the year that Nelson Mandela came to power. In his current role as a Senior Investor with Stewart Investors Sustainability Team he reflects on those experiences and

Daydreaming - the rocket fuel of humankind?

Jan 5th, 2020 15m 57s

Ed Driver - Managing Director, 5 Star Crew - shares his thoughts on wise leadership

Nov 5th, 2019 28m 5s

Don Ledingham asks Ed Driver, questions about wise leadership.

Wise Leadership - Don Ledingham

Nov 3rd, 2019 17m 10s

I attempt to answer the seven questions derived from the Ceannas Features of Wise Leadership. As I refine these they will become the framework for interviews with other leaders.

There are only two things people need from a great leader: roots and wings

Jul 11th, 2019 4m 9s

In our modern working environment we must guard against the temptation to become a ‘helicopter leader’. Instead of making ‘benevolent’ decisions on behalf of our colleagues we need to create conditions where we help them to make decisions for t