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it's connecting those things, isn't it? And I think that's going to be the challenge. And we're in danger of kind of diving into something really kind of political. But if I look at the corporation's response to, you know, climate action planning and that kind of thing, it's not been all that proactive, right? It's very much, okay, I'm forced to now do this.

And I guess the concern I maybe have is my personal opinion is that if we have that same approach to some of this, you know, some of the kind of technology and it's not, And that's why I asked the question around kind of policymakers and their role in this. I think there's a really important part to play there.

And I guess the concern I maybe have is my personal opinion is that if we have that same approach to some of this, you know, some of the kind of technology and it's not, And that's why I asked the question around kind of policymakers and their role in this. I think there's a really important part to play there.

I think that's a fantastic place to, yeah, a fantastic kind of final thought, Athena. Thank you so much for sharing that. And I think we had a couple of other conversations recently on the podcast about the importance of that patience. And it feels that we actually need to be a bit patient. We might even need to kind of slow down that decision-making process and be a bit more considered perhaps.

I think that's a fantastic place to, yeah, a fantastic kind of final thought, Athena. Thank you so much for sharing that. And I think we had a couple of other conversations recently on the podcast about the importance of that patience. And it feels that we actually need to be a bit patient. We might even need to kind of slow down that decision-making process and be a bit more considered perhaps.

But with that North Star goal of, right, well, what could this do to us to help maximize growth for us personally and also for our businesses?

But with that North Star goal of, right, well, what could this do to us to help maximize growth for us personally and also for our businesses?

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Hello, and welcome to the Growth Workshop Podcast with your hosts, me, Matt Best, and Jonny Adams. Jonny, hi, great to see you again. How are you doing? Very good, thank you, Matt. Doing very well, thank you. How are you? Good, yeah, very well, thanks. The topic for today is what are the five principles of successful leadership?

Hello, and welcome to the Growth Workshop Podcast with your hosts, me, Matt Best, and Jonny Adams. Jonny, hi, great to see you again. How are you doing? Very good, thank you, Matt. Doing very well, thank you. How are you? Good, yeah, very well, thanks. The topic for today is what are the five principles of successful leadership?

We created these principles based on the thousand clients that we've worked with, all that SBR have worked with over the years, and many of those on leadership programs.

We created these principles based on the thousand clients that we've worked with, all that SBR have worked with over the years, and many of those on leadership programs.

just to run through those five principles our first one being you know leadership is everything and making sure that you're recruiting the right people and how are you recruiting the right people into leadership data is the second looking at people versus metrics so balancing having good analysis good data that you can analyze and understand and identify trends within but also balancing that with the individuals operational rigor how you create consistency and effective habits in in leadership

just to run through those five principles our first one being you know leadership is everything and making sure that you're recruiting the right people and how are you recruiting the right people into leadership data is the second looking at people versus metrics so balancing having good analysis good data that you can analyze and understand and identify trends within but also balancing that with the individuals operational rigor how you create consistency and effective habits in in leadership

Commercial alignment, that client-centric approach, making sure everyone's going in the same direction, I think is really important. And then finally, to wrap them all up, is that underlying coaching culture. So providing the team with a real track to run on, having a supportive view of leadership and focusing more on the carrot than the stick. The first principle, their leadership is everything.

Commercial alignment, that client-centric approach, making sure everyone's going in the same direction, I think is really important. And then finally, to wrap them all up, is that underlying coaching culture. So providing the team with a real track to run on, having a supportive view of leadership and focusing more on the carrot than the stick. The first principle, their leadership is everything.

What's that mean to you?

What's that mean to you?

The next principle is data and people versus metrics. And I think this is a really interesting topic of how to find the right balance between the people and focusing on the individuals in the team and then what the numbers are telling you. And I think balancing what data you're capturing, why you're capturing it, but more importantly, how you're using it and what you're looking for.