Nobody asks senior leaders HOW they're really leading. Everyone assumes the foundations are already there.
In each episode, I sit down with a senior leader who has been properly tested, from the C suite to Olympic sport, academia to the military, and we get into how they define high stakes, what they've learned from navigating them in both leadership and life, and the one piece of advice they would pass on to other senior leaders about leading when the pressure is on.
Every conversation is unedited and forms part of the original research for my book of the same name, so you're hearing the real human thinking behind the leader and their success.
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THE HOW OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
Sally Henderson - Podcast Host
Welcome to The How of High Performance podcast hosted by Sally Henderson, High Stakes Leadership Mentor, Author, TEDx and Keynote Speaker with 26 years of experience mentoring senior leaders.
Episode 1 - May 7
Claire Hollands - CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi
In this episode Sally speaks with Claire on how she merged 3 agency cultures into one and why the hardest part was never the finances…
Episode 2 - May 7
Rak Patel - Chief Commercial Officer, Channel 4
In this episode Rak shares why inertia is the killer, trusting your instincts and what his wife said that changed how he leads…
Episode 3 - May 7
Pete Markey - Advisor & Former CMO, Boots
In this episode Pete talks about the relaunch of Boots when the business had lost its confidence and what it taught him about trust…
Episode 4 - May 14
Nicky Bullard - Founder, Elevator
In this episode Nicky shares what the two hardest calls of her career taught her about how you make high-stakes decisions…
Episode 5 - May 21
Kerttu Inkeroinen - CMO, Lucky Saint
In this episode Kerttu tells Sally how she left Coca-Cola for a startup with no marketing budget and what it taught her about leading when certainty disappears…
Episode 6 - May 28
Jackson Wray - Former Rugby Player, Saracens
In this episode Jackson shares his story of captaining Saracens through the biggest scandal in English rugby & what he learned about leadership when it matters…
Episode 7 - June 4
Colin Burgess - Exec. Director of Operations, BAFTA
In this episode Colin shares what his military career and running operations at BAFTA taught him about training every day for the moment you hope never comes…
Episode 8 - June 11
Jon Dutton OBE - CEO, British Cycling / Incoming CEO Team GB
In this episode Sally & Jon discuss what he did when the plan he’d spent 6 years building collapsed two months before it was due to be delivered…
Episode 9 - June 18
James Williams - Purpose-Led Growth Leader, Olympic Legacy Architect & Sports Investor
In this episode James shares how he led Coca-Cola through the Olympics during the pandemic…
Episode 10 - July 2
Rebecca Hirst - Brand, Marketing & Communications Leader, EY Global Consulting
In this episode Rebecca shares with Sally what leading through intensity at Coca-Cola, Samsung and EY has taught her the one thing most senior leaders sacrifice first…
Episode 11 - July 9
Andrew Powell - Group CCO, Robert Walters
In this episode Andrew tells Sally why high-stakes always comes down to people, and the leadership lesson The Special Forces taught him…
Episode 12 - July 16
Jennifer Quigley-Jones - CEO, Digital Voices
In this episode Jennifer shares her learning that the highest stakes decisions are never what you think they are…
Episode 13 - July 23
Mark Evans - Advisor, Coach, Trustee, NED, Podcaster
In this episode Mark shares why the smartest leaders figure out how to achieve success and significance at the same time…
Episode 14 - July 30
Margaret Jobling - CMO, NatWest Group
In this episode Marg shares the mindset that has helped her shape how she leads through every high-stakes moment…
Episode 15 - Aug 6
Cath Bishop - Olympian, Former Diplomat & Leadership Coach
In this episode Cath tells Sally how coming 9th in the Olympics, when she was expected to peak helped her rethink success and how she leads…
Episode 16 -Aug 13
Nishma Patel-Robb - Founder & CEO Glittersphere
In this episode Nishma tells Sally how she pressed the ‘big red button’ on her life and why reinvention is the highest stakes act of all…
Episode 17 - Aug 20
Greg Levine - CEO, Vitality Group Operations & Dpty CEO Vitality UK
In this episode Greg talks about how he went from launching McLaren to leading Vitality UK and his 5 step playbook he uses when the stakes are high…
Episode 18 - Aug 27
Bejay Mulenga MBE - Co-Owner, Seeds of Wild
In this episode Bejay shares with Sally how he led his team through chaos, knowing when to ask for help and why he always tells the DJ to put the music on…
Episode 19 - SEP 3
Ali Riley - Former Captain Angel City FC & NZ National Women’s Team
In this episode Ali shares how she put her career on the line to force change and why your time in the sun should never be about you…
Episode 20 - SEP 10
Kathryn Bishop CBE - Director, Author, Teacher, Consultant
In this episode Kathryn explains how she built something from scratch when the deadline was fixed and that 800 years of history was watching…
Episode 21 - SEP 17
Catherine Bond-Muir - Sports Entertainment Investment - Founder, W Series
In this episode Catherine shares how she turned a conversation in a bar into the world’s first women’s motor racing series alongside Formula One…
Episode 22 -SEP 24
Rob Pierre - Investor & Advisor / Former CEO Jellyfish
In this episode Rob shares how he grew Jellyfish from 6 to 2,200 people and what removing every line manager taught him about how high performance teams…