38. Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast, Gen Z and The Big Yak with business turnaround leader Emma Simpson

In this episode Emma Simpson shares her experience of becoming an ‘accidental leader’. At the age of 30, Emma was given the opportunity to salvage a problematic business. Through smart recruitment and corporate culture building, Emma was able to make the necessary changes to help her business thrive. Today Emma is a management coach and mentor to some of the leading brands in her field.In today’s conversation we learn how to introduce practical team building exercises as well as open dialogues.Get in touch: email Ben: ben@leaderandteam.com email Ian: ian@ianwindle.com

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Leaders are pulled in all directions. There is no rule book. Beginning with 'No Grit No Pearl' each episode of the Gritty Leaders podcast explores a tension or paradox of leadership asking how founders, entrepreneurs and scale-up CEOs decide which way to turn. Published fortnightly, each Gritty Leaders episode: o Is for leaders in start-up and scale-up growing companies o Asks directly about the tough decisions of leadership: strategy to tactics; the rough and the smooth o Tells real stories of leadership grit to get 'inside' leadership o Tests leadership ideas and theories in today's business front line o Wraps up by drawing Gritty Leadership Lessons from what's been said Ben and Ian are regularly joined by guests. Founders and leaders of growing companies weigh-in to discuss the Gritty Leadership Question of the episode and tell their personal stories, "I learned about gritty leadership from..."