The Alternative Leader Podcast
The Alternative Leader Podcast, hosted by the award-winning Coach, Therapist and Mediator Mari Williams, The Mind Architect - "The Alternative Leader" has a mission: to enable the powerful insights and learnings of real people from all walks of life to be shared; to help us and our leaders of today to lead with new-found strength, humanity, determination and compassion, whilst achieving healthy life balance. The alternative leaders have learned from their successes and mistakes; now they're ready to share those lessons with Mari and all of us. How can we gain resilience? How can we make better decisions? How can we all become happier people? How can we lead, better?We focus on challenge and resilience by getting to the grit and discovering the gold in in-depth conversations on real life and its lessons: Leaders including, CEO's and entrepreneurs, actors and athletes, key influencers and key-workers; those alternative leaders who've forged their own path, those who've crashed and burned and risen again.. all share their stories with Mari.Hosted by the award-winning Coach, Therapist and Mediator Mari Williams, The Mind Architect -voted Best Executive Coach UK, co-author of "Fit for Purpose Leadership", author of "The Alternative Leader" (book due out this year) & regular BBC radio contributor.
Episodes
33 episodes
The Alternative Leader Podcast - Ken Okoroafor
Ken Okoroafar achieved financial freedom by 34, and alongside his wife Mary runs the Humble Penny. In this episode, Ken discusses his childhood, how his mother's entrepreneur spirit inspired him, and how he achieved financial independence and h...
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Corey Gaidzionis
Corey Gaidzionis Founder, Big Emotions Academy Corey is a passionate, heart-centred entrepreneur on a mission, and it's all about: "Creating positive change using simple tools to teach Emotional Intelligence to equip our next generation o...
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - John Spencer
John Spencer is an urban warfare and military expert, author, professor and scholar. He recently published the book Connected Soldiers: Life, Leadership, and Social Connections in Modern War. John regularly consults for United St...
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Joel Stone
Content warning: Please note this episode discusses suicide Joel Stone runs his own successful marketing agency Codebreak, and in 2022 launched Andy’s and Joel’s Growth Academy, marketing coaching for solopreneurs. He is also t...
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Brendan Turner
Brendan Turner is a Personal Trainer and Human Biomechanics Specialist who coaches business owners and executives who are in pain to become pain free. Brendan runs workshops and 6/ 12 month 1-2-1 coaching programmes. He has a growing YouTube ch...
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Emma Carmichael
I met Emma when I was interviewing Calvin Niles several years ago. Emma ran a beautiful bookshop called, ‘Travelling Through’ - now the name of her podcast. Emma worked talks about her experiences of working in the Balkans in post conflic...
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Gareth Squance
Gareth joined the police at aged 15. Since then, his life has been profoundly shaped by his experiences in the force, with two near-death experiences leaving him to navigate PTSD. Now full-time dad and 'part-time grass cutter', Gareth reflects ...
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Clare McDonald
In this episode I am joined by Clare McDonald to share her story. It's a story rooted in her childhood from when her parents separated to her father dying when she was just 12. It's a story of loss and grief but also immense strength and resili...
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Anna McAfee
Anna McAfee is a LinkedIn Trainer, Community Strategist and Author. Anna’s work is focused on helping people and businesses alike to build better and more authentic connections, as well as empowering companies and brands to create and scale the...
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Nola Simon
In 2010 Nola applied for a leadership programme but was refused as she needs support to help with the extra learning and childcare around commuting. When she was going to the office it took so long that she didn’t see her kids. She...
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Michelle Minnikin
Michelle grew up as an army kid travelling all over, she found this a struggle and asked to be sent to boarding school. She thrived at boarding school with structure and routine. However, she feels she fell into the good girl behaviour model, n...
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Terry Child
Terry is a senior leader who believes passionately that leaders need to be aware of the impact of their behaviour on others. He finds it hard to watch poor leadership. He feels that a leader needs to create psychological safety for their team s...
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Episode 4
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Phil Jones
Phil Jones is MD of Brother Ltd. Phil talks here about his journey from council house kid to MD, bypassing university on the way. Phil is passionate about leadership having learned that you have to look after yourself as a leader before you can...
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Michelle Child
With a background in aeronautics, avionics and optoelectronics, Michelle Child has been choosing to challenge assumptions, stereotypes and boundaries her whole career. After a 20-year career in the Royal Air Force as an Engineer Of...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Lucy Barkas
Lucy Barkas founded 3WH, a leadership and team development consultancy in 2013 after working as a leader in the energy industry. She works with leaders and their teams to build organisations they are proud of.Author, Podcast host and reg...
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Episode 2
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The Alternative Leader Podcast - Tammy Banks
Tammy came out of an abusive childhood determined to enable others to do the same. Homeless at 15, she sought out education and turned her life around. A brilliant mother, partner and leader, she shines with passion about her mission to change ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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Esther Stanhope - Having a heart attack, being a workaholic and how to overcome your fear of public speaking
After a heart attack at 45, Esther reviews her workaholic personality. Did it start when her father died when she was 5 or does she just love her work? Known as the ‘Impact Guru,’ Esther is a former “Live” BBC producer. She’s...
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Sophie Smallwood – How to balance parenting and professional roles as a leader
From California to London, Sophie is the Co-Founder of Roleshare, a company that matches skilled people to job roles and enables companies to build a sustainable diverse workforce. Sophie shares her career journey, and how she's has managed to ...
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52:13
Lucy Squance - Dealing with grief, being diagnosed with dyslexia and a being a director for Alzheimer's Research
Lucy talks us through her journey from growing up on a farm in rural Cambridge to becoming the Director of supporter led funding for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Her journey takes us through lessons she learned from a mother with Rheumatoid Arthrit...
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43:20
Peter Snellgrove Hawkins - My journey with depression
Content Warning: Please note that this episode contains discussions of suicide In this episode, ...
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50:33
Tobi Fasipe - From financial struggles to family heartbreak
In this episode, fintech professional Tobi Fasipe unpacks his upbringing in Lagos, Nigeria. We explore the importance of family, through great challenges of loss and financial struggles, as well as through celebrations of success in education a...
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50:05
Connie Bramer - How Connie built a business from breast cancer
At aged-39, Connie was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is now a 12-year survivor.In this episode, Connie shares her experience of overcoming breast cancer, documented in her book, 'How Connie Got Her Rack Back'. She also supports other...
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Jacqui Sansom - Why powerful parenting is so important.
Jacqui Sansom is a Parenting Mentor, Childcare Lawyer and Trustee for The Institute of Recovery from Childhood Trauma. She is the creator of The Powerful Parenting Programme which is the culmination of both her profess...
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Lora Fachie - Riding blind and learning how to cook, Lora is an inspiration!
Lora is a multi-award winning paraolympian cyclist, wife of Neil Fachie one of my previous guests, these two are a powerful team. Lora was born completely blind and not quite content with winning medals, she decided she wanted to start writing ...
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