This podcast explores and demystifies strategy to equip you with the tools to be naturally strategic. Our mission? To empower you to operate with impact and confidence, ensuring you’re at the top of your game. We help HR and people-focused leaders harness the power of strategic thinking. By merging psychology, leadership, and business acumen, we offer actionable insights, and explore the crucial connection between strategy and human motivation. Gemma Bullivant has extensive global strategic HR leadership experience. She specialises in HR Coaching, Leadership Coaching, and Reward Consulting, enabling HR professionals and leaders to excel in their roles. With a wealth of knowledge and expertise, Gemma provides bespoke guidance to enhance skills in HR strategy and leadership excellence, together with valuable technical expertise in pay and reward consulting. Fiona Craig has spent over 20 years in creative industries, as a director and leading marketing strategist for world-renowned agencies, clients and brands. She combines this expertise with an impressive suite of coaching qualifications, and provides a fresh perspective on strategy. She excels at clarifying complex concepts into clear and practical ideas. 30 minutes listen time 🕒 Practical strategies for effective teamwork with rapid teaming. Explore psychological safety, shared purpose, and situational humility to quickly form high-performing, adaptable teams. 30 minutes listen time 🕒 Gemma and Fi examine strategies for building strong, remote team connections, explore the value of intentional collaboration, and introduce practical models for sustaining hybrid team cohesion. 29 minutes listen time 🕒 This episode explores managing up, using the Parent-Adult-Child model to foster a productive, balanced working relationship, focusing on our manager. 29 minutes listen time 🕒 Gemma and Fiona explore the foundations of trust in leadership, discussing the trust equation’s components and how they contribute to effective team relationships and strategic success. 27 minutes listen time 🕒 How differing personal values impact teamwork. They explore leadership strategies to foster collaboration by recognising, appreciating, and utilising diverse values. 30 minutes listen time 🕒 Gemma and Fiona explore the key pillars of working with others strategically, emphasising the importance of awareness, understanding, acceptance, and appreciation to achieve collective effectiveness. 30 minutes listen time 🕒 Gemma and Fi discuss how ineffective systems and processes can hinder strategic leadership, offering practical advice on aligning them with strategic goals to enhance productivity. 28 minutes listen time 🕒 Gemma Bullivant and Fiona Craig discuss the importance of managing stress for effective strategic leadership, using the “stress bucket” analogy and practical coping strategies. 30 minutes listen time 🕒 Gemma and Fi explore the nuances of confidence, examining its various forms and how understanding self-worth helps leaders navigate challenges strategically. 29 minutes listen time 🕒 We explore perfectionism, and its impact on strategic leadership, discussing its characteristics, costs, and practical strategies to balance quality with progress and effective processes. 29 minutes listen time 🕒 In this episode we explore managing worry and anxiety in strategic leadership. Learn practical techniques for addressing anxious thinking in professional contexts. 30 minutes listen time 🕒 Procrastination is often driven by deeper issues. Understanding these can help leaders to develop strategies to overcome procrastination and enhance our strategic effectiveness. 29 minutes listen time 🕒 We explore the trait of people pleasing, its impact on strategic leadership, and ways to maintain assertiveness and balance personal boundaries in professional settings. 32 minutes listen time 🕒 In this episode Gemma is talking to special guest Jo Bamford. 28 minutes listen time 🕒 Does your Inner Critic sometimes take over and stop you from operating with strategic impact? In this episode we talk about its origins, impact, and strategies for transforming your inner critic into your inner guide. 30 minutes listen time 🕒 The one where we explore imposter syndrome – how to address it, adjust our mindset and stop it from undermining our strategic impact. 30 minutes listen time 🕒 Explore the power of strategic curiosity in developing gravitas. Gemma and Fi discuss how asking insightful questions enhances your leadership impact 29 minutes listen time 🕒 Delve into the art of strategic time management using the Eisenhower matrix. 32 minutes listen time 🕒 Explore how to align strategy with business goals. Gemma and Fiona discuss understanding the business, prioritising focus, and achieving quick wins for successful strategic planning. 33 minutes listen time 🕒 In this episode, we discuss a model that can be applied to various scenarios, from larger strategic initiatives to everyday tasks like planning a Christmas party. 32 minutes listen time 🕒 In this episode, we stress the importance of being mindful about personal well-being, emotional states, and intentional resets to show up strategically in professional settings 32 minutes listen time 🕒 This episode explores the necessity for HR to evolve through various maturity levels, from reactive governance to proactive transformation. Striking a balance between efficient routine processes and forward-thinking strategies. 31 minutes listen time 🕒 This episode explores the challenges faced by HR attaining a seat at the executive table, and its shift from compliance to being a crucial strategic function. 32 minutes listen time 🕒 Join us as we explore Harvard Business Review’s strategic thinking model from 3 helpful perspectives – how you think, how you plan, and what you do 26 minutes listen time 🕒 We discuss the fear of sounding stupid, the discomfort of uncertainty, the magnetic pull of our comfort zone, and strategies to overcome these barriers and operate more confidently. 23 minutes listen time 🕒 Have you ever wondered ‘being more strategic’ is essential for career progression? In this episode, we answer this question and explore strategic thinking at every career level. 32 minutes listen time 🕒 Explore the art of crafting strategies that cut through the noise, making them practical, actionable, and, most importantly, effective. 26 minutes listen time 🕒 Delve into the fundamental concept of what it means to be strategic. This episode breaks down strategy into three key components: Future Focus, Breadth, and Purpose. “Loving your podcast work – you both sound great, you come across just as you are in real life! Knowledgeable, enthusiastic and a bloody good communicator – really good at breaking down the points you want to get across! Fab job!” “They break down strategies, models and topics into bite-sized, practical insights that anyone in any role can benefit from. Whether you’re an HR professional looking to level up your game or someone in a completely different field wanting to understand how HR works, this podcast delivers the goods.” Subscribe for emails with inspiration and practical advice for all HR & Coaching matters. Please get in touch for all corporate inquiries and guest speaker opportunities.
The Strategic Leader Podcast
About The Podcast
Co Host - Gemma
Co-Host - Fiona
Season 3
Season 3 Episode 6 – How to Create High-Performing Teams Without Wasting Time
Season 3 Episode 5 – How to build strong hybrid teams
Season 3 Episode 4 – Managing Up: Why Adapting Your Style to Suit Your Manager Matters
Season 3 Episode 3 – How to Build Trust in Leadership Using the Trust Equation
Season 3 Episode 2 – How Our Values Affect Our Relationships
Season 3 Episode 1 – How to Work With Others More Effectively
Season 2
Season 2 Episode 10 – Systems and Processes: The Hidden Blockers to Strategic Leadership
Season 2 Episode 9: How to Manage Stress to Stay More Strategic
Season 2 Episode 8: Building Core Strength: The Key to Confident Leadership
Season 2 Episode 7: The 3 P’s to Combat Perfectionism
Season 2 Episode 6: Managing Anxiety and Worry at Work
Season 2 Episode 5: How To Procrastinate Less
Season 2 Episode 4: People Pleasing
Season 2 Episode 3: How to Overcome Conflict Avoidance in the Workplace
We talk about the dynamics of workplace conflict and ways to embrace diverse perspectives which can lead to richer outcomes.Season 2 Episode 2: Taming (& Reframing) Your Inner Critic
Season 2 Episode 1: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Season 1
Season 1 Episode 12 – Forget Gravitas. Strategic Curiosity is the real leadership skill we need
Season 1 Episode 11: How to Operate More Strategically using the Eisenhower Matrix
Season 1 Episode 10: How to Align your Strategy to Business Goals
Season 1 Episode 9: How to Apply Strategic Thinking to Simple Tasks
Season 1 Episode 8: Unlocking the Power of Strategic Self-Care
Season 1 Episode 7: From Reactive to Transformational: Taking HR to the Next Level
Season 1 Episode 6: Why HR Belongs on the Executive Team
Season 1 Episode 5: Exploring the Three A’s of Strategic Thinking
Season 1 Episode 4: Overcoming our Internal Barriers to Strategic Thinking
Season 1 Episode 3: Why Thinking Strategically is Important in Your Career
Season 1 Episode 2: Crafting a Simple Yet Effective Strategy
Season 1 Episode 1: The 3 Essential Keys to Being Strategic
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Sally Clayton
Freelance Programme Manager
Sophie Rizan
Business & Strategy Manager
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