Luister naar The Leadership Lounge Podcast

In this episode of The Leadership Lounge, we speak to Sarah Furness. After graduating from Cambridge University, Sarah followed her dream to become a combat helicopter pilot in the RAF. As a Squadron Leader she led on operational combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and she was the first female helicopter pilot to fly and lead UK Special Forces missions in Iraq. During her experiences both at home and at war, she made two important discoveries; - resilience and performance under pressure is NOT instinctive - BUT humans have an extraordinary ability to thrive and even excel under pressure when they know how. She now has ONE mission. To share the secret to outstanding resilience, performance and courage “under fire”. Sarah is the No1 Best Selling author of FLY HIGHER - train your mind to feel as strong as you look. All of her mental training techniques are backed by science and proven in combat. She is fluent in “alpha male” and whilst she takes her work seriously, she doesn’t take herself too seriously. She has an 8 year old son who she adores and who inspires her every day. Website: sarahfurness.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-furness-7173a538/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellbeitcoach/ ----- Website: https://www.tdlfuture.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tdl-future/ Instagram: tdl_future Subscribe now on your favorite podcast platform - new episodes are released every Wednesday!

In this episode of The Leadership Lounge, we Dive Deep: From Competitive Swimmer to Navy Diver with Rob Hinton. The average body is 60% water, in the case of Rob, this is unsubstantiated - as he has been swimming competitively since age 4. On a rugby trip to South Africa, he found his love of diving and started his diving career there in 1999. Always one for a challenge, Rob entered the Royal Navy as a direct entry Clearance Diver candidate. Of the 29 candidates on his Aptitude only 3 passed, Rob being one of them, thankfully. Rob then went on to have a successful career, carrying out mine clearance and bomb disposal on sea and land. Serving in: Fleet Diving Unit 2, HMS Inverness and Northern Diving Group. After the Royal Navy, Rob dived commercially for 14 years working in oil & gas all over the world. Along with being a founder of Hold Fast, Rob was an assistant instructor for military rebreather courses - working across the continents. Apparently, Rob has a sense of humour! Social media links - Website - www.holdfastchallenge.com Instagram - @hold_fast_elite FaceBook - Hold Fast Challenge YouTube - @holdfastchallenge3690 LinkedIn - @Hold Fast Elite Twitter - @EliteHold ----- Website: https://www.tdlfuture.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tdl-... Instagram: tdl_future Subscribe now on your favorite podcast platform - new episodes are released every Wednesday!

In this episode of The Leadership Lounge, we Uncover the Stories of Sports with Ian Stafford. Ian Stafford is a multi award-winning sports writer, author of 23 books, TV and radio broadcaster, public speaker, interviewer and event host and the founder and owner of the Sporting Club, a national business club for sports-loving members all over the country with ten permanent homes in six cities. In his time he has covered every major sporting event for national and international publications, interviewed most of the world's top sports stars over the past thirty years either in written, broadcast or live on stage forms, and now presides over the rapidly-expanding and increasingly-popular Sporting Club. ----- Website: https://www.tdlfuture.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tdl-future/ Instagram: tdl_future Subscribe now on your favorite podcast platform - new episodes are released every Wednesday!

In this episode of The Leadership Lounge, we discuss Global Leadership conversations with TDL. Clint has 15 years’ experience driving transformational change for organisations. He is highly skilled at custom designed leadership solutions engaging a range of stakeholders to deliver innovative and tailored coaching/development programs to drive long-term behaviour change and improve leadership culture in organisations to boost business performance. Organisation he has coached and provided professional development for: Australian Government, NSW Government, Manchester Utd, St Helens RFC Qantas, Jetstar, BT Financial Services, The Australian Turf Club, Toyota, PMC Property Buyers, SILK Laser Clinics, GrainCorp, Open Colleges, AHEIA, James Cook University, CQ University, ACU, The University of Notre Dame. Clint: Clint's success has been underpinned by his unique experience developing Global, National and Military leaders. He takes an evidence-based approach and combines it with practical, action orientated steps to close the ‘knowing doing’ gap. He focusses on intentional leadership to increase self-awareness, build relationships and align teams to enable improved team and organisational results. Clint has a broad base of experience and tools spanning higher education, logistics and supply chain, health care, automotive, sports, entertainment, agriculture, corporate services and armed forces. He has worked with front line managers to senior executives influencing and building important relationships to deliver results. Clint is a International Coaching Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach (ACC), studying his MBA and is a member of the AHRI and AITD. He is qualified in an array of psychometric testing tools and vast experience in 360-degree feedback surveys. Steve Mellor: A native of England, Steve has spent most of the 2000's in the US as a collegiate swimmer and swim coach. He spent 4 years as a student-athlete at North Carolina State, and coached 2 years there also. He then moved into coaching full time and spent almost a decade as the Associate Head Coach with the Louisiana State University Swim Team. During his swim coaching career he guided athletes to the heights of NCAA and SEC Swimming, and was able to guide LSU's first ever American swimmer to an Olympic team in Brooks Curry who went on to win an Olympic Gold Medal. In October of 2021, Steve turned his passion for optimizing individual performance into founding his company, Career Competitor LLC. where he serves as a Performance Coach & Culture Consultant. The company was built off a four-year old podcast also titled Career Competitor where former athletes discuss how they optimize performance in a specific field by utilizing competitive and athlete-minded characteristics. With a Bachelors of Arts in Communications, a Master's of Science in Management from NC State, Steve brings both his educational background and years of elite coaching into his work today. Driven by the intention to best serve the unique needs of each client, Steve's mission is to facilitate the personal growth of those he works with to help reveal and commit to their optimal self. ----- Website: https://www.tdlfuture.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tdl-future/ Instagram: tdl_future Subscribe now on your favorite podcast platform - new episodes are released every Wednesday!

In this episode of The Leadership Lounge, we discuss Leadership in the START-UP phase of Business with Tom Jellife. Tom Jelliffe is the founder of Tzuka, a company that have engineered the ultimate workout earbuds. A keen gym goer, the idea behind Tzuka came about after Tom and his gym buddy broke 9 pairs of earbuds whilst in their last year at Loughborough University. Over the last 3 years, Tzuka has pivoted from focussing solely on durability, to developing a product with multiple new-to-market features. Having previously worked at Adidas in Singapore, Tom is now based out of Loughborough University’s Science and Enterprise Park. Tom is regularly asked to deliver lectures and workshops to students and corporations about his entrepreneurial journey and experiences. ----- Website: https://www.tdlfuture.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tdl-future/ Instagram: tdl_future Subscribe now on your favorite podcast platform - new episodes are released every Wednesday!