Piers Linney and Carolyn Hicks talk purpose, profit and leadership
Can purpose drive profit? Former Dragons Den investor Piers Linney and Carolyn Hicks explore the tension between values and financial pressures.
Picture this:
A UK business leader is staring down another wave of uncertainty: volatile markets, rising growth expectations, and a lingering fear of making the wrong call. After years of shocks, from the 2008 financial crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pressure to make bold moves is matched only by the fear of what happens if a decision backfires. In boardrooms across the country, we're seeing one dilemma keep resurfacing: is standing still the safest option, or is it now the biggest risk of all?
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This is Alternatively Speaking, the Grant Thornton podcast where we explore the healthy tensions that shape modern business.
In this episode, host and broadcast journalist Samantha Simmonds is joined by experts in business psychology and financial services to unpack how business leaders can navigate crisis mindsets, build a culture of sensible risk-taking, and shift from fear to growth:
- Dr Susan Kahn, Business Psychologist, Author and Academic
- Alex Ellerton, Head of Financial Services, Grant Thornton UK
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Dr Susan Kahn CPsychol
Business Psychologist
Bringing over 25 years' psychology experience
Susan is a business psychologist, a practitioner and an academic. She is a Chartered Psychologist and Coaching Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a Fellow of the Association of Business Psychologists. She works as a coach, consultant, mediator and an observer of working life. She has a particular interest in the behaviour of people at work and below the surface dynamics in organisations. As a coach she works together with individuals and their organisations to help clients to develop and enhance their authentic leadership style.
Alex Ellerton
Head of Financial Services
Grant Thornton UK
Alex is the head of financial services and advise clients on regulatory matters across the retail financial services sector. With a particular focus on banking, lending, wealth management and retail intermediary firms, he regularly works with senior management teams to identify practical and proportionate responses to regulatory challenges. His expertise ranges across EU and UK regulatory requirements regarding conduct of business, culture, governance and risk management, and he is regularly appointed as a Skilled Person by the Regulator.
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