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Janine Chamberlin

LinkedIn UK boss: Donโ€™t underestimate the power of in-person

Janine Chamberlin believes networking in real life is key to building trusted relationships and improving collaboration

Dougal Shaw

Tim Cadogan

GoFundMe CEO: Risk-profile yourself to build your career

The leader of the online fundraising platform says measuring your personal risk appetite is vital for success

Dougal Shaw

Doug Winter

Seismic CEO: The best way to grow is never to shrink

The boss of the US tech unicorn says a key part of growing his business involves working hard to ensure that it doesn't lose customers.

Dougal Shaw

Nick Bolton

Ordnance Survey CEO: Ask three questions before proposing a new business idea

The CEO of the mapping service says too many would-be entrepreneurs jump in blind without having done enough research

Dougal Shaw

Allan Thygesen

Docusign CEO: Networking isnโ€™t about cocktail parties

Allan Thygesen believes networking is misunderstood as something shallow, when really it's about being relevant and meaningful to people

Dougal Shaw

Katherine Kostereva

Creatio CEO: Bootstrap first, then raise capital

Tech entrepreneur Katherine Kostereva explains why you should bootstrap your business idea first, before you seek capital investment

Dougal Shaw

Robot hand pointing at candidates

How AI can help businesses hire better

Could artificial intelligence unpick the knottiest problems โ€“ or create more issues than it solves?

Josh Dornbrack

Chet Kapoor

DataStax CEO: Business success is all to do with people

Tech CEO Chet Kapoor explains an important lesson he has learned about recruitment and team building

Dougal Shaw

Forest Holidays Scotland

Building a Northern unicorn: The tech-driven rise of Forge Holiday Group

Forge Holiday Group is heading for unicorn status and taking on international tech rivals

Chris Maguire

Pets at Home store

Five practical ways businesses are using AI

Many business leaders understand that AI is an important technology for the future but are less clear how they can adopt it now. Here are five companies showing how

Dougal Shaw

Nicola Hodson

IBMโ€™s UK CEO: Keep your pit crew close

Nicola Hodson discusses the importance of building a team of mentors in developing leadership skills

Dougal Shaw

Laptop computer displaying logo of monday.com

Monday.com: How to build a global software giant

In our latest podcast, we speak to Monday.com co-founder Eran Zinman about how the company has scaled so rapidly

Dougal Shaw

My Business Leader Secret - Eran Zinman, co-founder of Monday.com

Monday.com co-CEO: Failing is part of our success

The co-founder and co-CEO of Monday.com explains how an appreciation of failure has driven him to build a multi-billion-dollar company.

Dougal Shaw

alex dupledge

How to build a business for the second time

In our new podcast episode, we speak to entrepreneur Alex Depledge about what is different when building a second business

Graham Ruddick

How Signable turned its institutional knowledge into gold with Slack and AI

eSignature software provider Signable has embraced digital transformation and an AI-powered collaboration with Slack to propel its business to new heights
Dame Stephanie Shirley blue jumper with books

Shattering glass ceilings: The life and legacy of Dame Stephanie Shirley 

From escaping the Holocaust as a child refugee to founding a groundbreaking tech company, Dame Stephanie Shirley's life is a testament to resilience, innovation and philanthropy

Josh Dornbrack

Logos of Puma and Serie A are seen on the Serie A official match ball Puma

Can Serie A regain its position as the top football league in the world?

In this episode of the Business Leader podcast, we get a marketing masterclass from the man tasked with making the top Italian football league the best in the world

Graham Ruddick

Sir Rocco Forte poses in a suite at Browns Hotel

How do you start again after losing your business?

The Business Leader podcast looks at the story behind Sir Rocco Forte's billion-pound businesses

Graham Ruddick

Clare Elford, the chief executive of Clue Software

Learning to lead: Transforming a legacy business

Clare Elford, the chief executive of Clue Software, tells the story of how she learnt to lead

Andrew Lynch

Andrew Dudum, CEO of Hims & Hers, at the New York Stock Exchange

Hims & Hers CEO: Before you build it, prove it

Andrew Dudum, the man behind Hims & Hers, wants to bring healthcare into the digital age by using all the user-testing tricks at the modern entrepreneur's disposal

Dougal Shaw

Chris Oglesby

Bruntwood CEO: Donโ€™t let weaknesses hide your superpower

Talking on the Business Leader podcast, Bruntwood CEO Chris Oglesby discusses his journey in scaling the company into a major force in northern Englandโ€™s regeneration projects

Graham Ruddick

Joanna (Swash) Knight OBE, Group CEO of Moneypenny

Moneypenny CEO on why we need an American mindset to failure

Talking on the Business Leader podcast, Joanna Knight, CEO of Moneypenny, urges the UK to adopt a more American mindset towards failure, viewing it as a stepping stone to success

Graham Ruddick

Steve Hare, CEO of Sage standing with arms folded

Sageโ€™s CEO on learning to lead as an introvert

Steve Hare admits he found the transition from finance boss to CEO hard, but says he has learned to be more aware of the impact he has on people around him

Graham Ruddick

Modern Milkman

The rise of Modern Milkman

Serial entrepreneur Simon Mellin founded Modern Milkman during the anti-plastic movement prompted by Blue Planet II. He talks about his journey as a founder and what he has learnt along the way

Chris Maguire