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13th Oct 2022

We're back! Series 2 trailer

Welcome back to How To Take The Lead, our podcast exploring all things leadership. We are back for our second series and ready to share our latest thoughts on the state of leadership right now. No corporate BS here, just us, debunking myths, sharing our experiences and giving you practical tips. We might even get on our soapbox every now and then.

Between us we have extensive leadership and communications experience. How to Take the Lead offers you an insight into our approach and thoughts on leadership, all with the aim of challenging the ways things have always been done and promoting the modern leader.

New episodes will be released every Thursday and you can listen/ download on your favourite platform.

To find out more visit www.howtotakethelead.com  

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and will be available on your favorite pad padcast app.

Carrie-Ann:

Oh my God, we've created a new thing.

Carrie-Ann:

What can a padcast be?

Lee:

Welcome to series two of How to Take the Lead, the podcast that

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explores all things leadership without the corporate BS or management speak.

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I'm Lee Griffith a former corporate communications and engagement director,

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now turned leadership strategist and coach who helps new, established and

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aspiring CEOs to maximize their impact.

Carrie-Ann:

And I'm Carrie Ann Wade, a communications and engagement

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director and founder of Cat's Pajamas.

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I mentor communications professionals to support them to

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grow and thrive in their careers.

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We've known each other for almost a decade.

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We were colleagues in different organizations who'd often meet

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up after work to put the world to rights over a gin or two..

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When we set up our own businesses, we wanted to continue the

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conversations we'd been having about leadership, and we wanted to get more

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people involved to really start to challenge the way things are done.

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So we started going live on Instagram and LinkedIn to do just that.

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And after five successful series over there, we're here

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on a podcast who've thought it.

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Every week we tackle a different part of leadership, questioning

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everything we've ever learned.

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We'll be debunking those myths and challenging those stereotypes that

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continues to hold back change, and we'll be bearing all with

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our own stories and experiences.

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Expect us to get on our soap boxes, share what we are loving

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and hating in the leadership world, and giving you practical tips and advice that

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you can take forward in your own way.

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New episodes are released every Thursday and will be available

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on your favorite podcast app or however you like to listen.

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Make sure you hit subscribe to receive new and bonus episodes

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whenever they're released.

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Visit how to take the lead.com to find our show notes, subscribe to our

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email list for extra goodies, as well as to catch up on previous episodes.

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And we now on social media, so get involved in the conversations

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by following us on Instagram or Twitter at how to take the lead.

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So until our next episode, get out there and take the lead.

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About the Podcast

How to Take the Lead
Unfiltered conversations for the modern leader
How to Take the Lead is a show exploring all things leadership.

Every week we'll be exploring a different part of life as a leader, questioning everything we've ever learnt and sharing a few of our own stories along the way.

If you want to learn how to do leadership your own way, join hosts Lee Griffith (from www.sundayskies.com) and Carrie-Ann Wade (from www.cats-pajamas.co.uk) as they debunk myths, tackle stereotypes and generally put the leadership world to rights.

New episodes are released every Thursday. To get involved, share your thoughts and stories or to ask questions visit www.howtotakethelead.com or DM us via instagram, LinkedIn or twitter.
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About your hosts

Lee Griffith

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Lee Griffith is an executive coach and leadership communications strategist who works with CEOs and senior leaders to maximise their impact, which means helping them to increase operational effectiveness, improve staff engagement and build a reputation based on high-performance and a great culture.

A former award-winning communications and engagement director with over 20 years of experience, Lee has supported everything from major incidents to reconfigurations, turnarounds and transformations. She specialises in helping leaders build their authority and influence to deliver their organisation’s vision and strategy.

As well as being one part of the How to Take the Lead collaborative, Lee also hosts 'Leaders with impact', a podcast sharing the stories and strategies of success from those who have done it their own way.

Find out more via www.sundayskies.com.

Carrie-Ann Wade

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Carrie-Ann Wade is a communications director in the NHS with over 20 years of communications and marketing experience. She is also founder of Cat’s Pajamas Communications which focuses on mentoring communications professionals to grow and thrive in their careers.

She has most recently been a finalist in the inaugural Comms Hero Fearless Trailblazer award and shortlisted in the National Facilitation Awards 2023. She was named one of F:entrepreneur's #ialso100 2020 top female entrepreneurs and business leaders, and Cat’s Pajamas has been recognised in Small Business Saturday's UK #SmallBiz100, as a business with impact.

She is one part of the How to Take the Lead collaborative, and cohost of a podcast with the same name, exploring the challenges and opportunities of modern day leadership. Carrie-Ann also hosts ‘Behind The Bob, Diary of a Comms Director’, a podcast supporting aspiring communications leaders.

Find out more via www.cats-pajamas.co.uk