Leadership Decanted
Curious about leaders, leading teams, or leadership? So are Paul Garcia and Kerry "KG" Butler. In fact, they turned their periodic happy hour chats about life and leadership into the Leadership Decanted Podcast. Join Paul and KG as they discuss all things leadership. Each episode of Leadership Decanted asks fascinating questions about leadership and keeps the conversation flowing over a nice bottle of wine.
Leadership Decanted
(5.02) Leadership: It's all Bollocks!
When many of us consider leadership and leadership practice, we may assume specific contexts (corporate, politics, the public domain), and specific ways to 'do' leadership. In fact, from accepted governance processes to the way organisations are structured and even how they might report their outcomes, effective leadership is assumed to include a set of agreed 'rules' - ways of doing this thing that we've come to expect of those in leadership positions.
But what if that doesn't work for you? What if these unquestioned norms are simply 'bollocks'?
KG and Paul explore that very possibility with Nick Finlayson, an innovative and successful business founder who has built and run a number of professional service firms in the technology sector (and a former colleague of both hosts). Throughout his career Nick has managed to straddle the divide between corporate expectation and a glaring individuality. But it's the corporate leadership stuff that slows him down. For him, it really is all bollocks.
The fact is, Nick's brain is wired a little differently, and he has learned to understand what works for him and how to adapt to and navigate corporate corridors. However, he has also been able to forge his own path and work to the rhythms of his own, very unique drum.
This is an insightful and honest conversation, shared by three longstanding colleagues over a glass of 2024 Gullyview Estate 'The Fruitful' Grenache. This wine's a bright, red berry explosion in your mouth. A lighter style grenache than Australia's warm climate might otherwise produce. Don't wait, go get yourself some from our generous friends at Annadale Cellars!!
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