We ask business leaders and experts Four Questions on a range of themes and areas around effective leadership, performance and organisations.

Four Questions … with Sarah Dearden

This month we had the pleasure of speaking with Sarah Dearden, UK Regional Product Officer for Reapit, on the topic of effective leadership.

Sarah is a recognised business leader, with over 25 years in the software industry. She is well versed with building new teams and providing strategic direction for the longevity of the business.

Four Questions … with Paul Gerada

On Four Questions this month, we spoke with Paul Gerada, Strategy and Operations Director for Q Underwriting. With 20+ years in various senior roles across the insurance industry, Paul has previously run commercial and personal lines broking businesses, change and integration teams and Merger and Acquisition functions.

Paul shares with us his insights around the typical obstacles he’s had to face, tactics he employs when solving complex issues and his own opinion around some problems simply being impossible to solve.

Four Questions … with Alison Shadrack Brown

On Four Questions this month, we had the pleasure of speaking with two leaders about effective decision making, and how to juggle intuition and gut instinct with rational, data-led thinking.

Our second guest is Alison Shadrack Brown. the founder and CEO of Adia PR – the PR Agency for Entrepreneurs. Alison and her team work with some of the UK’s most disruptive entrepreneurs and brands to help them stand out from the crowd.

Four Questions … with Brent Spilkin

On Four Questions this month, we had the pleasure of speaking with two leaders about effective decision making, and how to juggle intuition and gut instinct with rational, data-led thinking.

Our first guest is Brent Spilkin, known as Spilly. Spillly has owned and managed several businesses, from manufacturing and distribution to property management and media consultancies. Today, he is a world-renowned business coach, supporting business owners across South Africa, Israel, Australia, Europe and the United States.

Four Questions … with Dan McNeil

This month on Four Questions, we talked to Dan McNeil, Head of Engineering for iTech Media as well as a recognised leader with a keen interest in people management, diversity inclusion in teams and mental health awareness in the workplace. We asked for Dan’s insights on developing leadership skills, in particular how to identify specific skills for development and any pitfalls he has encountered with efforts to develop said skills.

Four Questions … with Rachel Miller

This month’s conversation is with Rachel Miller, founder of All Things IC and an international internal communication consultant, trainer and mentor. We asked for Rachel’s insights on why it’s important to effectively communicate as a leader, how to tell if your team has the capability to communicate effectively and what specific business issues are the result of ineffective communication. 

Four Questions … with Sara Azimzadeh

This month on Four Questions, we talk with Sara Azimzadeh, business psychologist and Director for SABP. Besides being an expert in various domains of business psychology, Sara is also a leadership coach. We asked for her insights around desirable leaderships skills she has come to value and the obstacles she’s faced in her career.

Four Questions … with Carla Holden

This month on Four Questions, we talk with Carla Holden, Head of Leadership Assessment at Cappfinity.  With over 20 years’ experience in business psychology, Carla offers us some interesting insights around being an effective leader during change.

Four Questions … with Simon Thomson

In this conversation, we discuss what the world of work looks like today with the influence of technology, and the way in which businesses are designing and delivering their digital solutions to human needs. Simon gives us his thoughts on how to lead in this new era.

Four Questions … with Mike Jones

In this conversation, Mike offers us some interesting insight around strategic alignment, armed with expertise from his 18 years in the military, experience in supporting leadership development in sports teams, and acting as a strategic business advisor to organisations.

Four Questions … with Sarah Henley

In this conversation, we talk to Sarah Henley, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Next Up Comedy, about the challenges of being not only a woman in business, but a female taking on a leadership role in a notoriously male-dominated industry.  

Four Questions … with Barry Anns

Today we are speaking to Barry Anns, CEO of Engage MIS and CIO of Education Horizons Group, about the most important skills that leaders need to be effective.

Four Questions … with Ian Banks

Today we are speaking to Ian Banks, Managing Director of One to One Personnel, and recruiting extraordinaire about how to source and hire effective leaders and managers.

Four Questions … with Dr Hilton Rudnick

We talk with Hilton Rudnick and ask him Four Questions around fostering and nurturing agile skills in your organisation.

Four Questions … with Sylvain Bosc 

From fall guy to national hero, we ask Sylvain Bosc Four Questions on the importance of integrity in business.

Four Questions… 

In our first ever Four Questions, Matthew Emerson talks to Client Solutions Manager, Marzenna Almendro, about effective leadership and resilience.