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The Importance of Senior Leadership Development



In this episode, our guest host Cathy Brown, Co-Founder of Handley Studios, was joined by our guest Judith Germain, FCIPD, MBA, PgDip, the Leading Authority on Maverick Leadership. Together, they discussed all things leadership, exploring questions such as:

- How do you engage senior employees?
- Why is senior leadership development important?
- What skills do senior leaders need now?
- Why should leaders be clear on what they stand for?
- Why is being influential more important now than ever?
- What culture is required to engage employees?

Cathy Brown

Cathy Brown

Handley Studios Ltd. Co-Founder

Cathy (she/her) works with people and organisations to create inclusive, healthy and more productive workplaces that work for everyone.

A renowned leader, speaker and communicator, Cathy blends curiosity and empathy with deep cross-sector experience. She prides herself on helping people move out of stressful situations to create human-focused workplace cultures where compassion and connectedness – and people – are encouraged and valued. 
Cathy has led organisations across a range of industries including Engage for Success (the UK’s movement for Employee Engagement), and has helped to transform many more through her work as Capability Brown, and most recently at Management Geek. 
Cathy carries her personal experience of neurodivergence into the solutions she co-creates with her clients, through conversations, commitment and curiosity - helping them to manage themselves and their teams in ways that work for everyone. 

Judith Germain

Judith Germain

The Maverick Paradox Leadership Consultant
Creating clear thinking & decisive leaders who execute well, transform the future, awaken, & align others to eclectic possibilities and by challenging hidden assumptions and deploying insightful immersion.

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