Leading for Business Excellence
PMI’s podcast, Leading for Business Excellence, brings you inspiring stories from leaders who share their experiences gained around the globe and across a multitude of sectors. Hear how Business Excellence is a key part of being a great leader, and how it has enabled our guests to achieve outstanding results.
Find out more about Business Excellence and how to transform your organisation at pmi.co.uk
Episodes
136 episodes
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Cultivating Curiosity to Become the Leader You Aspire to Be - with Sue Thexton, Harris Computer
Curiosity separates good leaders from great ones. Are you asking the questions to truly understand how work gets done across your organisation?Sue Thexton, Group Leader at
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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41:53
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Minisode #95: Why Standardising Work Matters
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.In this minisode, Richard Best, Director of Improvement at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, shares&...
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Episode 95
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3:49
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Minisode #94: Transformation With a Capital 'T'
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.This minisode features Hayley Glasby-Ringham, Associate Partner at KPMG, as she shares how her orga...
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Episode 94
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5:13
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Empowering Teams Through Behavioural Change: Inside SSEN’s CI Journey
What happens when Continuous Improvement is led from the frontline, not just the boardroom?In this episode, Alex Donaldson and
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Episode 40
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35:49
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Minisode #93: The Power of a 15-Minute Huddle
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.In this minisode, Richard Best, Director of Improvement at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust,...
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Episode 93
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3:52
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Minisode #92: CI Starts on Day One
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.In this minisode, Anu Kalia shares how Continuous Improvement has become part of the fabric at Tesc...
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Episode 92
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1:59
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Minisode #91: What Boards Look For in Organisational Health
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.In this minisode, experienced board director Helen Mahy shares practical advice on what non-executive direc...
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Episode 91
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4:05
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Minisode #90: Driving Inclusion Through CI Leadership
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.In this minisode, Tony Tielen, former Group Director of Operational Excellence at Smiths Group plc,...
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Episode 90
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3:42
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Culture by Design: How Tesco Made CI Everyone’s Business – with Anu Kalia, Tesco
What does it take to embed improvement into the fabric of a global organisation?Anu Kalia, Global Process Excellence Lead at Tesco, sha...
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Episode 39
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31:27
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Minisode #89: The Productivity Problem
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.In this minisode, PMI’s Rich Seddon challenges traditional thinking on productivity, arguing that old model...
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Episode 89
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4:04
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Minisode #88: Boardroom Balance
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.In this minisode, experienced board director Helen Mahy shares a candid take on what’s really changing in b...
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Episode 88
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4:57
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Minisode #87: Flying Starts with Listening
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.In this minisode, Jason Hill, founder of Hill Helicopters, shares why product innovation should start with a...
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Episode 87
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4:05
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Leading Transformation in the Age of AI - with Hayley Glasby-Ringham, KPMG
Are you ready to navigate the changing landscape of transformation where AI is more than a buzzword?Hayley Glasby-Ringham, Associate Partner at KPMG, shares practical insights from the frontline of large-scale change. Hayley explains how...
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Episode 38
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45:10
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Minisode #86: Leadership in Action - The First 90 Days as CEO
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.In this minisode, Steve Vaid, CEO of Money Advice Trust, shares insights from his first 90 days in leadershi...
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Episode 86
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3:54
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Minisode #85: Improvement Meets Sustainability
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.In this minisode, PMI’s Managing Partners challenge us to think beyond quick wins, explaining why true susta...
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Episode 84
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2:59
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Minisode #84: Change Management - From Resistance to Routine
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.In this episode, former Global Head of Process Experience at Tesco, Laura McLaren shares why successful chan...
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Episode 84
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3:17
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Inside NHS Leadership: Driving Everyday Excellence - with Richard Best, NHS
Featuring Richard Best Director of Improvement, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust & Deputy Director of Quality Improvement for Specialised Commissioning, NHS England What’s getting in the way of real,...
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Episode 37
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39:53
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Minisode #83: Flexible Thinking, Rigid Goals - Make Your Processes Inclusive By Design
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast series.In this episode, Neurodiversity Trainer and Consultant Rosie Brighty shares practical advice on how standard...
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Episode 83
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3:22
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Minisode #82: Building Agile Processes - Learning as You Grow
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast.In this minisode, Jason Hill, Chairman and Chief Engineer at Hill Helicopters, discusses the art of designing proce...
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Episode 82
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3:14
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Minisode #81: Digital Transformation - Purpose Before Technology
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast.In this minisode, PMI's Susannah Clarke, Kate Smith and Rich Seddon explore the risks of digital transformation wi...
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Episode 81
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3:36
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Transform with Purpose, Lead with People - with Laila Iftikhar-Ali, BQF
Is your transformation strategy energising your people, or exhausting them?Transformation expert and BQF Non-Executive Director Laila Iftikhar-Ali shares practical insights for leaders looking to drive meaningful change without leaving t...
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Episode 36
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39:46
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Minisode #80: The Modern Boardroom Mindset
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast.In this minisode, Helen Mahy, Chair of the NextEnergy Solar Fund and Non-Executive Director at SSE plc and Gowling...
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Episode 80
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4:32
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Minisode #79: Scaling Improvement in Growing Businesses
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast.In this minisode, Jamie Bowen, Head of ESG and Improvement at Chevron Group, shares insights into overcoming chall...
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Episode 79
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2:57
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Minisode #78: Leadership Driving Innovation
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast.In this minisode, Jason Hill, Chairman and Chief Engineer at Hill Helicopters, discusses the critical role of lead...
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Episode 78
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3:19
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Minisode #77: Energising Improvement with Gamification
Welcome to our series of bite-sized episodes featuring favourite moments from the Leading for Business Excellence podcast.In this minisode, join Laura McLaren, Global Head of Process Excellence at Tesco, and PMI’s Susannah Clarke as they...
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Episode 77
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3:28