An Evolving Man Podcast

Keir Starmer Resigns: What Britain’s Leadership Crisis Reveals About Emotional Intelligence

Piers Cross

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Keir Starmer’s resignation marks another major moment in British political leadership.

If the UK is now heading towards its seventh Prime Minister in just over a decade, the deeper question is not simply who comes next.

The deeper question is:

What kind of leadership culture are we creating?

In this episode of An Evolving Man Podcast, I reflect on leadership in the UK, the limits of command-and-control leadership, and why emotional intelligence, honesty, compassion and self-awareness are now essential qualities for leaders in politics, business and wider society.

Drawing on leadership thinkers such as John Maxwell, Kouzes and Posner, and research from the Chartered Management Institute, I explore why so many managers and leaders in the UK are still promoted without proper leadership training, and how this creates what the CMI calls “accidental managers.”

We explore:

• Keir Starmer’s resignation and the wider UK leadership crisis
• Why Britain may not just need a new leader, but a new leadership culture
• The problem with command-and-control leadership
• John Maxwell’s five levels of leadership
• Why positional leadership is the lowest level of leadership
• The importance of honesty, competence, inspiration and forward-thinking
• Why emotional intelligence is no longer optional for leaders
• How public school, grammar school and institutional cultures shape leadership
• Why leaders need to understand ordinary people’s lived experience
• Compassionate leadership as a new model for politics, business and society
• Why the conversations we are not having may be the most important ones

This is not a party-political episode.

It is a reflection on leadership, emotional intelligence, culture and the future of how we lead.

If we want a different kind of leadership in Britain, it begins with the leadership we practise in ourselves, our families, our organisations and our communities.

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. 

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. 

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 

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Many blessings, 

Piers Cross 

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