Episodes 164
Avg. Duration 1h 6m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Apr 2023
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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About This Podcast

In this podcast, Gareth Tennant, a former Royal Marines Officer, and Chris Kitchener, a veteran of the software development world, explore ideas and concepts around teams and teamwork, leaders and leadership, and all things in between. It’s a discussion between a former military commander and a business manager, comparing and contrasting their experiences as they attempt to work out what makes teams, leaders, and businesses tick.

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Recent Episodes

Episode 175 - Re-Release Of Building Effective Teams - Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing

Jun 11, 2026 1h 15m

In this week’s episode we revisit one of our most popular discussions from August 2024 and explore Bruce Tuckman’s model of team development: forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. We…

Episode 174 - Influencer #30 - Xi Xingping Part 2 : Power, Strategy and the Cost of Control

Jun 04, 2026 1h 21m

In this week’s episode we conclude our two part exploration of Xi Jinping and examine what he has done with power once he reached the top of the Chinese Communist Party. We explore the enormous scale…

Episode 173 - Influencer #30 - Xi Jinping Part 1 - Power, Strategy and the Making of Modern China

May 28, 2026 1h 10m

In this week’s episode we start a new Influencers series by turning our attention to one of the most important and least understood leaders in the world, politician Xi Jinping, General Secretary of…

Episode 172 - Potholes, Politics and Broken Businesses : The Beginners Guide To Systems Thinking

May 21, 2026 1h 17m

In this week's episode we dive into systems thinking and why so many of the problems we complain about in business, government and everyday life are far more connected than they first appear. We…

Episode 171 - The Leadership Revolution and the Death of Empathy

May 14, 2026 1h 15m

In this week's episode we take on a question that feels increasingly uncomfortable in today's climate. Have we been getting it wrong when we've talked about what makes great leaders and leadership?…

Episode 170 - When Your Boss Is the Problem : Navigating Bad Leadership Without Breaking Your Career

May 06, 2026 1h 26m

In this week’s episode we take on one of the most uncomfortable realities in leadership and management: what do you do when the problem is your boss? We move beyond the easy label of a “bad boss” and…

Episode 169 - Influencer #29 - Shackleton : The Leader Who Redefined Failure

Apr 30, 2026 1h 11m

In this week’s episode we dive into one of the most extraordinary leadership stories ever told as part of our Influencers series, exploring the life and decisions of Ernest Shackleton. What starts as…

Episode 168 - The Second in Command : The Leader Behind the Leader Part 2

Apr 23, 2026 1h 21m

In this week’s episode we continue our exploration of the second in command and why this role is often the difference between a team that performs and one that quietly struggles. If leadership is…

Episode 167 - The Second in Command : The Leader Behind the Leader Part 1

Apr 16, 2026 1h 8m

In this week’s episode we tackle one of the most critical and least discussed roles in leadership and management: the second in command. It is the role that frequently and quietly determines whether…

Episode 166 - Tactics Are Not Strategy : Lessons from Iran

Apr 09, 2026 1h 19m

In this week's episode we get into a question that sits at the heart of leadership but is often misunderstood in practice. Are we actually being strategic, or are we just very busy executing tactics…

Episode 165 - When Ordinary People Do Extraordinary Things - With Felicty Ashley Atlantic Rower, Cancer Survivor and Everest Marathon Runner

Apr 02, 2026 1h 4m

In this week’s episode we explore what really drives resilience, leadership, and high performance when everything is on the line. What happens when ordinary people, just like you or me, are placed in…

Episode 164 - Influencers #28 - Malcom McClean and The Box That Built the World

Mar 26, 2026 1h 18m

In this week’s episode we explore a deceptively simple idea that reshaped the modern world. We tell the story of Malcom McLean and the rise of the shipping container, not as a tale of invention, but…

Episode 163 - The UK Government's Top Secret War Book : The Idiot's Guide For What To Do In Case Of Apocalypse - Part 2

Mar 19, 2026 1h 13m

In this week’s episode we continue our two part series exploring one of the most unusual leadership problems imaginable. How do you prepare an organisation or even an entire country for something…

Episode 162 - The UK Government's Top Secret War Book : The Idiot's Guide For What To Do In Case Of Apocalypse - Part 1

Mar 12, 2026 48m

In this week’s episode we start the first of a two part series looking at how people plan for events that they hope will never actually happen. The story begins with a visit to the National Archives…

Episode 161 - Pressure Is the Point : What UK Special Forces Can Teach Leaders About Performance with Simon Jeffries

Mar 05, 2026 1h 7m

In this week’s episode we explore a simple but uncomfortable truth about leadership: pressure is the point. It is not something to be avoided, minimised or delegated away. It is the arena in which…

Episode 160 - BHAGs and 3HAGs Re-Release : Turning Vision into Action

Feb 26, 2026 1h 1m

In this week’s episode, re-released from the heady early days of the podcast in 2023, we tackle a question that sits at the heart of leadership and management: how do you move from a bold vision to…

Episode 159 - Influencers #15 Re-Release - Niccolò Machiavelli - Power and Principle in an Age of Strongmen

Feb 19, 2026 59m

This week we revisit, as a re-released episode, one of the most controversial figures in political and leadership thinking as part of our Influencers series. We ask a simple but uncomfortable…

Episode 158 - Leadership and Management in an AI Powered World - Part 3

Feb 12, 2026 1h 15m

In this week’s episode we conclude our three part series on AI by tackling one of the most uncomfortable and important questions of all: surveillance, control and the future of decision making. If AI…

Episode 157 - Leadership and Management in an AI Powered World - Part 2

Feb 05, 2026 1h 25m

In this week’s episode we continue our exploration of what it really means to lead and manage in a world increasingly shaped by AI. Rather than asking whether AI is good or bad, we focus on a harder…

Episode 156 - Leadership and Management in an AI Powered World - Part 1

Jan 29, 2026 1h 18m

In this week's episode we start a new mini series by asking a question that sits underneath all the noise about artificial intelligence and jobs. What does leadership and management actually mean…

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