Leading with Humanity with Richard Atherton: Lead to Succeed 155
Episode Summary:
Effective leadership demands a return to our human roots. How can leaders embrace a human-first approach to foster meaningful connections, drive organizational goals, and inspire their teams? In this episode, our guest Richard Atherton explores how leading with humanity can unlock breakthrough potential and transform our approach to leadership within organizations.
Richard is a Partner at FirstHuman, a business coaching firm that helps CEOs, leaders, and top executives achieve leadership breakthroughs and organizational goals with a human-first approach. Its clients include Adidas, Volkswagen, Heineken, PwC, UNICEF and the Olympics.
Richard has nearly 10 years of expertise in leadership development and has helped numerous clients achieve significant personal and professional breakthroughs. His own background of overcoming multiple addictions and personal traumas has been crucial in shaping his passion for humanizing the leadership culture within organizations. He was notably involved in helping leaders at the logistics company CEVA close a $400M profitability gap. He is also the host of the Being Human podcast that provides insights on leadership and well-being and reaches 11.9K subscribers.
Key Talking Points of the Episode: (Note: timestamps follow the audio recording)
[02:13] More about Richard’s journey.
[11:55] How Richard integrates therapy into his coaching services when necessary.
[13:54] The main reasons people turn to Richard for support, and how he communicates the value of coaching to those unfamiliar with its importance.
[18:13] What Richard means when he says he helps top executives achieve leadership breakthroughs and organizational goals through a human-first approach.
[20:42] Richard’s guidance for a leader on how to start the journey of self-introspection.
[25:16] Richard's perspective on organizational culture and his recommendations for leaders seeking to enhance it within their businesses.
[32:10] Rapid-fire questions.
[36:43] Richard’s final life lesson.
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