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Hello, and welcome to the Inspiring Leadership Podcast, brought to you by Persyou Ltd. At Persyou we believe everyone can flourish. We offer coaching programmes that create coherence and flow in individuals and teams, shaping inspiring leadership and refreshed organisational cultures. In these conversations we connect with recognised leaders from across the world of education and beyond, from sport to politics to the armed forces. These influential expert guests offer listeners the perfect blend of theory, opinion and best practice guidance. These are go-to podcasts for leaders looking for insight and real, actionable inspiration, featuring fascinating people who have reached the highest levels in their field.
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In this episode Nicholas McKie speaks to Barry Dequanne. Originally from Canada, Barry is currently serving as the Director of the International School of Zug and Luzern (ISZL) in Switzerland. Barry has more than twenty-five years of international administrative and teaching experience, including work at schools in the Kingdom of Swaziland, Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Brasilia. Barry is currently serving as a Board Member with the Association for the Advancement of International Education (AA...
Hannah Rankin is a professional boxer and the Reigning WBA and IBO 154lb World Champion making history by becoming Scotland's first ever female world champion! Alongside boxing, Hannah is also a professional musician performing with the likes of the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre and London Sinfonietta after studying for a Master's degree at the Royal Academy of Music, London. With a wealth of high performance experience, Hannah has also worked with companies such as Deloittes, Siemens Mobility...
In this episode, Nicholas McKie speaks to Eddie Mensah, the managing director of Right to Dream Academy in Ghana. Born and raised in Ghana, he left at 16 to attend, on scholarship, a boarding school in Canada where he earned an IB diploma. A bachelor's degree in economics from Franklin and Marshall college in Pennsylvania followed. Eddie has been in various academic positions for the last 25 years. Most recently he was the Head of School at Charlotte Prep School in North Carolina before takin...
In this episode Director of Persyou Ltd Nicholas McKie welcomes Emma Bateman, Chief Operating Officer, of the Repton Schools Group. Emma’s current role is responsible for all professional services and all operational support to the three UK schools and other group entities. Her role is also responsible for Mergers and Acquisitions and Digital Strategies as well as delivering group strategy, income and services through Repton School Enterprises and Repton International Schools Limited. Emma jo...
In this episode, Nicholas McKie talks to David Haze, also known as Nomadic Paddler. He is a former prisoner turned 7x world record holding SUP adventurer, attempting world firsts and world records. However, it is not all about the pursuit of records and glory. SUP has transformed David's life; his tool for growth & change and he hopes his adventures can encourage more people to reconnect with themselves through adventure by taking that small step out of their comfort zone proving that we ...
In this first episode of series 6, Nicholas McKie speaks to Chandini Misra who is the Head of Senior School at Repton School Al Barsha, Dubai. Chandini read Chemistry at Keble College, University of Oxford before venturing into a career in broadcast journalism at BBC News 24 and later teaching. Her leadership experience began in inner city contexts in the UK and later incorporated the competitive international school landscape of Dubai. This episode explores the journey of a new H...
This episode is with Dr Glenn Moodie, Principal at Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar school in Malaysia. Born and raised in New Zealand Glenn moved to the UK in 1998 to pursue a PhD at Bristol University. He became a teacher along the way, by mistake, in an independent boarding school and has been in British, independent boarding schools all of his career at Clifton College, Uppingham School and Wycombe Abbey School. Before joining Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar in 2018, Glenn was also Headmaster of Truro High...
Kiran Bir Sethi is a designer who became a teacher, a principal who grew into an education reformer and subsequently morphed into a social entrepreneur. Kiran founded the award winning Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India, in 2001. Riverside, is viewed as a laboratory to prototype design processes that uses a systems approach to build a culture of empowerment, graduating young citizen leaders with an ‘ I CAN Mindset’ – using their agency for the greater good. In 2009, Kiran launched “Design f...
Major Pat Burgess joined the British Army in September 1992 and started his career at The Second Royal Tank Regiment in Germany. He served with the regiment in Germany, Northern Ireland, Canada, Poland, Iraq and Afghanistan in a career that saw him from Trooper, through Tank Commander to Regimental Sergeant Major. He has deployed on operations to Northern Ireland, the invasion of Iraq (and subsequent tours) and a further three tours of Afghanistan.He is currently involved in the implementatio...
Stuart Lancaster is a former teacher and rugby union coach. He was the Head coach of the English national rugby union team from 2011 until he stepped down in 2015 after the rugby world cup. In September 2016 he joined Irish provincial side, Leinster Rugby and has overseen an incredibly successful period in the clubs history. Before becoming a rugby coach, Stuart attended Carnegie College in Leeds to train as a PE Teacher, while continuing his rugby career and began teaching at Kettlethorpe Hi...
Michelle Scott is the founding Principal of Downe House school Muscat, Oman. Michelle began her career in Australia as an English and Drama teacher before moving to the UK in 1997 to join Downe House as a specialist Drama teacher. Over her 23 year career there, she was Director of Drama, Director of External Relations, Assistant Headmistress (Foundation) and most recently, Deputy Headmistress. In January 2021, she took up the post of founding Principal of Downe House Muscat. In this episode M...
Sara Cox is a professional English rugby union referee. In 2016, she became the world’s first professional female rugby union referee, and in 2018 she became the first female to referee a Premiership Rugby Cup match. With a load of international’s already under her belt, in 2020 she made a breakthrough into English Rugby’s Gallagher Premiership as an assistant referee for the Bath v Wasps game and is making her mark on the sport in both the Men’s and Women’s games. In this episode Sara discus...
Sue Aspinall is the Headteacher of Junior School Vlaskamp, The British School in The Netherlands. Over the last twenty years, Sue has been leading schools through significant change, intent on raising the quality of learning and teaching available to their students. Sue has led schools in Japan, Malaysia, as well as the UK. As the lead facilitator at the BSN's International Leadership Academy, Sue has been providing impactful learning experience for leaders who want to make a difference...
Sedem Ama is an undefeated two times UK national boxing champion representing the prestigious Repton Boxing Club in East London. Raised in South East London, Sedem found her way into amateur boxing by chance, having needed a positive outlet for her mental and physical health after working in the challenging industry of Public Relations for many years.Now an Account Director at London based agency, The Fourth Angel, Sedem juggles being an account lead across their wellness brands while trainin...
Mike Seaton is the founding Head of Kings College, Chengdu, China, opening in September 2021. He is an award-winning British educator who has led schools to consistently outstanding performance in Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia. Mike has also been on the European exec team of the global education group, Cognita, where he oversaw the educational development of 12 independent schools as Director of Education (UK). In this episode Mike discusses how he is going about setting up his ...
Mandy Hickson is only the second women to fly the Tornado GR4 operationally. She spent 17 years in the Royal Air Force, completed 3 tours of duty and flew 45 missions over Iraq. Throughout her time, Mandy was the only female aircrew. Now a civilian, Mandy draws on her experiences to train and inspire others, covering the core areas of human factors; decision making, communication, leadership, behaviour, workload, conflict, fatigue and stress management. Mandy has also launched her book,...
Jon Perriss has had a varied career in education, from New Zealand to Norfolk. His first management position was as a boarding housemaster at Tonbridge; from there he was Deputy Head at Christ’s Hospital and since September 2019, Headmaster of Langley School, Norfolk, UK. He completed his Masters in Educational Leadership in 2018.https://www.persyou.com/Hello@persyou.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@persyouhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/persyou/
Craig Considine is the CEO of Tanglin Trust School, a large international, not-for-profit,school in Singapore, established in 1925, providing British-based education from Nurserythrough to Sixth Form. As CEO, Craig leads three schools within the Tanglin organisation, onone site, building a world class reputation. Each school has achieved the award of Outstanding in its UK BSO inspections. After holding posts at several Australian independent schools, including Geelong Grammar School, and Head...
Stephen Cox is the CEO at New Nordic School and is a successful international leader having worked over 20 years in the government and private educational sectors. He has worked at a senior board level leading year on year improvement in all aspects of leadership, change management, professional development, coaching, innovation, start-up, digital strategy and future of learning in the MENA region, Finland and internationally.https://www.persyou.com/Hello@persyou.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@p...
Anu is the former Head of the International School Bangalore and has worked in different capacities with leading schools in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kodaikanal. She serves on many National and international boards, and accreditation teams. Anu is the first Indian to be inducted into the International Education Hall of Fame in Atlanta. In 2005, she founded TAISI - The Association of International Schools of India, a platform for training and networking purposes. https://www.persyou.co...
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