.jpg)
Ordinary extraordinary leaders
Our leadership development podcast series offers support and encouragement for existing, new and aspiring leaders in voluntary, community or social enterprises across North Yorkshire.
‘Ordinary Extraordinary Leaders’ offers leaders an easily accessible and flexible development opportunity – with something for everyone, no matter where they are in their career.
Episodes
12 episodes
The Curious Case of the Umbrella in the Boardroom
In this Ordinary Extraordinary Leaders podcast, titled "The Curious Case of the Umbrella in the Boardroom", Mike Hickman, Leadership Development & Training Manager at Community First Yorkshire, is joined by Sally Steadman ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 3
•
14:43
.png)
Mind over Manager
Why is mental health a critical issue for managers and leaders in the VCSE sector? To mark Mental Health Awareness Week 2025, Mark Willis from Wider Sky Training chats to Mike Hickman, Leadership Development and Training Manager at Community Fi...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 2
•
8:06
.png)
The Secret Sauce of Servant Leadership
In this inspiring tenth episode of our 'Ordinary Extraordinary Leaders' podcast series, Emma Pears, CEO of SELFA, shares lessons from her 30 years in the social sector. She explores the core ingredients that combine to make up the...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 2
•
16:31
Snakes on a plane
The ninth of our 'Ordinary Extraordinary Leaders' podcast series, listen to Mike Hickman, Leadership Development & Training Manager at Community First Yorkshire as he explores how bad incentives can undermine good intentions - with a snake ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 1
•
13:21
Change management by changing management
Liz Lockey, Chief Offer of Hambleton Community Action, discusses how leadership is about creating the conditions for change and encouraging behaviours that support change, while knowing when to consilidate and stabilise.
•
Season 1
•
Episode 8
•
4:30
.png)
In Trustees we trust
Shahida Iqbal, Director of Manar Associations, shares how her experience as a trustee has helped her on her leadership journey - not just in terms of building relationships, her critical thinking and listening skills, and career progression. Sh...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 7
•
10:32
Meet Peter Principle
Mike Hickman, Leadership Training and Development Manager at Community First Yorkshire, invites you to meet Peter (or Petra) Principle. What happens when someone is promoted to the point of incompetence? Mike explains why this isn't necessarily...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 6
•
17:36
.png)
Be a purposeful pioneer
In the fifth in our Ordinary Extraordinary Leaders podcast series, JK McQuinn, from Where the Mind Grows, exhorts us to return to nature supporting us to resource ourselves and grow as leaders. JK calls for us to break our own rules, be a maver...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 5
•
16:42
Once upon a time
In the fourth podcast in our 'Ordinary Extraordinary Leaders' podcast series, listen to Jill Quinn, CEO of Dementia Forward. She takes us on a leadership journey from a playground in Cornwall to her happy ever after at North Yorkshire's Dementi...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 4
•
12:10
Sex, Power and Politics in the VCSE Sector
In the third of our 'Ordinary Extraordinary Leaders' podcast series, listen to Chris Hailey-Norris, CEO of Up For Yorkshire as he explores people, relationships and how, as a leader, you interact with people based on different perceptions...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 3
•
14:27
.jpg)
.jpg)