Show Notes
In this further conversation with London Stock Exchange CEO Dame Julia Hoggett DBE, hosts Karen Blackett CBE and Katie Lloyd focus on one essential leadership behaviour: putting deep collaboration and great teamwork at the centre of an organisation. Julia shares concrete, highly actionable frameworks for building high-performing, psychologically safe teams capable of solving complex problems together.
Key takeaways include:
The Power of "Straw Man" Decision-Making & Psychological Safety: How offering a starting hypothesis and encouraging your team to "shoot it down" speeds up progress, breaks down hierarchy, and builds a culture where admitting mistakes is normalised.
Addressing "The Elephant in the Room": Why every team needs "pokey, proddy" people who are explicitly empowered to speak up about hard truths and point out blind spots before they become problems.
The 9:00 AM Monday "Open Outcry" Village: Why bringing every business function-from risk and legal to HR and marketing-into the same room weekly breaks down silos and ensures total alignment.
Reframing Personal Brand for Others: Overcoming discomfort around personal branding by realising that your visibility isn't for your ego, but to give your team confidence, purpose, and direction.
Mastering Time Management with "Purple Patches": Julia's two 1/3-based pie charts for time allocation and how colour-coding her diary allows her to intentionally block out non-negotiable time for strategic internal focus.
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Credits:
Guest: Dame Julia Hoggett DBE
Hosts and Executive Producers: Karen Blackett CBE and Katie Lloyd
Production: Hera
Sponsor: British Airways
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