Cocktail Leadership

The purpose of business is changing towards a more sustainable, all-stakeholder model. Purpose and people are at the core of this new model, and it requires a new kind of leadership: Human leadership. This podcast will help you understand why this shift is happening and why it’s great for business. Host Kevin Withane and his guests will share values and best practices to reveal how, by creating a unique blend of experience, skills and purpose; their leadership has changed the people and organisations around them.

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episode 5: Freedom To Be Happy

Freedom to be happy for all employees. That is the mission of my guest on this episode. Happiness in the workplace is not just a fluffy idea. Happiness has a direct impact on the engagement of employees.

In this episode, Kevin Withane speaks with recently minted first-time author, Matthew Phelan about :

Why his early leadership heroes were John Barnes, Gary Lineker, and Paul Gascoigne (soccer players for those in America)
Leadership lessons learned from being an entrepreneur in his 20s; and
Why employee happiness is an indicator of things to come for businesses.

Matt is Co-CEO and Head of Global Happiness at the Happiness Index. Matt is also the author of Freedom To Be Happy: The Business Case for Happiness. You can get your copy from Amazon.

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You can find out more about Matt on the Cocktail Leadership blog here, and you can find him on Linkedin here.

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