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  • Reputation as Currency with Vuyiswa M/Cwabeni

    Reputation as Currency with Vuyiswa M/Cwabeni
    2025/05/21
    Your reputation enters the room before you do, so act with integrity.

    In this episode, Vuyiswa M'Cwabeni describes how real personal growth and transformation happens outside the comfort zone. Having had to reassess her career completely after a shocking experience (which she describes), she ensures that she lives and works according to her deeply held values.

    Vuyiswa describes her life as the CEO of software company Bloon, keynote speaker, immigrant in Germany, and mother of two teenagers. She is also poised to launch her own skincare brand.

    She talks about how she has learned to love the 80:20 rule, how the representation of people of colour in leadership positions needs to become the norm rather than the exception, and the power of the pause. Vuyiswa also talks about challenging the status quo both quietly and out loud.

    This is a raw, real conversation with a leader who's never anything but authentically herself.

    This podcast is a companion piece to Charlotte Otter's book We Need New Leaders, published on 3 June by Practical Inspiration Publishing. Find it online or in all good bookshops. Follow Vuyiswa on LinkedIn · Follow Vuyiswa on Instagram · · Join the We Need New Leaders membership site · Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn · Subscribe to Speech Bubbles the newsletter
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    39 分
  • The ADHD Leader with Paul Nolan

    The ADHD Leader with Paul Nolan
    2025/05/14
    Diversity and Inclusion in the PR Industry.

    In this episode, PR agency leader Paul Nolan describes his ADHD diagnosis at the age of 42 - along with his whole family - and how that gave him insight into himself, how he manages his energy, responds to triggers, and his leadership style.

    Paul champions his agency's blueprint diversity mark process from the BME PR Pros - something he says has been deeply transformative for the organisation.

    In this episode, he talks about the challenges for organisations to create real change, how he leads, and how he thinks about his own reputation (spoiler alert: "far too much").

    This is an honest, open conversation with a leader whose self-awareness makes him incredibly thoughtful about how he shows up and how he engages, motivates, and inspires his teams.

    This podcast is a companion piece to Charlotte Otter's book We Need New Leaders, published on 3 June by Practical Inspiration Publishing. Find it online or in all good bookshops. Follow Paul on LinkedIn · Paul's book recommendation: ADHD is Awesome · · Join the We Need New Leaders membership site · Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn · Subscribe to Speech Bubbles the newsletter
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    40 分
  • Shedding Limiting Beliefs with Gillian Jones-Williams

    Shedding Limiting Beliefs with Gillian Jones-Williams
    2025/05/07
    The brilliance you can achieve when you throw off limiting beliefs.

    Gillian Jones-Williams is a dynamic and inspirational business leader, author, and motivational speaker who exemplifies how neurodiversity can be a driver of innovation, resilience, and success.

    As the founder of Emerge Development Consultancy, a thriving learning and development firm established nearly 30 years ago, Gillian’s extraordinary career is a testament to determination and adaptability.

    Gillian was forced to leave home at age 17 without completing further education and, despite living with Bipolar Disorder and ADHD, she has navigated two recessions, Brexit, and the catastrophic challenges of March 23, 2020, when her business faced collapse due to COVID-19 lockdowns.

    She took on the challenge of reinventing Emerge and in 2024 she was honoured with the award for Businesswoman of the Decade in the Best Women’s Awards.

    In this episode, she talks about living and thriving with neurodiversity, inclusive leadership, resilience, and empowering women with her award-winning Rise programme.

    This podcast is a companion piece to Charlotte Otter's book We Need New Leaders, published on 3 June by Practical Inspiration Publishing. Find it online or in all good bookshops. Follow Gillian on LinkedIn · More about Emerge · Gillian's books · Dare to Lead by Brene Brown · Breath by James Nestor · · Check out Charlotte's Website · Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn · Subscribe to Charlotte's Substack
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    36 分
  • Getting Outspoken about the Unspoken with Jess Rad

    Getting Outspoken about the Unspoken with Jess Rad
    2025/04/30
    Shining a light on taboo workplace topics to create compassion.

    In this episode, award-winning speaker and entrepreneur Jess Rad gets real about premature menopause, late-identified neurodiversity, being a parent carer, and helping others break the stigma of their own taboos.

    Jess is on a mission to shine a light on the real challenges impacting the women in the workplace - because even if they aren't being spoken about, it doesn't mean they aren't real or common - all in the name of building compassion.

    She talks about how her own diagnosis of premature menopause catapulted her into starting her own business, The Womenhood - and how she had to pivot again when the pandemic began.

    Five years on, Jess is a speaker and recognised diversity advocate who works with organisations as diverse as NatWest and Sussex University to bring conversations about taboo topics into the workplace.

    In this episode, she reflects on how she leads, how she thinks about her reputation, and what we can do collectively to encourage more leaders from diverse backgrounds and identities.

    It's a candid, moving discussion with an intersectional leader who is working to change work to make the world better for us all.

    This podcast is a companion piece to Charlotte Otter's book We Need New Leaders, published on 3 June by Practical Inspiration Publishing. Find it online or in all good bookshops. Connect with Jess on LinkedIn (and DM her for links to Neurocurious) · The Womanhood · Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Dr. Susan Jeffers · · Check out Charlotte's Website · Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn · Subscribe to Charlotte's Substack
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    43 分
  • Giving Yourself Permission with Advita Patel

    Giving Yourself Permission with Advita Patel
    2025/04/23
    How a communications executive gave herself power to lead.

    In this episode, Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) President 2025, Advita Patel, charts her journey from quitting the restraints of corporate to building a purposeful working life by stopping looking to others for validation.

    Advita is an award-winning founder, communications expert, international speaker, podcaster, author, and confidence coach.

    This podcast is a companion piece to Charlotte Otter's book We Need New Leaders, published on 3 June by Practical Inspiration Publishing. Find it online or in all good bookshops.

    As the founder of CommsRebel, she's helped numerous organisations cultivate inclusive cultures, through the power of effective communication.

    Advita is also a co-founder of A Leader Like Me, a global inclusive communication consultancy designed to help organisations cultivate a space for everyone. She co-founded the Asian Communications Network, a community designed to help Asian communication professionals thrive through a sense of belonging and mutual support.

    In 2022, she was named on the Northern Asian Power list in the UK and received the Emerging Leader Award. In 2024, she was recognised as one of the top global employee engagement and experience influencers by Inspiring Workplaces. And, in 2025, she was nominated one of PRWeek UK’s Top Most Influential Women in Communications.

    In January 2025, she began her tenure as President of CIPR – the first person of colour to take on the role in the Institute’s history.

    This is a powerful interview with a communications leader who has built herself a path to success and is shining the way for others to do the same. Follow Advita on LinkedIn · Visit Advita's CommsRebel website · The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes · · Join the We Need New Leaders membership site · Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn · Subscribe to Speech Bubbles the newsletter
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    35 分
  • Charlotte Reflects

    Charlotte Reflects
    2025/04/16
    Rewriting the rulebook on leadership, communication, and success.

    In this episode, leader and reputation coach Charlotte Otter reflects on the first three episodes of her podcast Speech Bubbles.

    She looks at how her first three interviewees are rewriting the rulebook on leadership, communication, and success.

    Charlotte engages with insights from Meg Bear, Sarah Goodall, and Sara Daw - three very different leaders who share one thing: deep intentionality about how they lead and how they show up.

    This is a short, snappy episode - enjoy!

    This podcast is a companion piece to Charlotte Otter's book We Need New Leaders, published on 3 June by Practical Inspiration Publishing. Find it online or in all good bookshops. Follow Meg Bear on LinkedIn · Follow Sarah Goodall on LinkedIn · Follow Sara Daw on LinkedIn · · Check out Charlotte's Website · Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn · Subscribe to Charlotte's Substack
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    18 分
  • A New Way of Working with Sara Daw

    A New Way of Working with Sara Daw
    2025/04/09
    Finding freedom in the workplace.

    In this episode, Sara Daw (group CEO of the CFO Center and the Liberti Group and author of the business books Strategy and Leadership as a Service: How the Access Economy meets the C-Suite and Executive Freedom: How to Escape the C-Suite, Create Income Security, and Take Back Control by Building a Part-Time Portfolio Career) talks to host Charlotte Otter about building a global business that helps individuals build portfolio careers.

    Sara wanted to have a fulfilling career and also have some time at home during the week to raise her children, and started working as a fractional finance director. Now she runs a company allowing others to do the same across 17 countries.

    Sara talks about how she builds deep trust and connection, and promotes psychological ownership amongst independent professionals. She details how her company actively worked to attract more women by adapting their language and communication strategies.

    Sara discusses her leadership style, how she thinks about her reputation, and emphasises the importance of accessing both feminine and masculine energies in leadership, moving away from binary approaches to create more fluid and effective leadership styles.

    This podcast is a companion piece to Charlotte Otter's book We Need New Leaders, published on 3 June by Practical Inspiration Publishing. Find it online or in all good bookshops. Sara's Website · Couples that Work by Jennifer Petriglieri · Reinventing Organisations by Frederic Laloux · Follow Sara on LinkedIn · · Join the We Need New Leaders membership site · Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn · Subscribe to Speech Bubbles the newsletter
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    38 分
  • Power of Stories with Sarah Goodall

    Power of Stories with Sarah Goodall
    2025/04/02
    Learning her team's lived experience changed how Sarah leads.

    Sarah Goodall is an entrepreneur who turned her love of social media into an award-winning business - Tribal Impact - which has grown to 25 employees over nearly 10 years.

    In this open and sometimes vulnerable conversation, Sarah shows how opening about their lived experience of different kinds of diversity helped her team build psychological safety and helped her understand neurodiversity and health issues in her own family better. She believes she's more empathetic as a result.

    Sarah is a collaborative and trusting leader, who sees leadership as an ongoing learning journey.

    She explains how Tribal Impact helps executives develop their digital presence in a hybrid working world and talks about how her own reputation has evolved as separate but connected to Tribal Impact's brand.

    This podcast is a companion piece to Charlotte Otter's book We Need New Leaders, published on 3 June by Practical Inspiration Publishing. Find it online or in all good bookshops. Tribal Impact · Leadership Mindset 2.0 by R. Michael Anderson - recommended by Sarah · Charlotte's book - now available for pre-order! · · Check out Charlotte's Website · Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn · Subscribe to Charlotte's Substack
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    35 分