Leaders in Conversation with Anni Townend · 2026-04-07 · 28 min
ABOUT THIS EPISODE: My guest today on Leaders in Conversation is Sally-Anne Airey, leadership coach, founder of Skilful Leaders and author of Mindful Command - the way of the evolving leader, and podcast host of Fearless Forward. In our conversation Sally-Anne offers valuable insights into: What good leadership looks, sounds, and feels like. How becoming a better leader is less about what you do, and more about how you are. Why she created the concept of Mindful Command and what it is - Balanced Awareness (seeing things as they are), Clear Purpose (being clear what matters) and Fearless Compassion (cultivating the courage to do the right thing). Sally-Anne’s Key Encouragements to Leaders: Pause Look at the whole picture Listen for what’s needed. Be Present About Sally-Anne: SALLY-ANNE AIREY is a leadership coach who has devoted over 40 years to the art and skill of leadership. A Royal Navy officer for 23 years, she rose to the rank of Commander and was the first woman to continue in service as a mother. Later she worked for 8 years in Ukraine and Russia, where she discovered her coaching vocation on a consultancy project in Kyiv in 2007. She has been coaching leaders ever since.
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