{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fcfdec87c-8b64-4af9-9bbb-5d76f58f3e4d","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Ep #022 \u2013 David Brown. CEO, The Go-Ahead Group","description":"Thanks for joining me for episode 22 of the show and my interview with David Brown, CEO of The Go-Ahead Group.\r\n\nhttps://mailchi.mp/1a4280df3501/9gcib1bw0r (Free Visual Summaries)\r\n\nI've been working with an incredibly talented artist to create a set on fantastic visual summaries of the first five episodes. To grab the full set simply click this https://mailchi.mp/1a4280df3501/9gcib1bw0r (link), enter your details https://mailchi.mp/1a4280df3501/9gcib1bw0r (here) and we'll fire them straight across to you via email.\r\n\nEpisode Overview\r\n\nThe Go-Ahead group is an international transport group and one of the UK\u2019s leading public transport providers. They operate bus services across the UK, they are the largest operator of bus services in London as well as running services in Ireland and Singapore.\r\n\nIn addition, Go-Ahead\u2019s rail operation is the busiest in the UK, responsible for over 30% of all train passenger journeys. They also operate rail contracts in Norway and Germany.\r\n\nDavid Brown became the Groups Chief Executive in July 2011 and has now spent longer in post than is the average for CEOs of large UK businesses; something I asked him about during our conversation.\r\n\nIn this conversation we talk a lot about resilience, the challenges of stepping into more and more senior roles and how change is essential for sustained success.\r\n\nPersonal Leadership Mastery\r\n\nCheck out my brand new online course, https://benmortonleadership.thinkific.com/courses/personal-leadership-success-system (Personal Leadership Mastery), designed to help you and your team play at your best in the new normal, post-covid world. And remember to use you Friends of the Podcast discount code and save 30% on the regular tuition cost. Sign-up for the course https://benmortonleadership.thinkific.com/courses/personal-leadership-success-system (here) for just \u00a3139.00 with discount code 'FRIENDS21'.\r\n\n#LeadOn","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/24f80254-624d-4ed1-99d9-0dac13a13207/3728120-1611592893948-30ef6b77327b4.jpg"}