The role business leaders must play to inspire change and enable action with Nikki Gatenby - Author, Board Advisor, NonExec Director & Coach

In this week’s hugely inspirational podcast, Yiuwin Tsang talks to Nikki Gatenby - author of ‘Superengaged’ and a strategic leader with a huge amount of knowledge on leadership and developing business cultures which promote purpose and change.In this episode Nikki explains how leaders are in a unique position to galvanise the energy of those around them and therefore have a duty to play their part in making the world a better place. Leaders play a pivotal role in creating and directing positive energy and empowering their teams to create a difference in the world.Leaders need to avoid the pitfalls of maximising profit at the expense of everything else. They need to focus their energy on creating positive change and giving back.  And the leaders that do that are going to have a competitive edge in the future.Nikki Gatenby is a non-executive director and cognitive behavioural coach; with a background in developing company culture and engagement to deliver world class results.Having led multiple successful agencies, with a track record for taking them global, Nikki has removed herself from the day-to-day operations and is now focused on making many other good companies, great.  She does this by being non-exec to the board to develop their strategy, coaching leadership teams to help them to achieve it together - all the while, developing culture right across the organisation.Nikki is known for combining a no-bullshit approach to business with a passion for helping people be the best version of themselves. When she’s not making life better for her staff, clients and community, she is usually to be found at the top of a mountain or the bottom of the ocean. But not at the same time.