We’re introducing our new season on “Secrets of Scaling”. CEOs from some of the fastest-growing companies in Europe and the USA (as measured by the Financial Times top 1000 rankings) share what’s propelled their growth, what’s held them back – and explore what it will take to reach the next level. In this short episode
The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast
A podcast for CEOs - and those who think like CEOs
As a CEO, you’ve demonstrated our ability to solve complex problems and achieve extraordinary results. You have skills, resources and experience.
But you know you have the potential for even greater impact and a more satisfying legacy. What will it take to multiply your positive impact - in the business, for our people, and in the world at large?
Join Richard Medcalf, Founder of Xquadrant, together with high-impact CEOs from some of the world’s most exciting firms - for a perspective-shifting conversation at the intersection of strategy, leadership and purpose.
Hosted by Richard Medcalf, Founder, Xquadrant
The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast
A podcast for CEOs - and those who think like CEOs
As a CEO, you’ve demonstrated our ability to solve complex problems and achieve extraordinary results. You have skills, resources and experience.
But you know you have the potential for even greater impact and a more satisfying legacy. What will it take to multiply your positive impact - in the business, for our people, and in the world at large?
Join Richard Medcalf, Founder of Xquadrant, together with co-host Stephanie Frackowiak and high-impact CEOs from some of the world’s most exciting firms - for a perspective-shifting conversation at the intersection of strategy, leadership and purpose.
Hosted by
Richard Medcalf
Founder, Xquadrant
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Season 6 of The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast
Secrets of Scaling
In Season 6 of The Impact Multiplier CEO podcast, we explore "secrets of scaling". CEOs from some of the fastest-growing companies in Europe and the USA (as measured by the Financial Times top 1000 rankings) speak with Richard Medcalf (Founder of Xquadrant) about what's propelled their growth, what's held them back - and what it will take to reach the next level.
August 10, 2021
Matthijs Welle (CEO of Mews Systems) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We’re introducing our new season on “Secrets of Scaling”. CEOs from some of the fastest-growing companies in Europe and the USA (as measured by the Financial Times top 1000 rankings) share what’s propelled their growth, what’s held them back – and explore what it
August 17, 2021
Jonathan Satchell (CEO of Learning Technologies Group) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We’re continuing our season on “Secrets of Scaling”, where the CEOs from some of the fastest-growing companies in Europe and the USA (as measured by the Financial Times top 1000 rankings) share what’s propelled their growth, what’s held them back – and explore
August 24, 2021
Konrad Weiske (CEO of Spyrosoft) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We’re continuing our season on “Secrets of Scaling”, where the CEOs from some of the fastest-growing companies in Europe and the USA (as measured by the Financial Times top 1000 rankings) share what’s propelled their growth, what’s held them back – and explore what it
August 31, 2021
Modestas Sudnius (CEO of Eleving Group) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We’re continuing our season on “Secrets of Scaling”, where the CEOs from some of the fastest-growing companies in Europe and the USA (as measured by the Financial Times top 1000 rankings) share what’s propelled their growth, what’s held them back – and explore what
September 7, 2021
Zoisa North-Bond (CEO of Octopus Energy Business & Generation) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We’re continuing our season on “Secrets of Scaling”, where the CEOs from some of the fastest-growing companies in Europe and the USA (as measured by the Financial Times top 1000 rankings) share what’s propelled their growth, what’s held them back –
September 14, 2021
Today Rob van den Heuvel, CEO of Sendcloud, joins Richard Medcalf to discuss how he navigated almost 70% annual growth over several years to become Europe’s #1 e-commerce shipping platform.We’re continuing our season on “Secrets of Scaling”, where the CEOs from some of the fastest-growing companies in Europe and the USA (as measured by the
September 21, 2021
Janus Nielsen (CEO of AnyTech365, Europe’s 27th fastest growing company and #2 in Spain) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We’re continuing our season on “Secrets of Scaling”, where the CEOs from some of the fastest-growing companies in Europe and the USA (as measured by the Financial Times top 1000 rankings) share what’s propelled their growth,
Season 5 of The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast
From Ideas to Impact
In Season 5 of The Impact Multiplier CEO podcast Richard Medcalf (Founder of Xquadrant) speaks with Davina Stanley, to explore specific strategies that will help us communicate complex ideas better. Davina is CEO of the Clarity First Program and she helps leaders of all levels communicate complex ideas.
June 8, 2021
In season 5 – “From Ideas to Impact” – Richard Medcalf (Founder of Xquadrant) speaks with Davina Stanley of the Clarity First Program, to explore specific strategies that will help us communicate complex ideas better.Davina Stanley helps leaders communicate complex ideas. Having started her communication career at McKinsey, she now leads a team of seven
June 15, 2021
We continue season 5 – “From Ideas to Impact” – where Richard Medcalf (Founder of Xquadrant) speaks with Davina Stanley of the Clarity First Program, to explore specific strategies that will help us communicate complex ideas better.Davina Stanley helps leaders communicate complex ideas. Having started her communication career at McKinsey, she now leads a team
June 22, 2021
We continue season 5 – “From Ideas to Impact” – where Richard Medcalf (Founder of Xquadrant) speaks with Davina Stanley of the Clarity First Program, to explore specific strategies that will help us communicate complex ideas better.Davina Stanley helps leaders communicate complex ideas. Having started her communication career at McKinsey, she now leads a team
June 29, 2021
We continue season 5 – “From Ideas to Impact” – where Richard Medcalf (Founder of Xquadrant) speaks with Davina Stanley of the Clarity First Program, to explore specific strategies that will help us communicate complex ideas better.Davina Stanley helps leaders communicate complex ideas. Having started her communication career at McKinsey, she now leads a team
July 6, 2021
S5E5: From Ideas to Impact, “How to get the information you need to prepare powerful communications”
We continue season 5 – “From Ideas to Impact” – where Richard Medcalf (Founder of Xquadrant) speaks with Davina Stanley of the Clarity First Program, to explore specific strategies that will help us communicate complex ideas better.Davina Stanley helps leaders communicate complex ideas. Having started her communication career at McKinsey, she now leads a team
July 13, 2021
We continue season 5 – “From Ideas to Impact” – where Richard Medcalf (Founder of Xquadrant) speaks with Davina Stanley of the Clarity First Program, to explore specific strategies that will help us communicate complex ideas better.Davina Stanley helps leaders communicate complex ideas. Having started her communication career at McKinsey, she now leads a team
Season 4 of The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast
CEO Success Formulae
In Series 4 of The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast, we dive into “CEO Success Formulae”. Xquadrant's Founder, Richard Medcalf, speaks with highly impactful CEOs to discover what’s driven their success to date and explore what it will take for them to reach the next level.
February 23, 2021
Today Xquadrant Founder Richard Medcalf introduces our new podcast season. Season 4 is entitled “CEO Success Formulae”. Highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.Resources & sources mentioned: The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast Subscribe to The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast Listen
March 2, 2021
Keri Gilder (CEO of Colt Technology) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll learn:How Keri has used “connection thinking” to consistently catapult
March 9, 2021
J Schwan (CEO of Kin + Carta) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll discover the story of how J built a
March 16, 2021
Billy d’Arcy (Chief Executive of BAI Communications UK) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf. We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll learn:How to make healthy corporate culture your
March 23, 2021
Thomas Jamet (CEO of IPG Mediabrands France, the fastest growing media agency group in France) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll
March 30, 2021
Abhishek Rungta (Founder & CEO of Indus Net Technologies, a premium digital strategy consulting and offshore outsourcing company providing services to Digital Agencies, Enterprises and Governments) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what
April 6, 2021
Hugo Fry (MD and Country Chair of Sanofi UK & Ireland) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll learn:How Hugo repeatedly identified
April 13, 2021
In this episode, CEO CP Gurnani talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf to continue our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.CP Gurnani is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tech Mahindra.
April 20, 2021
James Bain (CEO of electronic payments specialist Worldline UK&I) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll learn:2 strategies that James used to
April 27, 2021
Bob Bailkoski (CEO of Logicalis Group) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll learn:How a non-technology background can be turned to an
May 4, 2021
Mark Makepeace (CEO of Wilshire) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We’re continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll learn:How Mark helped build FTSE Russell from 9 people to a
May 11, 2021
Dan Fiehn (Global COO of Markerstudy) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs – and in this case, a leading COO – share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll
May 18, 2021
Stephanie Hospital (CEO of OneRagtime) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf. We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll learn:How Stephanie made the leap from big corporate to “ground
May 25, 2021
Ali Parsa (CEO of Babylon Health) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.Ali is a serial healthcare entrepreneur and engineer. He’s the founder and CEO
June 1, 2021
Ali Fenn (President of ITRenew) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll learn:How taking a sabbatical helped Ali find the perfect intersection
July 20, 2021
Peter Sweetbaum (CEO of Content + Cloud) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll learn:The “what do I do now moment” of
July 27, 2021
Helene Barnekow (CEO of Microsoft Sweden) talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf.We are continuing our season on “CEO Success Formulae”, where highly impactful CEOs share what’s driven their success to date – and explore what it will take to reach the next level.In this conversation, you’ll learn:The differentiating factors that took Helene from marketing manager
Season 3 of The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast
High Value-Creating Leadership Teams
In Season 3 of the Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast, we examine High Value-Creating Leadership Teams. Richard Medcalf is joined by Davina Stanley, CEO of the Clarity First Program, and we look at what you can do to transform your leadership team from a group of high performing people to a high value-creating team.
December 1, 2020
As a CEO or other senior leader how do you know if your executive team is under-performing? If they are, how do you get them to become a high performing team?Today we’re starting Season 3 of the Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast: High Value-Creating Leadership Teams. Richard Medcalf is joined by Davina Stanley, CEO of the
December 8, 2020
As a CEO or other senior leader, how do you know what’s holding your executive team back? And holding it back from what?Today we’re continuing Season 3, focused on High Value-Creating Leadership Teams.Richard Medcalf and Davina Stanley discuss how to build an objective view of what’s holding your team back from greater impact. We also
December 15, 2020
As a CEO or other senior leader, do you think your team is not taking ownership of problems?Today we’re continuing Season 3, focused on High Value-Creating Leadership Teams.Richard Medcalf and Davina Stanley discuss what causes high achievers to fail to take ownership of problems. We also discuss specific strategies for CEOs who want to increase
January 5, 2021
As a CEO or other senior leader, what do you do when everyone in your leadership team is focused on their functional silos? What are the specific negative impacts of silo-thinking?Today we’re continuing Season 3, focused on High Value-Creating Leadership Teams.Richard Medcalf and Davina Stanley discuss what it looks like when your leadership team are
January 13, 2021
As a CEO or other senior leader, what do you think about the quality of conversations in your leadership team? Are they bold and honest, or are there important issues that are not being surfaced?Today we’re continuing Season 3, focused on High Value-Creating Leadership Teams.Richard Medcalf and Davina Stanley discuss how to create the right
January 19, 2021
As a CEO or other senior leader, how balanced are the discussions in your team meetings? Are they productive and inspiring or long-winded and unbalanced?Today we’re continuing Season 3, focused on High Value-Creating Leadership Teams.Richard Medcalf and Davina Stanley discuss how to deal with and improve the quality of your leadership team discussions permanently so
January 26, 2021
As a CEO or other senior leader, what do you do when your leadership team meetings aren’t the strategic decision-making powerhouses that you’d like and when they’re frankly a bit “meh”? What’s the #1 issue your team really needs to breakthrough right now?Today we’re continuing Season 3, focused on High Value-Creating Leadership Teams.Richard Medcalf and
February 2, 2021
As a CEO or other senior leader, how do you feel when after a leadership retreat you come up with a bunch of incredible ways to up-level your business, but a few months later, all those ideas have died a quiet death, and business is much the same as before?Today we’re continuing Season 3, focused
February 9, 2021
As a CEO or other senior leader, how do you make sure you spend more time on the strategic topics you know really need to be addressed and not so much time on operational topics?Today we’re continuing Season 3, focused on High Value-Creating Leadership Teams.Richard Medcalf and Davina Stanley discuss senior leadership teams getting stuck
February 16, 2021
Today we’re wrapping up Season 3, focused on High Value-Creating Leadership Teams.Richard Medcalf recaps the main areas we’ve focused on in the season, and talks about how you can practically make some shifts in how your executive team creates value.You’ll learn:All the key themes we’ve covered in season 3Two key steps to move forward and turn
Season 2 of The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast
Leadership Lessons for Challenging Times
In the second season of The Impact Multiplier CEO podcast, Richard Medcalf interviews some very different CEOs to understand their leadership playbook for times of difficulty and challenge.
Recorded in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown, listen into get a fascinating insight into the minds and hearts of these top executives and consider how you can play at your very best when the chips are down.
June 17, 2020
S2E2: A conversation with top CEO Ben PageIn this first episode of our second series Leadership Lessons for Challenging Times, Ben Page, Chief Executive of Ipsos Mori UK and Ireland, a leading market research agency, talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf. Ben is a frequent writer and speaker on trends, leadership and performance management. He is
June 11, 2020
S2E3: A conversation with top CEO Brooks BorcherdingIn this third episode of our series Leadership Lessons for Challenging Times, Brooks Borcherding, Chief Executive of Cloudreach, the leading multi-cloud services provider, talks with Xquadrant’s Founder, Richard Medcalf. Brooks is a tech savvy, results oriented senior executive with extensive go-to-market experience and a distinguished record building, operating and
October 20, 2020
S2E4: A conversation with top CEO Simon HillIn this episode of our series Leadership Lessons for Challenging Times, Simon Hill, founder and Chief Executive of Wazoku, an innovative platform, which focuses on releasing ideas and innovation, talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf. Simon is an innovation leader and expert, as well as a software founder and
June 26, 2020
S2E5: A conversation with top CEO Fred TrinelIn this episode of our series Leadership Lessons for Challenging Times, Fred Trinel, co-Chief Executive and co-founder of Ecovadis talks with Xquadrant’s Founder, Richard Medcalf. Ecovadis is the most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, intelligence and collaborative performance improvement tools, and has just raised $200M of financing
June 18, 2020
S2E6: A conversation with top CEO Christophe ColletIn this episode of Leadership Lessons for Challenging Times, Christophe Collet, Chief Executive of S4M, a high-growth AI-powered drive-to-store platform, talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf. Christophe Collet is a results-oriented French entrepreneur, with a proven track record of creating successful start-ups: Followcom (Acquired by SBW-Paris in 2008) –
July 2, 2020
S2E7: A conversation with top CEO Alun BakerIn this episode of Leadership Lessons for Challenging Times, Alun Baker, Chief Executive of Clario Tech, a consumer-focused cybersecurity company, talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf. Alun is a visionary and growth-driving CEO and Chairman. He’s passionate about rapidly growing or restructuring B2C and B2B technology-based companies and preparing
November 17, 2020
S2E8: A conversation with top CEO Bhavesh VaghelaIn this episode of our series Leadership Lessons for Challenging Times, Bhavesh Vaghela, Chief Executive of Singula Decisions, specialists in subscriber intelligence, talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf. Bhavesh is a passionate b2b marketeer. He has over 20 years experience in the IT, software and data analytics industries and
November 24, 2020
S2E9: A conversation with top CEO Michel EmelianoffIn this episode of Leadership Lessons for Challenging Times, Michel Emelianoff, Chief Executive of Visiomed, a telemedicine solutions for healthcare professionals, talks with Xquadrant’s Founder Richard Medcalf. Michel has been developing and transforming technology businesses for the last 27 years, and has broad experience in BtoB, software/hardware and services.
Season 1 of The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast
The 5 Impact Multipliers
In Season 1 of The Impact Multiplier CEO podcast, Richard Medcalf and Stephanie Frackowiak discuss how high achieving CEOs (and people who think like CEOs) scale their success without adding to the overload that's common to so many leaders. We explore five essential "impact multipliers" that, together, release the brakes and accelerate an organisation's success - but that are often overlooked in favour of operational tasks and short-term activities.
August 30, 2020
Discover how the Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast can help you play a bigger gameIn the first episode of the Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast, Richard Medcalf (founder of Xquadrant) and co-host Stephanie Frackowiak break down the DNA of the show. You’ll understand what it’s all about, what you can expect from each episode, and a little bit
August 31, 2020
How do you create exponentially more impact than you’ve achieved so far?As a CEO or other senior leader, how can you create exponentially more impact than you’ve achieved so far? It can be easy to continue with the success formula that’s worked for you so far, so how and why do you then move on
August 31, 2020
How do you multiply focus and attention in your organisation both for yourself and your team?As a CEO or other senior leader you’re inevitably very busy. But what has your attention? How do you strategise your focus? In this episode we’re continuing our series on the 5 Impact Multipliers for high-achieving leaders. You’ll discover multiplier #1,
September 4, 2020
How do you release ownership from the people around you?As a CEO or other senior leader how do you release energy and commitment from the people around you? Sometimes it feels like the harder you push the less commitment you get. How do you adjust your leadership to create ownership in your team? In this
September 11, 2020
How do you accelerate learning to learn faster than your market?We live in a fast changing world, in 2020 more than ever. As a CEO or other senior leader, the key is adaptation and it’s all about learning. Are you learning faster than your market? Faster than your competitors? In this episode we’re continuing our series
September 17, 2020
How do you systematically address the limitations of collaboration?Ideally your organisation is a multiplier on your ambitions and goals. But sometimes it feels like our organisation creates more drama, friction and stress instead of a virtuous collaboration cycle. How, as CEOs or other senior leader, can we systematically address the limitation of collaboration? In this episode
September 22, 2020
How do you create sustained behaviour change within your team and organisation? In this episode we’re continuing our series on the 5 Impact Multipliers for high-achieving leaders. You’ll discover multiplier #5 and how to master transformation and build new habits and behaviours.You’ll learn:How focusing on critical leadership behaviours to create sustained behaviour change can have huge