{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Who's Your Captain?","title":"SE01E28 The Confident Manager I Susannah Brade-Waring","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3045,"description":"What does it really take to become a confident manager?\nIn this episode, Mark Francis sits down with Susannah Brade-Waring, MD & People Development Specialist at Aspirin Business Solutions Ltd, to discuss practical leadership, building confidence, motivating teams, and why great managers are made through curiosity, not perfection.\nDrawing from her journey of teaching herself finance, HR, and leadership while helping grow a technology company to a successful management buyout, Susannah shares the lessons that shaped her career and inspired her upcoming book, The Confident Manager.\nThe conversation also explores Motivational Maps, leadership styles, giving effective feedback, overcoming imposter syndrome, employee engagement, and creating workplaces where people genuinely thrive.\nWhether you're a new manager, business owner, team leader, or aspiring leader, this episode is packed with practical leadership advice you can apply immediately.\nIn this episode:\n• How Susannah Brade-Waring became a self-made leader\n• The biggest mistakes new managers make\n• Why confidence is built, not inherited\n• How to motivate different personalities at work\n• Using Motivational Maps to improve leadership\n• Giving feedback without damaging relationships\n• The difference between leadership and management\n• Building high-performing, engaged teams\n• Lessons from running a successful family business\n• The story behind The Confident Manager book\nAbout the Guest:\nSusannah Brade-Waring is the MD & People Development Specialist at Aspirin Business Solutions Ltd. She helps leaders and managers build confidence, improve communication, develop high-performing teams, and create positive workplace cultures. She is also one of the world's senior practitioners in Motivational Maps and author of The Confident Manager.\nConnect with Susannah Brade-Waring:\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susannahbradewaring/\nWebsite: https://www.aspirinbusiness.com/\nSubscribe for more conversations on leadership,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/DEr-IAtWHV9YMrxJ2_IRicIqDxPo0brC8P7eLDiyYOc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zOGMz/ZTgyNTk4YjRkZTU3/M2E1MzdjOWYyNDg3/NWRlMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}