Beyond Potential
by HEX and Potentia
Ep 113: Collaboration and our best work - with guest Nilofer Merchant
About this podcast
Beyond Potential is an entertaining, informative, and immersive podcast about how individuals, teams, and organisations, can maximise their performance and be at their absolute best. If you’re a CEO, Chief HR Officer, senior leader, or just aspire to become more effective, and happier in your role, then this is the podcast for you.
Hosted by Tom Emery of HEX and Tom Mason of Potentia, we provide our own observations and expertise, and hear from diverse and interesting guests with great stories.
Hit subscribe and join us for insights, inspiration, and hopefully a few laughs along the way.
We have a website dedicated to Beyond Potential at www.beyond-potential.co.uk and you can email us at [email protected]. You can also find out more about HEX and Potentia at www.hex-development.com and www.potentia-leadership.com. However you’d like to contact us, we’d love to hear from you.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 100 episodes
- Ep 113: Collaboration and our best work - with guest Nilofer Merchant · 39 min · Episode 113In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery and Tom Mason are joined by Nilofer Merchant, author, keynote speaker and Co-Founder of The Intangible Labs, to explore why…
- Ep 112: Human conversations in the age of AI - with guest Suzanne Hayes-Jones · 31 min · Episode 112In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery and Tom Mason are joined by Suzanne Hayes-Jones, Director of The Laid Bare Company, to explore why leaders need to keep having…
- Ep 111: Can you see your own ego? - with guest Eric Kaufmann · 36 min · Episode 111In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery flies solo and is joined by Eric Kaufmann, author, executive coach, a thought leader and creator of the term “ego myopia”, to…
- Ep 110: From the racetrack to company culture - with guest Emma Smith · 34 min · Episode 110In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery and Tom Mason are joined by Emma Smith, an independent HR consultant who has spent part of her career in senior HR and people roles…
- Ep 109: Understanding the imposter phenomenon - with guest Kate Atkin · 33 min · Episode 109In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery and Tom Mason are joined by Kate Atkin, author of The Imposter Phenomenon: Why You Feel Like a Fraud and What to Do About It, to…
- Ep 108: Are you ready to future-proof your leadership? - with guest Dr Rosie Ward · 43 min · Episode 108In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery is joined by Dr Rosie Ward, coach, speaker, founder and CEO of Salveo Partners and author of Future-Proofing Leadership, to explore…
- Ep 107: The emotional demands of leadership - with guest Dina Smith · 31 min · Episode 107In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery and Tomas Mason are joined by executive coach, author, and speaker Dina Smith to explore the emotional realities of leadership…
- Ep 106: What does it take to be a great mentor? - with guest Stephen Baxter · 37 min · Episode 106In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Mason flies solo and is joined by Stephen Baxter, executive coach, mentor, and founder of Nine Dots Coaching and host of the peer-to-peer…
- Ep 105: How can we be really productive? - with guest Grace Marshall · 36 min · Episode 105In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery and Tom Mason are joined by Grace Marshall, productivity expert, speaker, and author, to explore what it really means to be…
- Ep 104: Meaning, myths, and burnout at work - with guests Leanne and Al Elliott · 35 min · Episode 104In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery and Tom Mason are joined by Al and Leanne Elliott, co-founders of Oblong HQ and hosts of The Truth, Lies and Work podcast, to…
- Ep 103: Our biggest plans yet - with co-hosts Tom Mason and Tom Emery · 28 min · Episode 103For the final part of our 100th episode celebration, George Bettany looks ahead with Tom Emery and Tom Mason at what's next for Beyond Potential, and for the industry they work…
- Ep 102: They asked us anything - with co-hosts Tom Mason and Tom Emery · 28 min · Episode 102For Part 2 of our 100th episode celebration, we handed the questions over to you, or rather, to some of our past guests. George Bettany puts questions from Dave Stachowiak, Tom…
- Ep 101: Would we do it again? - with co-hosts Tom Mason and Tom Emery · 34 min · Episode 101After celebrating 100 episodes, Tom Emery and Tom Mason sit down with George Bettany, who takes over hosting duties to look back at where it all began. They reflect on how they…
- Ep 100: Leadership has changed - with guest Jo Smedley · 36 min · Episode 100In this special milestone episode, Tom Emery and Tom Mason celebrate 100 episodes of Beyond Potential by welcoming back their very first guest, Jo Smedley, coach and workplace…
- Ep 99: Developing a global mindset - with guests Steve and Bryan McKinney · 31 min · Episode 99In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom and Tomas are joined by Steve and Brian McKinney, authors of Global Mindset: A Guide for Cross-Cultural Leadership, to explore what it…
- Ep 98: Changing culture, one conversation at a time - with guest Gustavo Razzetti · 29 min · Episode 98In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Mason and Tomas Emery are joined by culture change instigator, author, speaker, and CEO of Fearless Culture Gustavo Razzetti to explore…
- Ep 97: From engineering to empowering others - with guest Kathy Morrissey · 31 min · Episode 97In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery and Tom Mason are joined by coach, mentor and leadership expert Kathy Morrissey. After a successful career spanning engineering…
- Ep 96: Breaking the coaching code - with guest Karen Foy · 36 min · Episode 96In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery and Tom Mason are joined by coach, mentor and author Karen Foy. Drawing on a career that has spanned nursing, psychology, the NHS…
- Ep 95: What really drives happiness at work? - with guest Dr Badri Bajaj · 30 min · Episode 95In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery and Tom Mason are joined by Dr Badri Bajaj, global speaker, author on professional coach. Badri shares his personal journey from…
- Ep 94: The conversations that unlock team performance - with guest Brady Wilson · 40 min · Episode 94In this episode of the Beyond Potential podcast, Tom Emery and Tom Mason are joined by Brady Wilson, author, leadership thought leader and co-founder of Juice Inc., to explore…







