Gritty Leaders Club Asking the hard questions of leadership.


Leaders are pulled in all directions. There is no rule book.

Beginning with ‘No Grit No Pearl’ each episode of Gritty Leaders Club explores a tension or paradox of leadership asking how founders, entrepreneurs and scale-up CEOs decide which way to turn.

Published on the 1st and 15th every month, each Gritty Leaders Club episode:
o Is for leaders in start-up and scale-up growing companies
o Asks directly about the tough decisions of leadership: strategy to tactics; the rough and the smooth
o Tells real stories of leadership grit to get ‘inside’ leadership
o Tests leadership ideas and theories in today’s business front line
o Wraps up by drawing Gritty Leadership Lessons from what’s been said

Ben and Ian are regularly joined by guests. Founders and leaders of growing companies weigh-in to discuss the Gritty Leadership Question of the episode and tell their personal stories, “I learned about gritty leadership from…”