(Content Warning: Addiction / alcohol abuse) Anybody who leads a business will know that sometimes, pressures can feel overwhelming.

But at those times - where do we turn to cope?

In this month's episode, Phil is joined by a remarkable leader, Simon Farrell, who started to use alcohol as a coping strategy. This had severe impacts on his professional and personal life. This episode is for anybody who is thinking about how they handle and process pressure.

In the second half, we are joined by coach Krish Surroy to examine the wider lessons from Simon's story.

https://www.simonwfarrell.com/

https://www.krishsurroy.com/

If listening to this episode has left you feeling like you are concerned about yourself or someone else, please talk to someone. Contact your doctor, or in the UK, you can call Samaritans at any time on 116 123.

Any small business owner will tell you that getting your idea off the ground can be a real grind - a rollercoaster with several ups and downs. But when the chips are really down, how far is too far before calling it a day?

This week's guest, Donnie Maclean, founder and CEO of Eat Balanced, talks to Phil about the lengths he was prepared to go to in order to succeed - which he did.

In the second half, Phil is joined by long-time colleague Claire Croft to discuss Donnie's story - and why the phrase 'giving up' is unhelpful.

https://www.eatbalanced.com/

https://selltoretire.co.uk/

Nobody likes being the bearer of bad news.

When the bad news you have to deliver is about the closure of an entire school AND it's a decision you don't agree with ... that's a whole new level.

In this episode, Phil is joined by Liz Robinson, CEO of schools multi-academy trust Big Education. Liz talks through this impossibly difficult time in her career; how she dealt with it, how she led her team through it, and the personal toll it took on her.

After this, Phil and Hasan Khair, CEO of tyllr and Mavericks Unlimited explore what we can learn from Liz's story - particularly the toll that leadership can often extract, and how we set boundaries.

https://www.philhq.com/

https://bigeducation.org/

https://tyllr.co/about-us