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Leading 4 Life "Stories"

I am Bob Judson and I spent over 34 years in the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom as a fast-jet pilot and then eventually as a senior leader, retiring from the military in 2015 as an Air Vice-Marshal (2* General). I subsequently transitioned to the corporate world as a consultant at Deloitte, but in 2019 I stepped away from all that and co-founded Leading 4 Life. I am passionate about helping to develop the leadership skills of individuals and teams and that is what this podcast is all about

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E81 - Personal Stories: Afghanistan - Part 1 -...

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2025/02/16

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Having thought I was leaving the operational world behind me when I handed over my command of RAF Coningsby, only a little more than a year later, in January 2008 I found myself getting on an aircraft to head to Afghanistan as the incoming Commander of Kandahar Airfield, one of (at that stage) only two strategic airfields in the country. There are a huge number of great leadership points and operational experiences that I wa...

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E80 - Guests: Rory Underwood, England Rugby's record...

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2025/02/09

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Another week and another great guest on the show. Rory Underwood is probably best known for his amazing skill on the rugby pitch. He represented England for 12 years, and still holds the try scoring record for an England player with 49 tries from 85 international appearances for his country. Rory was also a highly successful Royal Air Force pilot and, having followed that path myself, I marvel at his ability to ...

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E79 - Guests: Robert (Cujo) Teschner, former USAF F15...

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2025/02/02

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Recording my guest for this week was one of the most fun conversations I have had in a long time. Robert (Cujo) Teschner is a former US Air Force F15 and F22 fighter pilot, who now runs the VMax Group of leadership trainers in the US. Cujo is a bestselling author and a prize winning speaker and when you listen to this interview you will realise why! Discovering he had serious colorectal cancer at the age of only...

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30:48

E78 - Personal Stories: Back to the Classroom!

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2025/01/26

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageIt's always very hard giving up a great job and moving on from RAF Coningsby was no exception. The blow was softened a bit by the fact that I went from there to the Higher Command & Staff Course and subsequently to the Royal College of Defence Studies, so 2007 was, for me, definitely a year of "back to the classroom"!In this personal stories episode, I aim to give you a flavour of these two amazing training opportunities ...

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E77 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air...

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2025/01/19

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageSupport the showThank you for listening! If you value the content I produce, please consider supporting the show financially by becoming a member at https://www.patreon.com/leading4life/ or clicking the "Support the Show" link above.You will have the choice of becoming a Supporter, a Champion or a Patron of the show and any contribution you feel able to make will be hugely appreciated.You can find more about me here:LinkedIn: https...

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E76 - Guests: John Peters, former RAF pilot, Gulf War...

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2025/01/12

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageWARNING: This episode contains graphic descriptions of torture and interrogation as well as frequent bad language.My guest this week is John Peters. John flew Tornado GR1 aircraft as an RAF pilot and was shot down and captured on his very first operational mission during the Gulf War of 1991. He was subsequently held as a Prisoner of War for 7 weeks, during which time he was brutally interrogated and tortured on a routi...

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E75 - Guests: Douglas Rattray, Managing Director,...

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2025/01/05

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageWe kick off Season 3 of the show with a fascinating guest who has an amazing family story and who lives in a fabulous part of the world. Oh, and he has a lot of great perspectives on leadership too!!Doug Rattray is the Managing Director of Fugitives' Drift Lodge & Guest House in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Set right between the famous Anglo-Zulu war battlefields of Isandlwana and Rouke's Drift, Doug and the te...

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E74 - Themes: Review of 2024

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2024/12/29

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageI'm sure you have much better things to do over the holiday period than listen to lengthy podcasts from me! Consequently, this is a short but hopefully sweet review of Leading 4 Life "Stories" across 2024. I provide some personal thoughts about the journey so far and some detail of the number of personal stories, thematic episodes and guest interviews before giving just a few of my personal highlights from what has been...

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35:52

E73 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air...

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2024/12/22

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageFor this, my final personal stories episode of 2024, I thought I would continue the series of tales from my time as Station Commander of RAF Coningsby and cover the development of and the challenges we faced with the Typhoon Display.With a brand new, very high profile, and very high performance aircraft, it was obvious that we would need to put together an airshow display so that we could properly demonstrate the Typhoon's performa...

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E72 - Guests: Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell DFC, WW2...

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2024/12/15

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageOver the time I've been hosting this podcast, I've been very privileged to have a wide range of wonderful guests; however, this week's guest is an extremely special one even by those high standards.Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell DFC, is a World War 2 Mosquito bomber pilot who is rapidly approaching his 104th birthday! He is one of only very few World War 2 veterans still alive today and is still incredibly fit and active for a ...

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E71 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer Royal Air...

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2024/12/08

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageOne of the most memorable events of my entire RAF career was having the privilege of leading the flypast to mark Her Majesty The Late Queen Elizabeth II's 80th Birthday in 2006.We flew a 49 aircraft flypast, the largest for many years, with a formation of Typhoons as part of the event for the very first time. Aspects of the event, including a short interview with me and part of the mass briefing, were filmed for the documenta...

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E70 - Themes: The Power of Debriefing

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2024/12/01

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageIt's been some while since I did a thematic episode so I thought this would be a good topic to introduce, and to hopefully stimulate some thought and maybe even some discussion. Debriefing is the topic and the reason I titled this episode as "The Power of Debriefing" is that I truly believe it is a game changing activity that is, unfortunately undertaken far too little in the commercial world. Through explanations of ho...

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E69 - Guests: Professor Richard Sullivan, Professor...

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2024/11/24

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageMy guest this week is Professor Richard Sullivan, the Professor of Cancer and Global Health at King's College London (KCL) & Guy's Comprehensive Cancer Centre. Richard has been a doctor since the early 1990s during which time he has increasingly focused on cancer as a specialism such that he is now globally renowned, and it was a real privilege to speak to him at length for this episode.As well as his own leadership journ...

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E68 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air...

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2024/11/17

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageIn this instalment of my personal stories, I continue to recount my time in command of Royal Air Force Coningsby and, this time, I focus on flying the Typhoon. This was an incredibly special time in my career as being charged with bringing a completely new RAF capability into service was an enormous privilege. It was also quite daunting as, having spent all my previous flying tours in the nuclear strike, ground attack o...

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E67 - Guests: Vice Admiral Paul Bennett CB OBE RN...

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2024/11/10

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageGiven that this episode will be first published on Remembrance Sunday 2024, my guest this week could not be more appropriate. Vice Admiral Paul Bennett had a stellar Royal Navy career, with multiple warship commands, culminating in a 3* role in NATO's Allied Command Transformation HQ in the USA.As the title makes clear, Paul is now the National President of the Royal British Legion and, in that capacity, he has a key role in...

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E66 - Guests: John Cordle, former US Naval Officer,...

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2024/11/03

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageMy guest this week is John Cordle, a former US Naval Captain who still works closely with the US Navy as a Human Factors Engineer and is based in the eastern United States.I met John through episode 43 of the podcast when I interviewed Keith Green and we discussed his book, "Black Officer, White Navy". As you will hear in the episode, John became friendly with Keith following the Black Lives Matter protests in the US, and we ...

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E65 - Guests: Hardeep Dhanjal, Professional...

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2024/10/27

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageMy guest this week is Hardeep Dhanjal, a professional international speaker and mindset coach based in Copenhagen, Denmark.I first met Hardeep when he was engaged as the motivational speaker to kick off a workshop session that I was subsequently facilitating for Deloitte Denmark. I was hugely impressed by his inspirational story and I'm delighted that he accepted my invitation to come on the podcast. I'm equally delight...

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E64 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air...

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2024/10/20

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageOne of the greatest privileges of my RAF career was being able to fly as a fighter pilot on the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) for the 2005/2006 display seasons whilst I was in command of RAF Coningsby.This was a truly unique opportunity and one that I will always cherish because it was simply so special to be able to fly these wonderfully iconic aircraft, and get a bit more appreciation for what the WW2 generation of pil...

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E63 - Guests: Steve Fletcher, Founder and CEO of The...

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2024/10/13

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageMy guest this week is Steve Fletcher, the Founder and CEO of The Leaders' Club (www.theleadersclub.org).I first met Steve almost exactly 10 years ago when I was transitioning out of the Royal Air Force and another colleague suggested I join The Leaders' Club. I joined immediately and, since then, Steve and I have become good friends and, more recently, colleagues since I am now a Director and the Deputy CEO of the Club myself...

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E62 - Personal Stories: Commanding Officer, Royal Air...

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2024/10/06

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageContinuing the story of my time in command of Royal Air Force Coningsby, this episode focuses on aspects of the buildup of the Typhoon Force. In the 20 years since I was privileged to command this great base, it is amazing to see how much the Typhoon has progressed not only as an individual military aircraft, but also as an immensely capable force within the overall RAF structure. I am immensely proud of the work that m...

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