‘Bouncing Back’ is a new interview series with outstanding leaders sharing their hard-earned lessons on how they managed in tough times and triumphed over adversity. Personal conflict, reputation crises, project failure and business collapse. Adversity is part of the job for leaders. But those who succeed learn from failure and bounce back stronger.

Most leaders have been through adversity at some point of their career, but it’s not a topic that gets discussed much. We created ‘Bouncing Back’ as a platform to learn from each other in dealing with tough times and building resilience.
Ann Francke
CEO at CMI

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Leadership Lessons Learned in Bouncing Back and Building Resilience

The final panellists in CMI’s Bouncing Back series, Rachel Lowe, Charlotte Proudman and Stephen Robertson reflect on the leadership lessons their challenges taught them in bouncing back. From bankruptcy, online sexism and the collapse of Woolworths, the lessons learned by these high-profile leaders can help managers to develop the tools, techniques and traits to better prepare them to deal with adversity and build managerial resilience.
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Lord Browne of Madingley

The former chief executive of BP, Lord Browne, famously resigned from the oil giant after being “outed” by the press. Lord Browne shares the lessons his experience taught him on how business interacts with society, what the relationship means for corporate success and the importance of inclusion and diversity...
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Nick Leeson

Most of us have made mistakes in our careers; few can claim to have brought down a financial institution. Nick Leeson’s life famously fell apart after racking up £862m in unsecured losses while working as 25-year-old trader at Barings Bank...
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Ivan Massow

Pioneering financial services entrepreneur, political activist and media personality Ivan Massow speaks candidly about how he overcame business disasters and the lessons he learnt that propelled him back to success...
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