Pivot points powered by Brandpie
Pivot points powered by Brandpie
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Welcome to Pivot points powered by Brandpie. The podcast that delves deep into the expertise of visionary leaders who’ve successfully taken their business, through a complex pivotal moment to unlock growth. Each episode we'll share with you how CEOs handle these critical inflection points, from leadership changes, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures to jumping an ‘S’ Curve or making a category pivot to drive future success. Pivot Points is for C-Suite executives and anyone aspiring to leadership who want to learn how the emotional levers of change – purpose, brand and culture – are critical to successfully navigating a pivotal moment. Successfully working through a pivotal moment for your business requires great leadership, coupled with clarity of purpose, ambition and strategy. Pivot points will aim to go deep on these topics to help you understand how great leaders excite people to drive change to create and build long term value – for their company, their people, their shareholders and for society.
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The podcast focuses on critical inflection points faced by C-Suite executives, covering themes such as leadership transitions, mergers, acquisitions, sustainability, and cultural change. Episodes include discussions on navigating the clean energy transition, the emotional dynamics of organizational change, and the importance of purpose-driven decision-making.

Welcome to Pivot points powered by Brandpie. The podcast that delves deep into the expertise of visionary leaders who’ve successfully taken their business, through a complex pivotal moment to unlock growth.
Each episode we’ll share with you how CEOs handle these critical inflection points, from leadership changes, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures to jumping an ‘S’ Curve or making a category pivot to drive future success.
Pivot Points is for C-Suite executives and anyone aspiring to leadership who want to learn how the emotional levers of change – purpose, brand and culture – are critical to successfully navigating a pivotal moment.
Successfully working through a pivotal moment for your business requires great leadership, coupled with clarity of purpose, ambition and strategy. Pivot points will aim to go deep on these topics to help you understand how great leaders excite people to drive change to create and build long term value – for their company, their people, their shareholders and for society.
It’s impossible to doubt Emma Dagnes’s commitment to Alexandra Palace.
As CEO of Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust, she oversees a multi-faceted organisation that sees over 5 million people interact with it each year.
‘Ally Pally’ is about more than just the building – with an ice rink, a pub, an events venue, and a huge park to manage, the survival of Alexandra Palace relies on a monumental, united effort from the entire organisation.
What follows in today’s episode is a powerful framework for galvanising vast teams around a radical vision, and building something that lasts centuries, not quarters…
You will learn:
- How Emma turned redundancy, rejection and dyslexia into pivotal drivers of her leadership career
- Why she chose to delay launching a bold new vision for Alexandra Palace – and the steps she took to get the organisation truly ready
- How to create a “golden thread” from purpose and vision through to team goals
- How to galvanise an organisation around shared values and exceptional experiences
- What modern, empathetic leadership looks like when you’re stewarding a cultural “forever asset”
🔑 Key Themes
- Turning Setbacks into Pivotal Moments
- Leadership Built from the Bottom Up
- Designing and Delaying Vision with Intent
- Galvanising a Complex, Lean Organisation
- Building a ‘Forever Asset’ in a Changing World
Emma Dagnes OBE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-dagnes-obe-1243b823/
Alexandra Palace
https://www.alexandrapalace.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/yourallypally/
Connect with Dave Allen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveallenbrandpie/
Learn more about Brandpie: https://www.brandpie.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/brandpie/

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