IT’S NOT SO LONELY AT THE TOP
IT’S NOT SO LONELY AT THE TOP
Podcast Description
Join us for a unique and inspiring podcast hosted by Pete Rushmer. Launched to bring together innovative minds and encourage collaborative growth for business owners and leaders.
The podcast is crafted to enable leaders to develop forward-thinking, personal development and growth. Empowering you, the leader to fulfil your potential.
INSLATT Podcast is released fortnightly on a Wednesday morning at 6am, so please subscribe to make sure you don’t miss an episode.
About the INSLATT Podcast;
INSLATT – It’s Not So Lonely At The Top
Being at the top can be exhilarating… but also isolating. The INSLATT podcast is your antidote to lonely leadership. Hosted by Pete Rushmer – founder of Flagship Partners, TEDx Speaker, coach and high-performance advocate. This podcast brings together raw, real and inspiring conversations with leaders who’ve felt the pressure, faced the silence, and found strength in sharing the journey.
Whether you’re running a business, managing a team, or just striving to be better, INSLATT explores the highs, lows and honest truths of leading from the front. With practical insights, bold stories, and a whole lot of heart, you’ll feel part of a community that gets it.
Because at the top, you don’t have to be alone – not anymore.
About your host Pete Rushmer;
I’m Pete Rushmer – founder of Flagship Partners and now TEDx Speaker and Coach. I am someone who’s been in the thick of it: growing businesses, leading teams, and learning (sometimes the hard way) that success can feel pretty lonely at the top.
That’s why I created INSLATT – a podcast for business owners, leaders and high-performers who want to thrive without burning out. Each week, I dive into real, unfiltered conversations with inspiring guests and share lessons I’ve picked up from my own journey through corporate chaos, entrepreneurial graft, and the pursuit of something greater.
If you’re hungry for personal growth, bold leadership, and connection with people who just get it, then you’re in the right place.
Because the truth is; it’s not so lonely at the top… when we talk about it and share our experiences.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast centers on themes of leadership, personal development, and business growth, featuring episodes that delve into topics like the challenges of high-stakes decision-making and interviews with industry leaders such as Mark Shortland, who discusses revolutionizing retail lighting. The content highlights practical strategies on performance, mindset, and wellbeing.
Join us for a unique and inspiring podcast hosted by Pete Rushmer. Launched to bring together innovative minds and encourage collaborative growth for business owners and leaders.
The podcast is crafted to enable leaders to develop forward-thinking, personal development and growth. Empowering you, the leader to fulfil your potential.
INSLATT Podcast is released fortnightly on a Wednesday morning at 6am, so please subscribe to make sure you don’t miss an episode.
About the INSLATT Podcast;
INSLATT – It’s Not So Lonely At The Top
Being at the top can be exhilarating… but also isolating. The INSLATT podcast is your antidote to lonely leadership. Hosted by Pete Rushmer – founder of Flagship Partners, TEDx Speaker, coach and high-performance advocate. This podcast brings together raw, real and inspiring conversations with leaders who’ve felt the pressure, faced the silence, and found strength in sharing the journey.
Whether you’re running a business, managing a team, or just striving to be better, INSLATT explores the highs, lows and honest truths of leading from the front. With practical insights, bold stories, and a whole lot of heart, you’ll feel part of a community that gets it.
Because at the top, you don’t have to be alone – not anymore.
About your host Pete Rushmer;
I’m Pete Rushmer – founder of Flagship Partners and now TEDx Speaker and Coach. I am someone who’s been in the thick of it: growing businesses, leading teams, and learning (sometimes the hard way) that success can feel pretty lonely at the top.
That’s why I created INSLATT – a podcast for business owners, leaders and high-performers who want to thrive without burning out. Each week, I dive into real, unfiltered conversations with inspiring guests and share lessons I’ve picked up from my own journey through corporate chaos, entrepreneurial graft, and the pursuit of something greater.
If you’re hungry for personal growth, bold leadership, and connection with people who just get it, then you’re in the right place.
Because the truth is; it’s not so lonely at the top… when we talk about it and share our experiences.
This one’s a bit different.
Because this time… it’s me on the other side of the conversation.
No frameworks. No polished answers. Just the truth about where I’m at right now.
I’m at a point where I know what I should be doing; more coaching, more speaking, building the podcast…doing the work that genuinely lights me up.
And yet… I’m still stuck in the day-to-day.
Still holding on. Still in control.
In this episode, we unpack that tension—the gap between knowing and doing.
We get into:
Why I’m shifting my focus toward coaching and the podcast—and what’s pulling me there
The honest struggle with letting go of Flagship’s day-to-day, even when I know it’s the right move
The fear that creeps in… “What if I let go and it all falls apart?”
Why chasing podcast numbers doesn’t sit right with me—and what I care about instead
And how vulnerability, as uncomfortable as it is, might actually be the unlock for better leadership
There’s a moment in here where it really hits me…
Sometimes the thing keeping you stuck isn’t a lack of strategy—
it’s the part of you that still needs to feel in control.
If you’re a business owner who knows you need to step up, step back, or step differently…
this one will probably feel uncomfortably familiar.
About the Guest
Cassandra Andrews is a therapeutic coach, speaker and author of the bestselling book Unlearning Masculinity: Redefining Success for High Achieving Men Over 40. She works with high-performing men who look successful on the outside but privately feel stuck, disconnected or trapped.
Blending practical psychology, neuroscience and deep coaching, she helps clients find clarity, purpose and emotional freedom.
Her clients include FTSE 100 CEOs, entrepreneurs, elite sports professionals, Harvard academics and founders of multi-million-pound businesses. At the heart of her work is a simple aim – to help men create the life they actually want not the one they think they should want.
🎧 Perfect for listeners interested in:
Entrepreneurship, service business growth, leadership, scaling trades businesses, sales strategies, and building a high-performance team.
Join the Community:
Interested in joining Pete and other high-performing leaders in the Mastermind? Find out more about how we challenge and support each other at https://www.inslatt.co.uk/mastermind/.
ABOUT
🎙️ The INSLATT Podcast – It’s Not So Lonely At The Top
Running a business can feel like steering a ship through choppy seas… and sometimes, the captain’s chair gets lonely. That’s why the INSLATT Podcast exists — to bring together bold, brilliant business leaders who get it.
Whether you’re leading a growing team, managing risk, or simply carrying the weight of high-stakes decisions, this podcast is your safe harbour. Every episode dives into honest, energising conversations with business owners and performance experts who’ve been there, done it, and got the T-shirt.
🎧 Why Listen?
Learn from real-world stories and leadership lessons that don’t make it into the textbooks.
Discover practical tools to lead with purpose, clarity and momentum.
Explore topics like performance, mindset, wellbeing, risk, resilience motivation, and culture — all with a down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach.
Feel part of a community of leaders who want to grow without the ego.
🧭 This isn’t just another business podcast. It’s fuel for your leadership journey.
📍 Where to Listen & Learn More:
🔗 INSLATT Podcast is available on YouTube AND your favourite podcast app. Remember to SUBSCRIBE
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🌍 Learn more at https://www.inslatt.co.uk/
New episodes are released weekly on a Wednesday at 6am
Your host is Pete Rushmer – https://www.peterushmer.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterushmer/
Your guest today is Cassandra Andrews –
https://www.cassandraandrews.com/scorecard
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandraandrews
The podcast is bought to you by ‘It’s not so lonely at the top’ thank you for listening.
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