The Connected Leadership Podcast

Andy Lopata

andy@lopata.co.uk

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Booking Overview

This leadership and professional-relationships show helps listeners navigate mentoring, sponsorship, and how to lead teams effectively when structures change. For PR pros, it’s a credible platform for guests who can translate relationship strategy into real career and organizational outcomes.

Metrics

Episodes: 249

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: United Kingdom

YouTube: 903 subscribers

Instagram: 438 followers

Contact Information

andy@lopata.co.uk

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Host

Andy Lopata - In the podcast description and episode blurbs, Andy Lopata is positioned as a speaker and author exploring great professional relationships with experts and high achievers worldwide.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established authors/speakers or recognized leaders/experts (often with OBE honors) in mentoring, workplace leadership, human potential, and/or social enterprise/organizational strategy.
Required Achievements:  
Founder of a mentoring or professional development organization, Senior leadership role in a major social enterprise, Expert recognition in human potential or leadership, Authorship as a speaker and subject-matter authority

Recent Guest Discussions

Kerrie Dorman - Mentoring Ecosystem And Practical Frameworks For Using Mentors/sponsors To Advance Careers.

Vanessa Vallely OBE - Mentoring Vs Coaching Vs Sponsorship; How To Ask Executives For Mentorship; Building A Personal Boardroom Of Support.

Nigel Kershaw OBE - Leading With Purpose; Interdependent Stakeholder Relationships; Scaling Impact And Using Disruption To Drive Innovation.

Nikki Bush - Leading Through Hybrid Work; Autonomy And Intrapreneurship; Reducing Meeting-itis; Intentional One-on-ones.

Recent Topics

Leadership, Mentoring, Career, Workplace, Sponsorship

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Connected Leadership Podcast
:

The Toxic Positivity Trap with Paul McGee

June 29, 2026

Does your pursuit of happiness actually make you miserable? In a world obsessed with Instagram-perfect lives and self-help gurus promising a "magic bullet," it's easy to feel like you are failing if you aren't constantly happy. In this refreshing and deeply honest archive episode, Andy Lopata speaks with Paul McGee (aka "The SUMO Guy"), author of The Happiness Revolution. Bringing his trademark "Mancunian, no-bull" perspective to personal development, Paul dismantles the myth of toxic positi...

The Mentor, The Coach, and The Sponsor with Vanessa Vallely OBE & Kerrie Dorman

June 22, 2026

Are you trying to advance your career, but unsure who to ask for help? Have you ever wondered if you need a mentor, a coach, or a sponsor—and what the difference actually is? In this episode from the archive, Andy Lopata sits down with two giants of the mentoring world: Vanessa Vallely OBE (founder of WeAreTheCity) and Kerrie Dorman (founder of the Association of Business Mentors). Together, they dismantle the confusion surrounding these crucial professional relationships. Discover the "CCM...

A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out with Nigel Kershaw OBE

June 15, 2026

When The Big Issue launched in 1991, it didn't just introduce a new publication; it fundamentally changed the face of homelessness. By offering a "hand up, not a hand out," it turned vulnerable individuals into micro-entrepreneurs and challenged the traditional charity model. In this inspiring episode from the archive, Andy Lopata speaks with Nigel Kershaw, Chairman of The Big Issue Group, about the incredible 30-year journey of this iconic social enterprise. Nigel shares the origin story—sp...

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