In this first episode of Conversations with Quiet Leaders, Juliet Morris, co-founder of Open Square Ltd, and an award-winning leadership and agile coaching and consultancy, speaks with Professor David J. Harding, owner of The Harding Method.

David is a business management consultant with experience in complex multinationals in often high risk and highly regulated organisations. He helps keep CIO’s relevant in the digital arena and is currently completing a PhD addressing CIO role effectiveness. David describes himself as an accidental quiet leader and explains what that means. David talks about the following topics:

• The importance of meetings before the actual meeting
• How to work with strong personalities
• Criticisms including too quiet and too considerate of others
• The impression of a steady state and calm when in a constant state of chaos
• When you decide to leave the environment you are in
• Is it ok to get angry?
• Emotional intelligence
• How David found his voice
• The reason people are ‘quiet’