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Business Leaders Podcast

How do great leaders inspire others, bring ideas to life and deal with setbacks? Join your host Mike Sassi in conversation with business leaders to explore the stories, leadership lessons and actionable advice to help you excel in your career.

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Latest episode: Debbie Hewitt MBE - Resilience, perspective and accountability: Insights from The FA's first female chair

Debbie Hewitt MBE is Chair of the English Football Association and Vice President of FIFA. But she has also enjoyed a hugely successful business career, lasting more than four decades. In Episode 28 of the Nottingham Business School's Business Leaders' Podcast, she talks about her first job, at M&S in Newark - and how it gave her an unfortunate chip on her shoulder. She also describes the business failures that have helped prepare her for her FA role. And in a candid interview, she tells Visiting Honorary Professor Mike Sassi how she almost ended up working for the Professional Footballers Association.

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