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37: Relational Leadership: How to Lead Beyond Yourself with Moira Mallon
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- Oct 28, 2025
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Summary
What if leadership wasn’t just about authority, decisions, or overseeing tasks done, but about developing powerful interpersonal relationships to inspire and influence? In this episode, we will explore how Relational Leadership focuses on cultivating trust and connection. We’ll share practical tips on how to build meaningful relationships and navigate complexity, thus transforming our effectiveness as leaders. Learn how to cultivate leadership that is both empathetic while maintaining a standard of high performance and accountability in your team. Moira's biography: Moira Mallon is an expert in seeing beneath the surface and getting to the heart of the problem, which often in organisations is all about people and the dynamics they have with each other. Moira is a certified coach with the International Coaching Federation and for over 20 years has coached hundreds of leaders, including those leading the Christchurch’s post-earthquake rebuild. Her coaching is informed by systemic thinking, emotional development, and transformative tools like The Leadership Circle and a practice in Gestalt Psychotherapy. Whether she’s coaching CEOs, senior executives or rising leaders, Moira brings a fierce belief in the power of human potential. In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following thorny questions: 00:00 - Intro 02:25 - How Moira became a leadership coach focused on leadership development 04:00 - What the emotional experience of leadership means 05:35 - Defining relational leadership 07:55 - How leaders can prioritise connection over control to create psychological safety 10:15 - The physiology behind helpful and unhelpful coping strategies during times of change 13:50 - How leaders can develop presence within an organisation 16:35 - The two key questions to ask wh…