Enda McNulty, ex-footballer, author, and CEO. “The best leaders have an ego, but they have it tamed.” Enda discusses the personality formula for the best CEO’s

In this episode, we interview Enda McNulty, global Performance Coach, ex Footballer, and Author of Commit2Lead. We bring you a leadership masterclass covering the topics in Enda’s book, such as Self-awareness, Resilience, Well-being, Optimism, Ego, and Empathy, and how each trait plays a role in the day-to-day leadership of your company, teams, and most importantly, yourself. We get an insight into the formula for the greatest CEO type.

Enda shares his experience of living with regret during his football years, career, and personal life and how facing this spurred him to strive for more. Enda shares tools and tactics from his years of coaching CEOs to be the best high-performing version of themselves.

We hope you take as much away from Enda’s interview as we did.

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Enda’s Book List:

Commit – Make your mind and body stronger

Commit 2 Lead – Unlock your true leadership potential https://mcnultyperformance.com/resources/books/

 

Time stamps

0:46:55 Enda’s start in life, early years growing up in the troubles and influences in his life.

0:41:21 What it means to call yourself an Entrepreneur. Attributes and characteristics

09:15 Enda discusses humbling experiences in his childhood and, most recently 10:30 Dealing with regret in Enda’s business career, sporting career and personal life

13:55 Enda’s Book Commit to Lead masterclass on Leading Self. Self-awareness, Resilience, Well-being, Optimism, Ego, and Empathy

14:45 Enda discusses Self-awareness and how it plays a role in achieving more

18:35 How can a CEO know their real strengths

21:45 Discussing optimism as a superpower and how grounded optimism is crucial

23:00 Changing the view of the career ladder

27:07 Understanding resilience and perception of why resilience is important as a leader

27:20 The intel resilience training project

30:01 Understanding well-being and what is the fundamental message in Enda’s book about well-being in your career

36:57 Understanding Ego and how understanding your ego will drive your leadership skills

40:24 What is empathy in leadership, and how to harness emotional intelligence in your career

44:05 Three fun questions to wrap up the interview

 

Enda's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/enda-mcnulty-18302524/

Sarah's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-mcgrath/

 

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