The Livestream Series · 2026

Conversations with
the people shaping
modern leadership.

Unscripted. In depth. Recorded live. A curated collection of conversations with the CEOs, CFOs and thinkers building the most admired organisations in the world.

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New · WCM Livestream

World Class Cultures.

With Stef du Plessis and Steve Simpson

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Series One · In association with ACCA

The journey to
the top job.

Five conversations with CFOs and CEOs who have reached the summit of global business. On how they got there, and what they have learned along the way.

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No. 01

In association with

Journey to CFO

The path that actually gets you to CFO.

A candid conversation with the Co-CEO of Leathwaite, the global search firm placing the world's most senior finance leaders. On what makes a modern CFO, and the route that actually gets them there.

Martha Harvey-Jones Co-CEO, Leathwaite

No. 02

In association with

Journey to CFO

Inside the £2.5 billion engine room of British food.

Seven and a half thousand people. One balance sheet. The CFO steering Bidcorp UK through inflation, post-Brexit supply chains and a hospitality sector in permanent flux, on the discipline and the instinct it takes.

Alison Brogan CFO, Bidcorp UK

No. 03

In association with

Journey to CEO

Leading a nation's largest insurer, quietly.

Pioneer Insurance has protected Filipino families for more than seventy years. Its CEO on the values-led leadership style he has refused to trade for fashion, and why the quietest voice in the room is often the one worth listening to.

Lorenzo Chan CEO, Pioneer Insurance

No. 04

In association with

Journey to CEO

Carrying a 175 year institution into the next century.

Saffron Building Society was founded in 1849 and still answers to its members, not a stock market. A conversation with the CEO on mutual values, modern finance and what it takes to lead an organisation older than the lightbulb.

Colin Field CEO, Saffron Building Society

No. 05

In association with

Journey to CEO

Forty five thousand people. One shared standard.

Crowe Global is the eighth largest accounting network on Earth. Its CEO on what it actually takes to run a six and a half billion dollar professional services firm across more than 150 countries, and the quiet revolution reshaping the industry from the inside.

Kamel Abouchacra CEO, Crowe Global

Series Two · World Class Manager

Ideas, data, and the
future of management.

Seven deep dives into the ideas, research and provocations shaping how the best organisations manage, lead and grow today.

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No. 12

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World Class Cultures.

Culture is no longer a soft topic. It is the most powerful lever a leader has, and the one most often pulled badly. A frank session with two of the world's most respected voices on culture and behaviour, on what genuinely world-class cultures look like in 2026, what destroys them, and the practical moves leaders can make to build one that actually endures.

Stef du Plessis & Steve Simpson Global authorities on culture

No. 11

Presented by

WCM Livestream

How to lead change. Differently.

Most change programmes fail. Not because the strategy is wrong, but because the humans delivering it have been asked to carry too much, too fast, with too little. A candid look at what great change leaders do differently, and the one shift that makes transformation actually stick.

How to Lead Change A WCM Original

No. 07

Presented by

WCM Livestream

Five things that will define your career this year.

AI is reshaping every role. Flat structures are collapsing traditional career ladders. Reputation now travels at the speed of LinkedIn. An unflinching look at the superpowers that will separate the people who thrive in 2026 from the ones who get left behind.

Career Building Superpowers A WCM Original

No. 08

Presented by

WCM Livestream

On the front line, and everything that comes after.

Former Met Police commander and best-selling author John Sutherland spent a career running towards what the rest of us run from. A searching conversation on leadership under real pressure, the cost of service, and the future of the people who keep the country safe.

John Sutherland Author and former Commander

No. 06

Presented by

WCM Livestream

Great management, made repeatable.

Every organisation has a few brilliant managers. The problem is that brilliance rarely scales. A provocative session on how the world's best companies codify, teach and multiply the habits that turn great managers into the norm, not the exception.

Scaling Great Management A WCM Original

No. 09

Presented by

WCM Research

What the data really says about your managers.

Thousands of assessments. Dozens of organisations. One uncomfortable truth about who is actually running your business. An unfiltered look at what our latest research reveals about the state of management today, and the patterns leaders cannot afford to ignore.

Inside the Data A WCM Research Session

No. 10

Presented by

WCM Livestream

The AI powered manager is already here.

Dr Hayk Hakobyan, CEO of InsightGenie, on the arrival of the manager who is augmented, advised and assessed by artificial intelligence in real time. What it means for leadership, for teams, and for the people whose jobs have just quietly changed forever.

Hayk Hakobyan CEO, InsightGenie

About the Host

Our CEO, Wayne Clarke.

Founder of World Class Manager. Author. BBC contributor. Oxford lecturer. Twenty five years spent studying what separates the world's best managers from the rest.

After training 250,000 managers across 50 countries, Kogan Page, the world's leading independent business publisher, approached Wayne and invited him to write the book that would become the intellectual framework behind every World Class Manager programme.

Grounded in real world data from over 1,000 organisations globally, the book has become an Amazon Top 100 MBA Bestseller for three consecutive years. The Arabic edition is published by Jarir Bookstore in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Amazon Top 100 MBA Bestseller Three consecutive years

English Edition

How to Become a World Class Manager

The definitive guide to managing and leading people at the highest level.

London

Arabic Edition

النسخة العربية

Published for the Middle East market. Available at Jarir Bookstore, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Riyadh, KSA

Meet the Team

The people behind every conversation.

A global team of practitioners, partners, and advisors spanning four continents. The senior leaders featured in our livestreams are part of this wider network of people building World Class Manager.

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Wayne Clarke

Founder & CEO

United Kingdom

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Ashley Price

Director of Operations

United Kingdom

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Rose Leach

Client Director

United Kingdom

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Sarah-Leigh Parkinson

Client Partner

South Africa

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Jazlin Rosewitz

Client Partner

South Africa

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Ismail Haznedar

Partner

Türkiye

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Mark Vegh

Partner

United Kingdom

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Erin Bouwen

Partner

Netherlands

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AbdulElah Alhadidi

Partner

Saudi Arabia

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Davaasuren Byambachuluun

Partner

Mongolia

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Demberel Dorjchuluun

Advisor

Mongolia

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Tracey Turmel

Coaching Partner

Jersey

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Penny Aspden

Coaching Partner

United Kingdom

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Paul Rossiter

Public Health Partner

United Kingdom

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Lesley Roberts

Workforce Advisor

United Kingdom

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Kelly McFadden

Client Partner

United States

The Programme Behind the Series

One philosophy.
Trusted worldwide.

The conversations you have just watched sit at the heart of a much larger body of work. World Class Manager is an award-winning management development system built on two and a half decades of research, practice and refinement.

27 modules. 270 practical tools. CPD accredited. Three delivery models for different scales and stages of leader. The same programme trusted by HSBC, the BBC, LNER, Transport for London, global governments and more than a thousand organisations across six continents.

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Conversations with the people shaping modern leadership.

The journey tothe top job.

The path that actually gets you to CFO.

Inside the £2.5 billion engine room of British food.

Leading a nation's largest insurer, quietly.

Carrying a 175 year institution into the next century.

Forty five thousand people. One shared standard.

Ideas, data, and thefuture of management.

World Class Cultures.

How to lead change. Differently.

Five things that will define your career this year.

On the front line, and everything that comes after.

Great management, made repeatable.

What the data really says about your managers.

The AI powered manager is already here.

Our CEO, Wayne Clarke.

The people behind every conversation.

One philosophy.Trusted worldwide.

Three ways to take the next step.

Find out more.

See it in action.

Try before you commit.

Great management,made accessible.

Conversations with
the people shaping
modern leadership.

The journey to
the top job.

Ideas, data, and the
future of management.

One philosophy.
Trusted worldwide.

Great management,
made accessible.