<![CDATA[Becoming: Leadership Stories for the Middle]]>Welcome to Becoming, a storytelling‑driven podcast that explores the real, often untold pathway into school senior leadership. The series steps away from conversations about strategy at the top and instead shines a light on the middle. The messy, formative, deeply human stage of leadership growth.

Each episode features a respected school leader reflecting on the early steps, doubts, mentors, mistakes, and defining moments that shaped their leadership long before senior leadership. These are honest, grounded conversations designed to support middle leaders, aspiring leaders, and teachers who feel the pull toward something more.

If you’ve ever wondered what it really looks like to take that first leap into leadership, navigate shifting relationships, or grow through challenge and uncertainty, this podcast is for you.

Listen on your favourite platform and follow along for new episodes, insights, and reflections on the art and reality of becoming a leader.

]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Wed, 20 May 2026 19:49:58 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2026 21:54:21 GMT60Benjamin Potter<p>Welcome to Becoming, a storytelling‑driven podcast that explores the real, often untold pathway into school senior leadership. The series steps away from conversations about strategy at the top and instead shines a light on the middle. The messy, formative, deeply human stage of leadership growth.<br /><br />Each episode features a respected school leader reflecting on the early steps, doubts, mentors, mistakes, and defining moments that shaped their leadership long before senior leadership. These are honest, grounded conversations designed to support middle leaders, aspiring leaders, and teachers who feel the pull toward something more.<br /><br />If you’ve ever wondered what it really looks like to take that first leap into leadership, navigate shifting relationships, or grow through challenge and uncertainty, this podcast is for you.<br /><br />Listen on your favourite platform and follow along for new episodes, insights, and reflections on the art and reality of becoming a leader.</p>episodicBenjamin Potterbecoming.lsm@gmail.comno<![CDATA[Becoming: Episode 1 - Robert Teague]]>In the very first episode of Becoming, I sit down with Robert Teague, my former boss and the Headmaster of an all-boys Catholic school in London.

Robert is the leader who gave me my first ongoing Middle Leadership opportunity, and it was a privilege to reconnect with him and hear his reflections on his own journey through Middle Leadership.

Robert’s wisdom, humility, and clarity around what middle leaders must navigate are as compelling today as they were when I first learned from him.

A dedicated and deeply caring school leader with decades of experience, Robert offers insights that will resonate with anyone stepping into, or growing within, the Middle.

I’m excited to share this conversation, and I encourage you to tune in and learn from someone who has shaped countless leaders, myself included.

]]>01bd7b97-8510-4ae3-9c20-c9e20f3e0cdeMon, 18 May 2026 22:03:10 GMT<p>In the very first episode of Becoming, I sit down with Robert Teague, my former boss and the Headmaster of an all-boys Catholic school in London.</p><p></p><p>Robert is the leader who gave me my first ongoing Middle Leadership opportunity, and it was a privilege to reconnect with him and hear his reflections on his own journey through Middle Leadership.</p><p></p><p>Robert’s wisdom, humility, and clarity around what middle leaders must navigate are as compelling today as they were when I first learned from him.</p><p></p><p>A dedicated and deeply caring school leader with decades of experience, Robert offers insights that will resonate with anyone stepping into, or growing within, the Middle.</p><p></p><p>I’m excited to share this conversation, and I encourage you to tune in and learn from someone who has shaped countless leaders, myself included.</p>no00:38:59Becoming: Episode 1 - Robert Teaguefull