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Beyond Potential is an entertaining, informative, and immersive podcast about how individuals, teams, and organisations, can maximise their performance and be at their absolute best. If you’re a CEO, Chief HR Officer, senior leader, or just aspire to become more effective, and happier in your role, then this is the podcast for you.
Hosted by Tom Emery of HEX and Tom Mason of Potentia, we provide our own observations and expertise, and hear from diverse and interesting guests with great stories.
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We have a website dedicated to Beyond Potential at www.beyond-potential.co.uk and you can email us at info@beyond-potential.co.uk. You can also find out more about HEX and Potentia at www.hex-development.com and www.potentia-leadership.com. However you’d like to contact us, we’d love to hear from you.
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Jun 5, 2026
Jun 5, 2026
30 min
In this episode of Beyond Potential, Tom Emery and Tom Mason are joined by Max Klau, founder of the Centre for Courageous Wholeness, for a powerful conversation on servant leadership, shadow work, self-awareness, and the future of leadership development.
Together, they explore why every leader has both “light” and “shadow”, how unconscious behaviours shape teams and organisations, and why leadership growth starts with inner development, not just external performance.
Max shares insights from his work developing servant leaders across education, politics, and coaching, including the impact of helping leaders confront the gap between who they aspire to be and how they actually show up under pressure.
The conversation also explores:
- Why self-awareness alone isn’t enough
- How shadow shows up in leadership and organisational culture
- The relationship between coaching, integrity, and emotional responsibility
- Why AI is making inner development more important than ever
- How leaders can build habits of reflection without overcomplicating the process
A thought-provoking episode for leaders, coaches, and anyone interested in conscious leadership and personal growth.
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Max's book: Developing Servant Leaders at Scale
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