196 Jamie Ramsden, CEO, Coach and Author: No One’s Coming to Save You - and No One’s Going to Stop You

As a boy, Jamie Ramsden sat at the foot of the tallest rollercoaster in Europe, too afraid of heights to get on - until he realised the fear was something he’d built himself. That moment became the idea his whole career rests on: most of the limits we run into are self-imposed, not structural. Jamie is an award-winning former CEO, an executive coach, and the author of Let’s Go: How Great Leaders Shape the Future. Over two decades he’s coached hundreds of Fortune 500 C-suite leaders, and developed the Ad Astra leadership model for building leaders who perform sustainably. In this episode, Jamie shares the Unlock Moments that shaped his thinking - from a bohemian childhood watching his musician parents play the pubs of Devon, to the night he challenged a billion-dollar CEO who turned out to be trapped in a life everyone else envied. We talk about why so many brilliant leaders feel imprisoned at the top, why imposter syndrome takes hold, and the simple audit he runs that gives CEOs back as much as twenty hours a week. And we get to his core belief, learned the hard way turning around the worst-performing supplier in his industry: no one is coming to save you - and no one is going to stop you. A conversation about choosing exhilaration over fear, and building a life you’re not trying to escape. The Unlock Moment is hosted by Dr Gary Crotaz, PhD — master interviewer, executive coach and author. Downloaded in over 140 countries. Sign up to The Unlock Moment newsletter at https://tinyurl.com/ywhdaazp Find out more at https://garycrotaz.com and https://theunlockmoment.com Also discover his other podcasts, The Box of Keys and Unlock Your Leadership. Follow, subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts — and connect with Dr Gary on LinkedIn for more leadership insights. Part of The Unlock Moment podcast family.