The Business of Being Brilliant podcast
S10 E11: 'How to move away from Command and Control’ with Amrit Singh
Monday 9 June 2025
About this episode
What does it really take to move away from ‘command and control’ and lead with freedom in a fast-growing, distributed organisation? In this episode I explore how leaders can balance consistency with local flexibility, avoid burnout during ambitious growth, and help managers thrive in a culture of delegated leadership.
My guest is Amrit Singh, Chief Operating Officer at the National Institute of Teaching, who brings a wealth of financial and operational expertise from a Finance Director role at Deutsche Bank and now leads transformation at one of the UK’s newest Higher Education Institutes.
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