This is part of Season 3 of the SBLGuru Podcast where we read the articles so you dont have to. By listening to the podcast it can help you to prepare for the ACCA Strategic Business Leader (SBL) exam
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Summary of the podcast
The podcast “Responsible Leadership” explores what it means to lead effectively and ethically in a rapidly changing business environment, distinguishing genuine responsible leadership (RL) from traditional corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Responsible leadership is described as a mindset shift—not just smart strategy but long-term, values-driven decision-making. Unlike CSR, which focuses on minimizing harm, RL requires proactive positive impact. It involves meeting performance goals without harming people or the planet.
Three core behaviors define responsible leaders:
Serving broader needs – looking beyond personal or corporate interests.
Moral accountability – examining the societal and ethical implications of each decision, not hiding behind legality.
Long-term focus – rejecting short-term profit bias to ensure sustainable prosperity.
By embodying these behaviors, leaders build trust, portrayed as the ultimate strategic asset that enhances reputation, attracts talent and investors, and improves resilience.
A detailed thought experiment illustrates the concept. A car company that treats workers well and sells eco-friendly vehicles might seem responsible but still fall short if it ignores:
The environment – responsible leaders consider silent stakeholders like ecosystems and natural resources.
Ethical sourcing – verifying supply chains for human rights and biodiversity impacts.
End-of-life processes (ELV) – recycling and remanufacturing cars to prevent waste and pollution.
Workforce development – continuous professional development (CPD) to sustain innovation.
Corporate ethics – transparency in emissions reporting, paying fair taxes, and taking responsibility for faults.
True RL is thus a systemic commitment—embedding sustainability, ethics, and equity into core business design.
Embedding RL requires top-down cultural commitment from CEOs and boards but also decentralized ownership from every leader. The model cited (Mack & Plus, 2006) defines responsible leaders as stewards, citizens, coaches, visionaries, and storytellers, shaping shared purpose across teams.
Accountants and finance professionals play a key role by adopting integrated reporting, combining financial and non-financial metrics (social, human, and natural capital). This helps measure the real value of sustainable decisions beyond immediate profit.
The episode provides examples such as companies that introduced four-day workweeks and saw up to 40% productivity gains, lower turnover, and stronger morale—all proof that responsible behaviors drive both ethical and economic outcomes.
Ultimately, the hosts argue that public value creation isn’t limited to government—private firms must actively contribute to societal wellbeing. The lasting question posed: If responsible leadership yields trust, innovation, loyalty, and resilience, what hidden costs are organizations paying for short-term irresponsibility?
Meaning and Core PrinciplesCase Study: Car ManufacturerOrganizational Culture and RolesLong-Term Rewards
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This is another episode in season 1 of the SBL Guru Podcast where we take a topic from the ACCA Strategic Business Leader exam and apply it in a real life company. This episode of the SBL Guru Podcast explores how the dramatic rise and collapse of Theranos, led by Elizabeth Holmes, offers a real-world study in corporate governance failures. Host Marty Windle connects key ACCA Strategic Business Leader (SBL) Corproate Governance topics —like accountability, transparency, and board oversight—to the company's downfall.
The podcast can help you prepare for your ACCA SBl exam. If you need more help contact the SBLguru at www.sblguru.com
Episode summary
Theranos promised to revolutionize medical testing with a single drop of blood but unraveled due to a vacuum of governance controls. Its board lacked scientific expertise, leaving executives unchecked. Non-executive directors failed to challenge Holmes, committees for audit and remuneration were nonexistent, and transparency was replaced by secrecy. As a result, regulators were misled, patients were endangered, and the company collapsed following media and legal investigations—culminating in fraud convictions for Holmes and COO Sunny Balwani.
This episode breaks down how poor diversity, weak oversight, and absent accountability mechanisms at Theranos demonstrate the importance of effective corporate governance—and how these lessons apply directly to ACCA SBL exam preparation
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The ACCA Strategic Business Leader (SBL) exam is all about real-world application and professional communication. Success isn’t just about technical knowledge—it’s about how effectively you present your answers.
In this video, we’ll explore the different formats of communication that candidates are expected to use in the exam, and how to apply them professionally to maximize marks.
🔑 What you’ll learn:
The importance of professional skills in the SBL exam
How to structure and present:
• Reports
• Emails, memos, and letters
• Briefing notes/papers
• Presentations & slide notes
• Press releases
• Project Initiation Documents (PIDs)
Key tips for tone, clarity, and strategic-level communication
How to earn professional skills marks by using the correct format
💡 Remember: Communication is one of the five professional skills assessed in SBL—but strong, clear, and professional communication is vital in every requirement.
This is another podcast that allows you to listen to ACCA SBL ( Strategic Business Leader Articles) . The focuses on two importatnt areas of the SBL syllabus culture and technology.
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This is part of season 3 of the SBlguru podcast, where we take an ACCA SBL Article and turn it into a podcast using AI.
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This is part of Season 3 where we use AI to create a podcast based on ACCA SBL ( Strategic Business Leader) Article
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This is part of our ACCA Strategy in Real life. This will take a theory or model from the ACCA SBL (Strategic Business Leader Exam) and apply it to a real company.
Today to link to the ACCA SBL Pre Seen September 2025 case study, we focus on the marketing mix in the Meal kit business using the market leader "Hello Fresh"
This may help you with some useful tips for Menu Craft case study.
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This episode is designed for those taking the ACCA Strategic Business Leader exam. This series takes models from the ACCA SBL syllabus and uses them in real companies.
This episode focuses on using AI in the Meal Kit business and may provide important tips for those taking ACCA September 2025 exam as the Pre-seen is based on Menu Craft a Meal kit business
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This is another episode in our strategy in Real Life series which takes a model from the ACCA SBL Syllabus and seeks to apply this real life companies or organisations.
Today we focus on a show company Timberland and seek to apply the POPIT model from the ACCA syllabus.
The may be useful if you are sitting the June 2025 exam where the Pre-seen was based on a shoe comapny
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SBL ( Strategic Business Leader ) takes the models from the ACCA SBl exam and seeks to apply them in real companies.
In light of the Pre-seen Case Study ( June 2025) Dearn , i have produced a podcast that applies the value chain in the shoe industry. This should give you some useful tips to understand the ACCA SBL Pre-Seen and the Industry.
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This is a part of our SBL in Real Life series that takes an element of the ACCA Strategic Business Leader Syllabus and seeks to apply it to a real company.
The podcast will help those studying the SBL( Strategic Business Leader) exam by providing tips on applying models in the ACCA SBL exam.
This episode covers the ACCA Syllabus area of Baldridge and seeks to use this model in Toyota
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This is a part of our SBL in Real Life series that takes an element of the ACCA Strategic Business Leader Syllabus and seeks to apply it to a real company. The podcast will help those studying the SBL exam by providing tips on applying models in the ACCA SBL exam.If you need further help, visit www.martywindle.com/links or www.sblguru.com
This podcast provides another episode of Strategy in Real Life which takes models from the ACCA Strategic Business Leader (SBL) exam and seeks to apply them in Real Life Organisations.
This episode takes the BCG Model for anlaysising the company portfolio and applies this in a company called Uniliver.
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This podcast may be useful for those taking the Strategic Business Leader March Exam and the "Historic Places" Case Study. It focuses on raudCharity Organisaitons and how to prevent it.
This may contain important information and tips for the March 2025 Strategic Business Leader (SBL) exam.
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The podcast will focus on taking elements of the ACCA Strategic Business Leader Syllabus and applying them in Real Organisations.
In this episode, we take a model in which students performed very badly in a previous exam., Harmon's Matrix and apply it in several companies including McDonalds.
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This podcast is part of the SBL in Real Life Season and will focus on marketing in a service organisation and will apply this to Events management.
This may be useful to answer the Pre-Seen Case Study Rodnim
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This is part of the Strategy in Real Life Season in which we take a concept from the exam and apply in Real Organisations. In this episode, we look at Ethical Issues in Events Management.
This may help with the December 2024 ACA SBL Pre-Seen Case Study Rodnim.
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This is the latest episode of SBL (Strategic Business Leader) Strategy in Real Life series
We focus on the Leadership Part of the SBL Syllabus and seek to understand how the new Leadership at Uber was able to change the culture.
If your are taking the SBL Exam in September this could be very useful to answer the Pre-seen Case study Beago.
This podcast is part of the Strategy in Real Life Series where we take elements of the SBL Syllabus and apply them in Real Life companies.This focus on ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility at Uber
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This podcast is very useful for those taking the September 2024 SBL ( Strategic Business Leader Exam) as it will help you to analyse and give you tips to handle the Pre-Seen Case Study Beago.
The is the latest Podcast from Marty Windle SBL Guru in which we take models from the SBL ( Strategic Buniness Leader Exam and apply them in Real Organisations.
This podcast looks at how Uber uses Big Data to gain a Competitive Advantage and could be very useful to analyse the Pre-Seen Case for September 2024. This may provide tips that could be used in your exam.
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