
Should Leaders Buy Into Social Issues? Dodging the landmines
Episode #305 // Over the last decade, there’s been a creeping trend for CEOs to weigh in on social issues, making their private stance very public.This has now almost become an expectation of high-pro...
2 Jul 202424min

Moment #75: My Failproof Formula For Speaking Confidently
Moment #75 // Many people rate public speaking as one of their top fears. And even though they may learn to push through and suck it up, it’s only a rare few who actually manage to reach the point of ...
30 Jun 20245min

Hard Work Can’t Outpace Bad Strategy: Q&A with Marty and Em
Episode #304 // There are many things that can go wrong between when we utter the words, “Let’s develop our corporate strategy” and the words, “How did we perform last year?” I get a lot of questions ...
25 Jun 202422min

Moment #74: Conveying Key Messages With Clarity
Moment #74 // Communication is an incredibly important element of leadership. How you talk to your team, how you deliver a presentation when you’re in a room full of important people, and how well you...
23 Jun 20245min

Navigating Wicked Problems: Compartmentalization is key
Episode #303 // We know that problem solving is a critical part of leadership life — we spend a lot of time on any given day solving our own problems, and helping our people to solve theirs. As you’ve...
18 Jun 202420min

Moment #73: Leading People To Do the Sh!t Work
Moment #73 // I talk a lot about high performance. But what about the people who find themselves doing relatively mundane, repetitive, or low-skilled jobs?We tend to imagine occupations like cleaners,...
16 Jun 20244min

7 Big Culture Killers: Don’t let mediocrity destroy performance
Episode #302 // One of our dedicated listeners, Jonathan, observed that a number of culture killers can be described by words that end with the suffix, “-ism”. He rattled off a couple to get me starte...
11 Jun 202418min

Moment #72: Leading In Organization-Induced Chaos
Moment #72 // It is common in most larger organizations to restructure from time to time, even though these restructures are often ill-conceived. Any value they might yield is dwarfed by the disruptio...
9 Jun 20244min



















