No Bullsh!t Leadership
No Bullsh!t Leadership is a podcast for leaders who want to become truly exceptional. Each week, host Martin G Moore shares the secrets of high performance leadership that you can't learn in business school. He offers practical advice from his experience as a successful CEO, moving beyond theoretical leadership concepts.
Episodes
How Do You Lead Your Old Team Mates? | Moment 187
Being promoted to a new leadership level is a difficult transition to make. But it’s even tougher when you’re promoted to lead the team you used to be part of.The biggest trap is that you might take the culture, the capability, and the performance of that team for granted.This Moment gives you some ways to combat your status quo thinking, and set the scene for meaningful performance improvement.If
Your Ultimate Talent Identification Checklist
Every time you fill a vacancy, you have to make a choice: do you promote someone from within, who you may know quite well, or take a punt on someone you don’t? Over my corporate career, I made both calls frequently. Sometimes, I got to pat myself on the back for how brilliant I was, but occasionally the resulting hire was so disastrous that I looked like a complete muppet in front of my team
Will You Choose to Accept the Cost of Leadership? | Moment 186
There are three costs of leadership that nobody tells you about when you get promoted; and they are a given.You can no more change them than you can avoid the pull of gravity.The best leaders accept these truths. They do the work to become comfortable in navigating them each day, knowing they are strong enough to pay that price.If you want to take a deeper dive into the toll that great leaders are
3 Mindset Shifts When You're Unhappy At Work
When leaders are unhappy at work, they often blame the company. But more often it’s a sign of dissatisfaction with their own inability to work within the constraints of the job. No job is perfect. Every role comes with constraints: things that stop you from operating at your best. Whether it’s a bad boss, a lack of resources, or unrealistic expectations, the question isn't whether your j
Better Decisions, Faster: Why Consensus Slows Your Team | Moment 185
Speed can be a performance multiplier, if you can build it into your culture. But there are going to be times when you need to back off… and part of being a great leader is recognising those times.If you want to take a deeper dive into when you should slow down, have a listen to Ep.294: Is Faster Always Better?————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook:
12 Execution Breakthroughs for Leading Leaders
If you're leading leaders, accountability is the first thing that breaks. You're not overloaded. You just rely too much on your own individual brilliance to get results. Until you learn to lead your leaders better, you'll never get out of the spin cycle.A few weeks ago, Em and I sat in a room with six CEOs we've been working with for the better part of a year. We asked each of them to rate their o
How to Build a No Blame, No Excuses Culture | Moment 184
McLaren won back-to-back F1 championships when the CEO replaced victimhood and blame with a culture that guaranteed top shelf performance.That wasn’t luck. He made deliberate decisions… hard decisions… that changed what was actually possible.There isn’t a team on the planet that can’t improve its performance. But it takes a strong leader, who’s committed to building a “no blame, no excuses” cultur
Stop Solving Your Team's Problems: 6 Ways to Execute Like Elon
If you look at the spectacular results that Tesla has achieved as a business, it might entice you to try to emulate Elon Musk’s leadership approach. But that would most likely be disastrous. People love to romanticise the image of the founder who’s so deep in the detail that he can solve the toughest technical problems better than his own engineers. How many LinkedIn posts extol the virt
3 Timeless Principles of Success in 4 Minutes | Moment 183
There are 3 success principles that are particularly relevant for the new world we’re leading in. And they have nothing to do with luck, talent, or connections!As labour markets change in the coming years on the back of AI, these principles need to be rock solid, if you want to succeed.If you want to take a deeper dive on success principles, have a listen to Ep.384: How to Make Success InevitableL
5 Ways To Align People's Pay With Their Value
Can you explain clearly why the people on your team are paid what they're being paid? If you can't, you may have a hidden problem eating away at your meritocracy. We've produced a few episodes over the years on remuneration structures, particularly how to link incentives to performance. This episode is all about the gap between what people believe about merit-based pay, and what actually happ
Do You Understand Your Team's Psychological Contract? | Moment 182
The psychological contract is the mutual understanding between an employer and employee about their respective obligations to each other.There are no rules for these contracts: they’re based purely on people's perceptions, and they exist in people’s heads, not in formal documents.No matter how hard you work to keep your people happy, it's never enough: privileges just become entitlements. But ther
Stop Rescuing Underperformers: How to Make Consequences Stick
Underperformers don't change because you ask them nicely. They only change when they can no longer avoid the consequences of not delivering.Every time you swoop in and rescue someone, you’re filling that performance gap on their behalf. At the same time, you’re reinforcing the fact that they never have to meet an acceptable standard, if they don’t want to. You might think you're just deliveri
How to Get More From Your 1:1 Meetings | Moment 181
As a corporate executive and CEO, the 1:1 meeting was the single most powerful weapon I had in my leadership arsenal. It was here that I mobilised my direct reports to excel.But even with that focus, I still left a lot to chance. It wasn’t until much later that I learned a technique to lock in people’s commitment to deliver.If you want to get more mileage from your 1:1s, there are three questions
The 2 Hardest Conversations You'll Have With Your Top Talent
Your top talent doesn't always quit because they're unhappy. Often, they simply can’t see what their next move is. And if that’s the case, it’s not their fault: it’s yours!Every leader I talk to at the moment is obsessed with retention; it feels like it's getting harder for them to hold onto their top performers. Job tenures are declining, but the averages often mask the real story. In this e
How to Eliminate Hiring Mistakes | Moment 180
Most job interviews are just friendly chats. They don’t provide any real due diligence.Making the right hiring choice requires a lot more than résumés and reference checks. Even personality profiling has limited utility.If you want to work out whether someone can actually do the job, you need to get good at interviewing.If you want to reduce the risk of hiring a dud, have a listen to Ep.379: Inter
Meetings: When to speak, when to listen
Meetings can be a political minefield, and most leaders rely purely on their instinct to get by: which means they get it wrong more often than they realise.This episode cuts through the noise on one of the most deceptively complex leadership skills: knowing when to talk and when to shut up. It sounds simple, but It isn't: and The Economist's "Babble Hypothesis" proves why getting the balance wrong
Why You Keep Avoiding the Hard Conversation | Moment 179
Leadership might be hard, but there’s nothing you can’t master with application and discipline. This is why the toughest challenge is often just convincing yourself to start.In this Moment, I show you exactly how to overcome the comfort of inaction, and push yourself to do the things that will ultimately pay off.I don’t care if you’re an introvert, or if you get anxiety… this is about realising yo
The Real Reason Your Team Moves So Slowly
When we think about high-performing teams, we assume they have superior strategies and top-class talent. But one characteristic we often overlook is pace. And pace doesn’t happen organically: it takes a leader to build momentum into the culture.The best teams have a relentless drive to get things done; a bias for action that cuts through everything they do. A team that has momentum feels entirely
Team Building Exercises Are Useless. Do This Instead | Moment 178
Team building exercises don’t build teams. Only leadership does.If you’re thinking about investing in time away from the office, think again. These days don’t move the needle on team dynamics, trust, or performance. If you dislike someone before the paintball game, you'll still dislike them after it.So by all means, take your team out for some fun. Just don't mistake it for culture change.For prac
AI for Leaders in 2026: Promoted or Replaced?
Have you ever sat in a meeting about AI, nodded along, then thought, "I've got no idea what they're talking about, and I'm meant to be leading this"? If so, you're in good company.In this episode, I chat with Em and AI expert James Killick to answer the question every leader is quietly asking. In 2026, does AI get you promoted, or replaced?Here's the truth. AI isn't coming for leaders. It's coming
Stop Disempowering Your People | Moment 177
Virtually every leader likes to talk about empowering their team. But if you were to ask 10 of them what empowerment actually means, you’d get 11 different answers. Over the years, the concept of empowerment has been dumbed down to make it vague and aspirational. True empowerment is neither of those things. It's a core driver of performance, and in this Moment, I give you my number one t
Dealing With an Employee You “Can't” Fire: 2 questions every leader needs to ask
Talented jerks and people who game the system just need to go. The value they bring through their technical skill is massively outweighed by the damage they do to the rest of the team.You can't motivate them. You can't inspire them. You can't lift them. So stop trying!Because while you hold onto the person destroying your culture, your good people are quietly working out that there'
How to Stop Losing Your Most Talented People | Moment 176
Your best people know they have plenty of options, so if they don’t feel the work they’re doing is valuable, challenging, and impactful, it doesn't matter how much you pay them. In this Moment, I give you 5 things you need to do to keep them.For practical tips on how to hold onto your talent, have a listen to Ep.101: Keeping the Ones You’ve Got————————Is your team performing at the standard i
Nailing Your Formal Performance Review
Most leaders DREAD the formal performance review; because they don’t prepare and they don’t know what to expect. Today I go deep on how to control the dialogue, so that your review becomes a career accelerator, rather than a spirited defense of your failings.Let’s face it: you know your performance hasn’t been perfect, so it’s easy to agonise over how your boss might evaluate you.This makes it tem
Empathy Without Weakness: How Strong Leaders Care | Moment 175
Empathy is a critical leadership capability: without it, you’ll never get the best out of your people. But if you’re not strong enough to hold the standard, that empathy will blow up in your face. Empathy builds trust; sympathy destroys performance.For practical tips on how to stay out of the sympathy zone, have a listen to Ep.135: When Empathy Becomes Sympathy————————Have you taken our free
8 Surprising Ways to Reduce Unwanted Turnover
Most leaders think high turnover is a retention problem. But it’s not; it's a leadership problem. And the fix is the exact opposite of what most leaders do.Staff turnover is still widely misunderstood. And most leaders operate from a place of fear, responding to it defensively.They tiptoe around their people, lower the standards, and tolerate poor performance so they don't rock the boat. But, iron
Want to Lift Team Performance? Manage Better | Moment 174
If you think great leaders don't need to be great managers, you've probably got a blindspot…and it's costing you more than you know.To lift performance, you have to put desirable leadership attributes aside, and learn to manage better.To access my 6 key levers of execution excellence, have a listen to Ep.371: How I learned to Produce Exceptional Results————————Have you taken our free Leadership Bl
Don't Be Sucked In By Player-Coach Leadership!
When CEOs cut management layers, they often kid themselves that they're building leaner, faster companies. But what they're actually doing is destroying accountability and weakening performance. Hiding behind fads like player-coach leadership can’t change that fact.The tech sector loves a management fad and over the years, they’ve tried them all. But the unquestioning adoption (and eventual d
Why the Participation Trophy Is Killing Your Team | Moment 173
In business, it’s an indisputable fact that stronger competition results in better outcomes for everyone. Why are we so reluctant, then, to increase competitive pressure within our teams?One of the most critical performance levers of leadership is differentiation between people; and creating a merit-based, competitive environment within your team benefits every stakeholder… especially your people.
Can You Learn Charisma?
Charisma is sold to us as a divine gift that you’re either born with… or not. We bandy the word around quite a bit… and even though charisma comes with some negative connotations, most of us wish we had more of it.Describing the things that make up charisma can be difficult: It’s quite an intangible concept, which is why it’s so easy to fall back on observable, physical attributes, like heigh
Too Much Compliance Will Kill Your Culture | Moment 172
When there’s a failure to comply with the rules, everyone’s first instinct is to look at their compliance regime. They create more rules… more controls… more safeguards…A highly motivated person driven by self-interest will find a way around even the tightest procedure. History has proven that, repeatedly.The key to achieving better performance is strong leadership, clear accountability, and a dis
Consistent Leaders Get Superior Results
Your people aren't struggling because the work is hard. They're struggling because they can't predict you. Inconsistent leadership doesn't just frustrate teams; it debilitates them.We all think we’re pretty consistent. And any time we aren’t, we’re expert at rationalising any inconsistencies.The fundamental problem is that we judge ourselves by our intentions, whereas our people judge us by our ac
Busywork Is Killing Your Team's Performance | Moment 171
What if you stopped rewarding people for being busy, and instead focused only on the value they produced?Your team would be night-and-day different.Busy is the enemy of productive. As long as you give your team a free pass for being busy, performance will elude you.If you want to go deeper on how to eliminate busywork, have a listen to Ep.366: Replacing Busywork With Real Results————————Have you t
8 Years, 400 Episodes, and the Lessons We Learned the Hard Way
What does it actually take to build a top-ranked leadership podcast from scratch, and keep it going for 400 weeks in a row?8 years ago, Em convinced me to walk away from my role as CEO of a multi-billion dollar business to build a micro-startup with a simple premise: give away your very best insights for free on the podcast, and trust that the impact will follow. Our purpose became: to improve the
4 Ways to Prevent a Crisis Before It Starts | Moment 170
Companies that are really good in a crisis are often poorly managed: their people get addicted to the adrenaline rush that comes with constantly being in firefighting mode.The best way to manage a crisis, by far, is to avoid it altogether… which takes a lot of boring, proactive work. But well-run businesses are proactive.If you want to go deeper on how to lead when the crisis does hit, have a
5 Rules for Multiplying Value Through Alliances
What if the single biggest lever for creating value in your business wasn't actually in your business at all? What if it was an alliance forged with another company?The inspiration for this topic came from an episode of the Acquired podcast, which took a deep dive into the Formula One motor racing business.F1 isn’t just a sport: it's a compelling case study in how to create value through alliances
Why a 'Family Culture' Destroys Team Performance | Moment 169
I’ve advised many CEO / Founders over the last 5 years. My first job is often to convince them that the family culture they treasure so fondly is the biggest impediment to performance improvement.In this Moment, I explore the four biggest drawbacks to family culture. But they are by no means the exclusive domain of family businesses: they’ll sound familiar to those of you who work in large listed
Champions Do Extra: 6 Leadership Habits That Separate Top Performers
Most leaders do enough to get by. A select few do extra. And that gap is almost the entire difference between a career that stagnates and one that accelerates. If you want to reach the pinnacle of your personal potential, it starts with your decision to do more than the next person. In this episode, I give you 6 ways to focus your extra effort so that it pays you back in multiples.A friend of mine
The Accountability Gap That Kills Performance | Moment 168
If you want to improve your team’s performance, single-point accountability is the biggest, most impactful lever you can pull.The culture is difficult to create, but once your people experience the virtuous circle of empowerment and accountability, that’s when they find true motivation, self-esteem, and job satisfaction.If you want to get better outcomes from your team, have a listen to Ep.365: Wh
The Leadership Trade-Offs That Make or Break Teams
Most decisions you make as a leader look reasonable on the whiteboard. But in the real world, you're rarely deciding between black and white options. You're choosing between two things that both matter: and something has to give. That's the dilemma. And how you handle it speaks volumes about the kind of leader you really are.The ability to make trade-offs confidently, separates average leader
Don't Let These 3 Mistakes Derail Your Leadership Career | Moment 167
With the benefit of hindsight, I’ve been able to isolate the 3 biggest mistakes that I made in my career as a corporate executive: they really slowed me down!I either underestimated their impact, or didn’t pay sufficient attention to them…and I paid the price.Improving one or all of these will save you years of frustration, and accelerate your career.If you want to fast-track your leadership caree
How Many Direct Reports Is Too Many?
Why your direct reports are underperforming and how to turn it around. What happens when you give one manager 50 direct reports and call it innovation? Chaos.In this episode, I cut through the corporate delusion that flatter structures are better, and I give you the insights to help you confidently build a structure that actually delivers results.I start with the fundamentals: why organisatio
Put Yourself Out There: How Leaders Get Noticed | Moment 166
Some people love to be in the thick of the action, making a difference. But the much larger majority are more comfortable watching from the sidelines.If you’re wondering what ingredients create the recipe for success, you need to know that putting yourself out there is a non-negotiable. And all it takes is a simple choice… a choice you can make today.If you want to learn how to position yourself f
What Do You Do When the Results Don't Come?
Not getting the results you expected? Don’t blame luck, because in leadership, results are rarely random, and the causes are rarely a mystery.You may feel as though you’ve done everything necessary to guarantee a decent level of performance from your team:You’ve hired some good people;You’ve resourced them appropriately; You’ve put together a work program that’s ambitious but achievable; 
How to Avoid Expensive Tech Project Failures | Moment 165
Virtually every organisation is racing to adopt AI. And, although AI offers the promise of groundbreaking productivity, the projects required to deliver it will suffer from exactly the same problems as every other IT project I’ve seen in the last 40 years.Big projects are hard, whether they’re in construction, infrastructure, or procurement. Tech is no different. But there seems to be a certain… m
The Biggest Lie in Business: Strategy Happens at the Top
Strategy starts at the top, but competitive advantage is built in the middle. Has your boss ever told you that you need to be more strategic? If you want to demonstrate your strategic ability, you need to understand the role you play in building your company’s competitive advantage.Competition isn’t won or lost based on the strategy that the board sets. It depends much more on how the strateg
The Leadership Myths That Are Holding You Back | Moment 164
A lot of contemporary leadership wisdom on the internet could just as easily be found in a fortune cookie 🥠The reason the sayings become so popular is that there’s always at least some grain of truth to them. They sound like they should be true.In this Moment, I give you an insight into why you should question everything.If you want to take a deeper dive into how to tell the difference between gen
Stop Blaming HR and Start Using It
Leaders love blaming HR for bureaucracy, red tape, and generally slowing things down. But these same leaders have no idea how to use HR properly. If you get this wrong in the age of AI, you’ll risk destroying one of the most valuable sources of insight in your company.As we sit here in early 2026, AI is about to wipe out around half of what HR does. The leaders who figure how to manage t
How to Find Every Team Member's Sweet Spot | Moment 163
Some people simply refuse to rise to the standard you’re setting for the team.Before you decide they need to go, though, it’s important to try different techniques that might ignite their intrinsic motivation.Not everyone rises to the occasion but, if you’re a good leader, you’ll give everyone the opportunity to lift.If you want to take a deeper dive into how you can tap into your people’s discret
When Your Boss Has No Backbone: The 4 Behaviours That Kill Performance
Working for a weak leader is both exhausting and suffocating. You put in the effort;
you care about the outcome; you try to lift the standard…and still, everything feels harder than it should.In this episode, I break down the four unmistakable symptoms of the spineless boss and, more importantly, exactly what you can do about each one.Because while you can’t control their backbone, you CAN co
How Small Steps Build Big Leadership Confidence | Moment 162
You can’t deal with a gap or a weak spot in your performance by ignoring it. Doubling down on your arrogance, as many leaders do, doesn’t help anyone…least of all you.If you don’t face your blind spots, they’ll dent your confidence, eventually becoming a source of fear and paranoia!This Moment will help you commit to taking that first step towards greater confidence, whatever that is for you.If yo
Do Hands-On Leaders Get Better Results?
Think hands-on leadership is a strength? You might just be the problem on your team. What's the one leadership behaviour that makes your team's heart sink when your name pops up in their inbox?The one that kills discretionary effort, drains initiative, and keeps you buried in low-value work?That would be…micromanagement!In this episode, I go deep into the difficult trade-off between getting the jo
How to Onboard New Hires the Right Way | Moment 161
Onboarding isn't admin. It's where standards, trust, and performance begin. When someone new joins the team, it’s easy to take it for granted that they’ll know what to do. But, no matter who they are, they need a comprehensive onboarding process.The onboarding process consists of two distinct parts: the administrative elements (most of which apply only to external hires); and the leadership elemen
What Do Senior Leadership Teams Actually Do?
Every executive wears two hats. Most only know how to wear one! Are you currently part of your organisation’s senior leadership team (SLT)? Or are you just watching from below, wondering what the hell they’re doing? In this episode, I look at how SLTs actually work, as opposed to how they should work.I cover off on the things that make the most difference to SLT culture, and I take a deep div
What the Best Leaders Do Differently | Moment 160
If you have ambitions to achieve excellence in anything, it’s important to tap into the wisdom of people who’ve been there before you…to stand on the shoulders of giants! Leaders are learners, and in this moment I give you key three lessons from some of the world’s most accomplished CEOs.If you want to take a deeper dive into what you can learn from those who’ve already walked the path, have
Stop Being the Bottleneck: Reset Your Leadership System
BONUS 🔥 You can't get promoted out of a team that can't function without you. This is the final bonus episode of our Leadership Reset Workshop, and if you've made it to Day Three, you've already done more honest reflection than most leaders do in a year!Over the last two days, you reset your standards and closed the accountability loop.But here's what happens next for a lot of leaders: everything
One Head to Pat, One Ass to Kick: Reset Your Accountability
BONUS EPISODE 🔥 Here's the truth: you can reset your standards, communicate them clearly, and feel great walking out of that conversation. But the moment someone misses the mark, that's where leadership actually starts.In this episode, Marty and Em cover:Why most leaders don't fail because they lack vision, they fail in the split-second moments when standards get testedThe difference between empow
7 Ways to Reset Your Leadership Standard
When your team gets comfortable and performance slides, that's leadership drift. Here's your reset.In this episode, Em and I give you 7 Ways to Reset your leadership standards, and get your team back on track.Leadership drift doesn't announce itself. It creeps in slowly and quietly until one day you realise your team isn't performing the way it used to, and the uncomfortable truth is that they wer
Want to Outperform? Keep It Simple | Moment 159
You’re constantly being asked to do more with less. But that only increases your likelihood of burnout!Instead, your goal should be to reduce your load by eliminating low-value work entirely, and concentrate solely on delivering value.A culture of Simplicity and Focus will enable your team to deliver the things that matter most, and ignore the noise of low-level distractions.If you want to take a
The Invisible Gaps That Stall Leadership Growth
Most leaders don't struggle because they're bad at leadership. They struggle because leadership is the only critical job on Earth that people are expected to just figure out (well, that and parenting!).No training. No playbook. No feedback loop.If you've ever thought, "I don't know what I don't know", that's not self-doubt. That's the system working exactly as designed.Most leaders learn by copyin
How to Get Good at the Numbers as a Leader | Moment 158
Smart leaders fail when they can’t read the numbers, so don’t let data illiteracy hold you back!Is your inability to understand and analyse the numbers holding you back? If you can’t make sound decisions using complex data, you may have already built your own glass ceiling.But, if you’re a non-finance leader, how do you get good at the numbers?In this Moment, I reveal the best way to quickly climb
5 Leadership Essentials For Resilient Teams: Build A Team That Can Handle Anything
Tired of being the glue holding everything together? Learn how to build a team that can handle the pressure, even when you're not there!You might be resilient, but that won’t stop your team from crumbling at the first real sign of pressure. When you’re a leader, building your personal resilience is a given… but do you know what it takes to build resilience into your team? How do you get
Don't Be Intimidated by Legacy Employees | Moment 157
Are you struggling to lead older workers? Learn how strong leaders bring out the best in legacy employees. It’s not uncommon to have more experienced workers, who’ve become part of the organisational furniture, reporting to you… and that can be quite intimidating.Even though you may feel like you have to treat older workers differently, you shouldn’t. Just like anyone else on your team, you have t
Truth Doesn't Travel Up: Trust but verify
Management by Walking Around has often been touted as a critical activity to motivate your people and give them greater clarity. But we don’t often talk about how valuable it can be in helping you to get a handle on what’s happening below you. The concept of Management By Walking Around was pioneered almost a century ago, but it’s still as relevant today as it ever was. Your people need
How to Improve Results Without Working Harder | Moment 156
The fastest way to lift performance isn’t more effort. It’s ruthless focus on value. Cost and value are different. Knowing how to separate the two is essential.In this Moment, I identify the 6 biggest barriers to value capture, so that you can attack the problem at its core.Creating a sharper focus on the things that create value will equip your team to effortlessly deliver a massive performance u
Paying the Price of Leadership: 4 Hard Truths Every Leader Must Accept
It’s easy to talk about the benefits of leadership, but very few people talk about the cost of leadership. There’s a price to pay, and unless you’re willing to pay it, you’ll never be truly comfortable in a leadership role:You will have to make hard decisions that negatively affect people you care aboutYou will be disliked, despite your best attempts to do the best for the mostYou will be misunder
5 Steps to Reverse a Performance Slump | Moment 155
If your confidence has slipped lately, this 5-step reset could save your performance. Occasionally, for some unknown reason, you may experience a slump in performance: and it can seriously affect your confidence.How does something like this happen? And, more importantly, how do you dig yourself out of the hole?If you want to take a deeper dive into how you can quickly recognise a performance hiccu
10 Ways To Make Your Success Inevitable
Success isn’t accidental; it follows principles that most people prefer to ignore.In this episode, I show you how to focus on the things that really matter: the timeless principles that will make your success inevitable.Traditionally around this time, we produce an episode focused on the outlook for the year ahead but, heading into 2026, we decided to do something a little different.I'm going to f
How to Do Layoffs Right (Without Losing Your Best People) | Moment 154
How to execute layoffs decisively without damaging trust, morale, or talent. Termination for cause? Termination for convenience? Role redundancy?As a leader, you’ll sometimes have to face the difficult task of terminating someone’s employment. How can you do it without spooking your best people, and forcing an exodus of top talent?If you want to take a deeper dive into how you can pull out costs,
The 5 Leadership Episodes from 2025 That Actually Moved the Needle
Most leadership content is consumed. Very little of it is used.In this end-of-year episode, we count down the 5 episodes from 2025 that genuinely changed how leaders think and act - not because they were popular, but because they were applied.This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s a practical breakdown of why these episodes resonated, what made them work, and how you can use the ideas immedia
What Actually Makes a Leader More Resilient? | Moment 153
Resilient leadership isn’t about toughing it out, it’s about staying calm under pressure. Every leader likes to think they’re highly resilient. But many lack composure in high-stress situations (and also the self-awareness to admit it).Resilience is about regulating your own behaviour. But if you’re a leader, the real acid test is whether you have the mental, emotional, and psychological strength
The Career Strategy Most Leaders Don’t Have (2026 Edition)
Your career already has a direction…the question is, did you choose it?In 2026, relying on hard work, loyalty, or good intentions isn’t enough. AI is reshaping roles, career paths are less protected, and the system you’re operating in has plans for you...whether you like them or not.In this annual Crush Your Career episode, we unpack why deliberate career strategy now matters more t
Leaders vs Managers: Which Do You Need to Be? | Moment 152
Leadership vs management: why great leaders must also manage to make better decisions. While the debates about leadership and management continue to rage, the truth is that they’re intrinsically linked: they live on a continuum, in a spectrum of subtle gradients.You can’t be a great leader unless you’re a good manager. And the converse is also true: you can’t be a great manager unless you’re a goo
Your 2025 Leadership Review + How to Set Up a No Bullsh!t 2026
You worked hard in 2025. The real question is whether any of it actually mattered.Most leaders roll straight into a new year without ever stopping to review the last one properly. They plan harder, set bigger goals, and hope things improve. That’s how you end up repeating the same mistakes with a fresh calendar.In this episode, I walk you through a clear, no BS review of your leadership in 2025. N
Is Leadership Grinding You Down? The Burnout Warning Signs | Moment 151
If leadership feels heavier than it should, this might explain why. To be a successful leader in the longer term, and at the most senior levels, you first have to learn how to manage yourself. Strong leaders are strong people…strong enough to maintain their energy and positivity through years of stress and pressure…strong enough to shoulder the duty of care that comes with any impactful leade
Don't Leave Your Leadership Identity to Chance in 2026: 1 Hour to Build Your Brand
You already have a leadership brand…the question is, does it serve you?Every leader shows up with a reputation. It might be clear and consistent…or vague, confusing, and accidental. Either way, your people have formed an opinion about who you are, what you value, and how you lead.This bumper episode covers the three practical building blocks of a strong leadership identity: clarity on your persona
The 10-Second Rule for Stepping Up in Big Moments | Moment 150
Discover the 10-Second Rule that turns pressure into decisive action for real leaders. In situations that feel overwhelming, many people freeze, consumed by their fear.Their ability to make decisions, which might be OK in non-stressful situations, becomes virtually inoperative. The only thing they can do is wait for someone else to step in and take control.This is where you see real leaders emerge
5 Interview Questions That Expose the Bullsh!tters
Avoid costly hiring mistakes! Use these 5 interview questions to expose bullsh!t and find real talent. We spend a lot of time thinking about how to attract and retain the best people.But we all know how fickle the hiring process can be… recruiting talent is an imprecise science, which is why you have to get really good at interviewing.This is where you get the opportunity to meet your potential em
How to Lead Confidently Through Uncertainty | Moment 149
When nothing feels black and white, these principles keep your leadership unshakable! A lot of the principles I espouse in No Bullsh!t Leadership are quite categorical… in order to convey the principles clearly and concisely, I explain them in a rather singular manner: “Do this! Don’t do that!” But nothing is that black and white, and the complexity and uncertainty of the environment can erod
Stop Treating These 3 Underperformers Like Protected Species
How to spot (and stop) the koalas sabotaging your culture: nepotists, jerks, and ass-kissers. In Australia, koalas are a protected species. When one of the leaders in our No Bullsh!t Leaders Club started talking about the “koalas” in his company, I knew exactly what he meant.Working with koalas can be infuriating. They don’t play by the same rules, or observe the same cultural standards as everyon
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