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8 Years, 400 Episodes, and the Lessons We Learned the Hard Way
Season 1 Episode 400
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 …
4 months, 1 week ago
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 bein…
4 months, 1 week ago
5 Rules for Multiplying Value Through Alliances
Season 1 Episode 399
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 …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Champions Do Extra: 6 Leadership Habits That Separate Top Performers
Season 1 Episode 398
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 ac…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
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 difficul…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Leadership Trade-Offs That Make or Break Teams
Season 1 Episode 397
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.…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
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…
5 months ago
How Many Direct Reports Is Too Many?
Season 1 Episode 396
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 innovatio…
5 months ago
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…
5 months, 1 week ago