Podcast Episodes

Taking the Stress Out Of Change - Episode 17

Change is always happening and usually the emotional aspects are hardest to manage.

Jacqueline Kappers has a fascinating approach to help people move through the emotional part of change - in a variet…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Trust, Engagement, Culture - Episode 16

Season 1 Episode 16

Everyone wants a great company culture - and employee engagement.

But where do you start?

Here's the recipe - build trust at the team level first.

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Three Foundational Mental Models for Leadership - episode 15

Season 1 Episode 15

Great leadership requires specific mental models, here's the first three that we've found consistently in the best leaders. 

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Talking leadership with Shawn Richards of Blue Sky consulting

Season 1 Episode 14

Leadership, mental frameworks, making systems, and improving team performance :-)

Shawn's origin story.
(he started as an accountant)

Surprising mental frameworks Shawn has but his clients don't know ye…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

10x Engineers Don't Exist

Season 1 Episode 13

but 2x teams do
There's a myth that super-human engineers exist and can outperform 10 "regular" engineers. This is the 10x myth of productivity. It's a lie.  And it's a damaging lie on multiple fronts…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Discomfort and Leadership

Season 1 Episode 12

Rule 1 of leadership is helping the team operate better.
Rule 2 is that even if Rule 1 is uncomfortable - you are still responsible to do it.

This episode dives into Rule 2.

Yes, you can :-)

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

You can figure it out aka it's always figureoutable

Season 1 Episode 11

Yes you can figure it out.

It takes time, research, experiments - but you can figure it out.

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Leaders Are Not Trusted

Season 1

This is a sad reality of leadership.
So many negative stories (and experiences) about managers/supervisors/leaders who do not take good care of their teams.

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Overcoming Introversion with Felix Boecker

I'm a fan of anyone working on introversion.
Felix is doing excellent work.

Learn more about Felix at http://brokesurgeon.com

#40pb

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

The Initiative Advantage

Season 1

How did you do that?
I've been asked repeatedly by colleagues and execs.
Across all the other mental models and skills - initiative is critical.

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago