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Podcasts

• Patrick Lencioni Interview – Part 1
• Responding In Pivotal Moments
• Building Confidence Quickly
• The DNA of Peak Performance
• Should Leaders Buy Into Social Issues?
• Hard Work Can’t Outpace Bad Strategy
• Navigating Wicked Problems
• Seven Big Culture Killers
• Bouncing Back From Major Failures: Not all mistakes are equal
• Humor is ESSENTIAL: How to keep it light!
• Setting a Higher Standard: Everyone benefits
• Leading Through Resistance and Inertia: Q&A with Marty & Em
• Making Yourself Indispensable: Will it protect your job?
• The Comeback of the Middle Manager: A welcome trend!
• My Biggest Executive-Level Mistakes: And how I turned them into strengths
• Is Faster Always Better?
• Leading High Performers: It’s harder than it looks!
• Crafting Your Leadership Identity: Q&A with Marty and Em
• Real Leaders Keep People Safe: Physically, mentally, and psychologically
• Stakeholder Mastery: Moving from chaos to control
• Improving Your Promotion Prospects: Getting to the next level
• My Recent Epic Fail: Controlling the controllables
• The Pressures Leaders Face: It’s different at every level
• The Accidental Leader: It’s the most common variety
• When Profits Create Problems: What can we learn from Boeing?
• Giving Your Boss Feedback: How honest should you be?
• Trusting Your Team: Are you making this mistake?
• Celebrating 5 Million Downloads: Unpacking our podcast’s 5 success principles
• Building Team Morale: Confident, Secure, and Enabled to Perform
• Leading in 2024
• Crush Your Career in 2024
• The Five Best Episodes of 2023 as Chosen by Marty & Em
• Our Best and Worst of 2023: The YCM end of year stocktake
• Building Leadership Confidence: Small steps yield BIG results!
• When Should You Let Someone Go? Are Guenther’s days numbered?
• Taking Control of Your Future: Q&A with Marty and Em
• Leadership is Never Black or White: 1,000 annoying shades of gray
• How to Ask Excellent Questions: Nailing Interviews, Networking and Negotiations
• The Wellness Puzzle with Kristel Bauer
• Squeezing the Juice from Innovation: Maximizing the value of creativity
• Performing After Promotion: From peer to leader
• How to get through to your people: Use this golden question
• Management vs. Leadership: What’s the difference?
• What the Best CEOs Do: Achieving Aspirational Performance
• Leadership’s Most Underrated Ingredient
• Controlling Without Micromanaging: Getting the balance right
• How I Keep Learning: My 5 Hot Tips
• Don't Let Your Career Stall
• Do You REALLY Understand Value? The bedrock of team success
• Setting The Bar: Raising the standard of leadership excellence
• The Things I Wish I’d Learned Earlier: Hindsight and maturity
• Future Trends in Business: Where are we heading?
• Your Leadership User Manual: Clarifying expectations for success
• Barriers to Building Emotional Intelligence with Dr Rebecca Heiss
• Building a Better Mousetrap: The productivity reality
• What the Best Leaders Do Differently: An Interview with Scott J Miller
• Lifters and Leaners: The contribution mentality
• Hard Lessons of the Ego: The pride before the fall
• Indispensable Workplace Competencies: Getting to the top…
• Leveraging Parenthood into Performance: Marty interviews Em
• Self-Driven Success: Navigating your own professional growth
• The CEO and the Board: Are outcomes improving?
• Achieving Operational Excellence: Leading sustainable improvement
• The Curse Of Short-Term Focus: Finding a balance
• Drive For Performance? Or Bullying? Sometimes, it’s a fine line…
• Cracking the Performance Management Code: A Q&A with Marty & Em
• Credibility: The Hallmark of Great Leaders: What does it take?
• Leading Older Workers: Capturing the value opportunity…
• Need More People? How do you convince your boss?
• The Talented Jerk: How much should you tolerate?
• Leading In a Low Performance Culture: Can it work?
• Navigating Toxic Work Cultures & Office Politics: A Q&A with Marty & Em
• Hiring Better People: Are personality profiles useful?
• It’s All in The Mind: The mental game of leadership
• Our Framework Facelift: No Bullsh!t Leadership evolves
• Employee to Entrepreneur: The Art of Self-Leadership with Amy Porterfield
• The 4-Day Work Week: Q&A with Marty & Em
• What Motivates Your People?: Revisiting a critical truth
• Talent Management: Planning for the future
• Too Many Cooks: Managing complex accountabilities
• Confidence, Arrogance, and Self-Doubt: The fine lines we tread…
• Resilience Myths: What really makes you stronger?
• Leadership in 2023: What will we be navigating?
• The Five Best Episodes of 2022: Chosen by Marty & Em
• Handling Layoffs Competently: Protecting Your Talent
• Leading Through Major Upheaval: 90% attitude, and a dash of realism
• Quiet Quitting and Elon Musk: Q&A with Marty & Em
• The Power of Simplicity: Unlocking performance
• Managing Supplier Relationships: Taking the long view
• Management Consultants: Are they worth it?
• Intelligence is Overrated: So, what matters more than that?
• Is Working From Home Working? Getting back to the office
• Trusting Your Instincts: Data isn’t everything
• High-impact Decisions: Getting it right when it counts
• Results or People… Which is more important?
• Lesson From Leaders Who Grow: Q&A with Marty & Em
• Getting an ROI from Leadership Training: Is it even possible?
• Your Professional Development Roadmap: Five valuable options
• Successful Delegation: Why is it so important?
• Managing Your Time and Energy: Master this or burn out!
• The New Leaders’ Playbook: Where do you start?
• Breaking into the C-Suite: What you should know
• Leadership Transparency: Are there limits?
• It’s STILL Respect Before Popularity: An update on your favorite episode
• Leading in a Low-Accountability Culture: Q&A with Marty and Em
• The Big Leadership Moments: When real leaders step up
• Defending Against Disruptive Innovation: Capability is everything
• Eliminating Selection Bias: Why is it so hard?
• Finding Your Purpose: How important is it?
• 5 Episodes That Every Leader Must Listen To!
• Employee Engagement: Is it the right measure?
• Layoffs Are Back: Q&A with Marty and Em
• Why Can’t We Be Friends? Navigating friendships as a leader
• Virtue Signals Aren’t Enough: Leadership requires more
• Understanding Fuels Communication: Make the complex simple
• Are Entrepreneurs Happier? Or is the grass just greener?
• The Great Resignation: Q&A with Marty and Em
• Avoiding Common Biases: What really drives our decisions
• Are You a Hypocritical Leader? You may be surprised
• Leaving Space for People to Grow: Remembering Taylor Hawkins
• Successful Transformation: Is there such a thing?
• It’s Hard to Say Sorry: So when should you?
• Avoiding Burnout: Streamlining your leadership approach
• Your Personal Leadership Audit: Discovering your leadership blindspots
• The Mental Health Minefield: How do you lead?
• Exiting Gracefully and Asking for More: Q&A with Marty and Em
• Mentors, Coaches, and Trusted Advisors: What’s the difference?
• What is Strong Leadership? Taking people where they ought to be
• Leading with EQ: Arman Assadi Interview
• The Family Culture: Is it a good thing?
• Survival of the Fittest: Is it the path to high performance?
• Visibility in a Remote World: Appearances can be deceiving
• The Billable Hours Dilemma: Breaking the paradigm
• When You Don’t Get the Job: What next?
• Crush Your Career in 2022: Making bold moves
• The Five Best Episodes of 2021: Chosen by Marty & Em
• Paul Scurrah Interview: Inside Life at the Top
• Stop Doing Your People’s Work: Lead them to do it
• The Christmas Danger Zone: Q&A with Marty and Em
• Epic Team Building Fails: It’s hard not to be cynical
• The Pursuit of Perfection: Sounds noble, doesn’t work
• Political Sabotage at Work: Surviving the shark tank
• Getting Ahead of the Next Crisis: An ounce of prevention
• Don’t Mollycoddle Your People: They’re paid to do a job
• The Future of Leadership with Jacob Morgan
• Leadership Not For You? Here are your options
• Communicating Value and Acing Accountability: Q&A with Marty & Em
• Managing Up: A cheat sheet
• A No Bullsh!t Interview with Martin G. Moore and Riaz Meghji
• From Idea to Amazon: The story behind the book
• Don’t Lose Your Best People: Competing in the Labor Market
• The Blame Game: It’s not me, it’s you!
• From Kitchen Table To Global Icon: Samantha Wills Interview
• Managing Your Ambition: Don’t win, only to lose
• Leadership Lessons From Tokyo: What the Olympics taught us
• Return to Work Rules: Are vaccination mandates good?
• Covid Communication and Comparisonitis: Q&A with Marty & Em
• Managing Your Career with Laurie Ruettimann
• Motivating Process Workers: Mundane Jobs Are Tough
• Does Size Matter: Leading Smaller Businesses
• The Nike Boss: “Just Do It”
• Stretching Your People (Without Breaking Them)
• Huddles, Handovers and Peer Envy: Q&A with Marty & Em
• Succession Planning: Preparing for the future
• Humour is Underrated: Leadership should be fun!
• The Skills Shortage: Attracting and retaining the best
• Believing Your Own Bullsh!t: The Emperor’s New Clothes
• Gossip, Chit-chat, and Basecamp: Q&A with Marty and Em
• Mastering Risk: Improving every decision
• Horrible Bosses and Managing Up: Q&A with Marty and Em
• Fighting Fear: What does it take?
• It’s Not WHAT You Know, It’s WHO You Know!
• Professional Gamer to Marketing Icon: Interview with Eric Siu
• Should I Stay or Should I Go? Making a career move
• When Empathy Becomes Sympathy: What’s the difference?
• Being “More Strategic”: Whatever THAT means!
• Elite Athlete to Top Executive: Interview with Luc Robitaille
• What Do CEOs Do? A day in the life
• The Emotional Toll of Leadership: Successful self-management
• Counterintuitive Truths: The success mindset
• Executive Breakthrough: Interview with Michelle Foley
• The Promotion Dilemma: Q&A with Marty & Em
• Leading With Purpose: Is it ‘the new black’?
• Selling Your Proposal: Getting the boss on board
• Can You Coach Character? What strong leaders do
• Overcoming Stage Fright: Presentation Hacks
• Failures in Leadership: Notable cases from 2020
• Crush Your Career in 2021: Planning a strong recovery
• The Five Best Episodes of 2020
• Live Mentoring Session #5: The Politics of Transformation
• Change Fatigue: Is it a thing?
• Working to Live: Q&A with Marty & Em
• Managing Natural Tensions: The balance of value
• Receiving Feedback: Accept the gift graciously
• Does Innovation Create Value? Sexier isn't always better
• Making a Role Your Own: Play to your strengths
• Unlocking Diversity: The Power of Difference
• Is Gut Feel a Thing? Q&A With Marty & Em
• The Leadership Meeting Cadence: Bringing the concepts to life
• Getting in the Arena: At least have a go
• Servant Leadership: Does it work?
• Workplace Romance: What could possibly go wrong?!
• Resilience, Faith, and Optimism: The Stockdale Paradox
• Live Mentoring Session #4: Enabling Your People
• Steadying the Ship: Following an incompetent predecessor
• Balancing the Load: Keeping Perspective
• When You're Ready to Commit: Leadership Beyond the Theory
• Leaving a Legacy: The curse of short-termism
• Keeping the Ones You've Got: Talent retention
• Where To From Here? 100th Episode Special
• Don't Play One Season Too Many: When it's time to go
• Effective Delegation: Q&A with Marty and Em
• Addiction in the Workplace: Managing the fallout
• Performance Reviews: Valuable or destructive?
• The Joys of Outsourcing: It's not all beer and skittles
• Live Mentoring Session #3: Execution excellence
• COVID-19 Leadership Scorecard: Who are the standouts?
• The Leadership Dance: A winning mindset
• Respecting your elders: Should age matter?
• Live Mentoring Session #2: Driving value
• Are all projects doomed? The 'on time, on budget' myth
• Rolling your sleeves up: Is this leading from the front?
• Live Mentoring Session #1: Decision Making Frameworks
• The Silver Lining on the Pandemic: Long term positives from COVID-19
• Strategy isn't hard: don't overcomplicate it
• Being right isn't everything... it's just a good start
• Leading a fragmented workforce: Q&A with Marty & Em
• Leading through Crisis: Calm, capable, and confident
• Jack's Legacy: The good, the bad, and the ugly
• Decision Fatigue: Is it really a thing?
• Where Accountability and Culture Collide: Q&A with Marty
• Refereeing your Leaders' Disputes: Balancing tension and harmony
• Can Your Team Handle the Pressure? Performing when the chips are down
• The Family Affair: Making founder-led businesses work
• Negotiation Fundamentals: Life is a Negotiation
• The Curse of the Middle Manager: All Pain, No Glory?
• Busy Work: Turning effort into value
• Climate Change Unplugged: How outraged should we be?
• New Industry? No Problem! Success through Leadership
• Crush Your Career in 2020
• The Five Best Episodes of 2019
• The Price of Leadership Weakness: Your people suffer most
• Simplicity and Focus: Execution excellence
• No Noise = No Change: Is your change initiative really working?
• How do you Make Someone Change? Leadership Arrogance
• Redundancies and Restructures: It's not personal
• Reading the Play: Situational leadership
• Leading People Who Are Smarter Than You: Q&A with Marty
• Learning to Say "No": With strength and clarity
• Leading Remote Teams: Outcomes, not inputs
• Epic Presentation Fails: How to avoid them
• Imposter Syndrome and Other Dilemmas: Q&A with Marty
• Challenge, Coach, Confront: The leader's basic toolkit
• Dealing with Change Resistance: You will have to shoot a hostage
• Successfully Onboarding New People: You're here, so now what?
• Managing the Board: Healthy relationships and clear accountabilities
• Don't Overdo Collaboration: Working effectively across boundaries
• Behind the Scenes of No Bullsh!t Leadership
• The Millennial Dilemma: Is the future of leadership in good hands?
• Are all Leaders Incompetent? Beating the Peter Principle
• When the Boss Overrules: Analysing the Captain's Call
• Building Trust and Managing Change: Q&A with Marty
• Common Leadership Misconceptions: What should we really be striving for?
• The People Who Built The House Can't Renovate It: Building the right team for change
• Leaders Are Learners: Lessons from everyday life
• The Standard You Walk Past Is The Standard You Set
• People Follow Resilient Leaders: Keeping your cool, 24/7
• First, Create Value: Developing the right leadership mindset
• You're changing...so now what? Q&A with Marty
• Building a Balanced Team: If you want to win, all players need to be strong
• Getting Results When You Don't Have Control: The power of influence
• Communicating With Impact: Cutting through with the written word
• The CEO Wants Culture Change...Or Does He? What to do when the boss doesn't know they're not committed
• If Money Doesn't Motivate, What Does? Tapping into discretionary effort
• Driving Value From Your People: Establishing a winning culture
• When It's Time For Someone To Go: Handling the most difficult conversations
• Regulation Can't Fix Culture: When a whole industry is at a crossroads
• Listener Insights: Handing over the mic
• Don't Shoot the Messenger: Building a culture of healthy challenge
• When Money Doesn't Motivate: What every leader should know about paying people
• Winning Without Self Interest: How long term focus pays off in multiples
• Your Peers Are Really Smart Too: What will differentiate you?
• Unleashing the Power of your People: How empowerment and support drive results
• The Roadmap to Exceptional Leadership Part 2: The 7 Pillars of Leadership Performance
• The Roadmap to Exceptional Leadership Part 1: Common leadership attributes and competencies
• Building Organisational Capability Part 2: Making it part of your culture
• Building Organisational Capability Part 1: What is it?
• Feedback Made Easy: Mastering the skill of giving feedback to your team
• Make Great Decisions: Getting the most out of your team
• Education vs Experience: Balancing your toolkit
• Execution For Results: Driving accountability in your team
• What will you do as a leader in 2019? Setting yourself up for success
• The Best Episodes of 2018 as chosen by Marty and Em
• Workplace politics, egotistical bosses & how to successfully people share: Q&A with Marty
• Stranded By The Boss: Promotion without support and training
• Friendly But Not Friends: Appropriate leader relationships
• Don't Outshine The Boss: Working with an insecure leader
• The War For Talent: Attracting and keeping the best people
• Pale, Male, and Stale: Diversity is harder than it looks
• Are Company Values Meaningless? Lead through your OWN values
• How to give your boss feedback & maintain your mojo: Q&A with Marty
• Are Happy Workers Productive Workers? What really drives your people
• Working At The Right Level: What got you to here won't get you to there
• The Psychology of Feedback: Stop avoiding leadership work
• Using Power Wisely: Why HOW we get results actually matters
• What is leadership...really? Stepping back to ask the big question
• Excellence Over Perfection: Laying the foundations for successful execution
• Building a High Performing Team: Weak team = poor results
• Respect Before Popularity: Letting go of the need to be liked

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