No Bullsh!t Leadership
Episodes
Inside Life at the Top: Paul Scurrah Interview
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #173 // Today we bring you an in-depth interview with Paul Scurrah. Paul is the CEO and Managing Director of rail freight business Pacific Nat...
Stop Doing Your People’s Work: Lead THEM to do it
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #172 // When one of my articles for Harvard Business Review blew up recently on social media, we decided to make it more accessible to our com...
The Christmas Danger Zone: Q&A with Marty & Em
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #171 // Christmas party season is upon us, and many of you may have already partaken in an early celebration to mark the end of the year. ...
Epic Team Building Fails: It’s hard not to be cynical
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #170 // This week, we’re taking a look at team building exercises. They come in all different shapes, sizes and colors… some are useful, s...
The Pursuit of Perfection: Sounds noble, doesn’t work!
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #169 // Even after the disruption of the last 18 months, I still see many companies weighed down by a perfectionistic culture. If we’ve lear...
Political Sabotage at Work: Surviving the shark tank
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #168 // Politics is no fun. It can undo you, even if you’re operating with good intent, and doing everything right.On one level, politics ca...
Getting Ahead of the Next Crisis: An ounce of prevention
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #167 // We receive a lot of questions about resilience, and we’ve produced several episodes over the last three years that offer some guidan...
Don’t Mollycoddle Your People: They’re Paid to do a Job
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #166 // Debate is raging about the merits of remote work versus on-site colocation, exposing some real issues for leaders. One of the lighter ...
The Future of Leadership with Jacob Morgan
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #165 // A few months ago I was fortunate enough to be interviewed on Jacob Morgan’s podcast ‘The Future of Work’. We had such a cracking...
Leadership Not For You? Here are your options
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #164 // We have two types of people who follow the No Bullsh!t Leadership podcast. The first, are leaders who love leadership and want to get ...
Communicating Value and Acing Accountability: Q&A with Marty & Em
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #163 // In this episode, Em and I cover three brilliant questions from past Leadership Beyond the Theory students! These questions are taken f...
Managing Up: A cheat sheet
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #162 // We get an unbelievable number of questions every month about how to manage up more effectively.It’s important to make sure your boss...
A No Bullsh!t Interview with Martin G. Moore and Riaz Meghji
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #161 // Today is the day, No Bullsh!t Leadership is officially published!It’s been a long road (which you heard about in last week’s episo...
From Idea to Amazon: The story behind the book
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #160 // With the US publication of my book, No Bullsh!t Leadership on the horizon, we decided to dedicate this episode to tell the story of ho...
Don’t Lose Your Best People: Competing in the Labor Market
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #159 // With a hot labor market emerging in many countries at present, the threat of your people being headhunted by a competitor is increasin...
The Blame Game: It’s not me, it’s you!
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #158 // Blaming others when something doesn’t go to plan is one of the most insidious (and unfortunately, most common) leadership behaviors....
From Kitchen Table To Global Icon: Samantha Wills Interview
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #157 // Samantha Wills is an Australian designer, entrepreneur, and author, who achieved global prominence with her eponymous jewelry range. F...
Managing Your Ambition: Don’t win, only to lose
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #156 // I recently came across a new book called Return on Ambition: A Radical Approach to Your Achievement, Growth, and Well-Being. The book ...
Leadership Lessons From Tokyo: What the Olympics taught us
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #155 // Earlier this month, the Tokyo Olympics provided a welcome distraction from some of the other pressing global issues that have dominate...
Return to Work Rules: Are vaccination mandates good?
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #154 // As we start to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, and governments around the world loosen restrictions, business leaders are faced wit...
Covid Communication and Comparisonitis: Q&A with Marty & Em
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #153 // This Q&A episode deals with two excellent listener questions! The first, is about how to communicate the uncertainty of the curren...
Managing Your Career with Laurie Ruettimann
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
#152 // We get so many questions from listeners about career management and progression. I normally shuffle these to the back of the deck, purely beca...
Motivating Process Workers: Mundane jobs are tough!
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #151 // I was being interviewed for a podcast in the US a few weeks ago, and the interviewer asked an excellent question: he said, “it’s a...
Does Size Matter? Leading smaller businesses
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #150 // Our listener base incorporates leaders from a massive range of different circumstances and experiences…leaders in over 70 countries,...
The Nike Boss: “Just Do It!”
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #149 // Quite often, when we push back on a boss who wants us to take on more work, we’re told to “just do it”. Or sometimes, when we ra...
Stretching Your People (Without Breaking Them)
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #148 // Everyone has different levels of mental capability, emotional capacity, resilience, drive, and ambition. To make things even harder, o...
Huddles, Handovers and Peer Envy: Q&A with Marty & Em
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #147 // In this episode we have another couple of great questions to work through! First we’ll deal with how to manage the fallout of peer e...
Succession Planning: Preparing for the future
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #146 // Regardless of the size of business you’re in, one of your primary objectives is to prepare for the future. This means ensuring ...
Humour is Underrated: Leadership should be fun!
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #145 // We spend a lot of time talking about the difficult elements of leadership, and how to overcome them. Mastery of the right habits, beha...
The Skills Shortage: Attracting and retaining the best
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #144 // Since Covid, it has become a lot more difficult to attract and retain the right talent (which is a little counterintuitive, given how ...
Believing Your Own Bullsh!t: The Emperor’s New Clothes
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 143 // Some companies have turned the concept of believing your own bullsh!t into an art form! It’s really easy to convince ourselves that w...
Gossip, Chit-chat, and Basecamp: Q&A with Marty and Em
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #142 // When tech firm Basecamp released some new company policies, around a third of their people resigned (hey, it’s only a small business...
Mastering Risk: Improving every decision
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #141 // Understanding risk, and being able to respond in a manner that’s both appropriate and proportional to the level of risk is a fundame...
Horrible Bosses and Managing Up: Q&A with Marty and Em
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 140 // In this week’s Q&A, we’re going to cover two questions about the subtle art of managing upwards and how to deal with a passive ...
Fighting Fear: What does it take?
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #139 // This week we take on a great listener question that will be on many people’s minds at the moment.Fear has been stoked to extraordina...
It’s Not WHAT You Know, It’s WHO You Know!
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #138 // I recently had a robust after-dinner discussion over this old expression. It’s often said by someone who’s trying to explain the r...
Professional Gamer to Marketing Icon: Interview with Eric Siu
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #137 // This week’s episode is another interview, this time with marketing icon, Eric Siu! Em managed to secure this interview with the man ...
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Making a career move
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #136 // How do you know when it’s time to leave an organisation?Like almost every question in leadership, the answer is - it depends. Every ...
When Empathy Becomes Sympathy: What’s the difference?
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #135 // Is there such a thing as “too much empathy”? Despite what many pundits say, I believe that there’s a place for almost limitless ...
Being “More Strategic”: Whatever THAT means!
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #134 // Have you ever been told that you need to be “more strategic”?t can come as part of the dreaded post-interview feedback, when you f...
Elite Athlete to Top Executive: Interview with Luc Robitaille
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #133 // INTERVIEWAfter 130-odd episodes of me giving my two-cents worth on all things leadership, we’re starting to introduce the occasional...
What Do CEOs Do? A day in the life
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #132 // There are many variables that have an impact on what a CEO role entails at a given point in time - industry, company size, maturity of...
The Emotional Toll of Leadership: Successful self-management
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #131 // I run into leaders all the time who struggle with the personal impact that a leadership role has on their lives. It can be emotionally...
Counterintuitive Truths: The success mindset
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #130 // As leaders, we expect most things to be logical. They should make sense to us, and be easy for us to explain to our people. And to a l...
Executive Breakthrough: Interview with Michelle Foley
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #129 // INTERVIEWIn today's podcast, I talk about the 'Executive Breakthrough' with Michelle Foley, Chief Customer Officer at The Arnott's Gro...
The Promotion Dilemma: Q&A with Marty & Em
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #128 // In this episode, Em & I discuss a few brilliant listener questions relating to promotions.The first question is from Anne, who ask...
Leading With Purpose: Is it ‘the new black’?
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #127 // We’ve had a lot of people recently asking us about the role of purpose in business. In this episode, we answer a great question from...
Selling Your Proposal: Getting the boss on board
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #126 // At some point, every leader needs to present proposals to their boss in order to gain approval for deploying the organisation’s reso...
Can You Coach Character? What strong leaders do
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #125 // How do you develop a mindset to make decisions confidently, while removing any concerns about the implications it could have for your ...
Overcoming Stage Fright: Presentation Hacks
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #124 // There are very few people who are totally comfortable presenting in a public forum, whether it’s a submission to the board, a ‘tow...
Failures in Leadership: Notable cases from 2020
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #123 // There was a lot to celebrate in 2020, despite the difficulties we all faced. And whereas much of the world was focused on leading thro...
Crush Your Career in 2021: Planning a strong recovery
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #122 // As much as I think any day is a good day to rethink what we’re doing in our lives and careers, a milestone like the new year typical...
The Five Best Episodes of 2020
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #121 // As we traditionally do in December, Em and I thought we’d take a look back on the year of podcasts, and pick out our favourites for ...
Live Mentoring Session #5: The Politics of Transformation
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #120 // This week, I share a mentoring session with a senior leader from a large industrial business. Vahid ran an extremely successful transf...
Change Fatigue: Is it a thing?
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #119 // A lot of leaders say that their organisation is suffering from “change fatigue". Although there are no doubt many impacts from the s...
Working to Live: Q&A with Marty & Em
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #118 // When we spend so much time dedicated to our work, it’s pretty common to feel as though we’re neglecting other important areas of o...
Managing Natural Tensions: The balance of value
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #117 // Every organisation inherently has a number of natural tensions between different groups and functions - finance vs marketing; sales vs...
Receiving Feedback: Accept the gift graciously
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #116 // We tend to talk a lot about how important it is for leaders to give their people feedback, but focus much less on how to receive feedb...
Does Innovation Create Value? Sexier isn't always better
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #115 // Innovation has become a very overused term, which can be found in the bullsh!t bingo dictionary between agility, and strategic. The te...
Making a Role Your Own: Play to your strengths
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #114 // Starting a new role can be a little daunting, whether you’re being promoted to lead the team you used to be part of, or moving to a ...
Unlocking Diversity: The Power of Difference
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #113 // In the last couple of decades, we’ve seen an increasing focus on embracing diversity. The emphasis on this is often limited to gende...
Is Gut Feel a Thing? Q&A With Marty & Em
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #112 // We get an enormous number of questions on making better decisions, but we haven’t really addressed this subject directly in quite a ...
The Leadership Meeting Cadence: Bringing the concepts to life
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #111 // If you took a poll of 100 leaders, you’d be hard-pressed to find one who’d say that they’d like more meetings in their lives, es...
Getting in the Arena: At least have a go
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #110 // We all get busy doing the things we do in life, and sometimes we don’t really think about what we’re actually achieving. Some peop...
Servant Leadership: Does it work?
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #109 // The concept of “Servant Leadership” was first formulated by Robert Geenleaf 50 years ago, most likely as a reaction to the command...
Workplace Romance: What could possibly go wrong?!
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #108 // This episode takes a look at the delicate issue of relationships at work. Why do we still see a revolving door of very senior executiv...
Resilience, Faith, and Optimism: The Stockdale Paradox
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #107 // The amount of disruption, challenge, and uncertainty we’ve dealt with in the past six months has tested us all. Who is committed to ...
Live Mentoring Session #4: Enabling Your People
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #106 // In this episode, we take a look at part of a mentoring session I did with a fantastic young leader named Kate.Kate is a leader in a fi...
Steadying the Ship: Following an incompetent predecessor
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #105 // Sometimes, you come into a new leadership role where the team you take over is broken. This happens with surprising regularity. Why? B...
Balancing the Load: Keeping Perspective
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #104 // Leaders often struggle with their workload, as they move to more senior levels in an organisation.Hard work is a given if you want to ...
When You're Ready to Commit: Leadership Beyond the Theory
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #103 // We’ve had lots of questions lately from listeners asking how to implement the learnings from the podcast into their organizations, a...
Leaving a Legacy: The curse of short-termism
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #102 // It’s no surprise that leaders increasingly fall into the trap of acting only for short-term results, not really considering what the...
Keeping the Ones You've Got: Talent retention
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #101 // What keeps your people engaged, motivated, and committed? This week, we explore the world of talent retention.Staff turnover is expens...
Where To From Here? 100th Episode Special
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #100 // Today, we’re going to take a quick breather from our normal content, and talk about all things Your CEO Mentor related to celebrate ...
Don't Play One Season Too Many: When it's time to go
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #99 // How would you know if you’ve reached your use-by date in a role?Great organisations rise and fall - very few stand the test of time. ...
Effective Delegation: Q&A with Marty and Em
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #98 // There have been a couple of questions that we’ve seen appearing as common themes over the past few months, so Em and I thought we’d...
Addiction in the Workplace: Managing the fallout
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #97 // Many people suffer from addictions, and they don’t check them in at the door when they turn up to work each day - their choice is to ...
Performance Reviews: Valuable or destructive?
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #96 // As we’ve just hit the end of the Australian 2020 Financial Year, a lot of our local listeners are about to step into the performance ...
The Joys of Outsourcing: It's not all beer and skittles
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #95 // What should we outsource, when should we outsource, and how do we avoid the common pitfalls?In the 90’s, outsourcing became all the r...
Live Mentoring Session #3: Execution excellence
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #94 // This episode is another value-packed live mentoring session with two of our past Leadership Beyond the Theory students, Leina Broughton...
COVID-19 Leadership Scorecard: Who are the standouts?
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #93 // Through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen some stark examples of leadership in crisis, both good and bad, as countr...
The Leadership Dance: A winning mindset
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #92 // There’s a great documentary series currently streaming on Netflix called The Last Dance, which looks at The Chicago Bulls basketball ...
Respecting your elders: Should age matter?
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #91 // We're constantly receiving questions from listeners about leading when there is a significant age difference. And this can flow in both...
Live Mentoring Session #2: Driving value
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #90 // We had some fantastic feedback on the first live mentoring session that we released a few weeks ago, Episode #87, so we’ve decided to...
Are all projects doomed? The 'on time, on budget' myth
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #89 // Is it really inevitable that all projects will go overtime and over budget?I cut my leadership teeth as a project manager on large soft...
Rolling your sleeves up: Is this leading from the front?
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #88 // It’s difficult to lead properly or act at a more strategic level, if your boss expects you to have a very hands-on component to your ...
Live Mentoring Session #1: Decision Making Frameworks
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #87 // Some of the best things in life happen purely by accident. Remember that impromptu party that turned out to be one of the best nights o...
The Silver Lining on the Pandemic: Long term positives from COVID-19
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #86 // Although we are still in lockdown mode in many parts of the world to stem the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic, we can start to look at th...
Strategy isn't hard: don't overcomplicate it
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #85 // The word “strategy” is much misused and misunderstood. A lot of people use it without really understanding what it means - ever had...
Being right isn't everything... it's just a good start
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #84 // I have met some incredibly intelligent executives, who struggle to get the outcomes they should because they can't elicit the buy-in an...
Leading a fragmented workforce: Q&A with Marty & Em
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #83 // In October of last year we released Episode #60, and looked at leading remote teams. In that episode, we outlined a number of principle...
Leading through Crisis: Calm, capable, and confident
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #82 // Although the world is immersed in pandemic panic, today’s episode DOESN’T focus on the Coronavirus - there’s already an overload ...
Jack's Legacy: The good, the bad, and the ugly
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #81 // On 1st March 2020, we heard the news that Jack Welch had passed away at the age of 84 from renal failure. For over 20 years, he was the...
Decision Fatigue: Is it really a thing?
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #80 // Decision fatigue has been spoken about over the last several years as a serious problem, a by-product of our fast paced world.Overcomin...
Where Accountability and Culture Collide: Q&A with Marty
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #79 // This episode takes us into another Q&A, where we address three excellent listener questions - and to celebrate International Women’...
Refereeing your Leaders' Disputes: Balancing tension and harmony
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #78 // In our quest to build harmonious teams where everyone works together and collaborates for the common good of the organisation, we somet...
Can Your Team Handle the Pressure? Performing when the chips are down
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #77 // A lot of people spend a lot of time talking about resilience. Interestingly, real resilience can be difficult to acquire for an individ...
The Family Affair: Making founder-led businesses work
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #76 // There are lots of different ownership structures that we come across in the world of business, and family owned businesses are extremel...
Negotiation Fundamentals: Life is a Negotiation
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #75 // This episode shifts a little from the leadership, culture, and human performance elements of business, to a technique-based expose on n...
The Curse of the Middle Manager: All Pain, No Glory?
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #74 // Middle management roles are sometimes the toughest of any role in an organisation. However, if you have the right mindset and perspecti...