The Thoughtful Leader Podcast

Short, sharp leadership advice for leaders and managers who care about the performance and job satisfaction of their teams.

Communication Mistakes That Will Damage Your Leadership 09/22/2019

Communication Mistakes That Will Damage Your Leadership Communication is a critical leadership skill, but it's often a part of leadership that we get wrong. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/11342123

How Confident Leadership Will Help Your Team Thrive 09/15/2019

How Confident Leadership Will Help Your Team Thrive Confident leadership is not only useful for a leader's wellbeing - it's also great for their team too. In this episode, I look at some ways that confident leadership can help to improve motivation and trust within a team. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/11253575

How to Create Open Communication in Your Team 09/09/2019

How to Create Open Communication in Your Team Open communication is something that is valuable to every leader and team. In this episode, I talk about some of the benefits of open communication in a team, as well as simple ways to start encouraging it in your team. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/11175221

How Toxic Workplaces Happen (and what you can do about it) 09/02/2019

How Toxic Workplaces Happen (and what you can do about it) Toxic workplaces are horrible places to be, but they don't just happen by accident. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/11094257

Employee Turnover - Why It's Good and When You Should Worry 08/27/2019

Employee Turnover - Why It's Good and When You Should Worry Employee turnover is a topic that can see leaders breaking out in a cold sweat. However, it's not all bad. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/11012789

Why You Can't Hold Your Team Accountable 08/18/2019

Why You Can't Hold Your Team Accountable We all want to hold our teams accountable. In almost every workplace I've been, I hear the familiar phrase "There's just no accountability!" This episode deals with that issue. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/10908681

Short Term Thinking = Bad Leadership 08/11/2019

Short Term Thinking = Bad Leadership One of the primary causes of bad outcomes in our workplaces is short-term thinking on the part of leaders. Taking action or failing to take necessary action often occurs because we don't take the time to think of the long-term outcomes of what we're doing. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/10855526

Using Work Pressure to Improve Team Performance 08/04/2019

Using Work Pressure to Improve Team Performance It's never fun having a stressed and overworked team. But did you know that all stress is not created equal? /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/10771769

5 Questions to Ask an Unmotivated Team Member 07/29/2019

5 Questions to Ask an Unmotivated Team Member Early in my career I remember thinking that people who were unmotivated at work were just "slackers". Now, my perspective has changed a lot, because I believe that one of the biggest factors in motivation is the work environment and how people are treated, rather than it all being up to the individual. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/10701536

Why Softly Spoken Leaders Make a Big Impact 07/22/2019

Why Softly Spoken Leaders Make a Big Impact Softly spoken leaders face some challenges in the workplace, struggling to be heard over the noise of their dominant, outspoken counterparts. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/10609994

Why Your Team Won't Speak Up (and Why You Need Them to) 07/16/2019

Why Your Team Won't Speak Up (and Why You Need Them to) Ever walked away from a meeting you thought was going to be controversial, where there was actually no conflict at all? You could have a problem, because your team isn't speaking up. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/10548491

How Better Time Management Will Help Your Team 07/07/2019

How Better Time Management Will Help Your Team Leaders can be one of the greatest sources of wasted time in the workplace. This is unfortunate, but true! In this episode, Ben talks about how leaders who manage their time better can have a positive effect on their teams and improve their productivity. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/10432889

Everyone Is Stupid...Except for MY Team 06/30/2019

Everyone Is Stupid...Except for MY Team Ever worked in a team where an adversarial attitude builds against people outside of the team? This can be a damaging mindset if left unchecked. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/10251134

Why You Need to Speak Up At Work 06/23/2019

Why You Need to Speak Up At Work Having the confidence to speak up and out about issues and inefficiencies in your workplace is a key role of a leader. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/10251047

Building Self-Confidence 06/17/2019

Building Self-Confidence Self-confidence is one of the most critical parts of leadership. Without it, you'll second guess yourself, be less decisive and have difficulty getting people to follow you. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/10186574

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy and Leadership 06/09/2019

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy and Leadership Self-fulfilling Prophecy is a phenomenon I've seen in workplaces for a long time, and it can make or break your team. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/10106031

Micromanagement...and How You Can Stop It 06/04/2019

Micromanagement...and How You Can Stop It Ever micromanaged someone? I certainly have, and it's not a great thing for a leader to do. What I have noticed over my career is that micromanagement isn't something that people want to do... but they feel like they have to. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/10040681

How Perfectionism Kills Leadership 05/27/2019

How Perfectionism Kills Leadership Perfectionism seems to be quite a common trait in our workplaces. What is the impact of perfectionism on leadership and is it just another form of procrastination? /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/9755303

The Best Way to Create Happy Employees 05/20/2019

The Best Way to Create Happy Employees Most leaders want to manage a team of happy employees. But what does it take to get there, and how can leaders go about it? /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/9755096

How to Delegate to Improve Your Team 05/13/2019

How to Delegate to Improve Your Team Delegation isn't about just getting rid of your most hated tasks and giving them to your team members. We can use delegation as a great way to improve our team performance and motivation. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/9662705

10 Tips for Giving Effective Feedback 05/05/2019

10 Tips for Giving Effective Feedback Feedback is one of the most important tools leaders can use to both manage performance and to recognise team members. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/9662690

5 Personality Traits to Look For When Hiring 04/29/2019

5 Personality Traits to Look For When Hiring Hiring people is difficult, and sometimes it's difficult to know just what to look for when you're interviewing your next potential team members. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/9579683

The Power of Pushing Back 04/22/2019

The Power of Pushing Back I find pushing back to be an underrated skill. Pushing back means sometimes, you need to say "No" to people who try to burden you with too much work, or tasks that are not even yours to do. This might be your boss, or other colleagues. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/9491417

The 70-20-10 Model for Learning 04/14/2019

The 70-20-10 Model for Learning Sometimes, it feels as if we're still stuck in the mindset that we need to do a training course to learn anything. Nothing could be further from the truth. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/9391409

Too Busy to Lead Effectively 04/07/2019

Too Busy to Lead Effectively I see it often today - leaders are too busy in meetings and stuck working on other people's priorities to actually fulfil their leadership roles effectively. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/9296123

Why Leadership Matters 03/30/2019

Why Leadership Matters Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of our leadership roles, we start to wonder what we're doing. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/9199418

Reducing Key Person Risk in Your Team 03/25/2019

Reducing Key Person Risk in Your Team Do you ever rely on a single person for important tasks in your team? What happens if they aren't able to attend work, or happen to resign unexpectedly? /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/9130124

Being Resilient in the Workplace 03/18/2019

Being Resilient in the Workplace Resilience is a great quality to have for overcoming short to medium term challenges. But it's also something that I believe can be used as a "cop out". /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/9027020

Leadership Weaknesses 03/03/2019

Leadership Weaknesses It can be uncomfortable to acknowledge your leadership weaknesses and limitations. However, when you do realise what they are, they can be an important tool to use to improve the way your team functions. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/8853161

Struggling at Work? Improve Your Working Relationship With Your Boss 02/25/2019

Struggling at Work? Improve Your Working Relationship With Your Boss When you first get your leadership role, it seems like you'll have a lot of power to make changes and really get things done. But in reality, there is one thing that might stop you - the relationship you have with your boss. /episode/index/show/thoughtfulleader/id/8764688

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