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Hi, I’m Ben Brearley. I help people become better leaders by focusing on important foundations of great leadership:
- Improving Time Management & Effectiveness
- Building Self-Confidence; and
- Understanding How to Motivate & Engage Team Members.
Because that’s how work gets better – one Thoughtful Leader at a time.
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Time Management for Leaders: The Online Course
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Recent Podcast Episodes
- Episode 57 – Employee Wellbeing: Is it Important Or Are We Just Ticking a Box?Ben Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-02-26T07:16:12+08:00
Episode 57 – Employee Wellbeing: Is it Important Or Are We Just Ticking a Box?
- Episode 56 – Why Thoughtful Leaders Need the Most ConfidenceBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-02-18T06:39:40+08:00
Episode 56 – Why Thoughtful Leaders Need the Most Confidence
- Episode 55 – The Importance of Consequences for an Effective WorkplaceBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-02-12T06:53:57+08:00
Episode 55 – The Importance of Consequences for an Effective Workplace
- Episode 54 – Are You a Valuable Leader? The Fine Line Between Hurting and Helping Your TeamBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-02-05T06:53:13+08:00
Episode 54 – Are You a Valuable Leader? The Fine Line Between Hurting and Helping Your Team
- Episode 53 – Why Trusting Your People Is Your Best StrategyBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-29T06:10:56+08:00
Episode 53 – Why Trusting Your People Is Your Best Strategy
- Episode 52 – Is a Productivity Problem Hurting Your Leadership?Ben Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-20T19:25:06+08:00
Episode 52 – Is a Productivity Problem Hurting Your Leadership?
- Episode 51 – Leadership Lessons for 2020Ben Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-15T06:26:28+08:00
Episode 51 – Leadership Lessons for 2020
- Episode 50 – Are You Avoiding a Difficult Conversation?Ben Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T17:54:56+08:00
Episode 50 – Are You Avoiding a Difficult Conversation?
- Episode 49 – Employee Retention: More Than Stopping People QuittingBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T17:55:08+08:00
Episode 49 – Employee Retention: More Than Stopping People Quitting
- Episode 48 – The Perils of Passive LeadershipBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T17:55:18+08:00
Episode 48 – The Perils of Passive Leadership
- Episode 47 – Why Building Your Team’s Confidence Should Be a PriorityBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T17:55:28+08:00
Episode 47 – Why Building Your Team’s Confidence Should Be a Priority
- Episode 46 – Insecure Bosses and the Scientist MindsetBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T17:55:47+08:00
Episode 46 – Insecure Bosses and the Scientist Mindset
- Episode 45 – Good Ways to Support Your TeamBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T17:58:40+08:00
Episode 45 – Good Ways to Support Your Team
- Episode 44 – Directive Leadership… What It Is and When You Should Use ItBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T17:59:01+08:00
Episode 44 – Directive Leadership… What It Is and When You Should Use It
- Episode 43 – Is a Fear of Leaving Your Job Making You a Worse Leader?Ben Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T17:59:19+08:00
Episode 43 – Is a Fear of Leaving Your Job Making You a Worse Leader?
- Episode 42 – Moving Your People Along the Motivation SpectrumBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T17:59:36+08:00
Episode 42 – Moving Your People Along the Motivation Spectrum
- Episode 41 – Limiting Beliefs That Ruin Your EffectivenessBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T17:59:51+08:00
Episode 41 – Limiting Beliefs That Ruin Your Effectiveness
- Episode 40 – Traps for Supportive LeadersBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:00:14+08:00
Episode 40 – Traps for Supportive Leaders
- Episode 39 – Work Time-Wasters That Create Unhappy TeamsBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:00:30+08:00
Episode 39 – Work Time-Wasters That Create Unhappy Teams
- Episode 38 – Leadership Assumptions That Ruin MotivationBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:00:42+08:00
Episode 38 – Leadership Assumptions That Ruin Motivation
- Episode 37 – Communication Mistakes That Will Damage Your LeadershipBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:00:55+08:00
Episode 37 – Communication Mistakes That Will Damage Your Leadership
- Episode 36 – How Confident Leadership Will Help Your Team ThriveBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:01:07+08:00
Episode 36 – How Confident Leadership Will Help Your Team Thrive
- Episode 35 – How to Create Open Communication in Your TeamBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:01:19+08:00
Episode 35 – How to Create Open Communication in Your Team
- Episode 34 – How Toxic Workplaces Happen (and what you can do about it)Ben Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:01:33+08:00
Episode 34 – How Toxic Workplaces Happen (and what you can do about it)
- Episode 33 – Employee Turnover: Why It’s Good and When You Should WorryBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:01:44+08:00
Episode 33 – Employee Turnover: Why It’s Good and When You Should Worry
- Episode 32 – Why You Can’t Hold Your Team AccountableBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:01:56+08:00
Episode 32 – Why You Can’t Hold Your Team Accountable
- Episode 31 – Short Term Thinking = Bad LeadershipBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:04:54+08:00
Episode 31 – Short Term Thinking = Bad Leadership
- Episode 30 – Using Work Pressure to Improve Team PerformanceBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:05:13+08:00
Episode 30 – Using Work Pressure to Improve Team Performance
- Episode 29 – 5 Questions to Ask an Unmotivated Team MemberBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:05:32+08:00
Episode 29 – 5 Questions to Ask an Unmotivated Team Member
- Episode 28 – Why Softly Spoken Leaders Make a Big ImpactBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:05:47+08:00
Episode 28 – Why Softly Spoken Leaders Make a Big Impact
- Episode 27 – Why Your Team Won’t Speak Up (and Why You Need Them to)Ben Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:05:59+08:00
Episode 27 – Why Your Team Won’t Speak Up (and Why You Need Them to)
- Episode 26 – How Better Time Management Will Help Your TeamBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:06:11+08:00
Episode 26 – How Better Time Management Will Help Your Team
- Episode 25 – Everyone Is Stupid…Except for MY TeamBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:06:27+08:00
Episode 25 – Everyone Is Stupid…Except for MY Team
- Episode 24 – Why You Need to Speak Up At WorkBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:06:47+08:00
Episode 24 – Why You Need to Speak Up At Work
- Episode 23 – Building Self-ConfidenceBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:06:57+08:00
Episode 23 – Building Self-Confidence
- Episode 22 – Self-Fulfilling Prophecy & LeadershipBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:08:30+08:00
Episode 22 – Self-Fulfilling Prophecy & Leadership
- Episode 21 – Micromanagement… and How to Stop ItBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:07:52+08:00
Episode 21 – Micromanagement… and How to Stop It
- Episode 20 – How Perfectionism Kills LeadershipBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-01-12T18:08:15+08:00
Episode 20 – How Perfectionism Kills Leadership
- Episode 19 – The Best Way to Create Happy EmployeesBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-05-13T13:37:15+08:00
Episode 19 – The Best Way to Create Happy Employees
- Episode 18 – How to Delegate to Improve Your TeamBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-05-07T06:37:07+08:00
Episode 18 – How to Delegate to Improve Your Team
- Episode 17 – 10 Tips for Giving Effective FeedbackBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-05-06T07:05:01+08:00
Episode 17 – 10 Tips for Giving Effective Feedback
- Episode 16 – 5 Personality Traits to Look For When HiringBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-04-30T07:00:14+08:00
Episode 16 – 5 Personality Traits to Look For When Hiring
- Episode 15 – The Power of Pushing BackBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-04-24T06:54:37+08:00
Episode 15 – The Power of Pushing Back
- Episode 14 – The 70-20-10 Model for LearningBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-04-15T06:54:21+08:00
Episode 14 – The 70-20-10 Model for Learning
- Episode 13 – Too Busy to Lead EffectivelyBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-04-07T10:15:48+08:00
Episode 13 – Too Busy to Lead Effectively
- Episode 12 – Why Leadership MattersBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-03-30T15:38:52+08:00
Episode 12 – Why Leadership Matters
- Episode 11 – Reducing Key Person Risk in Your TeamBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-03-25T20:29:03+08:00
Episode 11 – Reducing Key Person Risk in Your Team
- Episode 10 – Being Resilient in the WorkplaceBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-03-20T14:47:12+08:00
Episode 10 – Being Resilient in the Workplace
- Episode 9 – Leadership WeaknessesBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-03-16T09:47:27+08:00
Episode 9 – Leadership Weaknesses
- Episode 8 – Struggling at Work? Improve Your Working Relationship With Your BossBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-03-16T09:46:26+08:00
Episode 8 – Struggling at Work? Improve Your Working Relationship With Your Boss
- Episode 7 – A Leader’s Greatest Tool – The Confidence to ChallengeBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-03-16T09:48:09+08:00
Episode 7 – A Leader’s Greatest Tool – The Confidence to Challenge
- Episode 6 – Managing Experienced PeopleBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-03-16T09:48:14+08:00
Episode 6 – Managing Experienced People
- Episode 5 – Getting Team Members to Contribute IdeasBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-03-16T09:48:22+08:00
Episode 5 – Getting Team Members to Contribute Ideas
- Episode 4 – Staying Motivated When You Don’t Feel Like ItBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-03-16T09:48:29+08:00
Episode 4 – Staying Motivated When You Don’t Feel Like It
- Episode 3 – Meetings: Good or Bad?Ben Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-03-16T09:48:35+08:00
Episode 3 – Meetings: Good or Bad?
- Episode 2 – Conflict AvoidanceBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-03-16T09:48:40+08:00
Episode 2 – Conflict Avoidance
- Episode 1 – Improving CollaborationBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2019-03-16T09:48:48+08:00
Episode 1 – Improving Collaboration
