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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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The Leadership Confidence Coaching Program is perfect for leaders and managers who want to build resilience and feel more comfortable and confident in leading their teams and handling difficult workplace situations.
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Time Management for Leaders: The Online Course
As a leader, you are in a difficult position, often struggling to get all your work done and support your team at the same time.
If you feel like you’re always fire-fighting instead of being an effective leader, then the Time Management for Leaders Online Course can help you.
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Recent Podcast Episodes
- Episode 62: Why Formal Authority Won’t Solve Your Leadership ProblemsBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-03-30T07:06:51+08:00
Episode 62: Why Formal Authority Won’t Solve Your Leadership Problems
- Episode 61: Tips for Leading Remote WorkersBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-03-23T14:20:09+08:00
Episode 61: Tips for Leading Remote Workers
- Episode 60: High Performers? Or Just Acting Like It?Ben Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-03-15T08:48:51+08:00
Episode 60: High Performers? Or Just Acting Like It?
- Episode 59 – The Middle-Management Conundrum – When You Disagree With Senior Management DirectionBen Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-03-08T19:08:23+08:00
Episode 59 – The Middle-Management Conundrum – When You Disagree With Senior Management Direction
- Episode 58 – Why Leaders Should Do More Planning (and Why They Don’t)Ben Brearley BSc BCM MBA2020-03-01T09:11:41+08:00
Episode 58 – Why Leaders Should Do More Planning (and Why They Don’t)
- 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
