The Thoughtful Leader Podcast
The Thoughtful Leader Podcast provides short, sharp leadership advice for leaders like you, who care about their teams and want to improve performance and job satisfaction. Leadership can be challenging, frustrating and daunting, so hopefully listening to these episodes helps you lead your team with confidence.
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Podcast Episode List
How to Make Your 1 to 1 Meetings Better
Some leaders consider regular 1 to 1 meetings with their team members to be a waste of time and effort. After all, there are lots of other things that could [...]
Are Your People Resistant to Change? Try These Tips!
It's never pleasant when your people aren't getting on board with what you're trying to do. But leaders are in the business of making change, and resistance is a natural [...]
Is a Lack of Confidence Showing In Your Leadership?
It's very common for leaders to feel a lack of confidence sometimes, and it's nothing to be ashamed about. But ideally, we'd like to be perceived as self-assured and confident [...]
Resilience: Bouncing Back From Toxic Workplaces
Ever struggled working in a tough role in a challenging workplace? How about working for a horrible boss? If the answer is yes, then this episode is for you! This week, [...]
Are You Protecting Your Team Too Much?
Thoughtful leaders sometimes get caught in the trap of trying to shelter their people from harm. While this can be a good thing, it can also slow the growth and [...]
How to Build Trust In Your Team
Trust is a vital ingredient in a productive, cohesive team. When people in a team trust each other, they feel like they are in a safe environment, free from blame. [...]
How to Stay Calm In Tricky, Stressful and Uncertain Situations
Work doesn't always go smoothly, or to plan. As leaders, we are often put in situations where we are under stress and having to work through uncertainty. Leaders need to [...]
Common Leadership Fears and How to Challenge Them
Fear is a natural part of leadership, because leaders are always pushing forward, trying to make change and improve their workplaces. They are taking on responsibility and dealing with difficult [...]
Suffering From a Communication Breakdown? Let’s Fix It.
One of the most frustrating parts of workplace life happens when people aren't communicating effectively. After all, it's easy for communication to break down in the hustle and bustle. In [...]
Difficult Colleague? Let’s Improve the Relationship
It's inevitable that at some point in your leadership career, you're going to come across a colleague that you just don't see eye to eye with. In this episode, I [...]