The Thoughtful Leader Podcast
Hi, I’m Ben Brearley and I’m the host of 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.
Join me as I cover a diverse range of leadership topics. You can subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or your other favourite podcast app of choice!
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Podcast Episode List
Shift Your Mindset to Improve Your Productivity
Being effective and productive are important for good leadership. We want to be focusing on the right things and doing them well, rather than rushing around stressed and constantly busy. [...]
Why Leaders Need to Prioritise Their Mental Health
Acknowledgement of the importance of mental health has grown steadily over the past few years. In years past, we mainly used to focus on physical health and safety, with people [...]
A Short Story: 3 Steps to Employee Engagement
Leaders love to have engaged, enthusiastic employees working for them, but it's not always easy to make it happen. In this episode, I recount a short story of a time [...]
People Unfulfilled at Work? Try These Ideas
With the rise of remote and flexible working, people are becoming more open to the idea of actually enjoying their work. Instead of just going through the daily grind, people [...]
The Importance of Mindset With Mark Altman
In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Altman, who is the founder of MindsetGo, a company that helps people become more confident and effective communicators. Mark [...]
How to Provide Development Opportunities For Your Team
Development opportunities are one of the best ways to stop your team from stagnating, ensuring everyone keeps learning and staying motivated. However, it's not always easy to provide development opportunities. [...]
Don’t Let Blind Spots Derail Your Leadership
Blind spots are dangerous for leaders. It might be that you think people are perceiving you in one way, but actually they think something else about you entirely. Or perhaps [...]
Team Members Relying On You Too Much?
It's natural for team members to need your support, but when it happens too often, it can be a real drag on your time. However, it's not useful to lay [...]
Why You Need a Team Operating Model
Have you ever taken the time to actually write down what your team does, and how it does it? It can be a really useful process to go through to [...]
How to Improve Accountability In Your Team
Are you one of the many leaders who wish your people would take more accountability? Do you yearn for the day when your people will take greater ownership of their [...]