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 scary and daunting, so hopefully listening to these episodes gives you some good ways to 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, Stitcher or your other favourite podcast app of choice!
Of course, you can also listen to them right here by playing them in the web player or by clicking on the individual episodes below.
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Podcast Episode List
Want to Improve Team Performance? Set Good Deadlines.
With the rise of more inclusive and collaborative leadership, setting deadlines can be uncomfortable for many leaders. However, there are good reasons for deadlines and they really can help to [...]
Signs That You’re Not Really Solving Your Team Issues
Ever felt like you're constantly dealing with people problems and team issues, rather than doing actual work? You're not alone. Dealing with people problems is a natural part of leadership. [...]
How to Give Your Team More Meaningful Work
Doing meaningful work is one of the greatest motivational factors that drives team member performance. When people feel as if they are taking on worthwhile tasks that matter, they're more [...]
Handling Emotions in Leadership
As humans, we are constantly experiencing emotions and the workplace is no exception. Leaders often need to deal with deadlines, team problems and other situations, so it's inevitable to feel [...]
Thoughtful Leader’s 5 Cs of Performance Management
When I hear the words "Performance Management" these days I tend to cringe a little. Why? Because over the years, Performance Management seems to have become more about following arduous [...]
The Power of Setting a Direction for Your Team (and how to do it)
Setting a direction is an extremely powerful action that leaders can take to reduce conflict, improve productivity and make sure everyone is on the same page. Setting a clear direction [...]
What to Do When You Have Too Many Priorities
Many organisations seem to be trying to do too much, with too little. The list of "critical" initiatives and projects seems to keep getting bigger. Committing to lots of priorities [...]
Are You Showing the Signs of a Self Serving Leader?
Self-serving leaders put themselves ahead of other people in their organisation, including their teams. Most of us have a tendency to believe that some leaders are selfish and out for [...]
Want to Feel More In Control of Your Team? Try Letting Go.
Leadership can be stressful. Sometimes we feel like we want to have all the answers, when the reality is that our workplaces can be full of ambiguity and uncertainty. [...]
Is All Your Hard Work Helping or Hurting?
Most of us have been conditioned to believe that hard work is a good thing. Working long hours, being exhausted every day - it's all part of the general grind [...]