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
Are You Being Too Optimistic?
It's nice to be optimistic, but what happens when we go too far? In this episode, I take a look at optimism bias and the impact it can have on [...]
Supporting Emerging Leaders With Justin Peters
In this episode, I interview Justin Peters, a young leader who went from being an intern at one of his first employers to being the Program Manager for the entire [...]
How to Tackle Passive Aggressive Behaviour
Passive aggressive behaviour can be quite common in the workplace, as many of us work in a relatively polite society. Passive aggressive behaviour is a way for people to say [...]
Falling Into Bad Leadership Behaviour? Do This!
We often think that only "bad" leaders fall into displaying poor leadership behaviour. In reality, I believe that depending on the situation, we all have the potential to do things [...]
Simple Tips to Help You Coach Your People
Coaching can be a really powerful way to help your people improve. It also shows that you're interested in committing significant time to their personal and professional development. In this [...]
Why People Won’t Follow Your Process (and What to Do)
Leaders often need to introduce process and structure into their teams. So it can be really frustrating when your people won't follow what you're trying to introduce! In this episode, [...]
Improve Your Leadership With Daily Commitments
Daily commitments are a powerful tool that I use with some of my coaching clients. Commitments are a great way to shift mindset and help you show up the way [...]
How to Make Work More Interesting with Lauren Dixon
Ever wanted to improve engagement in your team, and make work more interesting at the same time? Well, you're in luck! In this episode, I interview Lauren Dixon who is [...]
Would You Rather Be Liked or Respected?
Many leaders struggle with the balance between wanting their people to like them and getting the respect they need to perform their leadership role effectively. So which is it? Is [...]
People Not Doing What You Want? Ask These Questions
It's frustrating when you ask your people to do something and they just can't seem to get on board. Your first instinct might be to think they are incompetent or [...]