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
Want to Feel Better Leading? Self-Acceptance Is a Good Start.
I sometimes work with leaders who pretty much need a complete confidence rebuild because of their experiences in crappy workplaces. Damaged confidence can take years to recover (if it does [...]
Why Leaders Don’t Delegate and How to Do It More
It seems to be fairly common knowledge that delegation is a valuable leadership skill. But in my experience coaching and talking to my training attendees, there is not enough of [...]
How to Bring More Honesty to Your Leadership
Recent research shows that honesty is one of the most highly sought-after leadership characteristics. However, there are many situations in which we sometimes feel like we can't be as honest [...]
How to Feel More Positive at Work
Workplaces can often be busy and overwhelming places, convincing us that our situation is all doom and gloom. People like to focus on negativity and this can make the situation even [...]
5 Key Leadership Focus Areas for 2023
It's time to get started with 2023! In this episode, I take a look at my 5 key leadership focus areas which I think are important. These include being aware [...]
Going From “Doer” to Leader? Watch For These Challenges.
Most leaders don't go straight into a leadership position. They start by doing the technical work, and then progress to leadership positions afterwards when they show the potential. This transition [...]
Stressed Team Member? Look For These Common Causes
Stress is common in busy workplaces, and we might think that it usually occurs because the workload is too high. However, there can be many sources of stress that don't [...]
Integrity Risks for Thoughtful Leaders
When leaders do bad things in your workplace, do you assume they are bad, evil people? Or could it be that in a different environment, they'd lead in a better [...]
Don’t Believe These Common Leadership Misconceptions
There are still some common misconceptions about leadership floating around in our organisations. Leadership has changed. Gone are the days of command and control and the days of more inclusive [...]
4 Overrated Leadership Attributes We Can Stop Admiring
The world is full of top 10 leadership characteristics lists which we should all aspire to. In this episode, I wanted to do something a little different, so here are [...]