No Bullsh!t Leadership

Episode #40 // Although building a balanced team can be a tricky proposition, all really successful teams have a balance of skills, capabilities, and experience. As NFL Analyst, Greg Rosenthal put it:“Every season has a different shape - every game is different. Eventually, you will need every aspect of the roster to finish the season as champions."What does it take to build a balanced team?How would you know what the balance of your team is right now?This episode presents some ideas for how to understand your team balance, and five steps for building a plan to improve.Download the reflection questions at www.yourceomentor.com/episode40We also promised a link to Liz Burton’s article on unconscious bias, which you can download at https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/hub/types-of-unconscious-bias/👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had.🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #39 // What do you do when you don’t own the resources that are necessary to delivery the outcomes you are accountable for? How do you motivate people whom report to other leaders, and may be working to a different agenda?Working across boundaries to deliver value is a core skill in complex organisations. Gone are the days of being able to rely upon direct control of resources to deliver your outcomes. Almost everything of value requires collaboration and cooperation.But aligning people’s focus and intent on the right things is harder than it seems.This episode unpicks the key elements of working across boundaries, and covers power, influence, and escalation techniques. Not many people ever master this, but these tips are a great start to focus on the things that will move the needle.Get the free PDF downloadable cheatsheet for this episode at www.yourceomentor.com/episode39 👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had.🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #38 // Some of the lowest hanging fruit for motivating your people comes simply from better communication.This week, we delve into a few ways to improve your written communication!Email, investment proposals, and technical documentation all get a bit of a workout, before we reveal the simple bit powerful “golden rule” of writing anything in a business context.If you want to improve your ability to communicate, and your people’s ability to work out what to do, this episode is a must.** We sat down with a number of leaders from our March cohort of our 7-week online leadership program, Leadership Beyond the Theory, and did a deep dive into what they really got out of the program. If you’re at all considering doing LBT in the July cohort, we highly recommend reading these to get a feel for what you can expect! You can read these at www.yourceomentor.com/casestudies **👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had.🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #37 // Many CEOs and senior executives talk a good game around culture change and transformation… it’s almost expected as the “done thing” for a senior leader.Although many C-level leaders make the right noises, they don’t necessarily have the commitment to set the necessary standards, or generate the right level of momentum for culture change to ever take place, let alone be successful.This week, we answer a great question from our listener, Nicola, who asked “Marty, how do you influence change so that senior leaders ‘walk the walk’ instead of just ‘talking the talk’, and then have that flow down the ranks?”This episode helps you to recognise the signs of a boss who isn’t truly committed to change as much as they say, and gives some tips for navigating the environment so that you can still kick goals, no matter what.👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had.🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #36 // We spoke in Episode 30 about remuneration, and how leaders should view the role of pay rises and bonuses in motivating their people to perform. Although bonuses can provide an effective performance incentive, there are many other ways to elicit people’s discretionary effort.So what do you do when you can’t throw money at people to get the results you need? This episode deals with the things that will motivate your people to perform and deliver value, no matter what is happening to their pay packet.We explore the principle that ‘the money is the money’, and that it is far easier to hire people who are intrinsically motivated, than it is to try to drag people kicking and screaming to deliver discretionary effort.Finally, we offer seven practical suggestions for motivating people without using financial incentives to bring out their best. You can download these in a PDF version for free at www.yourceomentor.com/episode36👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had.🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #35 // As senior leaders we spend an inordinate amount of time, energy and resources trying to squeeze every drop of juice out of the lemon when it comes to the concrete, tangible elements of business.We look for cost efficiencies, value accretive mergers and acquisitions, growth projects, product innovation, and greater capital productivity.However, we often ignore one of the greatest sources of untapped value – the people who work for the organisation day-in, day-out.They have an incredible impact on company performance, and the only way we can realise their full value is through providing the strong leadership that creates a high performance culture.Interestingly, this is the one area that most leaders tend to avoid.👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had.🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn how leaders handle termination for performance reasons, including responsibilities, timing of decisions, and best practices for difficult conversations. The hosts discuss energy management, being guests on another podcast, and a LinkedIn video on knowing when to let someone go. Explore the responsibilities of a leader, setting performance standards, and addressing common leadership challenges. Understand the importance of making timely decisions, addressing underperformance, and choosing people wisely. Discover key strategies and tactics for successfully handling challenging discussions when terminating an employee.

Episode #33 // The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation, andFinancial Services Industry held in Australia over the last year or so uncoveredsome incredible breaches of law, of regulations, of ethics, and of trust. It haspoured fuel on the fire of the growing discontent that the general public has forbig business and large institutions.So how do we fix it?This episode looks at the findings of the Hayne Royal Commission (hopefully, witha slightly more balanced perspective than some of the hysterical politicaldiscourse surrounding the Commission).The issues uncovered are not confined to the finance sector, and certainly not toAustralia. Will we heed the ‘wake-up call’ that Hayne has given the big businesscommunity?Will we, as leaders, commit to doing the hard work on people and culture that willensure these types of issues don’t become a problem in our own organisations?Download The 5 Rules of Thumb for Creating an Ethical Culture for free at www.yourceomentor.com/episode33👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had.🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #32 // Hey guys Em here!I’m interrupting our normal programming to celebrate you, our amazing listeners.Marty and I have been thinking about how we can thank and celebrate our podcast listeners - a few weeks ago we reached a milestone of over 35,000 listens, and this wouldn't have been possible without your loyalty and dedication to the podcast each and every week.So instead of doing what a lot of podcasters do and read out iTunes reviews, we wanted to turn the microphone over to YOU, our incredible community of no bullsh!t leaders.We put the call out for you to send in your best No Bullsh!t Leadership tips as voice mails, and boy did you deliver!Leave us your tip at www.yourceomentor.com/tips👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had.🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #31 // The topical case study of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos provides an excellent backdrop for asking some pointed questions about leadership and culture. One of the great failings of Theranos was its culture of secrecy, and suppression of bad news from people who could clearly see the problems with the business.As leaders, we need to create a culture of robust (but respectful) challenge to bring out the best in our people, but this is impossible if we ‘shoot the messenger’, or unwittingly stymie the very behaviour we are trying to promote.Nothing kills a high performance culture faster than a leader who can’t handle dissent, disagreement, or bad news. In the case of Theranos, it led to the destruction of billions of dollars’ worth of value, and visited untold emotional and psychological damage on Theranos’ patients, customers, and employees.If you can manage to establish a climate where your people trust you enough to contribute fearlessly, without fear of repercussions, it is like rocket fuel for your team!If you want to dig deeper into the Theranos story, I highly recommend listening to The Dropout podcast.👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had.🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.