346. What We Reinforce, We Repeat: The Science of Better Leadership with Dr. Scott Geller
If you say you care about your people, could they point to what you did this week that made them feel cared for? That question sets the tone...
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The Leadership Project with Mick Spiers is a podcast dedicated to advancing thought on inspirational leadership in a modern world. We cover key issues and controversial topics that are neede...
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345. What If Sensitivity Is Actually Your Superpower? with Jennifer B. Gardner
Who taught you what “strong” is supposed to look like and what part of you did you learn to hide to fit that picture? That question kicks of...
344. Why Work Feels So Heavy: The Hidden Impact of Thought Load with Liane Davey
A meeting ends and your calendar moves on, but your brain doesn’t. We’ve all had that moment where we replay a comment, hear a different “to...
343. What Are You Making More Likely? Creating the Conditions for Better Leadership with Mick Spiers
Your team does something that frustrates you and your brain fills in the blank fast: “They don’t care,” “They’re careless,” “They’re avoidin...
342. Hold the Vision, Loosen the Plan: Leadership in a Changing World with Jeanine Becker
What if the most effective leadership move in a messy, fast-changing world is simply admitting, “I don’t know yet”? We sit down with executi...
341. Why Great Work Alone Isn’t Enough: Closing the Leadership Perception Gap with Uma Subramanian
One of the biggest things standing between you and the leader you could become is not a skill gap, it’s a story gap. The story you repeat ab...
340. What You Don’t Know Runs the Show: The Power of Emotional Intelligence with Monique DeMonaco
You’ve probably had this moment: something small happens, and your reaction feels bigger than the situation. That gap between “what happened...
339. Ask More, Tell Less: How Curiosity Creates Leadership Clarity with Dusty Holcomb
Most leaders think they’re fixing a performance problem when they’re actually managing a clarity problem. Dusty Holcomb, CEO and founder of...
338. The Leadership Ecosystem: Creating the Conditions for People to Grow with Mick Spiers
Most leadership advice assumes people are fixed and organizations are machines. We don’t buy that. People change, teams adapt, and every int...
337. Leading Without Losing Yourself: Authenticity in a Disruptive World with Frans Campher
If you’ve ever felt pressure to “look like a leader” instead of actually leading, this conversation will land. I sit down with executive coa...
336. The Science of Super Teams: What High-Performing Teams Do Differently with Dr. Ron Friedman
A team full of smart, capable people can still feel slow, stressed, and stuck and the reason usually isn’t effort. It’s the system. Dr. Ron...
335. The Best Ideas Don’t Always Win: Why Clarity and Connection Matter with Antoinette Roze
The clearest idea usually wins, even when it isn’t the smartest one and that reality quietly shapes careers, meetings, and entire strategies...
334. Leadership Begins Before You Enter the Room with Mick Spiers
You can have the right strategy and still walk into a room and lose it with one comment. You can mean well and still “fill the space” so com...
333. The Power of Storytelling: Building Trust, Influence, and Leadership with Robert Kennedy III
You can have the right strategy, the right numbers, and the cleanest slide deck in the world and still fail to move anyone. That gap is not...
332. The Mental Game of High Performance: Turning Ambition into Execution with Dre Baldwin
Day one is exciting. Day two still feels fresh. Day three is when the “new car smell” is gone and the work gets real, and that’s where most...
331. Leading from the Center: Mastering the Five Stances of Leadership with Brad Semmens
The fastest way to derail a team is to lead on autopilot. Walk into a meeting, speak first, “set direction,” and watch everyone quietly alig...
330. The Leader's Playlist: Using Music and Neuroscience to Transform Leadership with Susan Drumm
That thought you can’t stop replaying isn’t just annoying. It quietly shapes how you walk into meetings, how you speak under pressure, and h...
329. Leadership is Sense-Making: Helping People Adapt, Care, and Connect with Mick Spiers
Two people can face the same change and walk away with totally different stories: one feels opportunity, the other feels threat. That gap is...
328. Leading Through Change with Huw Thomas
Most change initiatives don’t fail because the plan is flawed. They fail because leaders confuse communication with conversation and then wo...
327. Great Leaders Care: Developing Safe, Resilient and Successful Teams with Graeme Cowan
What if the leadership skill your team needs most is not sharper strategy or faster execution, but a leader who genuinely cares and knows wh...