Success isn’t accidental; it follows principles that most people prefer to ignore.

In this episode, I show you how to focus on the things that really matter: the timeless principles that will make your success inevitable.

Traditionally around this time, we produce an episode focused on the outlook for the year ahead but, heading into 2026, we decided to do something a little different.

I'm going to focus on the success principles that will make a genuine difference. Your job is to distil the one or two that are most important to you, and work out how to embrace them in the coming year. 

There’s some work in this for you… it’s not just a casual listen. But I know you’re up for it! It will make ALL the difference to your mindset as you head into another year.

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How to execute layoffs decisively without damaging trust, morale, or talent.

Termination for cause? Termination for convenience? Role redundancy?

As a leader, you’ll sometimes have to face the difficult task of terminating someone’s employment. How can you do it without spooking your best people, and forcing an exodus of top talent?

If you want to take a deeper dive into how you can pull out costs, without losing talent, have a listen to Ep.225: Handling Layoffs Competently.

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Most leadership content is consumed. Very little of it is used.

In this end-of-year episode, we count down the 5 episodes from 2025 that genuinely changed how leaders think and act - not because they were popular, but because they were applied.

This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s a practical breakdown of why these episodes resonated, what made them work, and how you can use the ideas immediately.

From running better 1:1s, to building real team performance, to leading effectively inside toxic cultures, each episode on this list solved a problem leaders are actually facing right now.

We unpack:

• Why clarity beats comfort in performance conversations
• Why leadership confidence comes from doing hard things, not avoiding them
• What high-performing teams really look like (and why most aren’t)
• How winning cultures are built under pressure
• How to lead well when the environment around you isn’t healthy

If you’ve missed any of these episodes, or listened but didn’t fully apply them, this is your chance to go back and use them properly.

Don’t treat this like entertainment, treat it like a toolbox.

Lock in and revisit the episodes that moved the needle in 2025!

For easy access, here are the episode links:

🔥 Top 5 Most Popular Episodes Released in 2025

1. Ep.354 – How to Lead in a Toxic Culture: Your Survival Guide

2. Ep.344 – How to Build a Winning Team Culture (In Just 90 Days)

3. Ep.355 – The New Rules for Building a High-Performing Team - Download the FREE diagnostic PDF for this one!

4. Ep.337 – How To Do Hard Things: 4 Strategies to Improve Leadership Resilience

5. Ep.334 – The Perfect Ending for a 1:1 Meeting

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Resilient leadership isn’t about toughing it out, it’s about staying calm under pressure.

Every leader likes to think they’re highly resilient. But many lack composure in high-stress situations (and also the self-awareness to admit it).

Resilience is about regulating your own behaviour. But if you’re a leader, the real acid test is whether you have the mental, emotional, and psychological strength to support your team, so that they remain as calm as you do.

If you want to take a deeper dive into how you can achieve Grace Under Pressure faster, have a listen to Ep.228: Resilience Myths.

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Your career already has a direction…the question is, did you choose it?

In 2026, relying on hard work, loyalty, or good intentions isn’t enough. AI is reshaping roles, career paths are less protected, and the system you’re operating in has plans for you...whether you like them or not.

In this annual Crush Your Career episode, we unpack why deliberate career strategy now matters more than ever, and why the leaders who continue to progress are the ones who stop reacting and start designing what comes next.

If you want to stay relevant, valuable, and in control of your career trajectory, this episode sets the frame, and invites you to take part in the free Crush Your Career Challenge (2026 Edition).

Are you actively driving your career…or letting it drift?

Join the challenge now here!

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Leadership vs management: why great leaders must also manage to make better decisions.

While the debates about leadership and management continue to rage, the truth is that they’re intrinsically linked: they live on a continuum, in a spectrum of subtle gradients.

You can’t be a great leader unless you’re a good manager. And the converse is also true: you can’t be a great manager unless you’re a good leader.

It’s complete nonsense to portray leadership and management as inherently good or bad.

If you want to take a deeper dive into how you can integrate your management and leadership skills, have a listen to Ep.267: Management v Leadership.

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You worked hard in 2025. The real question is whether any of it actually mattered.

Most leaders roll straight into a new year without ever stopping to review the last one properly.

They plan harder, set bigger goals, and hope things improve. That’s how you end up repeating the same mistakes with a fresh calendar.

In this episode, I walk you through a clear, no BS review of your leadership in 2025.

Not the highlight reel, the real story. Where you actually delivered value, where you stayed busy instead of effective, and where you quietly avoided the tough stuff you knew you should have dealt with.

You’ll be challenged to look at how you really performed under pressure, not how calm you looked on the outside, but what was happening internally when things got hard. I also dig into accountability, because standards don’t collapse overnight…they erode one missed conversation at a time.

From there, the focus shifts forward. You’ll learn how to set a single leadership theme for 2026 and define the one achievement that would genuinely change your career trajectory if you could put it on your CV at the end of the year.

This isn’t about motivation or feeling good heading into January. It’s about clarity, focus, and doing the work that actually counts! 

If you want 2026 to be meaningfully different from 2025, lock in on this one. 

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If leadership feels heavier than it should, this might explain why.

To be a successful leader in the longer term, and at the most senior levels, you first have to learn how to manage yourself. 

Strong leaders are strong people…strong enough to maintain their energy and positivity through years of stress and pressure…strong enough to shoulder the duty of care that comes with any impactful leadership career… 

If you want to take a deeper dive into how to build the core resilience to help you go the distance, have a listen to Ep.131: The Emotional Toll of Leadership.

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You already have a leadership brand…the question is, does it serve you?

Every leader shows up with a reputation. It might be clear and consistent…or vague, confusing, and accidental. Either way, your people have formed an opinion about who you are, what you value, and how you lead.

This bumper episode covers the three practical building blocks of a strong leadership identity: clarity on your personal style and philosophy, a leadership brand built from the inside out, and a user manual that removes guesswork so people know how to thrive under you.

We’ll look at why congruence matters, that tight alignment between what you say, what you tolerate, and how you behave when the pressure is on. Because that’s when your true identity is revealed.

Foundational tools can be taught, but identity must be designed. When you deliberately shape how you show up, you accelerate trust, influence, and results.

How intentional are you about the identity your team experiences every day?

Is it deliberate… or just a by-product of habit, pressure, and circumstance?

Lock in for this one so you can shape your identity on purpose!

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Discover the 10-Second Rule that turns pressure into decisive action for real leaders.

In situations that feel overwhelming, many people freeze, consumed by their fear.

Their ability to make decisions, which might be OK in non-stressful situations, becomes virtually inoperative. The only thing they can do is wait for someone else to step in and take control.

This is where you see real leaders emerge, and this is what sorts out the strongest leaders from the weakest

If you want to take a deeper dive into stepping up in high stakes situations, have a listen to Ep.204: The Big Leadership Moments.

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