Episode #41 // Every week we get sent great questions from you, our listeners! Today we have a couple of really interesting questions that I'll cover in a Q&A format with Em.

First, we look at what you need to do with your team when you decide to change your leadership approach, and you have to get their buy-in. This requires explicit, well thought out action, and drawing a ‘line in the sand’.

Our second question has us examining how to work at the right leadership level when your organisation pushes you into staying on the tools way too much, as you move up through the ranks. Some industries love ‘utilisation’ and ‘billable hours’.

What options do you have for dealing with this?

You're still doing the work your team should own. And you can't see a way to stop.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks of practical reps that get you out of the weeds and hand delivery back to your team.

Taught by Martin Moore, who ran a multi-billion dollar company before he taught any of this. 3,000+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

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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/episode40

We 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/

You're still doing the work your team should own. And you can't see a way to stop.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks of practical reps that get you out of the weeds and hand delivery back to your team.

Taught by Martin Moore, who ran a multi-billion dollar company before he taught any of this. 3,000+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

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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

You're still doing the work your team should own. And you can't see a way to stop.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks of practical reps that get you out of the weeds and hand delivery back to your team.

Taught by Martin Moore, who ran a multi-billion dollar company before he taught any of this. 3,000+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

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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 **

You're still doing the work your team should own. And you can't see a way to stop.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks of practical reps that get you out of the weeds and hand delivery back to your team.

Taught by Martin Moore, who ran a multi-billion dollar company before he taught any of this. 3,000+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Join the October cohort: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/

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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.

You're still doing the work your team should own. And you can't see a way to stop.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks of practical reps that get you out of the weeds and hand delivery back to your team.

Taught by Martin Moore, who ran a multi-billion dollar company before he taught any of this. 3,000+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Join the October cohort: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/

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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

You're still doing the work your team should own. And you can't see a way to stop.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks of practical reps that get you out of the weeds and hand delivery back to your team.

Taught by Martin Moore, who ran a multi-billion dollar company before he taught any of this. 3,000+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Join the October cohort: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/

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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.

You're still doing the work your team should own. And you can't see a way to stop.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks of practical reps that get you out of the weeds and hand delivery back to your team.

Taught by Martin Moore, who ran a multi-billion dollar company before he taught any of this. 3,000+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Join the October cohort: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/

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Episode #34 // Sometimes a leader has to let someone go, either because of the choices an individual makes around their behaviour and performance, or through no fault of their own when their role is made redundant.

This episode deals with termination for performance reasons, and gives a brief but practical outline of these difficult situations.

We start by making sure you understand the responsibility you carry as a leader to ensure that all your people perform to an acceptable standard; it’s all about what happens before you decide that someone has to go that really matters.

Know “when” the right time is to make a significant decision like that, and our dozen ‘rules of thumb’ for handling these situations will give you a new-found confidence.

Take this on board, and don’t be that leader who avoids making necessary decisions on under performers through fear, dread, or weakness.

Download the free 'Rules of Thumb for Letting a Non-Performer Go' from www.yourceomentor.com/episode34

You're still doing the work your team should own. And you can't see a way to stop.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks of practical reps that get you out of the weeds and hand delivery back to your team.

Taught by Martin Moore, who ran a multi-billion dollar company before he taught any of this. 3,000+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Join the October cohort: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/

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Episode #33 // The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation, and

Financial Services Industry held in Australia over the last year or so uncovered

some incredible breaches of law, of regulations, of ethics, and of trust. It has

poured fuel on the fire of the growing discontent that the general public has for

big business and large institutions.

So how do we fix it?

This episode looks at the findings of the Hayne Royal Commission (hopefully, with

a slightly more balanced perspective than some of the hysterical political

discourse surrounding the Commission).

The issues uncovered are not confined to the finance sector, and certainly not to

Australia. Will we heed the ‘wake-up call’ that Hayne has given the big business

community?

Will we, as leaders, commit to doing the hard work on people and culture that will

ensure 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

You're still doing the work your team should own. And you can't see a way to stop.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks of practical reps that get you out of the weeds and hand delivery back to your team.

Taught by Martin Moore, who ran a multi-billion dollar company before he taught any of this. 3,000+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

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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

You're still doing the work your team should own. And you can't see a way to stop.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks of practical reps that get you out of the weeds and hand delivery back to your team.

Taught by Martin Moore, who ran a multi-billion dollar company before he taught any of this. 3,000+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Join the October cohort: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/

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