Practical Leadership

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29 June 2026

Most strategies don’t fail because the idea was wrong. They fail because nobody properly translated the idea into execution. In this conversation with Crispin Thompson, we got into the uncomfortable gap between strategy and results....

22 June 2026

The more senior you become, the more dangerous certainty gets. That’s the idea at the heart of this conversation with Dr Debra Clary. Most leaders are rewarded for having answers. The problem is that eventually...

8 June 2026

Most leaders assume transformation fails because the strategy was wrong. I don’t buy that. In this conversation with Sridhar Ravilla, we unpacked why good strategies routinely fail after approval and why the real problem is...

1 June 2026

Most founders think they have a productivity problem. I think most of them have a capacity problem. In this conversation with Lisa Woodruff, we unpacked something that shows up in businesses far more often than...

13 April 2026

Most leaders think growth comes from doing more. Hiring more people. Adding more activity. More meetings, more pipeline, more noise. Reed Nyffeler has spent two decades proving the opposite. He scaled a security franchise from...

23 March 2026

If you’ve ever felt like leadership requires you to “put the suit on” and pretend you’ve got it all handled, this one will hit you right between the eyes. In this episode of Leadership That...

9 February 2026

In this episode of Leadership that Sells, I’m joined by Dr Jaime Goff – a therapist turned executive coach and author of The Secure Leader. Jaime shares how childhood patterns and internal stories quietly shape...

2 February 2026

What if the very thing you’re doing to reward success is the one thing that guarantees failure? In this episode, I speak with leadership mentor and author William Davis, who’s seen more than four decades...

26 January 2026

In this episode of Leadership That Sells, I talk with Chip Higgins — small business strategist, seasoned exec and author of The Bizix Way — about how to lead with energy, focus, and staying power....

19 January 2026

In this episode of Leadership That Sells, I sit down with Jeremy Blain — transformation strategist, leadership expert and four-time best-selling author — to dig into the practical realities of leading in a world that...

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