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  Business Acumen vs Leadership: Which One Drives Performance? 15.09.2026 20dk

  During my tenure as CEO at CS Energy, we took EBITDA from $17m to $441m: we more than doubled the company’s earnings for four consecutive years.Along the way, I had to dig deep into two distinct toolkits: my business acumen, and my leadership capability. When it comes to career advancement, there’s no substitute for building a strong track record of achievement. Performance is the undeniable resume builder. So, in the search for elite performance, what role does each capability play?In this episode, I compare my Magnificent 7 areas of business acumen with the seven pillars of high-performance leadership from my WSJ bestselling book, No Bullsh!t Leadership, and I tell you how important I think each one is.⭐️⭐️⭐️LEADERSHIP BEYOND THE THEORYIf this episode landed, you already know where the 60% sits. Leadership Beyond the Theory is where we build it: 9 weeks, the 7 pillars, applied to your team and your situation rather than the textbook version. Have a look here:https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/And if you listen right to the end of the episode, there's a sneaky coupon code in there for the hardcore listeners! ⭐️⭐️⭐️Links mentioned in this episode:No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes:Ep.335: Is the MBA Dead?Ep.336: Maximising Your Career Development ROIAmazon link:No Bullsh!t LeadershipLBT link:Leadership Beyond the TheoryYou'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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Power Doesn't Corrupt: It Reveals | Moment 190 13.09.2026 4dk

  Some leaders remain uncorrupted, despite the fact that they move into increasingly powerful positions.But there are others who, at every turn, leverage whatever power they have to further their own self-interest.A leader who abuses their power wasn’t corrupted by it: they’re just using the power they have, in a way that’s entirely consistent with the person they’ve always been.If you want to take a deeper dive into the dynamics of leadership power, have a listen to Ep.5: Using Power Wisely.————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor————————Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally. 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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  How To Give Great Feedback | Moment 189 08.09.2026 4dk

  Your ability to give quality feedback is one of the biggest predictors of leadership success. But many leaders never master the art of difficult conversations. Like many things in leadership, business, and life, nothing beats taking consistent, focused action. In this Moment, I give you 6 tips to get you off the starting line, and build your confidence quickly. If you want to take a deeper dive into the art of giving feedback, have a listen to Ep.22: Feedback Made Easy.————————The 7 Leadership Blind Spots, one a day:1. Drive Accountability. Do people deliver for you, or do they make excuses? (Ep.418)2. Handle Conflict. Can you have the tough conversations that weak leaders avoid? (Ep.419)3. Work at Level. Are you leading at the right altitude, or stuck in the weeds? (Ep.420)4. Deliver Value. Are you focused on outcomes that matter, or just ticking boxes? (Ep.421)5. Make Great Decisions. Are you decisive when it counts, or do you overthink it?  (Ep.422)6. Master Ambiguity. Can you make decisions when you don't have all the answers?  (Ep.423)7. Build Resilience. Do you stay calm when everything's falling apart? (Ep.424)————————The tool that writes your business case for your boss:https://lbtpitchbuilder.netlify.app/————————Leadership Beyond the Theory link:https://www.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentorYou'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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  How to Stay Calm Under Pressure: 6 Signs Your Team Knows 07.09.2026 14dk

  You may think that you’re highly resilient, an expert at staying calm under pressure… but your team could be experiencing something completely different. They're the ones who see your lack of composure.If you panic, that leaks onto your team. And every minute they spend managing your mood is a minute they don't spend delivering results. This is the final instalment in our 7-part series, recut from a live workshop I ran called Stop Rescuing Your Underperformers. I've been looking at one leadership blind spot each day.There's a person on your team who isn't delivering, and the premise I'm exploring this week is that they're more likely to be a symptom of the problem, rather than the root cause of it.Underperformers are made. They're made by the things their leaders do, but can't see the impact of.Today is number seven: Resilience. Are you a Landmine Leader? A Teflon Leader? A Catatonic Leader? Your people know which one you are, and no amount of “game face” can cover it up.So before you decide your team is withholding bad news from you, look at yourself first: are you creating an environment where they can bring you anything? Or do they have to worry about reading your mood first?If you want to fix your blindspots, doors for the next global cohort of Leadership Beyond the Theory close on 25th September. Invest 9-weeks to set yourself up for a lifetime of exceptional leadership performance.————————GET YOUR SCORE ON ALL SEVEN LEADERSHIP BLINDSPOTS, HERE:https://score.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/workshop————————The 7 Leadership Blind Spots, one a day:1. Drive Accountability. Do people deliver for you, or do they make excuses? (Ep.418)2. Handle Conflict. Can you have the tough conversations that weak leaders avoid? (Ep.419)3. Work at Level. Are you leading at the right altitude, or stuck in the weeds? (Ep.420)4. Deliver Value. Are you focused on outcomes that matter, or just ticking boxes? (Ep.421)5. Make Great Decisions. Are you decisive when it counts, or do you overthink it?  (Ep.422)6. Master Ambiguity. Can you make decisions when you don't have all the answers?  (Ep.423)7. Build Resilience. Do you stay calm when everything's falling apart? (Ep.424)————————The tool that writes your business case for your boss:https://lbtpitchbuilder.netlify.app/————————Leadership Beyond the Theory link:https://www.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentorYou'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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  How to Make Decisions Faster: 6 Signs They're Waiting on You 06.09.2026 9dk

  When you hesitate on an important decision, it’s rarely due to missing data or insufficient consultation. It's more likely because you're afraid of getting it wrong.And as long as you delay, your people have to wait. There may be a whole string of decisions below you that can’t be made until you make yours… and if your people have to wait too long, they may just stop chasing you.This is Day 6 of a 7-part series, recut from a live workshop I ran called Stop Rescuing Your Underperformers. I'm looking at one leadership blind spot each day.There's a person on your team who isn't delivering, and the premise I'm exploring this week is that they're more likely to be a symptom of the problem, rather than the root cause of it.Underperformers are made. They're made by the things their leaders do, but can't see the impact of.Today is number six: Make Great Decisions. For every decision sitting on your desk, there are likely 10 below you that can't be made until you make yours. Your delay becomes a roadblock to progress for your team.So before you decide your team is too slow, look at yourself first: are you decisive when it counts, or are you the reason everything below you grinds to a halt?————————GET YOUR SCORE ON ALL SEVEN LEADERSHIP BLINDSPOTS, HERE:https://score.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/workshop————————The 7 Leadership Blind Spots, one a day:1. Drive Accountability. Do people deliver for you, or do they make excuses? (Ep.418)2. Handle Conflict. Can you have the tough conversations that weak leaders avoid? (Ep.419)3. Work at Level. Are you leading at the right altitude, or stuck in the weeds? (Ep.420)4. Deliver Value. Are you focused on outcomes that matter, or just ticking boxes? (Ep.421)5. Make Great Decisions. Are you decisive when it counts, or do you overthink it?  (Ep.422)6. Master Ambiguity. Can you make decisions when you don't have all the answers?  (Ep.423)7. Build Resilience. Do you stay calm when everything's falling apart? (Ep.424)Tomorrow, blind spot seven, and it's the last one. Nobody thinks it applies to them. Build resilience.————————The tool that writes your business case for your boss:https://lbtpitchbuilder.netlify.app/————————Leadership Beyond the Theory link:https://www.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentorYou'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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  How to Lead in Uncertainty: 6 Signs Your Team Is Frozen 05.09.2026 11dk

  One of your critical jobs as a leader is to absorb the ambiguity that you’re facing, and turn that into certainty for your people.If you can’t do that, your team will freeze; and a frozen team just looks like an underperforming team.This is Day 5 of a 7-part series, recut from a live workshop I ran called Stop Rescuing Your Underperformers. I'm looking at one leadership blind spot each day.There's a person on your team who isn't delivering, and the premise I'm exploring this week is that they're more likely to be a symptom of the problem, rather than the root cause of it.Underperformers are made. They're made by the things their leaders do, but can't see the impact of.Today is number five, Master Ambiguity. At the top of any organisation, complexity, uncertainty, and ambiguity are high. But down on the front line, people need to know specifically what they need to do to be successful. They need to know what good looks like, in very concrete terms. Whatever uncertainty you're feeling is magnified at every layer below you. So before you label anyone as an underperformer, ask yourself one question: what have you actually done to give them clarity of objectives?————————GET YOUR SCORE ON ALL SEVEN LEADERSHIP BLINDSPOTS, HERE:https://score.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/workshop————————The 7 Leadership Blind Spots, one a day:1. Drive Accountability. Do people deliver for you, or do they make excuses? (Ep.418)2. Handle Conflict. Can you have the tough conversations that weak leaders avoid? (Ep.419)3. Work at Level. Are you leading at the right altitude, or stuck in the weeds? (Ep.420)4. Deliver Value. Are you focused on outcomes that matter, or just ticking boxes? (Ep.421)5. Make Great Decisions. Are you decisive when it counts, or do you overthink it?  (Ep.422)6. Master Ambiguity. Can you make decisions when you don't have all the answers?  (Ep.423)7. Build Resilience. Do you stay calm when everything's falling apart? (Ep.424)Tomorrow, blind spot three, and it's my own. Working at the right level.————————Leadership Beyond the Theory link:https://www.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentorYou'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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  How to Focus Your Team on Value: 6 Signs They're Just Busy 04.09.2026 13dk

  When you reward long hours, instead of rewarding the results that make a difference, you're paying for effort instead of value.You can't hold someone accountable for delivery, when you've never told them what's worth delivering.This is Day 4 of a 7-part series, recut from a live workshop I ran called Stop Rescuing Your Underperformers. I'm looking at one leadership blindspot each day.There's a person on your team who isn't delivering, and the premise I'm exploring this week is that they're more likely to be a symptom of the problem, rather than the root cause of it.Underperformers are made. They're made by the things their leaders do, but can't necessarily see the impact of.Today is number four, deliver value. Peter Drucker said, “The greatest waste of organisational resources is doing efficiently the things you shouldn't be doing at all”; but many leaders still think that being busy somehow automatically translates into value. It doesn’t.Your underperformer may not be slow after all; they may just be working hard on the wrong things. So before you decide on how to handle them, have you actually been clear?————————GET YOUR SCORE ON ALL SEVEN LEADERSHIP BLINDSPOTS, HERE:https://score.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/workshop————————The 7 Leadership Blind Spots, one a day:1. Drive Accountability. Do people deliver for you, or do they make excuses? (Ep.418)2. Handle Conflict. Can you have the tough conversations that weak leaders avoid? (Ep.419)3. Work at Level. Are you leading at the right altitude, or stuck in the weeds? (Ep.420)4. Deliver Value. Are you focused on outcomes that matter, or just ticking boxes? (Ep.421)Tomorrow, blind spot 5: master ambiguity. ————————Leadership Beyond the Theory link:https://www.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentorYou'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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  How to Stop Doing Your Team's Job: 6 Signs You're in the Weeds 03.09.2026 11dk

  When you rewrite one of your people's reports at 9pm, you're not just compensating for their weakness. You're reinforcing it.That report was their chance to learn how to do it properly. You took it on because you wanted it done right.This is Day 3 of a 7-part series, recut from a live workshop I ran called Stop Rescuing Your Underperformers. I'm looking at one leadership blind spot each day.There's a person on your team who isn't delivering, and the premise I'm exploring this week is that they're more likely to be a symptom of the problem, rather than the root cause of it.Underperformers are made. They're made by the things their leaders do, but can't see the impact of.Today is number three, working at level, and it was my own. Before the workshop we asked people what they were struggling with, and being stuck in the weeds dominated… by a country mile. It didn't matter how senior they were.Doing it yourself is almost certainly faster the first time. But you're not doing it once, are you?————————GET YOUR SCORE ON ALL SEVEN LEADERSHIP BLINDSPOTS, HERE:https://score.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/workshop————————The 7 Leadership Blind Spots, one a day:1. Drive Accountability. Do people deliver for you, or do they make excuses? (Ep.418)2. Handle Conflict. Can you have the tough conversations that weak leaders avoid? (Ep.419)3. Work at Level. Are you leading at the right altitude, or stuck in the weeds? (Ep.420)Tomorrow, blind spot three, delivering value. ————————Leadership Beyond the Theory link:https://www.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentorYou'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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  How to Stop Avoiding Difficult Conversations: 6 Signs It's You 02.09.2026 16dk

  When you have an underperformer on your team, but you haven’t given them specific performance feedback, you're reinforcing their underperformance. They may think that no news is good news, and they don’t need to do anything different.This is Day 2 of a 7-part series, recut from a live workshop I ran called Stop Rescuing Your Underperformers. I’m looking at one leadership blind spot each day.There's a person on your team who isn't delivering, and the premise I’m exploring this week is that they're more likely to be a symptom of the problem, rather than the root cause of it.Underperformers are made. They’re made by the things their leaders do, but can’t see the impact of.Yesterday was about accountability. Today is the one that stops you fixing accountability: can you handle conflict, or is this your blind spot?This one’s tricky, because it hides behind noble virtues. You tell yourself you're being kind. But in reality, you're not being kind; it’s more likely that you're protecting yourself from the discomfort of a difficult conversation.————————GET YOUR SCORE ON ALL SEVEN LEADERSHIP BLINDSPOTS, HERE:https://score.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/workshop————————The 7 Leadership Blind Spots, one a day:1. Drive Accountability. Do people deliver for you, or do they make excuses? (Ep.418)2. Handle Conflict. Can you have the tough conversations that weak leaders avoid? (Ep.419)Tomorrow, blind spot three, and it's my own. Working at the right level.————————Leadership Beyond the Theory link:https://www.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentorYou'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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  How to Hold Your Team Accountable: 6 Signs Nobody Owns Anything 01.09.2026 13dk

  Somewhere on your team right now there's a person who isn't delivering. You thought of their name before you got to the end of that sentence.Over the next seven days, I'm going to show you they're probably not your problem. They're a symptom of it.This is Day 1 of a seven part series, recut from a live workshop I ran called Stop Rescuing Your Underperformers. One leadership blind spot a day, for seven days.Today it's number one, and it's the big one. Accountability. I've taught this for almost a decade, and if you did nothing else at all, this is the one that lifts team performance more than any other.Here's the part most leaders miss. Every time you step in and do an underperformer's work, every time you make a decision for them, take a meeting yourself, or fix the thing before it goes upstairs, accountability shifts from them to you. So you probably haven't got a person who won't take accountability. You've got a person who doesn't need to.In this episode I walk you through the rescue cycle, the six signs of an accountability vacuum so you can score yourself out of six, and the night at a social function when I found out two teams inside the same bank were building almost exactly the same thing. The overlap number still makes me wince.I also answer two questions that came in live. Christina asks how you get someone to see their failures when they refuse to. Dylan asks how you motivate people with no ambition, who just show up and do enough to get by.Grab a pen. You'll want to keep score.————————GET YOUR SCORE ON ALL SEVENScoring yourself on one blind spot is useful, but it's a seventh of the picture, and the one costing you the most might not be this one.The free Leadership Blind Spot Scorecard runs you through all seven, the same way we did it live.✨ 10 minutes. Your results on a wheel, ranked from your biggest blind spot down to your smallest. Nobody else sees it.GET YOUR BLIND SPOT SCORECARD HERE:https://score.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/workshop————————The 7 Leadership Blind Spots, one a day:1. Drive Accountability. Do people deliver for you, or do they make excuses?2. Handle Conflict. Can you have the tough conversations that weak leaders avoid?3. Work at Level. Are you leading at the right altitude, or stuck in the weeds?4. Deliver Value. Are you focused on outcomes that matter, or just ticking boxes?5. Make Great Decisions. Are you decisive when it counts, or do you overthink everything?6. Master Ambiguity. Can you make decisions when you don't have all the answers?7. Build Resilience. Do you stay calm when everything's falling apart, or do you crumble?Tomorrow, blind spot number two, and it's the reason this one is so hard to fix. Handling conflict.————————Leadership Beyond the Theory link:https://www.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentorYou'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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Stop Taking the Pressure Home: 3 Ways to Compartmentalise | Moment 188 30.08.2026 4dk

  When you feel swamped and overwhelmed, it’s easy to go home and kick the cat. But if you learn to compartmentalise, you’ll find it much easier to leave the stress of work at work (and vice versa).In this Moment, I give you 3 tips to build greater resilience, by developing your compartmentalisation skills.If you want to take a deeper dive into how to compartmentalise successfully, have a listen to Ep.303: Navigating Wicked Problems.————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor————————Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally. 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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  How to Build a Team That Performs Without You: 16 Real Questions 25.08.2026 33dk

  We asked 800 leaders one question. What's actually hard about leadership right now?The answers were so good we decided to answer them live. No prep. No script. Em fires the questions, and I get two minutes on each.These are real questions from real leaders in our free Skool community, the No Bullsh!t Leadership Hub (https://www.skool.com/nblh).16 questions, 16 answers. And every one of them comes back to the same thing: whether your team can perform without you.If your team faced a major challenge today and you weren't available, would they solve it? If the answer is "no", the issue might not be their capability. It might be your lack of leadership.Every time you step in, you rob them of a rep they needed.In this episode:1. Are we building resilient teams, or creating dependence by stepping in too quickly?2. I've gone from leading 14 people to 70. How do I let go of work I think I need to control?3. Doing the task myself tells me if the workload griping is fair. Or am I rationalising dipping down?4. My utilisation target is 92%. How do I defend leadership time in a billable hours culture?5. Even when I'm on leave, I clear emails out of guilt. How do you actually switch off?6. If you stepped away for a week, would your team respond effectively, or fail?7. My team says green, then it's suddenly amber. How do I assess progress without micromanaging?8. We've slipped from action takers to explainers and complainers. How do I reset this?9. I was promoted from within. How do I set expectations with people who are my friends?10. One of my leaders has micromanaged staff out the door for four years. Can someone like that change?11. I had to let a new hire go and it took an emotional toll on me. Does this ever get easier?12. An employee used company systems for personal gain. The investigation will take months. What now?13. We had a death at work. What can I actually do to help my people through it?14. Do I push my team to use AI now, or wait for the tools to mature?15. Four weeks acting up. Does that deserve a pay bump, or is the opportunity enough?16. They hired an external into a role I'd been acting in. That person failed, so they've asked me to fill in again. Recognised or used?----------EPISODES REFERENCED:Ep.411: Stop Rescuing Underperformershttps://www.yourceomentor.com/episode411Ep.374: The Biggest Killer of Empowermenthttps://www.yourceomentor.com/episode374Ep.351: 5 Rules for Leading Without Over-Functioninghttps://www.yourceomentor.com/episode351Ep.264: Controlling Without Micromanaginghttps://www.yourceomentor.com/episode264Ep.65: How Do You Make Someone Change?https://www.yourceomentor.com/episode65Ep.13: Managing Up and Not Over-Functioninghttps://www.yourceomentor.com/episode13Ep.2: Building a High Performing Teamhttps://www.yourceomentor.com/episode2MOMENT REFERENCED:Moment 187: How to Lead People Who Are Your Old Mateshttps://open.spotify.com/episode/5Ilsk2Zxs7CexSfzGAAkcULeadership Beyond the Theoryhttps://www.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com----------FREE WORKSHOP: STOP RESCUING YOUR UNDERPERFORMERSFriday 28th August, 12 to 2pm AEST.Two hours, free. We walk through all seven leadership blind spots, you score yourself, and you leave with your Leadership Blind Spot Scorecard.REGISTER HERE:https://workshop.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com----------Every question came from our free No Bullsh!t Leadership Hub on Skool. Want yours answered on a future episode? Em's in there every single day.JOIN THE HUB HERE:https://www.skool.com/nblh----------Connect with me:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentorOur mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  How Do You Lead Your Old Team Mates? | Moment 187 23.08.2026 4dk

  Being promoted to a new leadership level is a difficult transition to make. But it’s even tougher when you’re promoted to lead the team you used to be part of.The biggest trap is that you might take the culture, the capability, and the performance of that team for granted.This Moment gives you some ways to combat your status quo thinking, and set the scene for meaningful performance improvement.If you want to take a deeper dive into how you can change the paradigm when you have to lead your old team mates, have a listen to Ep.269: Performing After Promotion.————————🚨 Every time you rescue an underperformer, you teach them that delivery is optional.Free 2-hour workshop, Friday 28 August, 12pm AEST: the 7 leadership blind spots that created them, plus your own Blind Spot Scorecard!REGISTER HERE 🚨————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor————————Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally. 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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Your Ultimate Talent Identification Checklist 18.08.2026 19dk

  Every time you fill a vacancy, you have to make a choice: do you promote someone from within, who you may know quite well, or take a punt on someone you don’t? Over my corporate career, I made both calls frequently. Sometimes, I got to pat myself on the back for how brilliant I was, but occasionally the resulting hire was so disastrous that I looked like a complete muppet in front of my team (and my boss)!Most leaders have no real way of determining who might be ready for promotion… it’s all guesswork and gut feel. They rely on factors like a confident interview performance, a firm handshake, or a sharp dress sense… and then they’re completely mystified when it doesn't work out. In this episode, I show you how to tell the difference between someone who's performing well now, and someone who’s ready for more; and I give you a checklist to work out which leaders might be able to function at the next level up, and which leaders never will.🚨 Every time you rescue an underperformer, you teach them that delivery is optional.Free 2-hour workshop, Friday 28 August, 12pm AEST: the 7 leadership blind spots that created them, plus your own Blind Spot Scorecard!REGISTER HERE 🚨Links mentioned in this episode:No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes:Ep.231: Talent ManagementEp.25: The Roadmap to Exceptional LeadershipEp.386: The Truth Doesn’t Travel UpBusiness Insider article:Chipotle's COO uses team dinners to spot potential leadersCarnegie Melon research:When Does Beauty Pay?Amazon link:BlinkLBT link:Leadership Beyond the Theory————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor————————Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally. 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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Will You Choose to Accept the Cost of Leadership? | Moment 186 16.08.2026 4dk

  There are three costs of leadership that nobody tells you about when you get promoted; and they are a given.You can no more change them than you can avoid the pull of gravity.The best leaders accept these truths. They do the work to become comfortable in navigating them each day, knowing they are strong enough to pay that price.If you want to take a deeper dive into the toll that great leaders are prepared to pay, have a listen to Ep.385: Paying the Price of LeadershipLink to Kirby Smart YouTube Video————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor————————Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally. 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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  3 Mindset Shifts When You're Unhappy At Work 11.08.2026 14dk

  When leaders are unhappy at work, they often blame the company. But more often it’s a sign of dissatisfaction with their own inability to work within the constraints of the job. No job is perfect. Every role comes with constraints: things that stop you from operating at your best. Whether it’s a bad boss, a lack of resources, or unrealistic expectations, the question isn't whether your job has constraints: it's whether or not you can live with them.If you don’t proactively manage the constraints then, over time, you might not like who you have to become to function in your role.In this episode, I reveal the difference between genuine constraints and the artificial constraints; I explore the symptoms of unhappiness at work; and I give you three critical mindset shifts that will pull your focus off the daily grind and onto the long game, and get back to peak performance.Links mentioned in this episode:No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes:Ep.361: The Hidden Cost of Creeping FrustrationLBT link:Leadership Beyond the Theory————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor————————Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally. 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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Better Decisions, Faster: Why Consensus Slows Your Team | Moment 185 09.08.2026 4dk

  Speed can be a performance multiplier, if you can build it into your culture. But there are going to be times when you need to back off… and part of being a great leader is recognising those times.If you want to take a deeper dive into when you should slow down, have a listen to Ep.294: Is Faster Always Better?————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor————————Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally. 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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  12 Execution Breakthroughs for Leading Leaders 04.08.2026 33dk

  If you're leading leaders, accountability is the first thing that breaks. You're not overloaded. You just rely too much on your own individual brilliance to get results. Until you learn to lead your leaders better, you'll never get out of the spin cycle.A few weeks ago, Em and I sat in a room with six CEOs we've been working with for the better part of a year. We asked each of them to rate their own leadership performance, as founder CEOs, on a scale of 1 to 10. When it came to how well they'd built a strong accountability cadence in their business, all but one rated themselves at six or below.Here's the interesting part. Every single one of them could describe the problem accurately. Diagnosing it wasn't hard. Changing it is incredibly difficult. Nobody in that room needed new information.That's the whole game. It's not about not knowing what to do. It's all in the execution.In this episode, Em and I give you the 12 execution breakthroughs that came out of that room. If you're the person everyone ultimately relies upon to get things done, this one's for you.The 12 Execution Breakthroughs:Delegation without accountability is doomed to failureRescuing people when they don't deliver doesn't help them, it limits their growthAccountability without empowerment is crueltyMicromanaging slows everything to glacial speedStandards need to be upheld all the way to the front lineIf you can't measure it, you can't hold people accountable for delivering itLifting the pace requires pressure, lifting the standard requires conflictStructure in 1:1s builds the guardrails to connect fully with the individualJust because you've fixed the problem doesn't mean you've solved itMoney is less important to people when they see a future pathThere's a big difference between being relaxed and being complacentDiscomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life————————No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes:Ep.411: Stop Rescuing UnderperformersEp.374: The Biggest Killer of EmpowermentEp.348: How To Overcome Your Fear Of FeedbackEp.334: The Perfect Ending for a 1:1 MeetingEp.264: Controlling Without MicromanagingEp.260: Setting the Bar: Raising the standard of leadership excellenceEp.39: Getting Results When You Don't Have ControlLBT link:Leadership Beyond the Theory————————Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test?✨In just 10 minutes you'll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back.Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career!TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor————————Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  How to Build a No Blame, No Excuses Culture | Moment 184 02.08.2026 4dk

  McLaren won back-to-back F1 championships when the CEO replaced victimhood and blame with a culture that guaranteed top shelf performance.That wasn’t luck. He made deliberate decisions… hard decisions… that changed what was actually possible.There isn’t a team on the planet that can’t improve its performance. But it takes a strong leader, who’s committed to building a “no blame, no excuses” culture.If you want to take a deeper dive on what it takes to build top shelf performance, have a listen to Ep.344: Building a Winning Team Culture————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor————————Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally. 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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Stop Solving Your Team's Problems: 6 Ways to Execute Like Elon 28.07.2026 20dk

  If you look at the spectacular results that Tesla has achieved as a business, it might entice you to try to emulate Elon Musk’s leadership approach. But that would most likely be disastrous. People love to romanticise the image of the founder who’s so deep in the detail that he can solve the toughest technical problems better than his own engineers. How many LinkedIn posts extol the virtues of entrepreneurs who lead like this? But for 99.9% of leaders, this could never work. In this episode, I pull the principles of Musk’s algorithm apart, and explore what he actually did, why it worked for him, and why trying to copy it will not only fail, but also stunt the growth of your leadership pipeline.Instead, I give you 6 things you can actually do, when you don't have a brain the size of a planet.————————No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes:Ep.408: The Real Reason Your Team Moves SlowlyEp.386: Truth Doesn’t Travel UpAmazon links:The AlgorithmThe GoalThe 4 Disciplines of ExecutionMultipliersYouTube link:Alan Mulally - Speaking UpLBT link:Leadership Beyond the Theory————————You can connect with me at:Website: https://www.yourceomentor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor————————Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally. 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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.