The Best Leadership Podcast Ever (with Jeff Matlow)

Life changing leadership lessons with a lump of laughter. Imagine if John Oliver and Simon Sinek had a baby. This is it. I'm the baby.

75. The Importance of Q-Tips In Your Career

Q-Tips push all the bad stuff deeper inside. All they do is make things worse. As it turns out, the same thing happens at work when you take things personally. It's time to quit taking it personally.

11-11
10:25

74. The Secret Wormhole To A More Productive Team

Creating a more productive team takes time. But here's a secret: there is a wormhole. It allows you to improve your company culture immediately. You just have to see it when it appears

11-04
07:23

73. Why Women Have Less Confidence Than Men

Success is partly about luck. As it turns out, confident people tend to have more luck than others. And that's where the Confidence Gap comes in. It's time to learn why women have less confidence than men and what you can do about it.

10-28
11:06

72. Clear And Consistent Communication: Words Matter

Words matter more than you think they do. Companies that scale recognize the importance of clear and consistent communication. If you did the same, your communication would probably be better, wouldn't it?

10-21
07:49

71. Working With Narcissists: A Survival Guide

In the circus of narcissists, your job is not to tame the lion. Just don’t be the clown. It's tough to navigate your way around narcissists at work - but it's a skillset that will come in handy at some point in your life - guaranteed.

10-14
09:32

70. The State of Women Leaders

The history of women in leadership will shock you. But if we don't learn anything from history then we don't learn anything at all. So get ready for this brutal thwack across your head about women leaders.

10-07
08:59

69. Your Communication Process Is Your Communication Problem

You can’t expect to improve your company’s communication problem without altering the company’s communication processes.

09-30
11:29

68. How To Deal With Criticism

Getting criticism can sometimes feel like a great big wave barreling over you and sending you into a tizzy. There's a simple way out of it if you remember that you can't fight waves.

09-23
07:28

67. The Disney Hug

The Disney Hug Rule is an essential part of your Disney experience. As it turns out, the same principle applies to your leadership.

09-16
11:22

66. Waffle House Wisdom and Crisis Management

Crisis management isn't an option, it's a necessity. To learn how to lead effectively during chaos, it starts with the Waffle House. Nobody is better than them.

09-09
09:06

65. The Deadlines That Matter Most

There always seem to be deadlines in my life that are haunting me. It's the reality of my mortality. And then one day everything changed.

09-02
11:42

64. The Traps You Set For Yourself

There is no trap worse than the trap you set yourself. It's usually done unconsciously. And it's holding you back. Let's fix that, shall we?

08-26
07:34

63. Omission Bias

It's not what you do as a leader that you'll regret the most, it's what you didn't do. Omission Bias is the discomfort that will linger on.

08-19
08:53

62. How To Have The Tough Conversations You’re Avoiding

Sure, tough conversations may be uncomfortable, but that's why they're called "tough conversations". It's time you learn that they don't have to be tough after all.

08-12
11:52

61. The Four Types Of Leaders Who Fail

There are 4 types of leaders who fail to do a good job at leadership. They don't know how to embrace growth. You're going to want to pay attention so you can check yourself before you wreck your career.

08-05
08:21

60. Hero Syndrome

When leaders need to be heroes, they create villains. First it's competitors. Then clients. Eventually? Their own teams. It's time to demystify Hero Syndrome.

07-29
08:21

59. The Two Important Customer Lessons Every Company Needs To Know

There are two important customer lessons that are critical for every single and company to understand. And they involve your customer's balloons. Don't pop them.

07-22
08:10

58. Your Underperforming Employee Isn’t Failing, You Are

Your expectations shape reality, whether you realize it or not. Your underperforming employee isn't the problem, your self-fulfilling prophecy is.

07-15
09:31

57. Hubspot’s Dharmesh & The Challenge Of Managing People

Managing people is hard. But it's a required activity on the path to leadership. Maybe we should rethink leadership. Just ask Hubspot's co-founder, Dharmesh Shah.

07-08
07:32

56. The IKEA Effect

The best leaders don’t build businesses alone — they hand over the IKEA instructions and empower their teams. It's time you understood The IKEA Effect

07-01
09:50

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