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No Bullsh!t Leadership is a podcast for leaders who want to become truly exceptional. Each week, your host, Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Martin G Moore, shares the secrets of high performance leadership; the career accelerators that you can’t learn in business school, and your boss is unlikely to share with you. Step away from the theoretical view on leadership, and learn from a successful CEO who’s already walked the path.
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- Yesterday20 min
Stop Solving Your Team's Problems: 6 Ways to Execute Like Elon
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. Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 days ago4 min
Moment 183. 3 Timeless Principles of Success in 4 Minutes
There are 3 success principles that are particularly relevant for the new world we’re leading in. And they have nothing to do with luck, talent, or connections!As labour markets change in the coming years on the back of AI, these principles need to be rock solid, if you want to succeed.If you want to take a deeper dive on success principles, have a listen to Ep.384: How to Make Success InevitableLinks mentioned in the episode:Ep.384: How to Make Success InevitableEp.138: It’s Not WHAT You KnowEp.311: 12 Hard Leadership TruthsEp.130: Counterintuitive Truths📌 FREE LEADERSHIP BLINDSPOT ASSESSMENT: ✨ 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. Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago20 min
5 Ways To Align People's Pay With Their Value
Can you explain clearly why the people on your team are paid what they're being paid? If you can't, you may have a hidden problem eating away at your meritocracy. We've produced a few episodes over the years on remuneration structures, particularly how to link incentives to performance. This episode is all about the gap between what people believe about merit-based pay, and what actually happens when you try to put that into practice. Timing… negotiation skill… historical anomalies… skill shortages… there's a long list of barriers that conspire to stop you from paying people what they're truly worth. And most of them are completely outside of your control. In this episode, I give you five specific, practical steps that you can take to rebalance the scales of merit-based pay. And, at the very least, you’ll be able to explain, with a high degree of confidence, why your people are paid what they're being paid.————————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. Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago4 min
Moment 182. Do You Understand Your Psychological Contract?
The psychological contract is the mutual understanding between an employer and employee about their respective obligations to each other.There are no rules for these contracts: they’re based purely on people's perceptions, and they exist in people’s heads, not in formal documents.No matter how hard you work to keep your people happy, it's never enough: privileges just become entitlements. But there are three things that actually do make a difference… and they cost you nothing.If you want to make sure your people feel valued, have a listen to Ep.347: How to Wildly Exceed Your People’s Expectations————————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. Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago26 min
Stop Rescuing Underperformers: How to Make Consequences Stick
Underperformers don't change because you ask them nicely. They only change when they can no longer avoid the consequences of not delivering.Every time you swoop in and rescue someone, you’re filling that performance gap on their behalf. At the same time, you’re reinforcing the fact that they never have to meet an acceptable standard, if they don’t want to. You might think you're just delivering the outcome: but you’re also unintentionally condoning unacceptable performance.As the leader, you’re responsible for the culture… and that’s a cancer in your culture. Every minute you spend doing someone else’s job is a minute you’re not doing your own. While your team is rewarded with extra work, they see you rewarding the poor performer with more of your time and attention.In this Q&A episode we cover:Why rescuing an underperforming peer is a disaster waiting to happen: if it works they take the credit, and if it fails you’re the scapegoat;The soft escalation technique that puts your boss in the picture without starting a political war you can't winAn influencing technique that brings pressure to bear on a stubborn peer, without going over their headWhy your people can predict exactly what you'll tolerate, and how that sets the performance barThe reason why nobody warns you when things are going wrong, and what you can learn from big corporate failures, like Theranos, that suppress bad newsWhy an empty house is better than a bad tenant: the case for exiting your worst performer, even in a tight labour marketHow to farewell someone with dignity, while still taking the opportunity for the rest of the team to learn from the cautionary tale.————————Podcast————————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. Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago3 min
Moment 181. Getting Maximum Mileage From Your 1:1s
As a corporate executive and CEO, the 1:1 meeting was the single most powerful weapon I had in my leadership arsenal. It was here that I mobilised my direct reports to excel.But even with that focus, I still left a lot to chance. It wasn’t until much later that I learned a technique to lock in people’s commitment to deliver.If you want to get more mileage from your 1:1s, there are three questions you can ask at the end that will wildly increase the chances of your direct reports delivering.If you want to make sure your people have extreme clarity on your expectations, have a listen to Ep.334: The Perfect Ending for a 1:1.————————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. Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago17 min
The 2 Hardest Conversations You'll Have With Your Top Talent
Your top talent doesn't always quit because they're unhappy. Often, they simply can’t see what their next move is. And if that’s the case, it’s not their fault: it’s yours!Every leader I talk to at the moment is obsessed with retention; it feels like it's getting harder for them to hold onto their top performers. Job tenures are declining, but the averages often mask the real story. In this episode, I explain why a scarcity mindset entices good leaders to do dumb sh!t, by playing defence at exactly the wrong moment; and I walk you through the two hardest conversations you'll have with your top talent. If you get them wrong, you’ll lose your best people when it could have easily been avoided. But, if you get them right, you'll get more out of them for longer, even though you know you might lose them eventually.It doesn’t matter what your team structure is… it doesn’t matter whether or not a promotion opportunity exists… your job, as a leader, is to develop, grow, and stretch every individual to bring out their best, no matter what.Links mentioned in this episode:No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes:Ep.404: 8 Surprising ways to Reduce Unwanted TurnoverWikipedia link:Superbowl LIBLSUS Bureau of Labor StatisticsLBT 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. Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago3 min
Moment 180. How to Eliminate Hiring Mistakes
Most job interviews are just friendly chats. They don’t provide any real due diligence.Making the right hiring choice requires a lot more than résumés and reference checks. Even personality profiling has limited utility.If you want to work out whether someone can actually do the job, you need to get good at interviewing.If you want to reduce the risk of hiring a dud, have a listen to Ep.379: Interview Questions to Expose the Bullshitters————————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. Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
About No Bullsh!t Leadership
No Bullsh!t Leadership is a podcast for leaders who want to become truly exceptional. Each week, your host, Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Martin G Moore, shares the secrets of high performance leadership; the career accelerators that you can’t learn in business school, and your boss is unlikely to share with you. Step away from the theoretical view on leadership, and learn from a successful CEO who’s already walked the path.
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