Episode #354 // Most leadership advice assumes you’ve got support and alignment, but what if your boss won’t back you, your peers are undercutting you, and politics matter more than performance?

You don’t have to wait for the system to change. When you learn to lead anyway, you’re the one who gets noticed, trusted, and promoted.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The 10 boss archetypes that destroy careers – and the specific tactics to handle each one without getting fired or labeled “difficult”
• The one escalation technique that works more often than not when peers won’t cooperate (most leaders get this completely wrong)
• How to build an “island of excellence” in toxic cultures and actually use the dysfunction to your advantage
• The 4 non-negotiable tools that separate leaders who thrive from those who get crushed by office politics
• Why “bad news by rocket, good news by rickshaw” could be the most important principle you ever learn

You can’t avoid toxic cultures, they’re becoming the norm. But you can learn to navigate them masterfully. This isn’t about playing dirty politics; it’s about protecting your performance and advancing your career despite the dysfunction around you.

Remember: Most well- intentioned, ambitious people just try harder when things get tough. That leads to overwork and mystification while political players advance. Don’t be that person!

Watch the full YouTube video with downloadable resources here.

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Episode #124 // Career progression is a contact sport.

If you want to be at the top of your game (and if you want to be in the tent when the promotion circus comes to town), it’s critical to build the 10 ingredients of promotability into your leadership repertoire.

If you want to go deeper on how to improve your chances of picking up your next big role, have a listen to Ep.289: Improving Your Promotion Prospects.

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Episode 353 // Over the last several years, Em has had countless conversations with the leaders in our global community. One of the trends she’s recognised lately is the breaking point that many leaders reach as they get promoted to more senior roles.

Many natural leaders have the ability to wing it… at least for a while. But eventually, they realise that it takes more than good instincts to lead confidently.

In this Q&A episode, we explore some of the most compelling questions from these conversations:

What does it take to be successful, as your leadership role becomes broader and more demanding? And what happens when you suddenly find yourself too far removed from the technical work to rely upon your own individual brilliance?

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You’ve just reached the point where instinct and effort aren’t enough.

That’s exactly where structured leadership development pays off.

Our June cohort of Leadership Beyond the Theory opens this month. We kick off Module 1 on June 16.

Inside the program:

• You’ll get the full No Bullsh!t Leadership framework
• You’ll have direct access to me through weekly Q&A sessions
• You’ll build the skills to lead with confidence, credibility, and clarity

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Moment #123 // When it comes to any company’s operations, leaders tend to focus purely on the technical and process elements of performance.

But the technical barriers that confront you are dwarfed by the organisational barriers that exist in your people and culture.

How do you get your people to step up for the good of the business?

If you want to take a deeper dive into how to make your operations really hum, have a listen to Ep.247: Achieving Operational Excellence.

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Episode #352 // We hear a lot these days about personal branding, and there’s an expert for every occasion promising to guide us through the leadership branding maze.

Is our “brand” important in helping us to realise our career aspirations? Probably…

But there’s a dangerous misconception that you can construct an external image of desirable behaviours and values, without actually possessing them.

That approach is doomed to failure.

In this episode, I give you a clear, practical approach to reinventing your brand, by building it from the inside out; and I give you two critical tools to help you execute any change you might choose to make.

Download my free Daily Habit Tracker here.

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Moment #122 // Some of the most important success principles are counterintuitive. It’s in our nature to look for easy answers to the things that challenge us.

The fact is, though, there aren’t any silver bullets.

In this Moment, I look at one of the most powerful counterintuitive truths, which every leader faces at some point.

If you want to take a deeper dive into how to build a mindset for leadership success, have a listen to Ep.130: Counterintuitive Truths.

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Episode #351 // I came across a great quote recently, thanks to one of the leaders in our inner circle, Natasha Read.

It was a quote from Maria Montessori, who devised the Montessori method of teaching.

The method focuses on the development of a child's inherent initiative and ability, allowing them to develop at their own pace. It emphasises growth through independence and experimentation.

The quote is a blinder… “Everything you do for me, you take from me!”

It hit me like a pie in the face: I immediately thought of the principle of working at level, which is a critical part of the No Bullsh!t Leadership framework.

There are lots of good reasons to not over function for the people you lead, and this might just be the most compelling of those reasons. When you do your people’s work, you’re not saving them…you’re stunting their growth.

In this episode, I’m going to go into the working at level principles in the sort of depth that I normally reserve for our Leadership Beyond the Theory cohorts.

I've also put together a great PDF resource to accompany this episode, 5 Rules for Leading Without Over-Functioning: A Leader’s Guide to Working at the Right Level which you can download here https://www.yourceomentor.com/episode351.

Enjoy!

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Moment #120 // Humour can vastly improve team dynamics and culture, by breaking through tension and giving people a laugh.

But organisations have become pretty stiff over the last 10 years, and the part that humour plays seems to have greatly diminished.

In this moment, we look at what forms of humour are likely to be OK, and what might cross a red line at work.

If you want to take a deeper dive into how to bring some comic relief to your team, have a listen to Ep.145: Humour is Underrated.

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