No Bullsh!t Leadership

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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. 99% would recommend. 100% money back guarantee.

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Why a 'Family Culture' Destroys Team Performance | Moment 169 Apr 19, 2026

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I’ve advised many CEO / Founders over the last 5 years. My first job is often to convince them that the family culture they treasure so fondly is the biggest impediment to performance improvement.

In this Moment, I explore the four biggest drawbacks to family culture. But they are by no means the exclusive domain of family businesses: they’ll sound familiar to those of you who work in large listed companies and government agencies alike.

If you want to know how to drive high performance in a family business, have a listen to Ep.76: The Family Affair.

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Ep.384: 10 Ways To Make Your Success Inevitable

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Champions Do Extra: 6 Leadership Habits That Separate Top Performers Apr 14, 2026

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Most leaders do enough to get by. A select few do extra. And that gap is almost the entire difference between a career that stagnates and one that accelerates.

If you want to reach the pinnacle of your personal potential, it starts with your decision to do more than the next person. In this episode, I give you 6 ways to focus your extra effort so that it pays you back in multiples.

A friend of mine passed a book onto me a couple of weeks ago. It’s the autobiography of a rugby player by the name of Brad Thorn, and it’s a cracking read, titled Champions do Extra.

Not a little extra. Not extra when it’s convenient. Extra when it’s hard. Extra when no one’s watching. Extra when the result is uncertain, and the work has to be done now.

During his impressive career, Thorn represented two different countries in two different rugby codes. He was still competing at the highest level at the ripe old age of 41, before going on to become a head coach.

I know that most of you aren’t rugby players, so how does this principle translate to the world of leadership?

Well, in this episode, I’m going to explain why discomfort is a door to unlock, rather than a barrier to prevent you from progressing.

Source Material:

No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes:

Ep.138: It’s Not What You Know

Ep.130: Counterintuitive Truths

Ep.311: 12 Hard Leadership Truths

Amazon link:

Champions Do Extra

Wikipedia link:

Brad Thorn

LBT link:

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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. 99% would recommend. 100% money back guarantee.

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The Accountability Gap That Kills Performance | Moment 168 Apr 12, 2026

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If you want to improve your team’s performance, single-point accountability is the biggest, most impactful lever you can pull.

The culture is difficult to create, but once your people experience the virtuous circle of empowerment and accountability, that’s when they find true motivation, self-esteem, and job satisfaction.

If you want to get better outcomes from your team, have a listen to Ep.365: Why Your Team Keeps Falling Short.

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Ep.315: How To Find and Keep Rare Talent

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Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.

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Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks of practical reps that get you out of the weeds and hand delivery back to your team.

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The Leadership Trade-Offs That Make or Break Teams Apr 07, 2026

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Most decisions you make as a leader look reasonable on the whiteboard.

But in the real world, you're rarely deciding between black and white options. You're choosing between two things that both matter: and something has to give. That's the dilemma. And how you handle it speaks volumes about the kind of leader you really are.

The ability to make trade-offs confidently, separates average leaders from truly great ones, and there are no hard and fast rules.

In this episode, Em and I break down six of the most common — and most consequential — trade-offs leaders face.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Ep.373: Learn From the Lifers... Don't Repeat Their Mistakes

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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. 99% would recommend. 100% money back guarantee.

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Don't Let These 3 Mistakes Derail Your Leadership Career | Moment 167 Apr 05, 2026

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With the benefit of hindsight, I’ve been able to isolate the 3 biggest mistakes that I made in my career as a corporate executive: they really slowed me down!

I either underestimated their impact, or didn’t pay sufficient attention to them…and I paid the price.

Improving one or all of these will save you years of frustration, and accelerate your career.

If you want to fast-track your leadership career, have a listen to Ep.295: My Biggest Executive-Level Mistakes.

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Ep.363: Why Your IT Project Will Fail

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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. 99% would recommend. 100% money back guarantee.

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How Many Direct Reports Is Too Many? Mar 31, 2026

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Why your direct reports are underperforming and how to turn it around.

What happens when you give one manager 50 direct reports and call it innovation?

Chaos.

In this episode, I cut through the corporate delusion that flatter structures are better, and I give you the insights to help you confidently build a structure that actually delivers results.

I start with the fundamentals: why organisations need teams, why teams need structure, and why leaders are essential to making both work.

I focus on the main tool of indiscriminate cost cutting: span of control, and I leave you with four practical factors you can use right now to assess whether your own structure is working for you, or against you.

Source Material:

No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes:

Fortune article:

Meta’s new AI team has 50 engineers per boss. What could go wrong?

Gallup research:

Span of Control: What’s the Optimum Team Size for Managers?

Wikipedia links:

Division of Labour

Plato

Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations

LBT link:

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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. 99% would recommend. 100% money back guarantee.

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Put Yourself Out There: How Leaders Get Noticed | Moment 166 Mar 29, 2026

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Some people love to be in the thick of the action, making a difference. But the much larger majority are more comfortable watching from the sidelines.

If you’re wondering what ingredients create the recipe for success, you need to know that putting yourself out there is a non-negotiable. And all it takes is a simple choice… a choice you can make today.

If you want to learn how to position yourself for success, have a listen to Ep.110: Getting in the Arena.

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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. 99% would recommend. 100% money back guarantee.

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What Do You Do When the Results Don't Come? Mar 24, 2026

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Not getting the results you expected? Don’t blame luck, because in leadership, results are rarely random, and the causes are rarely a mystery.

You may feel as though you’ve done everything necessary to guarantee a decent level of performance from your team:

You’ve hired some good people;
You’ve resourced them appropriately;
You’ve put together a work program that’s ambitious but achievable;
You’ve made sure people are clear on their accountabilities; and
You’ve empowered your decision-makers with autonomy and support.

Yet, for some unknown reason, the results don’t come.

In this episode, I show you how to diagnose the root cause of a performance slump, and I give you four interventions that are guaranteed to get your team back on track quickly.

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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. 99% would recommend. 100% money back guarantee.

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How to Avoid Expensive Tech Project Failures | Moment 165 Mar 22, 2026

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Virtually every organisation is racing to adopt AI. And, although AI offers the promise of groundbreaking productivity, the projects required to deliver it will suffer from exactly the same problems as every other IT project I’ve seen in the last 40 years.

Big projects are hard, whether they’re in construction, infrastructure, or procurement. Tech is no different. But there seems to be a certain… mystique around tech projects.

Why is your tech project so unlikely to deliver the promised return on investment?

If you want to learn how you can avert a tech project disaster, have a listen to Ep.363: 10 Steps to a Positive ROI in Your AI and Tech Investments.

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