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The Secret Life of Great Leaders
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The Secret Life of Great Leaders explores the behaviours and inner disciplines that actually improve performance, accelerate learning, and create great workplaces.
Hosted by Michael Bunting, Founder of TripleGoal, this podcast goes beyond leadership theory to examine what truly drives measurable change: self-regulation, accountability, psychological safety, and values-based action.
Drawing on adult development, neuroscience, and over 30 years of leadership research, each episode unpacks what separates reactive leadership from transformational leadership—especially under pressure.
You’ll hear honest conversations with senior leaders and practitioners who have faced their blind spots, challenged their habits, and built cultures that deliver the Triple Goal of:
- Great Performance
- Great Learning
- Great Workplace
If you want your leadership to show up not just in intention, but in measurable outcomes, this podcast is for you.
Subscribe now and explore the inner work that changes results.
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Why Living Your Values Makes You a Better Leader
Leaders face moments when fear, approval or pressure tempt compromise. Living your values builds inner clarity and visible integrity—strengthening trust, commitment and wellbeing over time.
The Secret of Leaders Who Balance Honesty and Kindness
Leaders often swing between protecting harmony and speaking hard truths. When feedback names observable behaviour with respect, accountability strengthens and trust deepens.
The Hidden Problem Undermining Leadership Development
Leaders invest in skills training, yet quietly avoid seeing their own blind spots. When self-deception goes unexamined, credibility erodes. Owning your shadow is where trust and real growth begin.
How Self-Awareness Transforms Workplace Culture
Leaders push organisational change while stress quietly rises across the system. When attention is trained, reactivity drops, judgment sharpens, and change efforts gain steadier traction.
Transformational Leadership Begins With Self-Awareness
Leaders aspire to transform culture, yet react from habits they haven’t examined. Real change begins when you notice your impulses in real time and choose differently, strengthening credibility and influence.
Why Insecurity Cripples Executive Development
Leaders say they want to grow others, yet quietly fear being outshone. When insecurity drives executive development, trust erodes. Facing that fear frees you to genuinely elevate your team.
How Mindful Leaders Overcome Team Dysfunction
Leaders can drift into seeing colleagues as obstacles rather than people. That subtle disconnection erodes trust and fuels dysfunction. Reconnecting at a human level restores collaboration and performance.
Why Most Leadership Change Efforts Fail
Leaders commit to change, yet retreat when discomfort surfaces or habits resist. Sustained self-awareness builds the steadiness required to shift patterns and lead transformation that lasts.
The 4 Foundations of Self-Awareness in Mindful Leadership
Self-awareness is the key to liberating ourselves from the incessant push and pull of our physical sensations, emotions and thoughts. Only then can we develop mindful leadership.
How to Increase Employee Engagement by Encouraging the Heart
You say the right words, yet your team feels the difference between technique and genuine care. When appreciation becomes heartfelt, trust deepens and engagement rises naturally.
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