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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 Self-Awareness Is Essential for Mental Health
Learning how to practise mindfulness will help you focus on the good, relieve your stress, boost your immunity, improve your sleep, and help you manage your anxiety.
Ensuring Optimum Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace
Meditation and mindfulness have a proven track record of improving stress management, reducing emotional exhaustion, and improving employee outlook on their lives and jobs.
Why Emotional Intelligence in a Leader is Necessary
A mindful leader leverages qualities like creativity, compassion, self-awareness, focus, and empathy to lead other people to positive personal and organisational outcomes.
The Leadership Advantage of Self-Awareness
Self-aware leadership allows managers or any kind of leader to understand who they are, their innate responses to certain events and stimuli, their stressors, challenges and strengths.
What Is Mindful Leadership?
Mindful leaders deliberately cultivate a state of wellness, both within themselves and in their organisation, and are a beacon for goodness, responsiveness, and clarity, even in the face of adversity.
Why Self-Awareness is Vital for Business Leadership
When you lead from unchecked assumptions or unmanaged stress, teams feel it immediately. Greater self-awareness sharpens judgment, steadies communication, and builds the credibility performance depends on.
Benefits of Self-Awareness for Employee Engagement
If you’ve noticed workers not fully engaging with their work or those that seem unhappy or dissatisfied, here are a few ways how mindfulness training can help you press the refresh button.
Why Beginners are Always the Smartest People in the Room
As a leader, the pressure to have answers can quietly close you off to learning. Notice what shifts when you trade certainty for curiosity—and how that openness strengthens trust and judgment.
The Simplest Way to Get Present Immediately
In fast-moving conversations, your mind races ahead and listening thins out. Grounding yourself in the present steadies your reactions, sharpens judgment, and signals calm authority to others.
3 Proven Ways Self-awareness Changes Your Leadership and Life
You move fast, decide quickly, and expect the same from others—yet old reactions still shape key moments. Greater self-awareness creates space to choose responses that build trust and strengthen performance.
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