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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.
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Why Our Values Must Be Backed by Action
Many leaders don’t realise that inconsistent action quietly erodes trust, and aligning daily choices with stated values shifts influence and credibility.
How Values Keep Us On Track As Leaders
Identifying one’s values is key to becoming consciously developmental while fostering psychological wellbeing, both of which are foundational to achieving a self-examining or transformational mind.
How to Lead From Your Values—Even When It Costs You
Simply defining your leadership values is not enough. You also must actually live those values—in other words, walk your talk.
The Smart Way to Choose Your Leadership Values
We don’t choose growth values based on who we believe we already are. Rather, we choose them in areas where we see room for improvement.
Why We Can’t Transform Without Self-Compassion
With self-compassion, we help ourselves accept and bear the fear and pain that arise when we see and own the truth of what is driving our dysfunctional behaviour.
How Our ‘Fast Brain’ Hijacks Our Personal Development
Mastering personal growth requires that we bring mindfulness to fast-brain reactions, which sabotage our long-term goals, and operate more from the slow brain to move towards our values and goals.
Why Shame Doesn’t Create Lasting Change (And What Does)
Self-compassion gives us a space of inner psychological safety, which enables our natural curiosity and intelligence to come to the fore.
4 Key Elements To Create Team Psychological Safety
When psychological safety is created by these four elements, organisations are much more likely to innovate quickly and adapt well to change.
How to Give Feedback Without Triggering Defensiveness
When these principles of conscious feedback are followed, the end result is psychological safety, which in turn boosts team and organisational performance.
How to Receive Feedback Without Destroying Trust
The more we can slow down our reactive-brain reactions when receiving feedback, the more psychologically safe, constructive and growth-based our relationships and culture will be.
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