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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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The Secret of Organisations That Truly Live Their Values
Shadows don’t exist only in individuals. They also exist in every organisation. Your organisational shadow is what really drives your organisation beneath your nice-sounding mission statement.
Why Great Leaders Need Self-Awareness Training
Through self-awareness we can better observe our underlying conditioning and the emotional avoidance creating poor behaviour, then self-regulate in real time to consciously choose values-aligned behaviours.
Ensure Team Accountability with Mindful Agreements
Mindful agreements, as opposed to edicts and expectations, allow the nice leader to create genuine performance accountability without alienating people.
Using Self-Awareness to Transform Ourselves
To be self-aware is to be mindful and conscious of what is going on inside us, then learning how to manage our experiences and habits to act more clearly, deliberately and wisely in real time, not after we have acted, when it’s too late.
Why Respect and Honesty Matter More Than Strategy
Values are your talk, and living in accordance with them through your behaviour is your walk. So what are the most important values for leaders to follow?
The Starting Point of All Personal Development
When leaders focus on skills before self-awareness, change stays surface-level. Real growth begins when you see the patterns quietly shaping your decisions, reactions, and team culture.
4 Steps For Taking Committed Action Towards Your Values
By taking committed action in the direction of our values, we consciously move towards who we want to become, reducing the cognitive dissonance we feel and increasing our inner peace.
The Truth About Image Management in Organisations
Image management refers to the time and energy we waste in organisations on blame, denial, deflection, defence, gossiping, politics, saving face, masking our weaknesses to make ourselves feel safe or look good.
The One Question That Builds a Culture of Accountability
The greater our distress intolerance, the more likely we will use denial and defensiveness as a means of coping with the distress, and the less possibility we have for growth.
How to Lead From Your Values—Even When It’s Uncomfortable
Clarity about your values is easy. Holding them when approval, belonging, or reputation feel at risk is not. Leadership maturity begins where social comfort ends.
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