No Bullsh!t Leadership

There are 3 success principles that are particularly relevant for the new world we’re leading in. And they have nothing to do with luck, talent, or connections!

As labour markets change in the coming years on the back of AI, these principles need to be rock solid, if you want to succeed.

If you want to take a deeper dive on success principles, have a listen to Ep.384: How to Make Success Inevitable

Links mentioned in the episode:

Ep.384: How to Make Success Inevitable
Ep.138: It’s Not WHAT You Know
Ep.311: 12 Hard Leadership Truths
Ep.130: Counterintuitive Truths

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Can you explain clearly why the people on your team are paid what they're being paid? If you can't, you may have a hidden problem eating away at your meritocracy.

We've produced a few episodes over the years on remuneration structures, particularly how to link incentives to performance. This episode is all about the gap between what people believe about merit-based pay, and what actually happens when you try to put that into practice.

Timing… negotiation skill… historical anomalies… skill shortages… there's a long list of barriers that conspire to stop you from paying people what they're truly worth. And most of them are completely outside of your control.

In this episode, I give you five specific, practical steps that you can take to rebalance the scales of merit-based pay. And, at the very least, you’ll be able to explain, with a high degree of confidence, why your people are paid what they're being paid.

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

Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.

2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!

Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/
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The psychological contract is the mutual understanding between an employer and employee about their respective obligations to each other.

There are no rules for these contracts: they’re based purely on people's perceptions, and they exist in people’s heads, not in formal documents.

No matter how hard you work to keep your people happy, it's never enough: privileges just become entitlements. But there are three things that actually do make a difference… and they cost you nothing.

If you want to make sure your people feel valued, have a listen to Ep.347: How to Wildly Exceed Your People’s Expectations

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Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.
Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.

2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!

Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/
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Underperformers don't change because you ask them nicely. They only change when they can no longer avoid the consequences of not delivering.

Every time you swoop in and rescue someone, you’re filling that performance gap on their behalf. At the same time, you’re reinforcing the fact that they never have to meet an acceptable standard, if they don’t want to.

You might think you're just delivering the outcome: but you’re also unintentionally condoning unacceptable performance.

As the leader, you’re responsible for the culture… and that’s a cancer in your culture.

Every minute you spend doing someone else’s job is a minute you’re not doing your own. While your team is rewarded with extra work, they see you rewarding the poor performer with more of your time and attention.

In this Q&A episode we cover:

Why rescuing an underperforming peer is a disaster waiting to happen: if it works they take the credit, and if it fails you’re the scapegoat;
The soft escalation technique that puts your boss in the picture without starting a political war you can't win
An influencing technique that brings pressure to bear on a stubborn peer, without going over their head
Why your people can predict exactly what you'll tolerate, and how that sets the performance bar
The reason why nobody warns you when things are going wrong, and what you can learn from big corporate failures, like Theranos, that suppress bad news
Why an empty house is better than a bad tenant: the case for exiting your worst performer, even in a tight labour market
How to farewell someone with dignity, while still taking the opportunity for the rest of the team to learn from the cautionary tale.

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Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.
Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.

2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!

Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/
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As a corporate executive and CEO, the 1:1 meeting was the single most powerful weapon I had in my leadership arsenal. It was here that I mobilised my direct reports to excel.

But even with that focus, I still left a lot to chance. It wasn’t until much later that I learned a technique to lock in people’s commitment to deliver.

If you want to get more mileage from your 1:1s, there are three questions you can ask at the end that will wildly increase the chances of your direct reports delivering.

If you want to make sure your people have extreme clarity on your expectations, have a listen to Ep.334: The Perfect Ending for a 1:1.

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

Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.

2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!

Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.