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What if the single biggest lever for creating value in your business wasn't actually in your business at all? What if it was an alliance forged with another company? The inspiration for this topic came from an episode of the Acquired podcast, which took a deep dive into the Formula One motor racing business. F1 isn’t just a sport: it's a compelling case study in how to create value through alliances. This is a transformation story about turning a highly-fragmented, amateurish pastime for European elites into a $60bn global juggernaut. In this episode, I'll show you exactly how that happened; I’ll take you behind the scenes of one of the most valuable alliances I was part of during my own corporate career; and I’ll distil these examples to draw out 5 rules for multiplying value through alliances. Want the FREE Alliance Playbook? Click here to access it! Source Material: No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes: Ep.179: Survival of the Fittest Ep.275: When Should You Let Someone Go? Ep.344: Building a Winning Culture Ep.75: Negotiation Fundamentals Acquired podcast: Acquired Wikipedia link: Bernie Ecclestone Amazon link: Negotiation Genius LBT link: Leadership Beyond the Theory ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’ve advised many CEO / Founders over the last 5 years. My first job is often to convince them that the family culture they treasure so fondly is the biggest impediment to performance improvement. In this Moment, I explore the four biggest drawbacks to family culture. But they are by no means the exclusive domain of family businesses: they’ll sound familiar to those of you who work in large listed companies and government agencies alike.  If you want to know how to drive high performance in a family business, have a listen to Ep.76: The Family Affair. ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most leaders do enough to get by. A select few do extra. And that gap is almost the entire difference between a career that stagnates and one that accelerates. If you want to reach the pinnacle of your personal potential, it starts with your decision to do more than the next person. In this episode, I give you 6 ways to focus your extra effort so that it pays you back in multiples. A friend of mine passed a book onto me a couple of weeks ago. It’s the autobiography of a rugby player by the name of Brad Thorn, and it’s a cracking read, titled Champions do Extra. Not a little extra. Not extra when it’s convenient. Extra when it’s hard. Extra when no one’s watching. Extra when the result is uncertain, and the work has to be done now. During his impressive career, Thorn represented two different countries in two different rugby codes. He was still competing at the highest level at the ripe old age of 41, before going on to become a head coach. I know that most of you aren’t rugby players, so how does this principle translate to the world of leadership? Well, in this episode, I’m going to explain why discomfort is a door to unlock, rather than a barrier to prevent you from progressing. Source Material: No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes: Ep.384: 10 Ways To Make Your Success Inevitable Ep.138: It’s Not What You Know Ep.130: Counterintuitive Truths Ep.311: 12 Hard Leadership Truths Amazon link: Champions Do Extra Wikipedia link: Brad Thorn LBT link: Leadership Beyond the Theory ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you want to improve your team’s performance, single-point accountability is the biggest, most impactful lever you can pull. The culture is difficult to create, but once your people experience the virtuous circle of empowerment and accountability, that’s when they find true motivation, self-esteem, and job satisfaction. If you want to get better outcomes from your team, have a listen to Ep.365: Why Your Team Keeps Falling Short. ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most decisions you make as a leader look reasonable on the whiteboard.  But in the real world, you're rarely deciding between black and white options. You're choosing between two things that both matter: and something has to give. That's the dilemma. And how you handle it speaks volumes about the kind of leader you really are. The ability to make trade-offs confidently, separates average leaders from truly great ones, and there are no hard and fast rules. In this episode, Em and I break down six of the most common — and most consequential — trade-offs leaders face. Links mentioned in this episode: Ep.315: How To Find and Keep Rare Talent Ep.373: Learn From the Lifers... Don't Repeat Their Mistakes LBT link: Leadership Beyond the Theory ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the benefit of hindsight, I’ve been able to isolate the 3 biggest mistakes that I made in my career as a corporate executive: they really slowed me down! I either underestimated their impact, or didn’t pay sufficient attention to them…and I paid the price. Improving one or all of these will save you years of frustration, and accelerate your career. If you want to fast-track your leadership career, have a listen to Ep.295: My Biggest Executive-Level Mistakes. ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why your direct reports are underperforming and how to turn it around. What happens when you give one manager 50 direct reports and call it innovation?  Chaos. In this episode, I cut through the corporate delusion that flatter structures are better, and I give you the insights to help you confidently build a structure that actually delivers results. I start with the fundamentals: why organisations need teams, why teams need structure, and why leaders are essential to making both work. I focus on the main tool of indiscriminate cost cutting: span of control, and I leave you with four practical factors you can use right now to assess whether your own structure is working for you, or against you. Source Material: No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes: Ep.363: Why Your IT Project Will Fail Fortune article: Meta’s new AI team has 50 engineers per boss. What could go wrong? Gallup research: Span of Control: What’s the Optimum Team Size for Managers? Wikipedia links: Division of Labour Plato Adam Smith The Wealth of Nations LBT link: Leadership Beyond the Theory ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some people love to be in the thick of the action, making a difference. But the much larger majority are more comfortable watching from the sidelines. If you’re wondering what ingredients create the recipe for success, you need to know that putting yourself out there is a non-negotiable. And all it takes is a simple choice… a choice you can make today. If you want to learn how to position yourself for success, have a listen to Ep.110: Getting in the Arena. ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not getting the results you expected? Don’t blame luck, because in leadership, results are rarely random, and the causes are rarely a mystery. You may feel as though you’ve done everything necessary to guarantee a decent level of performance from your team: You’ve hired some good people;You’ve resourced them appropriately; You’ve put together a work program that’s ambitious but achievable; You’ve made sure people are clear on their accountabilities; and You’ve empowered your decision-makers with autonomy and support. Yet, for some unknown reason, the results don’t come. In this episode, I show you how to diagnose the root cause of a performance slump, and I give you four interventions that are guaranteed to get your team back on track quickly. ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Virtually every organisation is racing to adopt AI. And, although AI offers the promise of groundbreaking productivity, the projects required to deliver it will suffer from exactly the same problems as every other IT project I’ve seen in the last 40 years. Big projects are hard, whether they’re in construction, infrastructure, or procurement. Tech is no different. But there seems to be a certain… mystique around tech projects. Why is your tech project so unlikely to deliver the promised return on investment? If you want to learn how you can avert a tech project disaster, have a listen to Ep.363: 10 Steps to a Positive ROI in Your AI and Tech Investments. ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strategy starts at the top, but competitive advantage is built in the middle. Has your boss ever told you that you need to be more strategic?  If you want to demonstrate your strategic ability, you need to understand the role you play in building your company’s competitive advantage. Competition isn’t won or lost based on the strategy that the board sets. It depends much more on how the strategy is executed where it matters most: in the day-to-day business of the middle layers. In this episode, I give you a little gem of wisdom for how to maintain your company’s competitive advantage, despite the fact that you may not be directly involved in setting the strategy. ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A lot of contemporary leadership wisdom on the internet could just as easily be found in a fortune cookie 🥠 The reason the sayings become so popular is that there’s always at least some grain of truth to them. They sound like they should be true. In this Moment, I give you an insight into why you should question everything. If you want to take a deeper dive into how to tell the difference between genuine wisdom and superficial twaddle, have a listen to Ep.47: Common Leadership Misconceptions ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leaders love blaming HR for bureaucracy, red tape, and generally slowing things down.  But these same leaders have no idea how to use HR properly.  If you get this wrong in the age of AI, you’ll risk destroying one of the most valuable sources of insight in your company. As we sit here in early 2026, AI is about to wipe out around half of what HR does. The leaders who figure how to manage the transition, and continue to benefit from the expertise and value that HR offers, will have a massive advantage! The Economist article: How HR Took Over the World LBT link: Leadership Beyond the Theory ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some people simply refuse to rise to the standard you’re setting for the team. Before you decide they need to go, though, it’s important to try different techniques that might ignite their intrinsic motivation. Not everyone rises to the occasion but, if you’re a good leader, you’ll give everyone the opportunity to lift. If you want to take a deeper dive into how you can tap into your people’s discretionary effort, have a listen to Ep.268: Is That the Best You Can Do? ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test? ✨ In just 5 minutes you’ll uncover the hidden leadership habits holding you back. Get your Blindspot Score and know exactly what to fix before it costs your career! TAKE THE FREE TEST HERE ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Working for a weak leader is both exhausting and suffocating.  You put in the effort;
you care about the outcome; you try to lift the standard…and still, everything feels harder than it should. In this episode, I break down the four unmistakable symptoms of the spineless boss and, more importantly, exactly what you can do about each one. Because while you can’t control their backbone, you CAN control how you respond. ———————— If you’re serious about your leadership career, don’t settle for generic training! Leadership Beyond the Theory is the cutting-edge program ambitious leaders are choosing to stay competitive, operate at the next level before they have the title, lead without becoming the bottleneck, and use AI more effectively than their peers. Doors close THIS FRIDAY, and this is the final intake at $2,500 before the price increase, so if you’ve been considering it, now is the time to move. Join the program here ———————— You can connect with me at: Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor ———————— Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.  👉 Doors are open for Leadership Beyond the Theory. Be the boss you wish you had. 🔗 Enroll now at leadershipbeyondthetheory.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.