The fastest way to lift performance isn’t more effort. It’s ruthless focus on value.

Cost and value are different. Knowing how to separate the two is essential.

In this Moment, I identify the 6 biggest barriers to value capture, so that you can attack the problem at its core.

Creating a sharper focus on the things that create value will equip your team to effortlessly deliver a massive performance uplift.

If you want to take a deeper dive into how you can rapidly improve team performance, have a listen to Ep.261: Do You REALLY Understand Value?.

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It’s easy to talk about the benefits of leadership, but very few people talk about the cost of leadership.

There’s a price to pay, and unless you’re willing to pay it, you’ll never be truly comfortable in a leadership role:

• You will have to make hard decisions that negatively affect people you care about
• You will be disliked, despite your best attempts to do the best for the most
• You will be misunderstood, and won’t always have the opportunity to defend yourself

For each of these costs, I’ll interpret it for the business leadership context, and give some examples of how it plays out. I’ll also give you four tips for embracing the cost, so that you willingly pay the price of leadership, rather than trying to bargain or avoid it.

Links mentioned in this episode:

YouTube link:

Kirby Smart - The Cost of Great Leadership

Moments With Marty Spotify Link:

Moment #151: 5 Steps to Reverse a Performance Slump

LBT link:

Leadership Beyond the Theory

Wikipedia links:

Kirby Smart

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If your confidence has slipped lately, this 5-step reset could save your performance.

Occasionally, for some unknown reason, you may experience a slump in performance: and it can seriously affect your confidence.

How does something like this happen? And, more importantly, how do you dig yourself out of the hole?

If you want to take a deeper dive into how you can quickly recognise a performance hiccup and rebuild your confidence, have a listen to Ep.236: The Mental Game of Leadership.

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Success isn’t accidental; it follows principles that most people prefer to ignore.

In this episode, I show you how to focus on the things that really matter: the timeless principles that will make your success inevitable.

Traditionally around this time, we produce an episode focused on the outlook for the year ahead but, heading into 2026, we decided to do something a little different.

I'm going to focus on the success principles that will make a genuine difference. Your job is to distil the one or two that are most important to you, and work out how to embrace them in the coming year.

There’s some work in this for you… it’s not just a casual listen. But I know you’re up for it! It will make ALL the difference to your mindset as you head into another year.

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How to execute layoffs decisively without damaging trust, morale, or talent.

Termination for cause? Termination for convenience? Role redundancy?

As a leader, you’ll sometimes have to face the difficult task of terminating someone’s employment. How can you do it without spooking your best people, and forcing an exodus of top talent?

If you want to take a deeper dive into how you can pull out costs, without losing talent, have a listen to Ep.225: Handling Layoffs Competently.

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Most leadership content is consumed. Very little of it is used.

In this end-of-year episode, we count down the 5 episodes from 2025 that genuinely changed how leaders think and act - not because they were popular, but because they were applied.

This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s a practical breakdown of why these episodes resonated, what made them work, and how you can use the ideas immediately.

From running better 1:1s, to building real team performance, to leading effectively inside toxic cultures, each episode on this list solved a problem leaders are actually facing right now.

We unpack:

• Why clarity beats comfort in performance conversations
• Why leadership confidence comes from doing hard things, not avoiding them
• What high-performing teams really look like (and why most aren’t)
• How winning cultures are built under pressure
• How to lead well when the environment around you isn’t healthy

If you’ve missed any of these episodes, or listened but didn’t fully apply them, this is your chance to go back and use them properly.

Don’t treat this like entertainment, treat it like a toolbox.

Lock in and revisit the episodes that moved the needle in 2025!

For easy access, here are the episode links:

🔥 Top 5 Most Popular Episodes Released in 2025

1. Ep.354 – How to Lead in a Toxic Culture: Your Survival Guide

2. Ep.344 – How to Build a Winning Team Culture (In Just 90 Days)

3. Ep.355 – The New Rules for Building a High-Performing Team - Download the FREE diagnostic PDF for this one!

4. Ep.337 – How To Do Hard Things: 4 Strategies to Improve Leadership Resilience

5. Ep.334 – The Perfect Ending for a 1:1 Meeting

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Resilient leadership isn’t about toughing it out, it’s about staying calm under pressure.

Every leader likes to think they’re highly resilient. But many lack composure in high-stress situations (and also the self-awareness to admit it).

Resilience is about regulating your own behaviour. But if you’re a leader, the real acid test is whether you have the mental, emotional, and psychological strength to support your team, so that they remain as calm as you do.

If you want to take a deeper dive into how you can achieve Grace Under Pressure faster, have a listen to Ep.228: Resilience Myths.

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Your career already has a direction…the question is, did you choose it?

In 2026, relying on hard work, loyalty, or good intentions isn’t enough. AI is reshaping roles, career paths are less protected, and the system you’re operating in has plans for you...whether you like them or not.

In this annual Crush Your Career episode, we unpack why deliberate career strategy now matters more than ever, and why the leaders who continue to progress are the ones who stop reacting and start designing what comes next.

If you want to stay relevant, valuable, and in control of your career trajectory, this episode sets the frame, and invites you to take part in the free Crush Your Career Challenge (2026 Edition).

Are you actively driving your career…or letting it drift?

Join the challenge now here!

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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.

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