The Leadership Question
40 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago -One leadership question per episode, backed by tools to help you achieve more. We help you tackle the $hit no one talks about when it comes to leading teams, scaling teams and building growing businesses.
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Leadership List Monopolisers
October 02, 2023 08:00 - 11 minutes - 7.99 MBIn today's episode, we'll answer the question: What is a Zombie Project, and how do I kill it... so it can stop ruining your to-do list? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Do you really want feedback... or do you want comfort?
November 29, 2022 22:00 - 11 minutes - 7.91 MBIn today's episode, we'll answer the question: Do you really want feedback... or do you want comfort? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
How to take a holiday without the headaches
November 28, 2022 21:00 - 10 minutes - 7.21 MBIn today's episode, we'll answer the question: How to take a holiday without the headaches. We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
How to manage a forgetful employee
November 24, 2022 22:00 - 10 minutes - 6.97 MBIn today's episode, we'll answer the question: How to manage a forgetful employee. Nothing worse than thinking (and knowing) you agreed on actions in a meeting only to find an employee forgot they even existed and didn't deliver on them! We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest wor...
What's wrong with calling your team a family?
November 23, 2022 21:00 - 11 minutes - 7.75 MBIn today's episode, we'll answer the question: What's wrong with calling your team a family? Calling your team a family is fraught with danger... but why? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
How do you manage a stressed-out and aggressive employee?
November 21, 2022 21:00 - 12 minutes - 8.58 MBIn today's episode, we'll answer the question: How do you manage a stressed-out and aggressive employee? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Where can you lower your standards and be crappy?
November 20, 2022 21:00 - 11 minutes - 8.24 MBIn today's episode, we'll answer the question: Where can you lower your standards and be crappy? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
How do you build a high performing team? Here are the 6 elements.
November 17, 2022 23:00 - 13 minutes - 9.62 MBIn today's episode, we'll answer the question: How do you build a high-performing team? In this episode, we do a deep dive on the model I've used to develop dozens of kick@ss teams. We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at admin@teambuffal...
Should you get rid of a poor performing employee?
November 16, 2022 21:00 - 13 minutes - 9.11 MBIn today's episode, we'll answer the question: Should you get rid of a poor-performing employee? It's an age-old, notoriously difficult question for leaders... but it is 100% solvable. We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at admin@teambuf...
Why your team's bad behaviours aren't changing
November 15, 2022 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBIn today's episode, we'll unpick why your team's bad behaviours aren't changing. How frustrating! We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
How to have a difficult conversation
November 14, 2022 21:00 - 13 minutes - 9.6 MBIn today's episode, I'll walk you through how to have a difficult conversation, including tips for getting it right. We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
How do you know you're a good leader?
November 03, 2022 22:00 - 11 minutes - 8.21 MBIn today's episode, I'll share a recent experience around self-beliefs on leadership and help you answer the question: How do you know you're a good leader? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Is losing your temper at work good leadership?
November 02, 2022 22:00 - 13 minutes - 9.28 MBIn today's episode, I'll unpick an odd trend around leaders losing their temper and answer the question: is losing your temper at work good leadership? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Would you have fired Kanye?
November 01, 2022 22:00 - 12 minutes - 8.79 MBIn today's episode, we're diving into the ultra-complicated question: would you have fired Kanye? The question isn't as simple as you'd think. Here's why. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
3 Authenticity Fallacies
October 31, 2022 22:00 - 11 minutes - 8.18 MBIn today's episode, I'll bring to light the 3 Authenticity Fallacies and exec coaching considerations for a more useful approach to getting authenticity right. We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listen...
4 tactics for getting people to back you at work
October 26, 2022 22:00 - 10 minutes - 7.56 MBIn today's episode, we'll work together to solve the age-old question: how do I get people to back my change program/project/thing at work? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
How to change your mindset
October 25, 2022 23:00 - 11 minutes - 7.96 MBIn today's episode, we'll work together to unpack your mindset and how you can dramatically shift it with a few key questions. We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Career Advice: What do you want?
October 24, 2022 22:00 - 11 minutes - 8.06 MBIn today's episode, I help you unpack tactics for moving your career forward through three sharp questions. We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
What relationship do you have with your inner critic?
October 20, 2022 23:00 - 9 minutes - 6.76 MBIn today's episode, I help you dive deep into your leadership critic and understand how to improve that relationship while still being high performing. We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
How to move on a poor performer
October 19, 2022 23:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBIn today's episode, I help you dive deep into deciding whether or not to move on a poor performer and what you can do to ensure you're making the right decision. We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for list...
The one thing that'll fix being time poor
October 18, 2022 22:00 - 10 minutes - 7.15 MBIn today's episode, I help you use a proven tool to fix your time management problems and get you more time back in your day as a leader. We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Do exit interviews still matter?
October 17, 2022 13:00 - 12 minutes - 8.44 MBIn today's episode, we unpick the leadership question of the day: Should I still do an exit interview and do they still matter? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
What about my hybrid workplace culture?
October 13, 2022 08:00 - 8 minutes - 6.22 MBIn today's episode, we unpick the leadership question of the day: What should my policy be around hybrid (and flexible) working and how do I get the culture right around that policy? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at admin@teambuffal...
The Leadership Question: What about my hybrid workplace culture?
October 13, 2022 08:00 - 9 minutes - 6.23 MBIn today's episode, we unpick the leadership question of the day: What should my policy be around hybrid (and flexible) working and how do I get the culture right around that policy? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at admin@teambuffal...
The Leadership Question: Bored Poor Performer
October 12, 2022 08:00 - 10 minutes - 7.16 MBIn today's episode, we unpick the leadership question of the day: My employee doesn't want to retire but is performing poorly; what do I do? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
What To Do With A Bored Poor Performer
October 12, 2022 08:00 - 10 minutes - 7.15 MBIn today's episode, we unpick the leadership question of the day: My employee doesn't want to retire but is performing poorly; what do I do? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Dealing With An Employee's Bad Ideas
October 11, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 7 MBIn today's episode, we unpick the leadership question of the day: My employee wastes too much time on bad ideas, what do I do? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
The Leadership Question: Employee's Bad Ideas
October 11, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 7.01 MBIn today's episode, we unpick the leadership question of the day: My employee wastes too much time on bad ideas, what do I do? We'll unpack the question, discuss strategies and give you practical tips to take away and apply back with your own team. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Boss Gives Silent Treatment & How To Fix It!
February 09, 2022 03:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBToday's episode includes the boss giving the silent treatment! In each episode, we pull apart real questions from Reddit and give our advice on how we would solve them. Travis Thomas, CEO and Corporate Coach at Team Buffalo (https://teambuffalo.co/) tackles Reddit posts about workplaces, leadership and culture problems. Travis has more than a decade of experience in solving workplace dramas by coaching leaders across hundreds of companies around the planet Want to level up your leadership...
Who is curating your leadership???
November 04, 2021 07:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBWhen we talk about news and media, we're just starting to understand that what we consume and hear shapes what we believe to be true. But do we think about that with our leadership? In this episode, we cover the four things impacting your leadership and decision making AND how you can start to take back control against those forces. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here ...
How Leaders Derail Change
October 26, 2021 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.42 MBChange leaders and change management are critical skills, but are leaders themselves derailing change? In this episode we dive into change leaders, ways leaders derail change and how to avoid these crap traps. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Episode 5: How Leaders Derail Change
October 26, 2021 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.42 MBChange leaders and change management are critical skills, but are leaders themselves derailing change? In this episode we dive into change leaders, ways leaders derail change and how to avoid these crap traps. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Killing Zombie Projects
October 20, 2021 23:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBEver find that the team have false expectations around ideas, tasks and projects? In this episode, we tackle a concept called zombie projects and give you tips to take back control of those zombies. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Episode 4: Killing Zombie Projects
October 20, 2021 23:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBEver find that the team have false expectations around ideas, tasks and projects? In this episode, we tackle a concept called zombie projects and give you tips to take back control of those zombies. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Episode 3: Attracting and Retaining Top Talent As A Leader
October 14, 2021 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.75 MBThe media have claimed a massive talent shortage (and they are right) that will only worsen over the next five years. As a leader, that doesn't mean you're $crewed, it means you've got to be focussed in your strategies. In this episode, we'll dive into those challenges and give you practical tips to take back control of how you attract and retain top talent as a kick@ss leader! Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Chec...
Attracting and Retaining Top Talent As A Leader
October 14, 2021 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.74 MBThe media have claimed a massive talent shortage (and they are right) that will only worsen over the next five years. As a leader, that doesn't mean you're $crewed, it means you've got to be focussed in your strategies. In this episode, we'll dive into those challenges and give you practical tips to take back control of how you attract and retain top talent as a kick@ss leader! Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Chec...
Having Teeth As A Leader
October 13, 2021 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.67 MBEver wonder why some leaders seem to be missing the "edge" when it comes to getting people and outcomes aligned? In this episode, we'll unpack what happens when leaders don't lean into the problems with clarity and tenacity. I'll give you tips and considerations to help you tackle this challenge. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] ...
Episode 2: Having Teeth As A Leader
October 13, 2021 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.67 MBEver wonder why some leaders seem to be missing the "edge" when it comes to getting people and outcomes aligned? In this episode, we'll unpack what happens when leaders don't lean into the problems with clarity and tenacity. I'll give you tips and considerations to help you tackle this challenge. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] ...
The Leadership Prison
October 12, 2021 13:02 - 12 minutes - 8.59 MBWhat happens when the thing that made you successful becomes your worst nightmare? In this episode we'll unpack how what made you successful as a leader can be your biggest pain point. I'll give you tips and considerations to help you tackle this challenge. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!
Episode 1: The Leadership Prison
October 12, 2021 13:02 - 12 minutes - 8.59 MBWhat happens when the thing that made you successful becomes your worst nightmare? In this episode we'll unpack how what made you successful as a leader can be your biggest pain point. I'll give you tips and considerations to help you tackle this challenge. Contact Team Buffalo Subscribe to our weekly newsletter full of leadership tips, tricks and tactics here Check out our latest workshops and programs here Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening!