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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