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The Dumb Leaders Podcast
by Tony Curl
Hey there and welcome to the Dumb Leaders Podcast. The handbook is dedicated to helping make you a better leader by dissecting the mistakes of the dumb, its our version of your leadership MBA, its our acknowledgement that every leader has at one stage been a dumb leader, every leader has made dumb mistakes… good leaders learn from them and its your chance to learn from them.Our leaders and experts that will feature on the podcast readily admit their dumb mistakes and indeed many of the stories that will appear at dumbleaders.com will be personal stories, stories with a lesson and a lesson we are willing to share.Our podcast will feature our resident experts and leaders involved, we will share some of the stories, we will have a focus on latest news and dumb leaders in the media and general and generally provide you some insights into the concerns and strategies to help you be a better leader. It’s a journey ey we are on, and it’s a journey we would love you to share with us.
Episodes
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116 Legacy Created - Legacy Lost - The Drunk Mayor
Welcome to Episode 166. Let's talk about Losing Legacy from Dumb leadership. Leaders are always on show. That's one of the greatest responsibilities of a leader. Leaders are always on show. Leaders have to understand that because everything they have built will come crashing done with a single...
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#115 What Have You See Dumb Leaders Do
This episode is an edited conversation I had on the new WISDOM App around the learnings from lousy leaders and engaging in the dumb things we have seen from leaders. Often we will learn from some of the worst leaders we have worked with, instead of the inspirational chest-beating leaders we often...
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114 - Shouting Down the Ones That Care - Thats Dumb
Welcome to 114 of the Dumb Leaders Podcast. Jumped onto Twitter yesterday and was so surprised to see Guy Sebastian trending. I thought it had to be something with the Voice where Sebastian is a judge, but no. Two things happened to Guy yesterday. One was a TikTok campaign that presumed that he…
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#113 What do we Really Want and Need from Leaders Now
One of the pervasuive thing that has occuured in the world is the de-evolution of leadership during this prolonger COVID crisis, especially in Australia. That may seem a harsh judgement for the political leaders who proudly proclaim they have kept use safe during this extended crisis. But the...
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#112 -Leadership Lessons The Downfalls of Do as I Say & Not as I Do
As a leader, it is your job to lead by example. You set the tone for the team, and you provide your team with the motivation and encouragement they need to work their very best. Your job is to nurture and protect that team, so that they can do their very best work. This is something that is...
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111 : Prioritising Through Pecking Order and Political Power Plays
Have you ever been caught between two leaders assigning different tasks in a political power play? Being caught as the meat in the sandwich. Pecking order and political power play. It's a challenging situation for any leader to find themselves in. And also its grossly unfair. How do you…
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110 - Arresting The Continued Assault on Trust
Welcome to 110 of The Dumb Leaders Podcast. Recently on the ABC here in Australia, i listened to an academic speak to recent research on how trust is low when it comes to government authorities. The decline of trust has largely been accelerated through the pandemic and the confused and ambiguous...
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#109 Why Are we Celebrating the Removal of Hope
The world is deeply hurt. Covid has created a much greater impact socially than anyone could ever have imagined. The larger companies have been remarkedly unaffected, in fact increasing profits and market share have been the norm rather than the exception, governments and beurocrats have been...
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108 The Touchy and Complicated Subject of Mental Health
Welcome to 109 of the Dumb Leaders Podcast, Your library of lessons to better your leadership, and today I am heading into a touchy area. Mental Health. This week in Australia, the story of Brent Draper, a contestant on MasterChef Australia, pulled out of the show citing mental health reasons. I...
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#107 Surviving a Poor Performance Review
Much of the feedback we get on the Dumb Leaders Podcast is in relation to dealing with poor leadership behaviours, including dealing with poorly executed performance reviews. This episode aims to provide tips on how to survive a poor performance review, take charge and own the situation and...
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#106 The Collision Between Victimhood, Ego and Self-Delusion
Welcome to the TDL 106. Today I want to share a recent experience that occurred in my network, and I have labeled it the collision between Victimhood, Ego, and Delusion. I can't tell you, it doesn't end well. Let's start by providing some personal definitions. Victimhood, when you are telling...
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#105 The Path of Simmering Discontent
Becoming un regulated with emotion can lead you to experience massive highs, and deep, deep lows. Un regulated Negative emotions can lead us to believe or percieve things that may not be true, and when this happens it will often lead us down the path of simmering discontent, and more often than…
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#104 How to Fight Against Confirmation Bias
Welcome to the Dumb Leaders Podcast. Today we are discussing Confirmation Bias. And I will share a real-world example occurring right now. Presently there is an post-election audit being completed "The Arizona state senate used its subpoena power to take possession of all 2.1m ballots in Maricopa...
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103 When Did The News Become the Narrative
The world is seemingly a mess, and everyone seems on contradictory paths on how to resolve it. COVID has certainly created the perfect storm in relation to our differences and our approach to life And now more than ever, our approach seems to be not of one for the greater benefit of the world…
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102 Why is MicroManagement and Control Coming Back
I've started noticing a trend amongst my clients and within my network at the moment. A trend that has been largely delivered by the uncertainty that has surrounded us all in relation to the pandemic. Of course, we have seen the rise of work from home and what is now being called hybrid…
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#101 Leadership Lessons - The Difference Between a Leader and a Manager
Hi and welcome to leadership lessons on the Dumb Leaders Podcast Today let's look at the difference between a manager and a leader. I'll look at this in two aspects - Firstly a manager is about process - A leader is about people. Seems simple Another chain of thought is that a manager controls,...
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#100 Helpful Hacks to Help You be the Best Leader
Celebrating our 100th episodes with some incredible helpful hacks to help you be the best leaders that you can be. Helping you be a better leader through the Dumb Leaders Podcast. It's our 100th episode and it's one that we have taken a positive stance on to provide these hacks to be the best...
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99 Leadership Lessons - You Are Not Invincible
Welcome to the Leadership Lessons and the Dumb Leaders Podcast Today I am sharing with you a very simple message and one that leaders need to hear. Leaders can often see themselves as built proof. They see themselves as the ones that lead the way, channeling their energy to keep the team on top…
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#98 Dumb Leadership - Facebook In the News
You may have heard that Facebook has been in the news here in Australia for taking the news off their platform. It has been a funny situation driven by a policy from the Australian government that forces digital platforms like Google, Facebook, and others to pay News publishing companies for the...
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#97 Leadership Lessons - Get it Done in 2021
The world is a troubled space. A military coup in Burma, we have the never-ending drama from the USA We have COVD dominating discussions around the world. It's not enough to have covid running rampant, but now we focus on how the vaccine is being rolled out It seems like every step forward to the...
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96 - Lessons - Four Key Learnings for a Successful Leadership Secondment
Welcome to Leadership Lessons. Today I want to share some learnings from a leader I coach who recently seconded onto a more senior role to cover for a vacancy. The secondment was for a set time period, in this case three months with the potential to be interviewed for the more senior role....
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#95 The Downfall of the President - The Capital and the Inauguration
Our final installment of this three-part series of the lesson from a downfall of a president Today is the final piece of the puzzle - the uprising at the capital and the inauguration Before I get started I may just re-iterate, I am not a Trump fan, and what happened at the capitol was…
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94 The Downfall of a President - The Election and Allegations
It's hard not to be aware of the incidents that have occurred in the United States since the election. In a 3-part series, I would like to provide my thoughts on the occurrences and the language that has led us to where the world sits now. In this episode, I talk of the inconsistencies of the...
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#93 The Downfall of a President - The Four Year Term
It's hard not to be aware of the incidents that have occurred in the United States since the election. In a 3-part series, I would like to provide my thoughts on the occurrences and the language that has led us to where the world sits now. Part 1 will focus on the Four Year Term. What was seen,...
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92 - Lessons - Respect Your Reputation
Events over the last week again find our valuable lesson for leaders like you. As a leader, your legacy is important to you. As John Maxwell says when speaking of legacy, "People will sum up your life in a sentence, choose it now" And of course that means living in alignment to that legacy. If…
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#91 Influence Must Walk Hand in Hand With Integrity
If the past week has taught us anything, is that influence, leadership has to walk hand in hand with integrity. It's a must. Leadership is influence nothing more nothing less and when we are in a position of influence, it really isn't about manipulation, pulling the strings, The most powerful…
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90 Leadership Lessons - Reviewing the Year You've Had
Hi and Welcome. The final Leadership Lessons for the year. Reflection and review is one of the best practices a leader can get into. And after the year we have had, it's more important than ever. While many of you will be focusing on busy periods and serving your customers, others will be taking…
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#89 Be Mindul the Means Will Not Always Justify the End
Hey there and welcome to leadership lessons. Today I want to share an observation that may prove dangerous for some. Every leadership coach will talk about vision, desired outcomes, and goals as being important with every leader, and yes it's true. But great leadership comes with some caveats......
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#88 Leadership Lessons - Get to the Front of The Line
Change is dynamic and quicker than ever. And much of our change is coming through advancing technology. This is a place where Laura is incredibly comfortable, however, many leaders and business owners aren't. Our challenge is to "get to the front of the line" in terms of technological change. Get...
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#87 - Leadership Lessons - What Stops Us Asking Great Questions
Hi there and welcome to Leadership Lessons. Today I want to share what stops us asking the questions that we should Often as a leader we feel compelled to tell and direct. Our belief may be that we have the answers or believe we should have the answer. One of the best ways, to create buy-in is to...
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#86 Leadership Lessons - Don't Ignore Blind Spots
Welcome to the Leadership Lessons. Today I want to share quick learning on blind spots. And as a leader how damaging they can be. We all have blind spots. The Johari window is one of the first theories I read on the Blind Spots, but it's also used by me when doing DISC assessments with my…
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#85 Leadership Lesson - From Manager to Leader to Coach
Welcome to Leadership Lessons. We have had some questions on the DL Podcast, from many get some real awareness around becoming better leaders. We had a question from Dale, from Tassie during the week. "I've just had my performance review and the only feedback I really received was that I must...
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#84 Leadership Lessons - Lessons from Mitch Buchanan & Baywatch
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, as I find great lessons in life. This one may surprise you. You may have watched the movie Baywatch, you know the one with the rock and Zac Efron in it. You may have thought it was a piece of light entertainment, or worse than that. Maybe you haven’t...
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#83 Leadership Lessons - Sign Your Work Everyday
Welcome to leadership lessons "Sign your work every day. If you cannot do that, find another profession" - Jeff O'Leary Let's dissect that. What do you take from that? For me, it's about taking responsibility for ourselves. YOu have probably heard many times, people encouraging you to be the best...
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#82 Leadership Lessons - 10 Ways to Turn Adversity into Success
Leaders need to come out of adversity strong and today we share ten ways to do that. Its important we take our Leadership Lessons and apply them to become better leaders. For more lessons from Lousy Leaders get on over The Dumb Leaders Handbook at dumbleaders.com. Provide feedback, ask questions,...
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#81 Leadership Lessons - A Pat on the Back or a Kick on the Backside
Welcome to leadership lessons Your hump day boost to better leadership As a leader, a manager, and a coach to your team and your network, it's always important to be clear on our role when it comes to your team. As a leader, your focus must be clear on your team For more lessons from Lousy…
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#80 Leadership Lessons - Growth Often Will Not Happen On Our Terms
Today, the growth we need will often not happen on our terms. Often. Sometimes it will, but more often than not it won’t. Often our plans, or in most cases our wishes, are curtailed and our greatest growth comes from things that happen outside of our control. What do you mean by that Tony? No one...
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79 Leadership Lessons - Developing a Victim Mindset
Hey and Welcome to Leadership Lessons. Your hump day, boost. Today I want to explore what happens when we stop taking responsibility. Stop taking responsibility for our own actions, our own results. Because in life, it's important to take personal responsibility. One of the things that is…
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#78 - Leadership Lessons- The Ghosts of Autocratic Leadership
The gremlins on a sound recording I noted during editing as the Ghosts of Autocratic Leadership. Here is the story. As a leader, it is your job to lead by example. You set the tone for the team, and you provide your team with the motivation and encouragement they need to work their very best.…
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#77 Leadership Lessons - Reality is our Foundation for Growth
The first episode of Leadership Lessons on the Dumb Leaders Podcast, helping you be a better leader. If we want to succeed in life and to learn from the bumps we all have, we must be able to face reality. Often we are crushed by what we experience, crushing blows when we have tried and failed.…
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#76 - Cherry Picking and Emotional Sabotage
Today I have more questions than ever around what is happening with #covid19. A lot of what we are being told, is confusing and mixed. But what really irritates me is when we see clear deceptive tactics when people trying to make a point. I detail one disengenuous case in this podcast and the...
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#75 The Daily Dickhead and NO It's not about Trump
New Zealand goes back into lockdown after 4 cases of Covid. Was it a massive overreaction? Was it planned? What the hell is happening in Victoria? What is the Daily Dickhead tweet? Asking questions is ok during this time, but seriously we won't have the answers for a long long time. More impacts…
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#74 - The Dumb Mistakes of The COVID Response
What started out as a look at the dumb leaders mistakes made during COVID, became an overwhelming research project. Instead, I share the most recent dumb decisions being made right now. Victoria and the US stands supreme. For more lessons from Lousy Leaders get on over the The Dumb Leaders…
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#73 Dumb Djokovic and the Concept of Karma
Well, well well. While the world goes crazy fighting this COVID19, the dumbness of leaders continues to astound. I share some of the news snippets from Novak Djokovic's ill-fated Adria tour and the wide spread condemnation that has been evident. For more lessons from Lousy Leaders get on over the...
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#72 Seriously, What is the Way Forward?
Welcome to #72 of the Dumb Leaders podcast. I'm your host Tony Curl and this episodes comes in the middle of the turmoil we are experiencing in our world recently. I am saddened by the events that are coming accross our screens and news media and I really do struggle as to how we got to this?...
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#71 Having the Conversations that Matter
We have seen some horrific events and some horrifice responses to events this past fortnight around the world. It all stems from the simple fact that we are not having the conversations that matter. Tough, robust conversations are critical. The world is not binary, the world is not absolute.…
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#70 Empty Words & The NRL Dragons
Empty Words on a Mat. Relentless, Aggresive and Team First translasted to a performance that was INSIPID, UNINSPIRED and SLOW. Words do not build culture, it is the accountabiity, the standards, the performance of the daily grind that builds culture and performance. A Better Leadership…
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#69 Leadership Tips to Help you Avoid Mistakes
Welcome to epsiode 69 of the Dumb Leaders Podcast. If you are interested in becoming a leader, you will also want to know what mistakes to avoid. Being a leader can be difficult, especially since you need to make hard decisions. Keep this advice in mind so you are more prepared for your…
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#68 Dumb Leaders do Lip Service Leadership
Lip Service Leadership Where all the effort has been put into a plan and nothing in the execution and no-one is taking ownership and accountability for the program. A Better Leadership Program-The DUMB LEADERS HANDBOOK – NOW OPEN The library of leadership mistakes for you to learn from. Please...
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Down The Rabbit Hole - Thank God for the FB 30 Day Snooze
With so many conspiracty theories around COVID 19, prowling on the questions we all have, its not right to be spreading mis-information from un-informed sources on the nature and extent of COVID19. Yes we all have questions, but in due course the answers will come out and not by someone who has...
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Hey there and welcome to the Dumb Leaders Podcast. The handbook is dedicated to helping make you a better leader by dissecting the mistakes of the dumb, its our version of your leadership MBA, its our acknowledgement that every leader has at one stage been a dumb leader, every leader has made dumb mistakes… good leaders learn from them and its your chance to learn from them.Our leaders and experts that will feature on the podcast readily admit their dumb mistakes and indeed many of the stories that will appear at dumbleaders.com will be personal stories, stories with a lesson and a lesson we are willing to share.Our podcast will feature our resident experts and leaders involved, we will share some of the stories, we will have a focus on latest news and dumb leaders in the media and general and generally provide you some insights into the concerns and strategies to help you be a better leader. It’s a journey ey we are on, and it’s a journey we would love you to share with us.
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