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117
Small moments shape culture.
New to leadership? Avoid this common mistake.
The difference between being busy and being effective.
The quietest person in the team is often watching everything.
Don’t prove, improve.
Quietly Coaching #1: why coaching matters.
Quietly Coaching #2: avoid saying, “Why?”.
Quietly Coaching #3: listen longer than feels comfortable.
Quietly Coaching #4: don’t fall into the mentor trap.
Quietly Coaching #5: don’t rush to fix everything.
Quietly Coaching #6: belief is everything.
Reflection before blame.
Reflection means very little if nothing changes afterwards.
Why some employees stop contributing ideas.
Why constant urgency destroys good thinking.
Quietly Controversial #1: not every good employee wants promotion.
Quietly Controversial #2: open-plan offices damage concentration.
Quietly Controversial #3: meetings reward confidence more than competence.
Quietly Controversial #4: it is OK to email colleagues at any time of day (or night).
Quietly Controversial #5: being approachable does not mean being endlessly available.
Quietly Controversial #6: why meetings exhaust people.
Why people slowly stop speaking in meetings.
The people who complain least are sometimes struggling most.
Why rushed feedback often backfires.
How pressure quietly disconnects people at work.
Why some teams stop telling leaders the truth.
What workplaces ignore reveals a lot about them.
Being supportive does not mean being endlessly available.
Some people are not rude. They are exhausted.
Some leaders accidentally create dependency.
Psychological safety is tested quietly first.
“Happy birthday” impacts more than we think.
Quietly Regretting #1: I used to check in far too often.
Quietly Regretting #2: I used to check in far too little.
Quietly Regretting #3: I expected people to be consistent every day.
Quietly Regretting #4: I confused praise with recognition.
Quietly Regretting #7: I solved problems too quickly.
Quietly Regretting #10: I underestimated exhaustion.
Quietly competent people are often underestimated.
Some leaders create dependence accidentally.
Why teams wait for permission.
Success can become a leadership trap.
Small frustrations damage culture quietly.
What do you want? What do you need?
Some meetings should have been messages.
People test safety before they trust it.
Trust usually disappears gradually, not suddenly.
Some people need encouragement more than advice.
What 99 videos taught me.
Your attention tells people how much they matter.
The atmosphere before a meeting often tells you more than the meeting itself.
Good cultures are usually built through repetition, not speeches.
Some people fear embarrassment more than failure.
People rarely notice the people preventing problems.
Quietly Noticing #2: the meeting starts before the agenda.
Quietly Noticing #3: people test the water before they trust you.
Quietly Noticing #6: listen to what people joke about.
Quietly Noticing #10: people feel they belong through small moments.
The way people leave organisations tells you a lot.
Some teams become addicted to urgency.
Quietly Building #1: strong teams are built before they are needed.
Quietly Building #2: every team starts by testing each other.
Quietly Building #3: storming is a sign people finally care.
Quietly Building #4: norming is where trust becomes habit.
Quietly Building #5: performing looks effortless because of everything that came before.
Leaders often silence people without meaning to.
Quietly Hiring #1: interviews often reward confidence over suitability.
Quietly Hiring #2: the most important qualities are rarely on a CV.
Quietly Hiring #3: we often hire people who remind us of ourselves.
Quietly Hiring #4: references rarely tell the whole story.
Quietly Hiring #5: the best candidate on paper is not always the best colleague.
Quietly Hiring #6: people decide whether they belong surprisingly quickly.
Quietly Hiring #7: people decide whether it feels safe before they start.
Quietly Hiring #8: interviews are performances for both sides.
Quietly Hiring #9: recruitment tells candidates more than you think.
Quietly Hiring #10: good recruitment is rarely rushed.
Quietly Hiring #11: desperation creates poor hiring decisions.
Quietly Hiring #12: some people interview brilliantly and work terribly.
Quietly Hiring #13: people stay for culture far longer than salary.
Quietly Hiring #14: the interview begins before anyone asks the first question.
Some people never realise they became the bottleneck.
The first five minutes of a meeting reveal a lot.
Private agreement is not public commitment.
Some workplaces reward visibility more than value.
The people who know you best might spot burnout first.
The question that turns critics into contributors.
Where do you point the spotlight?
Twenty years of experience?
Why does this meeting exist?
The second question is often the important one.
Good employees quietly leave mentally before they leave physically.
Quietly Avoiding #6: why leaders avoid uncertainty.
Trust me, I cannot tell you why, yet.
You can learn a lot from the way someone opens a door.
The three words every leader should use more often.
The two words that can change a difficult conversation.
What aren't people telling you?
Have you decided while they're still thinking?
Who are you overlooking?
You've got nothing to prove to me.
Don't build your future on a temporary fix.
Quietly Coping #1: when your world starts to shrink
Quietly Coping #2: take your own advice
Quietly Coping #5: everything doesn't deserve your best
Quietly Coping #6: don't wait until you stop
Why not start with 100% trust?
Your reaction teaches them what to tell you
Fresh eyes don't always have the answer
What do you owe the people in the room?
Don't make your successor become you
200 videos. Thank you.
What’s in your leadership suitcase?
Before you bring your old answers
When better results aren't enough
When a good culture gets too comfortable
Don't judge the departures too quickly
Who's holding your organisation together?
Books
20
4 Disciplines of Execution (The)
McChesney, Covey & Huling
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Coaching Habit (The)
Michael Bungay Stanier
Coaching Manual (The)
Julie Starr
Culture Code (The)
Daniel Coyle
Dare to Lead
Brené Brown
Death by Meeting
Patrick Lencioni
Drive
Daniel Pink
Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman
Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
Five Dysfunctions of a Team (The)
Patrick Lencioni
Flourish
Martin Seligman
Immunity to Change
Robert Kegan & Lisa Lahey
Legacy
James Kerr
Make It Stick
Peter C. Brown et al.
Mindset
Carol S. Dweck
Oz Principle (The)
Roger Connors et al.
Real Leaders Don’t Do PowerPoint
Christopher Witt
Tao of Coaching (The)
Max Landsberg
Who
Geoff Smart & Randy Street
Courses
2
Journal Articles
20
Quiet Art of Coaching
Reflection Before Reaction
Questioning Leadership Assumptions
Quiet Signals That Reveal the Health of Your Team
Invisible Forces That Shape Workplace Culture
Psychological Safety Begins With Small Moments
Ten Leadership Regrets I Wish I'd Learnt Earlier
Clarity, Dependence and the Hidden Leadership Traps
Trust Is Built Long Before It Is Needed
What One Hundred Leadership Videos Taught Me
Building Teams That Actually Work
Culture Is Built in Ordinary Moments
Hiring Is Never About Certainty
The Leadership People Remember Is Rarely Loud
Who Are You When Leadership Costs You Something?
What Aren't People Telling You?
Who Gets The Chance?
The Organisation Beneath the Organisation
The Work Will Still Be There
What 200 Leadership Conversations Taught Me
Leadership Tools
5
Podcasts
1
Research Papers
13
Psychological Safety: A Meta-Analytic Review and Extension
A broad synthesis of the evidence on speaking up, learning and performance
When Leadership Powers Team Learning: A Meta-Analysis
How leadership behaviours shape learning within teams
Predictors and Benefits of Shared Leadership in Organizations
Why leadership distributed across a team can improve outcomes
Inclusive Leadership and Innovative Performance
The role of team psychological safety in turning inclusion into innovation
How Psychological Safety Affects Team Performance
Learning behaviour and team efficacy as routes to better results
Workplace Coaching: A Meta-Analysis and Recommendations for Advancing the Science of Coaching
Updated evidence on the organisational impact of coaching
The Effects of Executive Coaching on Behaviors, Attitudes, and Personal Characteristics
What coaching changes most reliably
Empowered to Break the Silence
How empowering leadership and autonomy encourage employees to speak up
Coaching-Based Leadership Intervention Program
Developing coaching leadership through deliberate practice
Inclusive Leadership and Employees' Helping Behaviors
How leaders shape everyday support between colleagues
The Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration at Work Scale
Understanding autonomy, competence and relatedness at work
Coaching Leaders Toward Favorable Trajectories of Burnout and Engagement
Can executive coaching improve leader wellbeing?
A Systematic Review of Inclusive Leadership Research
What inclusive leadership is, how it works and where the evidence points
Thought Provokers
117
Don't judge the departures too quickly
Who's holding your organisation together?
When better results aren't enough
When a good culture gets too comfortable
Before you bring your old answers
What’s in your leadership suitcase?
Don't make your successor become you
200 videos. Thank you.
Fresh eyes don't always have the answer
What do you owe the people in the room?
Why not start with 100% trust?
Your reaction teaches them what to tell you
Quietly Coping #5: everything doesn't deserve your best
Quietly Coping #6: don't wait until you stop
Quietly Coping #1: when your world starts to shrink
Quietly Coping #2: take your own advice
Don't build your future on a temporary fix.
Who are you overlooking?
You've got nothing to prove to me.
What aren't people telling you?
Have you decided while they're still thinking?
The three words every leader should use more often.
The two words that can change a difficult conversation.
Trust me, I cannot tell you why, yet.
You can learn a lot from the way someone opens a door.
Quietly Avoiding #6: why leaders avoid uncertainty.
The second question is often the important one.
Good employees quietly leave mentally before they leave physically.
Twenty years of experience?
Why does this meeting exist?
Where do you point the spotlight?
The question that turns critics into contributors.
The people who know you best might spot burnout first.
Private agreement is not public commitment.
Some workplaces reward visibility more than value.
Some people never realise they became the bottleneck.
The first five minutes of a meeting reveal a lot.
Quietly Hiring #13: people stay for culture far longer than salary.
Quietly Hiring #14: the interview begins before anyone asks the first question.
Quietly Hiring #11: desperation creates poor hiring decisions.
Quietly Hiring #12: some people interview brilliantly and work terribly.
Quietly Hiring #9: recruitment tells candidates more than you think.
Quietly Hiring #10: good recruitment is rarely rushed.
Quietly Hiring #7: people decide whether it feels safe before they start.
Quietly Hiring #8: interviews are performances for both sides.
Quietly Hiring #5: the best candidate on paper is not always the best colleague.
Quietly Hiring #6: people decide whether they belong surprisingly quickly.
Quietly Hiring #3: we often hire people who remind us of ourselves.
Quietly Hiring #4: references rarely tell the whole story.
Quietly Hiring #1: interviews often reward confidence over suitability.
Quietly Hiring #2: the most important qualities are rarely on a CV.
Quietly Building #5: performing looks effortless because of everything that came before.
Leaders often silence people without meaning to.
Quietly Building #3: storming is a sign people finally care.
Quietly Building #4: norming is where trust becomes habit.
Quietly Building #1: strong teams are built before they are needed.
Quietly Building #2: every team starts by testing each other.
The way people leave organisations tells you a lot.
Some teams become addicted to urgency.
Quietly Noticing #10: people feel they belong through small moments.
Quietly Noticing #6: listen to what people joke about.
Quietly Noticing #3: people test the water before they trust you.
Quietly Noticing #2: the meeting starts before the agenda.
Some people fear embarrassment more than failure.
People rarely notice the people preventing problems.
Good cultures are usually built through repetition, not speeches.
The atmosphere before a meeting often tells you more than the meeting itself.
Your attention tells people how much they matter.
What 99 videos taught me.
Some people need encouragement more than advice.
Trust usually disappears gradually, not suddenly.
People test safety before they trust it.
Some meetings should have been messages.
What do you want? What do you need?
Success can become a leadership trap.
Small frustrations damage culture quietly.
Why teams wait for permission.
Quietly competent people are often underestimated.
Some leaders create dependence accidentally.
Quietly Regretting #10: I underestimated exhaustion.
Quietly Regretting #7: I solved problems too quickly.
Quietly Regretting #3: I expected people to be consistent every day.
Quietly Regretting #4: I confused praise with recognition.
Quietly Regretting #1: I used to check in far too often.
Quietly Regretting #2: I used to check in far too little.
Psychological safety is tested quietly first.
“Happy birthday” impacts more than we think.
Some leaders accidentally create dependency.
Being supportive does not mean being endlessly available.
Some people are not rude. They are exhausted.
What workplaces ignore reveals a lot about them.
How pressure quietly disconnects people at work.
Why some teams stop telling leaders the truth.
Why rushed feedback often backfires.
The people who complain least are sometimes struggling most.
Why people slowly stop speaking in meetings.
Quietly Controversial #5: being approachable does not mean being endlessly available.
Quietly Controversial #6: why meetings exhaust people.
Quietly Controversial #1: not every good employee wants promotion.
Quietly Controversial #2: open-plan offices damage concentration.
Quietly Controversial #3: meetings reward confidence more than competence.
Quietly Controversial #4: it is OK to email colleagues at any time of day (or night).
Why constant urgency destroys good thinking.
Why some employees stop contributing ideas.
Reflection before blame.
Reflection means very little if nothing changes afterwards.
Quietly Coaching #3: listen longer than feels comfortable.
Quietly Coaching #4: don’t fall into the mentor trap.
Quietly Coaching #5: don’t rush to fix everything.
Quietly Coaching #6: belief is everything.
Quietly Coaching #1: why coaching matters.
Quietly Coaching #2: avoid saying, “Why?”.
The quietest person in the team is often watching everything.
Don’t prove, improve.
The difference between being busy and being effective.
New to leadership? Avoid this common mistake.
Small moments shape culture.
Video Script Library
117
Small moments shape culture.
New to leadership? Avoid this common mistake.
The difference between being busy and being effective.
The quietest person in the team is often watching everything.
Don’t prove, improve.
Quietly Coaching #1: why coaching matters.
Quietly Coaching #2: avoid saying, “Why?”.
Quietly Coaching #3: listen longer than feels comfortable.
Quietly Coaching #4: don’t fall into the mentor trap.
Quietly Coaching #5: don’t rush to fix everything.
Quietly Coaching #6: belief is everything.
Reflection before blame.
Reflection means very little if nothing changes afterwards.
Why some employees stop contributing ideas.
Why constant urgency destroys good thinking.
Quietly Controversial #1: not every good employee wants promotion.
Quietly Controversial #2: open-plan offices damage concentration.
Quietly Controversial #3: meetings reward confidence more than competence.
Quietly Controversial #4: it is OK to email colleagues at any time of day (or night).
Quietly Controversial #5: being approachable does not mean being endlessly available.
Quietly Controversial #6: why meetings exhaust people.
Why people slowly stop speaking in meetings.
The people who complain least are sometimes struggling most.
Why rushed feedback often backfires.
How pressure quietly disconnects people at work.
Why some teams stop telling leaders the truth.
What workplaces ignore reveals a lot about them.
Being supportive does not mean being endlessly available.
Some people are not rude. They are exhausted.
Some leaders accidentally create dependency.
Psychological safety is tested quietly first.
“Happy birthday” impacts more than we think.
Quietly Regretting #1: I used to check in far too often.
Quietly Regretting #2: I used to check in far too little.
Quietly Regretting #3: I expected people to be consistent every day.
Quietly Regretting #4: I confused praise with recognition.
Quietly Regretting #7: I solved problems too quickly.
Quietly Regretting #10: I underestimated exhaustion.
Quietly competent people are often underestimated.
Some leaders create dependence accidentally.
Why teams wait for permission.
Success can become a leadership trap.
Small frustrations damage culture quietly.
What do you want? What do you need?
Some meetings should have been messages.
People test safety before they trust it.
Trust usually disappears gradually, not suddenly.
Some people need encouragement more than advice.
What 99 videos taught me.
Your attention tells people how much they matter.
The atmosphere before a meeting often tells you more than the meeting itself.
Good cultures are usually built through repetition, not speeches.
Some people fear embarrassment more than failure.
People rarely notice the people preventing problems.
Quietly Noticing #2: the meeting starts before the agenda.
Quietly Noticing #3: people test the water before they trust you.
Quietly Noticing #6: listen to what people joke about.
Quietly Noticing #10: people feel they belong through small moments.
The way people leave organisations tells you a lot.
Some teams become addicted to urgency.
Quietly Building #1: strong teams are built before they are needed.
Quietly Building #2: every team starts by testing each other.
Quietly Building #3: storming is a sign people finally care.
Quietly Building #4: norming is where trust becomes habit.
Quietly Building #5: performing looks effortless because of everything that came before.
Leaders often silence people without meaning to.
Quietly Hiring #1: interviews often reward confidence over suitability.
Quietly Hiring #2: the most important qualities are rarely on a CV.
Quietly Hiring #3: we often hire people who remind us of ourselves.
Quietly Hiring #4: references rarely tell the whole story.
Quietly Hiring #5: the best candidate on paper is not always the best colleague.
Quietly Hiring #6: people decide whether they belong surprisingly quickly.
Quietly Hiring #7: people decide whether it feels safe before they start.
Quietly Hiring #8: interviews are performances for both sides.
Quietly Hiring #9: recruitment tells candidates more than you think.
Quietly Hiring #10: good recruitment is rarely rushed.
Quietly Hiring #11: desperation creates poor hiring decisions.
Quietly Hiring #12: some people interview brilliantly and work terribly.
Quietly Hiring #13: people stay for culture far longer than salary.
Quietly Hiring #14: the interview begins before anyone asks the first question.
Some people never realise they became the bottleneck.
The first five minutes of a meeting reveal a lot.
Private agreement is not public commitment.
Some workplaces reward visibility more than value.
The people who know you best might spot burnout first.
The question that turns critics into contributors.
Where do you point the spotlight?
Twenty years of experience?
Why does this meeting exist?
The second question is often the important one.
Good employees quietly leave mentally before they leave physically.
Quietly Avoiding #6: why leaders avoid uncertainty.
Trust me, I cannot tell you why, yet.
You can learn a lot from the way someone opens a door.
The three words every leader should use more often.
The two words that can change a difficult conversation.
What aren't people telling you?
Have you decided while they're still thinking?
Who are you overlooking?
You've got nothing to prove to me.
Don't build your future on a temporary fix.
Quietly Coping #1: when your world starts to shrink
Quietly Coping #2: take your own advice
Quietly Coping #5: everything doesn't deserve your best
Quietly Coping #6: don't wait until you stop
Why not start with 100% trust?
Your reaction teaches them what to tell you
Fresh eyes don't always have the answer
What do you owe the people in the room?
Don't make your successor become you
200 videos. Thank you.
What’s in your leadership suitcase?
Before you bring your old answers
When better results aren't enough
When a good culture gets too comfortable
Don't judge the departures too quickly
Who's holding your organisation together?
World Wide Web
5
Empathy: The Human Connection To Patient Care
Cleveland Clinic
Every Kid Needs A Champion | Rita Pierson
TED
Exploring Boss Vs. Leader Through HBO’s Band of Brothers
Heroes and Villains: Leadership Fables
Work Quotes | Richard Branson | Leadership and Employees
LeanVlog
Servant Leadership | Liz Theophille
TEDx Talks