Send us a text Support the show Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #5 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2025. Connect to Trench Leadership: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYnaqOp1UvqTJhATzcizowA Trench Leadership Website: www.trenchleadership.ca LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trench-leadership-a-podcast-from-the-front/?viewAsMember=true Are you looking for a podcast editor/producer? Do you enjoy the qualit...
Jun 30, 2025•3 min
Send us a text Creating effective team cultures is challenging in the easiest of times , but creating an effective team culture in a remote setting is much more daunting. The irony is that a strong team culture is even more important when people aren’t regularly meeting in-person. You’ll hear from Monique Lindner, AKA: The Time Alchemist, a coach/consultant for Holistic High Performance, Leadership & Lifestyle Design who will offer her expertise and advice to help emerging leaders create str...
Jun 30, 2025•49 min•Ep. 119
Send us a text Support the show Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #5 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2025. Connect to Trench Leadership: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYnaqOp1UvqTJhATzcizowA Trench Leadership Website: www.trenchleadership.ca LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trench-leadership-a-podcast-from-the-front/?viewAsMember=true Are you looking for a podcast editor/producer? Do you enjoy the qualit...
Jun 30, 2025•2 min
Send us a text Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #5 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2025. How do some leaders effortlessly build connection while others struggle to gain trust? The answer might be simpler than you think—they're master storytellers. Shaun Bernstein, a journalist-turned-lawyer-turned-Chief Storyteller at The Write Stuff Agency , unpacks the transformative power of narrative in this compelling conversation. With...
Jun 25, 2025•44 min•Ep. 118
Send us a text Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #5 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2025. What happens when rockets are landing near your Middle Eastern manufacturing facility, and you discover IBM mainframes from the 1980s running your critical systems? For cybersecurity leader Ian Patterson, CEO of Plurilock, this wasn't a hypothetical scenario but a real crisis requiring immediate action. As Ian explains, "We never have as...
Jun 16, 2025•37 min•Ep. 117
Send us a text Support the show Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #5 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2025. Connect to Trench Leadership: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYnaqOp1UvqTJhATzcizowA Trench Leadership Website: www.trenchleadership.ca LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trench-leadership-a-podcast-from-the-front/?viewAsMember=true Are you looking for a podcast editor/producer? Do you enjoy the qualit...
Jun 05, 2025•4 min
Send us a text What happens after you've "made it" to that coveted leadership position? This question haunts many emerging leaders who suddenly find themselves at a plateau, uncertain about their next move. Product Leader Coach Tami Reiss brings refreshing clarity to this leadership conundrum, offering a powerful framework that can transform how you approach your career journey. Having navigated from physical therapist aspirant to nonprofit consultant to tech company CEO by age 33, Tami understa...
Jun 02, 2025•46 min•Ep. 116
Send us a text Tami Reiss, a Product Leader Coach, will offer advice for emerging leaders to make the most of their first leadership role. Tami will also talk about how emerging leaders can realize their long-term goals, ensuring the journey is the one we want to take. But first, let's dive into the lightning round! These five quick questions will give you a fun peek into Tami's world. Let's see how she answers and get to know her a little better! Support the show Trench Leadership: A Podcast Fr...
Jun 02, 2025•3 min
Send us a text Leadership isn’t just about being in charge ; it’s about showing strength and resilience when the stakes are high. This episode of Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front, explores the essential elements of crafting your authentic leadership style that stands strong in the face of adversity. At the core of exceptional leadership lies mindset—the perspective that transforms challenges into opportunities for growth. Authenticity emerges as the rare currency that establishes genu...
May 26, 2025•8 min•Ep. 115
Send us a text Your team is constantly reading you —analyzing every movement, stance, and gesture you make as a leader. Even when you're silent, your body is having a conversation with everyone around you. What exactly is it saying? Nine-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Jane Hanson pulls back the curtain on leadership's most under-appreciated tool: body language. With insights developed through decades of television broadcasting and leadership coaching, Hanson reveals the powerful truth that h...
May 19, 2025•50 min•Ep. 114
Send us a text Welcome to Episode 113!! Have you ever noticed how a single well-crafted question can completely transform a conversation? In this eye-opening episode, business development and leadership coach Carol Boston reveals the transformative power of empowering questions and how they can revolutionize your leadership approach. For emerging leaders, mastering empowering questions creates psychological safety, fosters innovation, and helps team members feel genuinely heard and valued. Quest...
May 12, 2025•52 min•Ep. 113
Send us a text Discover the transformative power of thought leadership with Vladimer Botsvadze , a globally recognized digital transformation and marketing authority who's built his personal brand from scratch to 55,000 followers through sheer determination and consistent effort. For emerging leaders managing their first teams, Thought Leadership isn't just about personal branding – it's about setting exemplary standards that elevate everyone around you. "If you keep your bar low, then you are o...
May 05, 2025•32 min•Ep. 112
Send us a text Welcome to Episode 112!! In this episode, you’ll hear from Vladimer Botsvadze, a Thought Leader, Professor, Startup Advisor, Fortune 500 Consultant, Speaker, Mentor, and Coach, who will offer advice and practical tools for all emerging leaders to be the most effective and efficient thought leaders possible. But first, let's dive into the lightning round! These five quick questions will give you a fun peek into Vladimer's world. Let's see how he answers and get to know him a little...
May 05, 2025•4 min
Send us a text What separates good leaders from exceptional ones? The answer might be simpler—and harder—than we think. In this illuminating conversation with leadership expert Kevin Eikenberry , Chief Potential Officer of the Kevin Eikenberry Group and host of the Remarkable Leadership Podcast, we dig into the critical skill of flexibility that so many leaders understand conceptually but struggle to practice. Kevin reveals why most new leaders get trapped in rigid thinking patterns from the sta...
May 01, 2025•46 min
Send us a text The moment you step into leadership, everything changes. That friendly dynamic you once shared with teammates transforms overnight into something more complex and challenging. Suddenly, the person you shared drinks with last Friday is now the one whose performance you must evaluate on Monday. In this compelling episode, Kevin Eikenberry, Chief Potential Officer of the Kevin Eikenberry Group and host of the Remarkable Leadership Podcast , breaks down the delicate transition from te...
Apr 28, 2025•44 min•Ep. 111
Send us a text Welcome to Episode 111!! In this episode, you’ll hear from Kevin Eikenberry, Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group and host of The Remarkable Leadership Podcast. Kevin will offer advice and inspiration for front-line leaders to be their most remarkable selves during the transition from Bud to Boss. But first, let's dive into The Leadership Liightning round! These five quick questions will give you a fun peek into Kevin's world. Let's see how he answers and get to k...
Apr 24, 2025•4 min
Send us a text In the fast-paced world of leadership, we often hear the saying, " Communication is key ." When we talk about communication skills for leaders, we often focus on articulation, persuasion, and presentation. Yet the foundation of truly effective leadership communication lies in the ability to listen —not just hear but actively engage with what's being said. In this episode, we explore the profound difference between passive hearing and active listening , breaking down exactly what m...
Apr 21, 2025•14 min•Ep. 110
Send us a text Wayne Turmel, a fellow Canadian and podcast host, an author, and consultant for the Kevin Eikenberry Group, joins Trench Leadership to share hard-earned wisdom about creating high-performing teams across distances in our transformed work landscape. As a remote work pioneer, Wayne offers a refreshingly pragmatic perspective that cuts through the noise surrounding return-to-office debates. The conversation explores Wayne's 3-O Model of Leadership, which balances Outcomes, Others, an...
Apr 14, 2025•48 min•Ep. 109
Send us a text Welcome to Episode 109!! In this episode, you’ll hear from Wayne Turmel, a fellow Canadian and podcast host, an author, and consultant for the Kevin Eikenberry Group, who will talk about the challenges of creating teams from long distances. Wayne will offer his insight into how leaders can create robust, diverse, and impactful teams. But first, let's dive into The Leadership Lightning round! These five quick questions will give you a fun peek into Wayne’s world. Let's see how he a...
Apr 12, 2025•4 min
Send us a text Welcome to Episode 108!! In this episode, you’ll hear from Angela Caufield, a Business Consultant and systems creation expert, Speaker and Writer focusing on New-Wave Leadership, who discuss her views on why connections are so important, and their power to get teams through every challenge. But first, let's dive into The Leadership Lightning round! These five quick questions will give you a fun peek into Angela’s world. Let's see how she answers and get to know her a little better...
Apr 07, 2025•4 min
Send us a text We’ve all heard about the importance of connections. We’ve talked about how building authentic connections creates strong bonds among teams, carrying them through the hard and easy times. And the reason leaders often talk about connections is because they truly are an integral part of any successful team . And so, in this episode, you’ll hear from Angela Caufield, a Business Consultant and systems creation expert, Speaker and Writer focusing on New-Wave Leadership, who discuss her...
Apr 07, 2025•41 min•Ep. 108
Send us a text Leadership styles have profound implications on your effectiveness, team dynamics, and organizational success—but how do you determine which approach truly aligns with your natural strengths? This episode delivers remarkable clarity through a conversation with Robert Jordan, co-founder and CEO of InterimExecs , who reveals the four distinct leadership styles he's identified after studying thousands of executives across 50 countries. The FABS framework —Fixer, Artist, Builder, and ...
Mar 31, 2025•49 min•Ep. 107
Send us a text Welcome to Episode 107!! Robert Jordan, an author and the co-founder and CEO of InterimExecs, will talk about the four distinct leadership styles found in business today . Robert will also explain what success looks like for each style, and what leaders can do RIGHT NOW to make sure they’re the leader their company needs. But first, let's dive into the Leadership Lightning Round! These five quick questions will give you a fun peek into Robert’s world. Let's see how he answers and ...
Mar 28, 2025•3 min
Send us a text What is a mindset , and why do emerging leaders need to know what it is? The fact is that leaders are required to set their own mindset to set their internal priorities to complete the taskings as effectively as possible. But how do we do this? How can we find that mindset sweet spot? In this episode, you’ll hear from Susan Hobson, a fellow Canadian, podcast co-host, keynote speaker, author, former professional hockey player, entrepreneur and high-performance leadership coach, who...
Mar 24, 2025•46 min•Ep. 106
Send us a text Susan Hobson, a fellow Canadian, podcast co-host, keynote speaker, author, former professional hockey player, entrepreneur and high-performance leadership coach, will offer her story of learning how to identify our own mindset sweet spot. Susan will also provide practical advice and tools to help emerging leaders craft and use their mindset to help themselves, their team members, and the organization. But first, let's dive into The Leadership Lighting Round! These five quick quest...
Mar 20, 2025•4 min
Send us a text For Episode 105, we’re exploring the essential concept of Character Leadership. Character forms the bedrock of truly meaningful leadership. Beyond skill or charisma lies something more fundamental—the integrity, authenticity, and ethical principles that define who we are as leaders. This fundamental truth drives organizational culture, team performance, and long-term success. Trust serves as the invisible currency exchanged between leaders and their teams. Yet character leadership...
Mar 17, 2025•23 min•Ep. 105
Send us a text As a leader, you're going to have to talk. From boardroom presentations to team meetings, public speaking is an unavoidable reality of leadership—yet it's often the skill we're least prepared for when stepping into leadership roles. The question becomes, "How can leaders prepare to step behind the podium and truly connecting with their audience?" In this episode, Matt Drinkhahn, high-performance coach and host of The Eternal Optimist podcast , will explore the fundamental shift th...
Mar 10, 2025•48 min•Ep. 104
Send us a text Welcome to Episode 104!! Matt Drinkhahn, a high-performance coach and entrepreneur, will talk about public speaking. Matt will offer advice for emerging leaders to be the very best, most efficient, clear-minded, and effective speaker possible. But first, let's dive into The Leadership Lightning round! These five quick questions will give you a fun peek into Matt’s world. Let's see how he answers and get to know him a little better! Support the show Trench Leadership: A Podcast Fro...
Mar 06, 2025•4 min
Send us a text I’d like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional un-ceded, un-surrendered territory of the Anishinaabeg Algonquin People . Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. Do some, or all, of these words remind you of a work environment or leader....and then make you cringe at the memory? For almost all of us the answer to this question is yes. Here’s the thing: This environment won’t go away. And that’s not all a bad ...
Mar 03, 2025•55 min•Ep. 103
Send us a text Welcome to Episode 103!! Evan Tzivanakis, an Executive Coach & Trainer / University Adjunct Lecturer in Management Development and the Author of ‘’Leading In VUCA Times’’, helps emerging leaders develop the ability to share their vision with passion and commitment. But first, let's dive into the lightning round! These five quick questions will offer a fun peek into Evan’s world. Let's see how he answers and get to know him a little better! Support the show Trench Leadership: A...
Feb 27, 2025•2 min
