Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front

Simon Kardynal
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Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front

Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front, hosted by Simon Kardynal, is a leadership-themed podcast for emerging leaders across all professions to help navigate those intricate moments while leading from the front. In this podcast, you will hear from guests who have been in your shoes, had the triumphs, and made the mistakes. Each episode offers advice, inspiration, and practical tools to help you lead 'from the trenches'. Throughout the series, Simon uses his personal and professional experiences and connections gained through 26 plus years in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Senior Non-Commissioned Member, a Master of Arts in Leadership, and his experience within a private sector company, to have frank and honest conversations with leaders from diverse backgrounds and professions where we talk about the challenges faced as leaders and followers in a dynamic and ever-evolving world.

  1. Bonus Episode – Pride Amid Prejudice featuring Necole Belanger

    11/30/2023 · BONUS

    Bonus Episode – Pride Amid Prejudice featuring Necole Belanger

    I’d like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional unceded, un-surrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. It’s been a long time, but I’m so excited to have a conversation with Necole Belanger, Retired Command Chief Warrant Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Necole’s book, Pride Amid Prejudice, where Necole offers her story. This is a story about pride, frustration, happiness, anger, shame, joy, prejudice...

    49 min
  2. E100 - Who Do We Choose To Be? featuring Margaret Wheatley

    09/04/2023

    E100 - Who Do We Choose To Be? featuring Margaret Wheatley

    I’d like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional unceded, un-surrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. Every leader chooses the type of leader they want to be. It’s a decision that will set our leadership journeys on a path of personal and professional discovery. The thing about this path is that it’s one we are constantly changing the direction of the path, hopefully being built in such a way to nourish and emb...

    46 min
  3. E99 - The Culture Equation featuring Jessica Kriegel, PhD

    08/28/2023

    E99 - The Culture Equation featuring Jessica Kriegel, PhD

    I’d like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional unceded, un-surrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. Subscribe to Trench Leadership on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.Creating a culture where everyone is free to express themselves in a safe and respectful space is at the heart of every leader’s top priority. But how do we create these safe cultures? For most leaders, it’s about gut instinc...

    50 min
  4. E98 - What is YOUR Speed of Advance featuring Marty Groover

    08/21/2023

    E98 - What is YOUR Speed of Advance featuring Marty Groover

    I’d like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional unceded, un-surrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People.Subscribe to Trench Leadership on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.We can only lead as fast as we can understand ourselves and our environment. But how can we understand ourselves? How can measure our performance?In this episode, you’ll hear from Marty Groover, author, Chief Technology Officer, a...

    48 min
  5. E97 - Purpose and Leadership featuring Eddie L. Johnson

    08/14/2023

    E97 - Purpose and Leadership featuring Eddie L. Johnson

    I’d like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional unceded, un-surrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. Subscribe to Trench Leadership on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.Most leaders want to make a difference. The motivation for this is as varied as the number of styles of leadership. One constant among all leaders is the desire for purpose. The reason we lead, the reason we want to make a differen...

    39 min
  6. E96 – Toxic Leadership featuring Marika Messager

    08/07/2023

    E96 – Toxic Leadership featuring Marika Messager

    I’d like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional unceded, un-surrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. Subscribe to Trench Leadership on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Toxic Leadership. It’s a disease that destroys teams with a ruthless efficiency, often happening before anyone even realizes the damage has been done.So how do we avoid toxic leadership? How can we ensure we aren’t the toxic...

    43 min
  7. Bonus Episode - The Leadership Journey featuring Erin O’Toole

    07/31/2023 · BONUS

    Bonus Episode - The Leadership Journey featuring Erin O’Toole

    I’d like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional unceded, un-surrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People.Our leadership journey is ours alone, but the path isn’t a straight line. In fact, your leadership journey will have high and low points. Your journey will have you questioning your abilities and pushing your self-confidence, and you know what? But also, your journey will be filled with moments of pride knowing you h...

    53 min
  8. E94 – Emotional Intelligence featuring Ashley Valliére

    07/24/2023

    E94 – Emotional Intelligence featuring Ashley Valliére

    I’d like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional unceded, un-surrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. Emotional intelligence is a popular topic, and that’s because leaders are beginning to understand that we can make leadership decisions without knowing how we will emotionally react to our personal and professional decisions, thereby impacting ourselves, our teams, and our organizations. But, how can we be...

    51 min
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Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front, hosted by Simon Kardynal, is a leadership-themed podcast for emerging leaders across all professions to help navigate those intricate moments while leading from the front. In this podcast, you will hear from guests who have been in your shoes, had the triumphs, and made the mistakes. Each episode offers advice, inspiration, and practical tools to help you lead 'from the trenches'. Throughout the series, Simon uses his personal and professional experiences and connections gained through 26 plus years in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Senior Non-Commissioned Member, a Master of Arts in Leadership, and his experience within a private sector company, to have frank and honest conversations with leaders from diverse backgrounds and professions where we talk about the challenges faced as leaders and followers in a dynamic and ever-evolving world.

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