
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, expert guests speak about their triumphs, their mistakes, and how they have learned and grown from their experiences.
Each episode offers advice, inspiration, and practical tools to help leaders as they lead 'from the trenches'.
Throughout the series, Simon uses personal and professional experiences and connections gained through 29 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.
Trench Leadership offers frank and honest conversations with leaders from diverse backgrounds and professions to talk about the ever-present challenges in a dynamic and ever-evolving world.
Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front
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 Anishinaabeg People.
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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 instinct, figuring it out as they go.
What if someone cracked the ‘culture code’?
In this episode, you’ll hear from Dr. Jessica Kriegel, the Chief Scientist of Workplace Culture at Culture Partners, who will help emerging leaders understand the intricacies of culture, how to create it, and how to maintain it during the easy and the hard times.
Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #7 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2023.
Jessica’s Episode Links:
1. Culture Partners web-site: http://podcast.culture.io/
2. Jessica’s web-site: https://jessicakriegel.com
3. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakriegel/
Jessica’s Recommended Books:
Books:
1. The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate
2. The Way of the Pilgrim by Anonymous
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.
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