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.
Episodes
153 episodes
E110 - Active Listening featuring Simon Kardynal
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 ...
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Episode 110
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13:36
E109 - Designing Your Team for Everyone's Success from a distance featuring Wayne Turmel, Eh!
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 transform...
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Episode 109
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47:57
The Leadership Lightning Round! - Designing Your Team for Everyone's Success from a distance featuring Wayne Turmel, Eh!
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 d...
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3:30
The Leadership Lightning Round – Connected Leadership featuring Angela Caufield
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 impo...
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E108 – Connected Leadership featuring Angela Caufield
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 connectio...
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Episode 108
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41:23
E107 - Unlocking Your Leadership Style featuring Robert Jordan
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 ...
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Episode 107
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49:10
The Leadership Lightning Round - Unlocking Your Leadership Style featuring Robert Jordan
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 ...
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E106 - How To Find Your Mindset Sweet Spot featuring Susan Hobson, Eh!
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.<...
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Episode 106
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46:23
The Leadership Lightning Round - Susan Hobson, Eh!
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...
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3:43
E105 - Character Leadership featuring Simon Kardynal
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, authen...
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Episode 105
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22:39
E104 – Public Speaking Tips featuring Matt Drinkhahn
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. ...
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Episode 104
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48:26
The Leadership Lightning Round – Public Speaking Tips featuring Matt Drinkhahn
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 speak...
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4:03
E103 - Thriving in a VUCA World featuring Evan Tzivanakis
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, Comple...
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Episode 103
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55:00
Lightning Round - Thriving in a VUCA World featuring Evan Tzivanakis
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 the...
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2:18
E102 – Preparing for Leadership featuring Craig P. Anderson
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.Craig P. Anderson's journey from an as...
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Episode 102
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44:25
Lightning Round – Preparing for Leadership featuring Craig P. Anderson
Welcome to Episode 102!!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. Cr...
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3:12
Transforming Leadership Through Effective Communication with Stacie Calder
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.Join us as Jason "the Donk" Donkersgoed hijacks this epi...
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Episode 101
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52:55
E101 - Communicating is Leadership featuring Stacie Calder
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.Leadership requires communication, bec...
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Episode 101
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52:55
Lightning Round - Communicating is Leadership featuring Stacie Calder
Welcome to Episode 101!!I’d like to begin this Lightning Round 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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4:33
Andrea Singsaas and The Lightning Round - E93
Transitions are natural. No matter where we are, no matter what we are doing, there will always be some kind of transition. The challenge with being the leader is that you are expected to lead your team through ...
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4:36
Eric Bauberger and The Lightning Round - E92
Have you ever questioned yourself, wondering if you should be the leader? Have you ever wondered if you even wanted to be the leader?Often, these questions get brushed aside in our minds, pushed out of the way in the...
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8:00
Corina Walsh, Eh! and The Lightning Round - E91
It’s the LIGHTNING ROUND!!!!Every guest is asked five fun and insightful leadership-related questions, offering an insight into themselves and how they perceive leadership today and into the future. Subscribe ...
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Mark Herschberg and The Lightning Round
Trench Leadership is heading to YouTube!! Never fear, the usual links are available, we’re adding YouTube to provide more options to find the show! Click the link below to head to our new YouTube Channel. Don’t forget to subscribe to ...
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Bonus Episode: The Power of Trust featuring MGen (Ret'd) Scott Clancy
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. The best part of being a podcast host is me...
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53:01
Lightning Round - The Power of Trust featuring MGen (Ret'd) Scott Clancy
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.The best part of being a podcast host is meeting extraor...
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