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Teams That Swear is a powerful podcast where leadership expert Adrian Baillargeon unpacks what makes exceptional teams thrive.
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How to Stop Outsourcing Accountability (opens the original)
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Kelsey Griffin has a view on accountability, captaincy and team building that most leaders will not see coming. You will hear it within the first two minutes. After seventeen seasons as a professional basketball player, multiple WNBL championships, gold medals, an Australian Opals career, and being drafted third overall in the WNBA draft, Kelsey has seen what leadership really asks of people when the pressure is on. In Part 2, we talk about the phrase many leaders use: “I want the team to hold e
How to Know If Your Team Is Actually Strong (opens the original)
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Kelsey Griffin has been on championship teams and teams that had the talent but still fell short. She knows the difference, and you will hear it in the first few minutes. After seventeen seasons as a professional basketball player, multiple WNBL championships, gold medals, an Australian Opals career, and being drafted third overall in the WNBA draft, Kelsey has seen what changes when a team gets it right. In Part 1, we talk about how leaders can tell whether their team is actually strong, or jus
How to Know If Someone Is Really Not Delivering (opens the original)
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Every senior leader eventually hits the point of thinking, “I can’t keep working with this person.” Maybe commitments get missed, updates do not come unless you chase them, and too much work starts landing back on your side of the fence. After a while, the story in your head starts to change from “How do we fix this?” to “Maybe they are just not up to it.” In this episode of Teams That Swear, Adrian Baillargeon shares how to diagnose what is really going on before you escalate, disengage or ment
How to lead big egos without losing the team, and yourself (opens the original)
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In Part 2 of my conversation with one of the most successful coaches in Australian cricket history, John Buchanan, we getinto the team dynamics behind high performance. John shares what it was like coaching Shane Warne, how he rewarded players who made others better, and why the strongest accountability eventually comes from teammates, not just the leader. If you lead talented, experienced or strong-willed people, this episode will give you practical ideas for building trust, strengthening peer
How to Deal with Pressure without Passing it Down (opens the original)
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If you’re leading at a senior level, pressure is unavoidable, but what matters is where it lands, because when it leaks through tone instead of clarity your team starts guessing, second-guessing, and carrying weight that was never theirs. In this episode, I unpack how pressure travels through leadership systems, why your micro-signals shape behaviour faster than your words, and three simple ways to direct pressure to the right conversation so it doesn’t hit the wrong people. If this sounds famil
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