Trench Leadership
Empower your leadership journey with real-world strategies.
Trench Leadership
Empower your leadership journey with real-world strategies.
About Trench Leadership
Empower your leadership journey with real-world strategies.
Trench Leadership, hosted by Simon Kardynal, is a leadership-themed podcast that aims to empower new and emerging leaders with practical advice, inspiration, and real-world, actionable 'Trench Tools' that enrich any leadership toolkit. 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.
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Recent Episodes
E119 – Creating a Remote Team Culture featuring Monique Lindner
Trench Leadership • Jun 30, 2025
The Leadership Lightning Round - Creating a Remote Team Culture featuring Monique Lindner
Trench Leadership • Jun 30, 2025
The Leadership Lightning Round - The Power of Stories featuring Shaun Bernstein, Eh!
Trench Leadership • Jun 30, 2025
E118 - The Power of Stories featuring Shaun Bernstein, Eh!
Trench Leadership • Jun 25, 2025
E117 - Being a Flexible Leader featuring Ian L. Paterson, Eh!
Trench Leadership • Jun 16, 2025
The Leadership Lightning Round - Being a Thoughtful Leader with Ian L. Paterson, Eh!
Trench Leadership • Jun 5, 2025
E116 – I’ve Made it, Now What? featuring Tami Reiss
Trench Leadership • Jun 2, 2025
The Leadership Lightning Round – I’ve Made it, Now What? featuring Tami Reiss
Trench Leadership • Jun 2, 2025
E115 - Crafting Your Leadership Style featuring Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • May 26, 2025
E114 – Tuning Up Your Body Language featuring Jane Hanson
Trench Leadership • May 19, 2025
E113 - Asking Empowering Questions featuring Carol Boston
Trench Leadership • May 12, 2025
E112 – Thought Leadership featuring Vladimer Botsvadze
Trench Leadership • May 5, 2025
The Leadership Lightning Round – Thought Leadership featuring Vladimer Botsvadze
Trench Leadership • May 5, 2025
Bonus Episode – Flexible Leadership featuring Kevin Eikenberry
Trench Leadership • May 1, 2025
E111 – From Bud to Boss featuring Kevin Eikenberry
Trench Leadership • Apr 28, 2025
The Leadership Lightning Round – From Bud to Boss featuring Kevin Eikenberry
Trench Leadership • Apr 24, 2025
E110 - Active Listening featuring Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • Apr 21, 2025
E109 - Designing Your Team for Everyone's Success from a distance featuring Wayne Turmel, Eh!
Trench Leadership • Apr 14, 2025
The Leadership Lightning Round! - Designing Your Team for Everyone's Success from a distance featuring Wayne Turmel, Eh!
Trench Leadership • Apr 12, 2025
The Leadership Lightning Round – Connected Leadership featuring Angela Caufield
Trench Leadership • Apr 7, 2025
E108 – Connected Leadership featuring Angela Caufield
Trench Leadership • Apr 7, 2025
E107 - Unlocking Your Leadership Style featuring Robert Jordan
Trench Leadership • Mar 31, 2025
The Leadership Lightning Round - Unlocking Your Leadership Style featuring Robert Jordan
Trench Leadership • Mar 27, 2025
E106 - How To Find Your Mindset Sweet Spot featuring Susan Hobson, Eh!
Trench Leadership • Mar 24, 2025
The Leadership Lightning Round - Susan Hobson, Eh!
Trench Leadership • Mar 20, 2025
E105 - Character Leadership featuring Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • Mar 17, 2025
E104 – Public Speaking Tips featuring Matt Drinkhahn
Trench Leadership • Mar 10, 2025
The Leadership Lightning Round – Public Speaking Tips featuring Matt Drinkhahn
Trench Leadership • Mar 6, 2025
E103 - Thriving in a VUCA World featuring Evan Tzivanakis
Trench Leadership • Mar 3, 2025
Lightning Round - Thriving in a VUCA World featuring Evan Tzivanakis
Trench Leadership • Feb 27, 2025
E102 – Preparing for Leadership featuring Craig P. Anderson
Trench Leadership • Feb 24, 2025
Lightning Round – Preparing for Leadership featuring Craig P. Anderson
Trench Leadership • Feb 20, 2025
Transforming Leadership Through Effective Communication with Stacie Calder
Trench Leadership • Feb 17, 2025
E101 - Communicating is Leadership featuring Stacie Calder
Trench Leadership • Feb 17, 2025
Lightning Round - Communicating is Leadership featuring Stacie Calder
Trench Leadership • Feb 14, 2025
Mark Herschberg and The Lightning Round
Trench Leadership • Feb 13, 2025
Andrea Singsaas and The Lightning Round - E93
Trench Leadership • Feb 13, 2025
Eric Bauberger and The Lightning Round - E92
Trench Leadership • Feb 13, 2025
Corina Walsh, Eh! and The Lightning Round - E91
Trench Leadership • Feb 13, 2025
Bonus Episode: The Power of Trust featuring MGen (Ret'd) Scott Clancy
Trench Leadership • Feb 10, 2025
Lightning Round - The Power of Trust featuring MGen (Ret'd) Scott Clancy
Trench Leadership • Feb 6, 2025
Bonus Episode – Pride Amid Prejudice featuring Necole Belanger
Trench Leadership • Nov 29, 2023
E100 - Who Do We Choose To Be? featuring Margaret J. Wheatley
Trench Leadership • Sep 4, 2023
E99 - The Culture Equation featuring Jessica Kriegel, PhD
Trench Leadership • Aug 28, 2023
E98 - What is YOUR Speed of Advance featuring Marty Groover
Trench Leadership • Aug 21, 2023
E97 - Purpose and Leadership featuring Eddie L. Johnson
Trench Leadership • Aug 14, 2023
E96 – Toxic Leadership featuring Marika Messager
Trench Leadership • Aug 7, 2023
Bonus Episode - The Leadership Journey featuring Erin O’Toole
Trench Leadership • Jul 31, 2023
E94 – Emotional Intelligence featuring Ashley Valliére
Trench Leadership • Jul 24, 2023
E93 – Leading Through Transition featuring Andrea Singsaas
Trench Leadership • Jul 17, 2023
Seth Santoro and The Lightning Round - E89
Trench Leadership • Jul 15, 2023
The Lightning Round and Mark Bentz, Eh! - E88
Trench Leadership • Jul 15, 2023
E92 – Unconditional Leadership featuring Eric Bauberger
Trench Leadership • Jul 10, 2023
E91 – Your Leadership Learning Journey featuring Corina Walsh, Eh!
Trench Leadership • Jul 3, 2023
E90 - Be a Happy Leader featuring Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • Jun 26, 2023
E89 - Intuitive Leadership featuring Seth Santoro
Trench Leadership • Jun 19, 2023
E88 - What’s on Your Radar? featuring Mark Bentz, Eh!
Trench Leadership • Jun 12, 2023
Dr. Steve Pearlman and The Lightning Round
Trench Leadership • Jun 5, 2023
The Power of Teamwork - Examining the EA / C-Suite Team
Trench Leadership • Jun 5, 2023
E87 – How to Hire Someone featuring Mark Herschberg
Trench Leadership • Jun 5, 2023
E86 - How To Think Critically featuring Dr. Steve Pearlman
Trench Leadership • May 29, 2023
Dr. Trina Dorrah and The Lightning Round - E84
Trench Leadership • May 29, 2023
E85 - The Value of Teamwork featuring Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • May 22, 2023
Dr. Will Bralick and The Lightning Round - E82
Trench Leadership • May 15, 2023
E84 – Healthy Eating and Leadership featuring Dr. Trina Dorrah
Trench Leadership • May 15, 2023
E83 - How To Effectively Manage Time featuring Rebecca Pearce
Trench Leadership • May 8, 2023
Rebecca Pearce and The Lightning Round - E83
Trench Leadership • May 7, 2023
E82 - How To Learn What You Don't Know featuring Dr. Will Bralick
Trench Leadership • May 1, 2023
E81 – Personal and Professional Decluttering featuring Lisa Zawrotny
Trench Leadership • Apr 24, 2023
E80 - Systems Thinking featuring Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • Apr 17, 2023
E79 - Make the Mistakes, Be Yourself, Be Tenacious featuring Ron Nussbaum
Trench Leadership • Apr 3, 2023
Bonus Episode – Staff Matters featuring Bonnie Low-Kramen
Trench Leadership • Mar 31, 2023
E78 - How We Can Do It All featuring Erica Rooney
Trench Leadership • Mar 27, 2023
E77 - Leading During a War featuring Dave Blundell
Trench Leadership • Mar 20, 2023
E76 - Front-line Leadership featuring Gretchen Reid
Trench Leadership • Mar 13, 2023
Bonus Episode – The Cost of Service featuring Martine Roy and CWO (Ret’d) Necole Belanger
Trench Leadership • Mar 8, 2023
E75 - Key Focus Indicators for Leaders featuring Renée Safrata
Trench Leadership • Mar 6, 2023
E74 - Solutions-Based Leadership featuring Chuck Knabusch
Trench Leadership • Feb 27, 2023
E73 – Leadership is not About Being the Leader featuring Dr. Nicole Fredericks Jackson
Trench Leadership • Feb 20, 2023
E72a – Digging Deeper Into Resilience featuring Dawn Whyte
Trench Leadership • Feb 16, 2023
E72 – Building Your Resilience featuring Dawn White
Trench Leadership • Feb 13, 2023
E71 - Positional Leadership and the Scarf Doctrine featuring Anna Marenick
Trench Leadership • Feb 6, 2023
E70 - Bullying in the Workplace featuring Bonnie Low-Kramen
Trench Leadership • Jan 30, 2023
E69 - Leadership Fails Can be Our Leadership Wins Part Two
Trench Leadership • Jan 23, 2023
Bonus Episode: Home Ownership and ourboro Leading the Way featuring Alex Kjorven
Trench Leadership • Jan 19, 2023
E68 - Leadership Failures Can be Our Leadership Wins Part One
Trench Leadership • Jan 16, 2023
E67 - The Three F's featuring Renée Safrata
Trench Leadership • Jan 9, 2023
E66 - Emotions and Leadership featuring Jo Wheatley, Emotions Coach
Trench Leadership • Jan 2, 2023
E65 - The Paradox of Power featuring Laura Jansen
Trench Leadership • Dec 26, 2022
E64 - Putting Fear Into Perspective featuring Richard Blank
Trench Leadership • Dec 12, 2022
E63 - Coaching for Leaders featuring John Robertson, Eh!
Trench Leadership • Dec 5, 2022
E62 - Doing the Right Thing Isn't Always the Easiest Thing featuring Ryan van Haren
Trench Leadership • Nov 28, 2022
Special Episode: Revisiting "Survivorship Bias (It’s not what you think) and Making Fully Informed Decisions featuring Simon Kardynal"
Trench Leadership • Nov 21, 2022
Special Episode: Revisiting "Gutsy Leadership featuring Marisa Santoro"
Trench Leadership • Nov 14, 2022
E61 - Celebrating One Year featuring Trench Leadership - A Podcast From the Front
Trench Leadership • Nov 7, 2022
E60 - Show Up as Your Whole Self featuring Luis Baez
Trench Leadership • Oct 31, 2022
E59 - Personal Growth Leads to Professional Growth featuring Maureen Ross Gemme
Trench Leadership • Oct 24, 2022
E58 - The 7 Mistakes That New Managers Make featuring Dr. Janet Polach (LCol, US Marines, Retired)
Trench Leadership • Oct 17, 2022
E57 - Leading with Awareness featuring Dale Allen and Trevor Stevenson
Trench Leadership • Oct 10, 2022
E56 - Gender Expectations in Leadership - A Conversation with Dr. Liz DuBois
Trench Leadership • Sep 26, 2022
E55 - The Stigma of Concussions featuring Kalley Armstrong and Brendan Hynes
Trench Leadership • Sep 20, 2022
E54 - Grow Your Grit featuring Colonel David Fivecoat, US Army, Retired
Trench Leadership • Sep 12, 2022
E53 - Shit Happens: Learning From Mistakes featuring Fred Rutman
Trench Leadership • Aug 29, 2022
E52 - Staff Matters – Employee Focus is the Path to Success featuring Bonnie Low-Kramen
Trench Leadership • Aug 15, 2022
E51 - How to Step Outside Your Comfort Zone featuring Nicolene Elhadad
Trench Leadership • Aug 8, 2022
E50 - The Science Behind Emerging Leaders featuring Annalise Schamuhn
Trench Leadership • Aug 1, 2022
Bonus Episode: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Strength-Based Assessment Tools featuring Andrew Grunewald
Trench Leadership • Jul 27, 2022
E49 - The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Assessment Tool featuring Nicole Noel
Trench Leadership • Jul 25, 2022
E48 - The DISC Leadership Assessment Tool featuring Jennifer Bilger
Trench Leadership • Jul 11, 2022
E47 - Your DNA is Your Leadership Roadmap featuring Annie Bush
Trench Leadership • Jun 27, 2022
E46 - The Enneagram Leadership Assessment - Combining Your Heart, Gut, and Mind featuring Sarah Wallace
Trench Leadership • Jun 13, 2022
E45 - Leadership Assessment Tools - Clifton Strengths featuring Sheri Miter
Trench Leadership • Jun 6, 2022
E44 - Facilitating Your Team Discussion or Disagreement
Trench Leadership • May 30, 2022
E43 - Ruthless Compassion as a Kindness Leader featuring Dr. Marcia Sirota
Trench Leadership • May 23, 2022
E42 - Reach Your Peak Performance featuring Dr. Ruth Gotian
Trench Leadership • May 16, 2022
Bonus Episode: Leading During a Crisis featuring Mary Martz, Chad Martz, and Annalise Schamuhn
Trench Leadership • Apr 21, 2022
E41 - Authentic Leadership featuring Linda Basso
Trench Leadership • Apr 18, 2022
E40 - Resilient Leadership: Transforming Adversity into an Opportunity featuring Mike Coyle
Trench Leadership • Apr 11, 2022
Resilient Leadership: Transforming Adversity into an Opportunity featuring Mike Coyle
Trench Leadership • Apr 5, 2022
Bonus Episode: The Ukraine War – How You Can Help RIGHT NOW featuring Annalise Schamuhn and Chad Martz
Trench Leadership • Apr 2, 2022
E39 - The Power of Guilt
Trench Leadership • Mar 28, 2022
E38 - Big Leadership Starts with Baby Steps featuring Mathew Georghiou
Trench Leadership • Mar 21, 2022
E37 - Employee Engagement and Your Team featuring Natalie Robinson Bruner
Trench Leadership • Mar 14, 2022
E36 - Emerging Leaders and Changing the System featuring Haley Grayless
Trench Leadership • Mar 7, 2022
E35 - You are AMAZING!!!! featuring Nancy Shadlock
Trench Leadership • Feb 28, 2022
E34 - Challenging Direct Reports featuring Danielle Cobo and Scott Drake
Trench Leadership • Feb 21, 2022
E33 - Conscious Leadership featuring Teresa Lodato
Trench Leadership • Feb 14, 2022
E32 - Burnout: Teaching Leaders for Their Teams featuring Catherine Moore
Trench Leadership • Feb 9, 2022
Bonus Episode: Dealing with Workplace Conflict featuring Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • Feb 7, 2022
E31 - Understanding Loud or Quiet Team Members featuring Megumi Miki
Trench Leadership • Jan 31, 2022
E30 - Mentorship & You featuring Craig Anderson
Trench Leadership • Jan 24, 2022
E29 - Hard Conversations featuring ToriAnn Perkey, Laura Couvillon, and Brandon Maloney
Trench Leadership • Jan 17, 2022
E28 - Psychological Safety featuring Laura Jansen
Trench Leadership • Jan 10, 2022
E27 - Emerging Leaders & Workplace Culture, an 80s Pop-Culture Phenomenon featuring Chris Clews
Trench Leadership • Jan 3, 2022
Creating Brain Trust for Teams: A Podcast Primer about Psychological Safety featuring Laura Jansen, presented by Reticle and Trench Leadership
Trench Leadership • Jan 2, 2022
E26 - Diversity in Leadership featuring the All Around Consulting Team
Trench Leadership • Dec 27, 2021
E25 - Crafting Your Personal Leadership Practice featuring Jason “The Donk” Donkersgoed
Trench Leadership • Dec 20, 2021
E24 - Not Being Taken Seriously featuring Brienne Hennessy and Jillian Webber
Trench Leadership • Dec 13, 2021
E23 - Survivorship Bias (It’s not what you think) and Making Fully Informed Decisions featuring Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • Dec 6, 2021
E22 - Exploring Burn-Out and Boundaries featuring Christin Sambor
Trench Leadership • Nov 29, 2021
E21 - Empathetic Leadership to Build Better Teams featuring Lynn Power
Trench Leadership • Nov 22, 2021
E20 - Diving Deeper into Personal Branding featuring Patrice Bisiot
Trench Leadership • Nov 22, 2021
E19 – Breaking Down Emotional Intelligence featuring The Threedom Coaches
Trench Leadership • Nov 22, 2021
E18 - Passionate Leadership, Finding Your Passion and Following It featuring Ryan Carey and Tim Fleiszer
Trench Leadership • Nov 11, 2021
E17 - Your Leadership Journey is Yours, It’s Important, and it WILL Shape You featuring Ryan Carey
Trench Leadership • Nov 10, 2021
S01E16 - Understanding Our Leaderships Wins and Failures Makes us Better Leaders featuring Sara Greco
Trench Leadership • Oct 11, 2021
S02E15 - Understanding Yourself to Wear Clothes Like the Boss You Are (Part 2 of 2) featuring Patrice Bisiot
Trench Leadership • Oct 4, 2021
S01E14 - Understanding Yourself to Wear Clothes Like the Boss You are! featuring Patrice Bisiot (Part 1 of 2)
Trench Leadership • Sep 27, 2021
S01E13 - Fear is NOT the Enemy featuring Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • Sep 20, 2021
S01E12 - Toxic Excellence featuring Dr. Kim Perkins
Trench Leadership • Sep 13, 2021
S01E11 - Mindfulness and Leading, They Really Are Connected featuring Courtney Johannesen
Trench Leadership • Sep 6, 2021
S01E10 - How to be an Effective Active Listener featuring Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • Aug 30, 2021
S01E09 - The Gang's All Here featuring the Sketchs Ink Team (Part 3 of 3)
Trench Leadership • Aug 23, 2021
S01E08 - The Sketchs Ink Team Fact-Checks Brandon’s Leadership Philosophies featuring the Team (Part 2 of 3)
Trench Leadership • Aug 16, 2021
S01E07 - Leading Small Teams featuring Brandon Maloney (Part 1 of 3)
Trench Leadership • Aug 9, 2021
S01E06 - The Successful Leader Uses Creative Tension & Repeatable Language featuring Jason Donkersgoed
Trench Leadership • Aug 2, 2021
S01E05 - How We Fall Into Leadership Roles featuring Gillian Tietz, MSc
Trench Leadership • Jul 26, 2021
S01E04 - So, You’re a Leader (in job title at least), Now What? featuring Leah Gregg
Trench Leadership • Jul 18, 2021
S01E03 - The Relationship Between Influence and Connections featuring Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • Jul 12, 2021
S01E02 - You’re the New Team Lead? Guess what? You’re NOT alone! featuring Megan Boire, Simon Chiu, and Derek Stratton
Trench Leadership • Jul 12, 2021
S01E01 - Gutsy Leadership featuring Marisa Santoro
Trench Leadership • Jul 12, 2021
Master of Arts in Leadership - Associated Knowledge Product Episode 3 of 3
Trench Leadership • Jul 9, 2021
Master of Arts in Leadership - Associated Knowledge Product Episode 2 of 3
Trench Leadership • Jul 9, 2021
Master of Arts in Leadership - Associated Knowledge Product Episode 1 of 3
Trench Leadership • Jul 9, 2021
Trailer #4 - Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front, hosted by Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • Jul 5, 2021
Trailer #3 - Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front, hosted by Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • Jun 28, 2021
Trailer #2 - Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front, hosted by Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • Jun 12, 2021
Trailer #1 - Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front, hosted by Simon Kardynal
Trench Leadership • May 28, 2021
S01E00 - And the Listener Asks, "Why Should I Listen to Your Podcast?"
Trench Leadership • May 28, 2021
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