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<p>Decoding how human success drives business performance with The People Principle. Hosted by Tommy Sim.</p>
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August 3, 2026
The 7-Rule Meeting Reset: How to Get Your Team's Week Back
<p>Why does it feel like everyone is busy all day, yet the important work still isn’t getting done?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Lead to Grow, Tommy Sim tackles one of the biggest frustrations in modern workplaces: meeting overload. From endless calendar invitations to recurring discussions that never lead to action, Tommy explores why meetings often create the illusion of progress while quietly slowing teams down.</p><p><br></p><p>Rather than simply cutting meetings, this episode introduces a practical seven-week framework to help leaders redesign how meetings are used. You'll learn how to create clearer outcomes, improve accountability, reduce wasted time, and ensure every meeting moves work forward.</p><p><br></p><p>Because meetings aren't the problem.</p><p><br></p><p>Meetings without clarity, ownership, or action are.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In This Episode</strong></p><ul><li><p>Why meetings create the feeling of progress without real progress</p></li><li><p>The hidden cost of poor meetings</p></li><li><p>How to take back control of your team's calendar</p></li><li><p>Choosing the right meeting for the right purpose</p></li><li><p>Why preparation should happen before the meeting</p></li><li><p>Setting expectations in the first 60 seconds</p></li><li><p>Simple techniques to keep conversations on track</p></li><li><p>The difference between alignment and polite agreement</p></li><li><p>How to create real accountability and follow-through</p></li><li><p>Tommy’s practical seven-week meeting reset framework</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><p>00:00 Why Teams Are Always Busy But Still Behind</p><p>02:23 The Real Problem With Meetings</p><p>03:15 The Seven-Week Meeting Reset Framework</p><p>04:00 Rule 1: Take Back Control of Your Team's Calendar</p><p>05:49 Rule 2: Put the Right Issue in the Right Room</p><p>09:09 Rule 3: Prepare the Thinking Before People Arrive</p><p>11:03 Rule 4: Set the Frame in the First 60 Seconds</p><p>13:04 Rule 5: Steer the Conversation With the Right Sentence</p><p>15:18 Rule 6: Build Real Alignment, Not Polite Agreement</p><p>17:17 Rule 7: Turn Discussion Into Owned Commitments</p><p>19:54 Putting the Seven Rules Into Practice</p><p>20:50 What Is This Meeting Meant to Move?</p><p><br></p><p><strong>About Lead to Grow</strong></p><p>Lead to Grow explores the people's principles behind high-performing businesses. Hosted by Tommy Sim, the podcast focuses on leadership, performance, culture and </p><p>decision-making, with practical insights leaders can apply immediately.</p><p><br></p><p>New episodes are released regularly.</p><p><br></p><p>If this episode gave you something useful, share it with someone who'd get the same value from it, or with your team before your next weekly meeting.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow the show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or subscribe on YouTube for future episodes.</p>
July 20, 2026
Should you fire a high-performing but toxic employee?
<p>Should you keep a high performer that everyone struggles to work with?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Lead to Grow, Tommy Sim tackles one of leadership’s toughest questions: what do you do when someone delivers exceptional results but leaves frustration, tension, and disruption in their wake?</p><p><br></p><p>Tommy explores the difference between headline performance and true net contribution, why some employees use their strengths as a shield against feedback, and how leaders can avoid being trapped between protecting culture and protecting results.</p><p><br></p><p>Rather than relying on simplistic answers, this episode provides a practical framework for evaluating performance, addressing difficult behaviour, and building standards that support both accountability and growth.</p><p><br></p><p>Because the real question isn’t whether someone produces results.</p><p><br></p><p>It’s whether the value they create outweighs the cost everyone else is paying for it.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In This Episode</strong></p><ul><li><p>Why high performance and high contribution are not always the same</p></li><li><p>The hidden costs of difficult top performers</p></li><li><p>How strengths can become shields against accountability</p></li><li><p>The difference between headline performance and net contribution</p></li><li><p>Why managers get pulled into the wrong conversations</p></li><li><p>Using "operating models" instead of debating past incidents</p></li><li><p>The power of micro-agreements in leadership conversations</p></li><li><p>Creating clear behavioural standards</p></li><li><p>Reducing dependency risk within teams</p></li><li><p>How to make better decisions about difficult high performers</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><p>00:00 The High Performer Dilemma</p><p>02:20 Headline Performance vs Net Contribution</p><p>04:43 When Strength Becomes a Shield</p><p>07:10 The Leadership Middle Ground</p><p>08:01 Step 1: Identify the Strength and the Shield</p><p>09:32 Step 2: Move From the Incident to the Operating Model</p><p>11:57 Step 3: Build Alignment Through Micro-Agreements</p><p>14:22 Step 4: Create If-This-Then-That Behaviours</p><p>16:47 Step 5: Follow Up and Review the Evidence</p><p>17:55 The Net Contribution Test</p><p>18:37 Dependency Risk and Hidden Business Problems</p><p>19:11 Making the Right Leadership Decision</p><p>20:08 Can You Afford to Keep Protecting the Exception?</p><p><br></p><p><strong>About Lead to Grow</strong></p><p>Lead to Grow explores the people's principles behind high-performing businesses. Hosted by Tommy Sim, the podcast focuses on leadership, performance, culture and decision-making, with practical insights leaders can apply immediately.</p><p><br></p><p>New episodes are released regularly.</p><p><br></p><p>If this episode reshaped how you think about high performers and standards, share it with a leader who’s carrying one of these people on their team.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow the show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or subscribe on YouTube for future episodes.</p>
July 6, 2026
The Resilience Blind Spot | Why Strong Teams Need Strong Foundations
<p>What if the problem isn't that your team lacks resilience?</p><p><br></p><p>What if the real issue is the environment they're operating in?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Lead to Grow, Tommy Sim challenges one of the most common assumptions in leadership: that resilience is simply a personal trait that some people have and others don't.</p><p><br></p><p>Tommy explores why leaders often mistake fatigue, confusion, stress, and poor systems for a lack of toughness. He explains how resilience is not just built within individuals, but shaped by the conditions around them.</p><p><br></p><p>Drawing on practical leadership experience, Tommy introduces three critical foundations of resilience: constitution, perception, and actions. He unpacks how leaders influence each of these foundations and why building stronger teams requires more than simply telling people to "harden up."</p><p><br></p><p>This episode is a powerful reminder that resilience isn't about enduring endless pressure. It's about creating the conditions that help people adapt, recover, learn, and perform when challenges arise.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In This Episode</strong></p><ul><li><p>Why leaders often misdiagnose resilience problems</p></li><li><p>The difference between battle-hardened, battle-weary, and battle-worn teams</p></li><li><p>How fatigue and depletion impact performance</p></li><li><p>Why resilience is shaped by the environment, not just the individual</p></li><li><p>The role of constitution, perception, and actions in building resilience</p></li><li><p>How leaders influence the way teams interpret pressure</p></li><li><p>The Circle of Concern vs Circle of Influence</p></li><li><p>Why psychological safety strengthens resilience</p></li><li><p>The importance of recovery, clarity, and meaningful challenge</p></li><li><p>How high-value activities reduce stress and improve performance</p></li><li><p>The difference between stress inoculation and stress saturation</p></li><li><p>Practical ways leaders can build stronger, more resilient teams</p></li></ul><p><strong>Key Takeaways</strong></p><p>Strong teams are rarely built through pressure alone.</p><p><br></p><p>People become more resilient when challenge is paired with clarity, support, learning, recovery, and purposeful action.</p><p><br></p><p>The best leaders don't simply demand resilience. They build the foundations that make resilience possible.</p><p><br></p><p>Because sometimes the issue isn't a weak team.</p><p><br></p><p>It's capable of people operating inside weak conditions.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><p>00:00 The Resilience Blind Spot</p><p>02:24 What Resilience Actually Means</p><p>03:22 Lessons From Basketball and Building Capacity</p><p>05:18 Foundation One: Constitution</p><p>07:12 Battle-Hardened vs Battle-Weary</p><p>09:38 Why Teams Get Worn Down</p><p>10:45 Foundation Two: Perception</p><p>12:02 Circle of Concern vs Circle of Influence</p><p>14:27 Foundation Three: Actions</p><p>15:18 High Value Activities and Team Focus</p><p>16:50 Building Resilience Through Feedback1</p><p>8:08 Psychological Safety and Strong Teams</p><p>18:46 Stress Inoculation vs Stress Saturation</p><p>19:13 Diagnosing Resilience Problems Properly</p><p>20:39 Practical Ways Leaders Build Resilience</p><p>22:00 Strong Teams Are Built, Not Born </p><p><br></p><p><strong>About Lead to Grow</strong></p><p>Lead to Grow explores the people's principles behind high-performing businesses. Hosted by Tommy Sim, the podcast focuses on leadership, performance, culture and </p><p>decision-making, with practical insights leaders can apply immediately.</p><p>New episodes are released regularly.</p><p>If this episode helped you rethink how you approach feedback, share it with a leader who may need it.</p><p>Follow the show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or subscribe on YouTube for future episodes.</p>
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