Leader By Design

About Leader By Design

A business growth podcast for small-business owners and SME leaders who want to scale a business, lift team performance, and sharpen leadership—without 60-hour weeks. Weekly, Brendan Rogers gives you practical playbooks to grow revenue, build high-performing teams, and become a confident leader. Expect short, actionable episodes on leadership development, team performance, scaling a business, cadence/1:1s, and execution systems—so your business grows while you win back time. Follow and start listening now. Grow yourself, grow your business.

Publisher

Brendan Rogers - Leadership & Business Coach (Leader By Design)

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Mar 2024

Latest episode

7 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

44 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Jan 2026

   43. Why Clarity, Not Motivation, Determines How a Business Leaders Year Starts (Leadership Podcast)

   If you're a business owner or leader who wants more clarity, stronger performance and a team that actually takes ownership — it’s time to step into the High-Impact Leader you’re meant to be. Click here. Motivation is easy at the start of the year. Clarity is harder and far more important. In this leadership podcast episode of Why Your Business Isn’t Growing and how to fix it, Brendan Rogers explains why clarity, not motivation, discipline, or hustle, is the real factor that determines how your year unfolds as a business owner or leader. If you have ever started the year busy but unfocused, or motivated but overwhelmed, this episode will help you reset how you lead the business and how you lead your people so your effort actually turns into progress and real business growth. In this episode, you will learn: Why motivation fades quickly without leadership clarity How lack of clarity quietly creates reactivity, overload, and drift The difference between being busy and being intentional as a leader How leadership clarity supports sustainable leadership development Practical questions to help you decide what truly deserves your attention now This episode is ideal for business owners and leaders who want the year ahead to feel focused, deliberate, and lighter, not just busy. Work With Brendan If you want to stop overcomplicating leadership…if you want to eliminate blind spots that quietly damage performance…and if you want to build a business that scales through clarity, not confusion… Book a Call to learn about becoming a High-Impact Leader OR Join the High-Impact Leader Club Inside the Club, you’ll learn how to build leadership capability, lift team performance, and turn your business into a predictable, people-powered machine — without working 60-hour weeks. Other Ways to Connect with Brendan Check out more podcast episodes Connect with Brendan on LinkedIn About the Podcast Why Your Business Isn’t Growing — and how to fix it! is a leadership podcast for business owners and leaders who want to scale their business, lift team performance, and sharpen leadership — without working 60-hour weeks.

2. 

   29 Dec 2025

   42. The 30-Minute Leadership Reset Every Business Owner Should Do To Start 2026

   If you're a business owner or leader who wants more clarity, stronger performance and a team that actually takes ownership — it’s time to step into the High-Impact Leader you’re meant to be. Click here. As the year comes to a close, many business owners and leaders rush into planning for next year — without stopping to reflect on what actually worked. In this business growth podcast episode, Brendan Rogers shares a simple 30-minute leadership reset to help you pause, gain clarity, and prepare for a stronger year ahead by leading the business and leading the people more effectively. What You’ll Learn in This Episode In this reflective, end-of-year episode of Why Your Business Isn’t Growing — and how to fix it!, Brendan walks you through a calm, practical reset designed for time-poor business owners and leaders who want clarity before setting goals for the year ahead. You’ll discover: Why skipping reflection keeps leaders stuck in the same patterns year after year How a simple Stop / Start / Keep exercise can reset both business direction and leadership behaviour The difference between planning more and leading better How leading the business and leading the people must work together for real progress Why leadership capability — not another system — is the real growth lever This episode is ideal listening after Christmas, when things finally slow down and space opens up to think clearly. Key Takeaways Reflection must come before planning if you want meaningful change Leaders need to review both how the business ran and how they showed up for their people Small, intentional pauses can unlock clarity and momentum Leadership capability is what makes systems actually work A 30-minute reset now can prevent a year of frustration later Work With Brendan If you want to stop overcomplicating leadership structures…if you want to eliminate blind spots that quietly damage performance…and if you want to build a business that scales through clarity, not confusion… Book a Call to learn about becoming a High-Impact Leader OR Join the High-Impact Leader Club Inside the Club, you'll learn how to build leadership capability, lift team performance, and turn your business into a predictable, people-powered machine — without working 60-hour weeks. Other Ways to Connect with Brendan Check out more episodes Connect on LinkedIn About the Podcast Why Your Business Isn’t Growing — and how to fix it! is a leadership podcast for business owners and leaders who want to scale their business, lift team performance, and sharpen leadership — without working 60-hour weeks.

3. 

   16 Dec 2025

   41. Why Two CEOs Usually Make Leadership Worse, Not Better

   If you're a business owner or leader who wants more clarity, stronger performance and a team that actually takes ownership — it’s time to step into the High-Impact Leader you’re meant to be. Click here. From the outside, a dual-CEO structure can sound collaborative, progressive, and even safer than relying on one person at the top. But in reality?For most organisations, two CEOs create more complexity, more politics, and less clarity — not better leadership. In this episode, Brendan Rogers explores one of the most misunderstood leadership structures: the co-CEO model. Inspired by a recent leadership conversation, Brendan unpacks when (and why) this idea comes up, the theoretical benefits people often cite, and the very real risks it introduces — especially in mid-sized businesses, not-for-profits, and growing organisations. Drawing on leadership research, real-world experience, and the High-Impact Leader Ecosystem, this episode challenges a simple question: Why make leading the business harder than it needs to be? If you’re a business owner, board member, or senior leader who has ever considered — or been approached about — a dual-CEO role, this episode will help you think more clearly before making a structural decision that’s hard to undo. What You’ll Learn in This Episode Why dual-CEO structures often sound better in theory than they work in practice The most common reasons organisations consider co-CEOs — and what’s really underneath them How a dual-CEO model increases complexity internally and confusion externally The cultural risks most leaders underestimate: politics, factions, and blurred accountability Why clarity at the top is critical for team trust, performance, and execution When (very rarely) co-CEOs can work — and the conditions required Why leadership capability issues should be solved with coaching, development, or better appointments — not structural compromises How this decision impacts all three sides of the Impact Triangle: Leader, Team, and Business Key Takeaways Leadership clarity is more valuable than shared authority. Most organisations don’t have the governance maturity required for co-CEOs. Dual leadership often amplifies politics instead of reducing pressure. Structure should support leadership capability — not compensate for its absence. If the issue is skills, behaviours, or experience, fix that directly. In almost all cases, one strong CEO outperforms two compromised ones. Work With Brendan If you want to stop overcomplicating leadership structures…if you want to eliminate blind spots that quietly damage performance…and if you want to build a business that scales through clarity, not confusion… Book a Call to learn about becoming a High-Impact Leader OR Join the High-Impact Leader Club Inside the Club, you'll learn how to build leadership capability, lift team performance, and turn your business into a predictable, people-powered machine — without working 60-hour weeks. <...

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

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Quality

51

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

32