Teams That Swear is a powerful podcast where leadership expert Adrian Baillargeon unpacks what makes exceptional teams thrive. With two decades of global experience, Adrian blends real-world insights, compelling stories, and a touch of humour to inspire leaders and teams to transform how they work together. Explore lessons in trust, collaboration, and purpose-driven leadership - all designed to help you and your team win the games that matter most.
Teams That Swear
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Podcast Overview
Teams That Swear is a powerful podcast where leadership expert Adrian Baillargeon unpacks what makes exceptional teams thrive. With two decades of global experience, Adrian blends real-world insights, compelling stories, and a touch of humour to inspire leaders and teams to transform how they work together. Explore lessons in trust, collaboration, and purpose-driven leadership - all designed to help you and your team win the games that matter most.
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July 22, 2026
John Buchanan on How to Earn Trust When You’re Not the Obvious Leader, Part 1
<p>What do you do when you step into a leadership role and the room is already full of talent, experience and strong opinions?</p><p>In this episode of Teams That Swear, Adrian Baillargeon speaks with John Buchanan, one of the most successful coaches in Australian cricket history, about earningtrust when you are not the obvious choice.</p><p>John coached players including Shane Warne, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and Justin Langer. But this conversation is not just about cricket. It is about walking into a high-performance environment, knowing the room does not need more technical expertise, and finding a way to harness what is already there.</p><p>In Part 1, John shares how he shaped his leadership philosophy, what he learned from self-doubt as a young player, and how he approached leading a team of elite Australian cricketers who were already at the top of their game.</p><p>You’ll hear:</p><ul><li>How to earn trust without forcing your authority</li><li>Why new leaders should resist the urge to prove themselves too quickly</li><li>What John learned from a raw conversation with Justin Langer</li><li>How to listen when someone tells you they feel let down</li><li>Why leadership is less about having all the answers and more about helping the room use the knowledge it already has</li></ul><p>Teams that swear by each other, not about each other, do not rely on titles to create trust. They build it through clarity, listening, challenge and shared direction.</p><p>To discuss a Team Pulse Check or the AB Team Dynamics Assessment, email Adrian at <a href="mailto:info@adrianbaillargeon.com" target="_blank">info@adrianbaillargeon.com</a>.</p><p>And if this episode gave you language you can use with your team, follow Teams That Swear wherever you get your podcasts.</p>
July 9, 2026
How to Turn an Inherited Team into a High-Performing One
<p>You have inherited a team. On paper, they are capable. The meetings happen. The work gets done. The results may even look fine. And yet, something still feels off.</p><p>In this episode of Teams That Swear, Adrian Baillargeon shares the story of a senior leader who inherited a technology leadership team that looked solid from the outside, but was not working well enough together.</p><p>The issue was not capability. It was the unspoken stuff. Each leader believed they were doing the right thing individually, but the team lacked shared purpose, deeper trust, clear behavioural expectations and a way to have the conversations that mattered. They were polite, professional and quietlystuck.</p><p>Adrian walks through what changed when the team assessed how they did teamwork, rebuilt connection, created shared standards and committed to working differently over time. The result was not just a better leadership team. It changed the experience of the wider department, and of the CEO.</p><p>In this episode, you’ll hear:</p><ul><li>Why inherited teams can look fine on paper but still underperform as a group </li><li>How politeness can hide the conversations a team needs to have</li><li>Why individual capability is not the same as collective performance</li><li>What it takes to turn separate functional leaders into one leadership team</li><li>How an assessment, like the AB Team Dynamics Assessment, can help reveal what is really going on</li></ul><p><br></p><p>***If you have inherited a team and you are sitting with that nagging sense that something could be better, this episode will give you language for what you are noticing and a practical example of what can shift.</p><p>Teams that swear by each other, not about each other, do not leave team dynamics to chance. They build trust, create clarity and hold each other to the standards that make performance possible.</p><p>To discuss a Team Pulse Check or the AB Team Dynamics Assessment, email Adrian at <a href="mailto:info@adrianbaillargeon.com">info@adrianbaillargeon.com</a>.</p><p>And if this episode gave you language you can use with your team, follow Teams That Swear wherever you get your podcasts.</p>
June 24, 2026
How to Make Invisible Work Visible | Lessons from Team Canada’s Vanessa Lee
<p>What can leaders learn from working 25 straight days at the Olympic Games?</p><p>In this episode of Teams That Swear, Adrian Baillargeon sits down with Vanessa Lee, Director of Communications and Media Relations for the Canadian Olympic Committee.</p><p>Vanessa shares what she learned supporting Team Canada at one of the world's biggest sporting events, why every role matters, and how leaders can make invisible work feel seen.</p><p>They also explore the personal side of leadership and career transition. After spending more than 20 years as a journalist, Vanessa lost the job she had dreamed about since she was twelve years old. She opens up about rebuilding her identity, navigating uncertainty, and how that experience ultimately led her to Team Canada.</p><p>In this conversation, you'll hear:</p><ul><li>Why there are no small roles on a high-performing team</li><li>How leaders can make invisible work visible</li><li>The importance of relationships in hybrid and distributed teams</li><li>What a simple mental health check-in can communicate to your people </li><li>How Vanessa rebuilt after losing what she thought was her dream job </li><li>Why communication, context and clarity matter more than most leaders realise </li><li>The leadership lessons hidden inside one of the biggest sporting events on the planet</li></ul><p>Whether you lead a senior executive team, a sporting organisation, or a team spread across multiple locations, Vanessa's insights offer a practical reminder that people perform best when they feel seen, valued and connected.</p><p><strong>Want to understand how your team is really working?</strong></p><p>The AB Team Dynamics Assessment measures the two things that matter most in team performance: <strong>Relationships and Clarity</strong>.</p><p>It helps leaders identify strengths, blind spots and opportunities across areas such as trust, feedback, conflict, communication, priorities, role clarity and alignment.</p><p>Learn more here:</p><p><a href="https://adrianbaillargeon.com/team-dynamics-assessment-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">AB Team Dynamics Assessment</a></p>
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