Leadership Beyond the Theory
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The full curriculum

What you’ll learn

8 modules, 40 lessons, built from Marty’s 30+ years of leadership experience.

8Modules
40Lessons
30+Years experience
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Module 1 · 5 lessons

Deliver Value

Delivering value should be at the core of everything you do as a leader. Most organisations try to do way too much, so one of the hardest jobs leaders have is to actually stop non-value-adding activities. You'll learn how to cut through low-value work and focus your time where it actually moves the needle.

Lessons

  • How to Define Value
  • Activity vs. Value
  • Value Ranking and Streamlining
  • Better, Faster, Cheaper
  • Building It Into Your Team's DNA

Bonus resources

  • AI Value Brainstorming Assistant
  • 7-Step Spreadsheet for Effective Value Ranking

What you’ll walk away with

  • You can name the value your team creates, rank the work from highest value to lowest, and cut the rest without apologising for it.
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Module 2 · 5 lessons

Handle Conflict

Every exceptional leader knows how to manage tough conversations. The ability to handle conflict is a core leadership capability. Without it, a leader will eventually fail. You'll build the confidence to have tough conversations early and often, with no more avoidance or watered-down feedback.

Lessons

  • The #1 Career Killer
  • Winning Trust
  • The Psychology of Feedback
  • Difficult Conversations
  • Conflict Without Control

Bonus resources

  • Feedback Conversation Template
  • Sample Feedback Conversation Script

What you’ll walk away with

  • You can sit in the discomfort, say the hard thing cleanly, and keep the relationship intact on the other side.
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Module 3 · 5 lessons

Build Resilience

Everyone faces obstacles, setbacks and disappointments in their career, and success depends heavily on how well you manage these inevitable setbacks. This module reveals how to control your mental, emotional and physical state in the face of adversity.

Lessons

  • What Is Resilience?
  • Identifying a Problem
  • Control, Influence, and the Cold Hard Facts
  • Developing Perspective
  • Grace Under Pressure

Bonus resources

  • Determining Your Trusted Advisor Worksheet
  • Control, Influence and Cold Hard Facts AI Assistant

What you’ll walk away with

  • You scope problems down instead of catastrophising, and your calm spreads through the team by osmosis.
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Module 4 · 5 lessons

Work at Level

You're paid to do a job, and the job at every level is different. If you're busy doing someone else's job, you're not doing your own. This module shows you how to move through each leadership level effectively, how to make yourself promotable, and how to deal with a micromanaging boss.

Lessons

  • The Job at Every Level Is Different
  • Becoming a Professional Leader
  • Building a Strong Team
  • Don't Dip Down
  • Fast-Tracking Promotions

Bonus resources

  • The Toggle Challenge: How to Know Where You’re Really Spending Your Time
  • The Dipping Down Self-Assessment

What you’ll walk away with

  • You get hours back in your week, your people grow into the space you leave, and you make yourself redundant rather than indispensable.
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Module 5 · 5 lessons

Master Ambiguity

Your job as a leader is to sit comfortably in ambiguity and to provide certainty and clarity to your team so they can work through it. This module gives you the tools to work out what matters and what doesn't when you're facing uncertainty.

Lessons

  • The Job of a Leader
  • Ambiguity and Risk
  • No Regrets Moves
  • Using Ambiguity to Your Advantage
  • Communicating Through Ambiguity

Bonus resources

  • No Regrets Moves AI Brainstorming Assistant
  • Communication Structure Template

What you’ll walk away with

  • You make no-regrets moves early, and give your people enough certainty to keep working while you carry the rest.
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Module 6 · 5 lessons

Make Great Decisions

Every exceptional leader is also a great decision maker. This module covers what makes a truly great decision, how to communicate major decisions to your people, and why speed usually beats accuracy.

Lessons

  • What Makes a Great Decision?
  • Speed or Accuracy?
  • What's Real, and What's Just Noise?
  • Getting the Most From Your People
  • Communicating a Major Decision

Bonus resources

  • Decision Tracking Template
  • Communicating by Storytelling Template

What you’ll walk away with

  • You can predict whether a decision will be good or bad before you make it, and make the tough call on time even when it carries personal risk.
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Module 7 · 5 lessons

Drive Accountability

Shared accountability is no accountability. This module shows you how to set clear accountability structures within your team, and how to create an environment where people feel genuinely empowered to make decisions.

Lessons

  • Your Success Depends on This
  • One Head to Pat, One Arse to Kick
  • The Role of Empowerment
  • Accountability in Complex Organisations
  • Keeping Accountabilities Strong

Bonus resources

  • Accountability Team/Org Culture Assessment
  • Accountability Self-Assessment
  • Assigning Accountability Worksheet

What you’ll walk away with

  • Every outcome has one name against it, and the gaps, overlaps and duplicated work disappear.
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Module 8 · 5 lessons

Connect the Dots

By this point, you've studied the No Bullsh!t Leadership framework in depth and have the tools to improve your leadership confidence and performance. This module brings every concept together so you can make sustainable change in your own context.

Lessons

  • Rolling Out the Changes
  • Building a High-Performing Team
  • Setting the Tone, Pace, and Standard
  • Challenge, Coach, Confront
  • Leadership Drives Culture

Bonus resources

  • Implementation Communication Planner
  • High-Performing Team Builder
  • Performance Standard Template
  • Stretching Your People Assessment

What you’ll walk away with

  • You stop learning and start doing, with a rollout plan that does not try to change everything in month one.

What’s included

  • 9-week cohort program: videos, templates and practical tools
  • Weekly live Q&A with Marty and Emma
  • Peer cohort/community access
  • Lifetime access to materials
  • 127-page Implementation Playbook and Post-Program Plan
  • Private student-only podcast feed
  • Bonus: 44-week implementation email series
  • Bonus: short courses on Motivating Your Team and Landing Your Dream Job
  • Bonus: masterclass on saving 10+ hours a week with AI for leaders

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