Rest Before, Not After: The Discipline Most Leaders Never Build | Aslak de Silva, Martial Arts World Champion

In Leadership, It's Not About What You Achieve | The Skill of Making Others Capable of More | Ben Bulpett, Global Marketing Leader

In leadership, it's not about what you achieve. It's about what the people around you go on to achieve. In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Ben Bulpett to unpack the skill of making the people around you capable of more. Ben Bulpett is a global marketing leader with over 30 years of building and leading high-performing teams across some of the world's most competitive industries. In this conversation, Ben walks you through how to see potential in someone before they can see it themselves, how to make them believe it, and how to create the conditions where people consistently exceed what they thought was possible. You will learn three practical ‘try-today’ moves: 1.  Run the values exercise Ask each person you work closely with to name their six core values and rank them one to six. The answers are your diagnostic: what drives each person and what a meaningful stretch looks like for them specifically.   2.  Name the potential you see in them – out loud The moment you name the potential you see in someone, you change what they believe about themselves. Most leaders carry that belief privately. Saying it out loud is the act that makes it real.   3.  Give the stretch - and walk alongside it. Don't wait until someone feels ready. Give them the stretch opportunity now – and stay close. Role plays, honest feedback, space to fail safely. Confidence catches up with experience. Every time.   The ceiling on your impact isn't what you can do. It's what you can unlock in everyone around you.   Want to learn more about Ben Bulpett’s work? Follow Ben on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbulpett/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbulpett/]

You Ask Every Day - Yet So Much Insight Goes Untapped | The skill of Asking Well | Jeff Wetzler, learning expert and author of ASK

The people around us - our partners, teams, clients - are sitting on a gold mine of insights, feedback, and perspectives we too often leave untapped. Not because they won't share. Because we don't ask - or don't ask well. Asking well is a skill – and most of us have left it to chance. In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Jeff Wetzler to unpack exactly what it takes to build it. Jeff Wetzler spent 25 years unlocking human potential across corporations, schools, and NGOs - and kept seeing the same gap: people failing to learn vital things from those around them. ASK is the practical framework he built to close it. In this conversation Jeff walks you through the ASK approach- the mindset you bring into the conversation, how to create the safety that makes people want to share, how to design the questions you ask, how to listen, and what you do with what you hear. You will learn three practical ‘try-today’ moves: 1. Before your next conversation, locate yourself on the Arc of Curiosity. Notice where you are. Decide where you want to be. Move one click. 2. Replace one 'crummy' question this week. Find your version of ‘are we aligned?’ - the question that closes things down rather than opens them up - and redesign it. 3. In your next conversation paraphrase what you heard - then add 'Did I get that right?' The paraphrase shows you listened. The check shows you cared enough to get it right.   The gold mine of insights, feedback, and perspectives is already there. Asking well is how you access it.   Want to learn more about Jeff Wetzler’s work and the ASK approach? Book ‘Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You’,https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ask-Hidden-Unexpected-Breakthroughs-Leadership/dp/0306832690 [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ask-Hidden-Unexpected-Breakthroughs-Leadership/dp/0306832690] TED Talk: ‘How to Learn Something from Anyone’,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWRpkSYDjvQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWRpkSYDjvQ] The ASK Approach: https://www.askapproach.com/ [https://www.askapproach.com/] Jeff's website: https://www.jeffwetzler.com/ [https://www.jeffwetzler.com/]

You Prepared Your Slides - Not Your Body | Performing Under Pressure as a Skill | Dr. Dan Dworkis, Emergency Physician

Under pressure, most of us become someone we didn't choose. Because our bodies are running a script we didn't write. In this episode of Get Superpowered, I'm joined by Dr. DanDworkis to unpack how to rewrite it. Dr. Dan Dworkis is an emergency physician and founder of TheEmergency Mind Project. He distilled thousands of highest-stakes moments in the Emergency Room into a practical system that works in any field, under any pressure. In this conversation, Dan walks you through the full system -how to prepare your body and mind before pressure hits, how to perform at your peak in the thick of it, and how to come back from it not just recovered - but sharper than before. You will learn three practical ‘try-today’ moves: 1. Prepare your body, not just your slides. Before your next high-stakes moment, raise your heart rate - then deliver your opening lines. So when pressure arrives, your body already knows what to do.   2.  When pressure spikes, ask one question: am I in danger? If the answer is no - and most of the time it isn't - say it out loud and slow down. That loop is the difference between surviving the moment and owning it.   3.  After every difficult moment, ask: how am I going to use this? Not what went wrong. What you're going to do with it. This is how you get better at performing under pressure - one experience at a time. Performing at your peak under pressure is a skill. This is where you start.   Want to learn more about Dr. Dan Dworkis's work? Dr. Dan Dworkis’s book ‘The Emergency Mind: Wiring YourBrain for Performance Under Pressure’  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emergency-Mind-Wiring-Performance-Pressure/dp/B094GY88RK [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emergency-Mind-Wiring-Performance-Pressure/dp/B094GY88RK]  ‘The Emergency Mind’ podcast  https://www.emergencymind.com/podcast [https://www.emergencymind.com/podcast]  ‘The Emergency Mind project’ https://www.emergencymind.com/ [https://www.emergencymind.com/]

Rest Before, Not After: The Discipline Most Leaders Never Build | Aslak de Silva, Martial Arts World Champion

Elite athletes rest before the push. Most leaders rest after the crash. That difference reveals a kind of discipline most leaders never build. In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Aslak de Silva to unpack that discipline. Aslak de Silva is a world-champion martial artist turned CEO coach.  He forged his ‘Black Belt in Leadership’ framework in world championships - and now teaches it in global boardrooms. His reframe of discipline is simple and powerful. Discipline is not just the ability to push harder. It is the skill of knowing when to protect your energy, when to act, when to recover, and when to stop arguing with the voice in your head that says you can't. What he teaches leaders is the thing elite athletes have always known, and most high performers never learn at all. You will learn three practical ‘try-today’ moves: 1. Use rest as preparation, not just recovery. Block time before your hardest moment this week - not after it. 2.  Learn to spot your cognitive low point. Move every high-stakes moment away from it. Your worst calls are predictable - which means they're preventable. 3. When self-doubt arrives - stop debating it. Instead, find the next smallest action and take it. Press play and walk away with a different relationship to energy, timing, and action. Not more discipline - smarter discipline.   Want to learn more about Aslak de Silva’s work? Explore Aslak de Silva’s ‘The Black Belt in Leadership’ book https://theblackbeltinleadership.com/ [https://theblackbeltinleadership.com/] Immerse yourself into ‘The Black Belt in Leadership’ Podcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/4DdTrO61qc40TsGDBvaWTX [https://open.spotify.com/show/4DdTrO61qc40TsGDBvaWTX] Subscribe to ‘The Black Belt in Leadership’ Newsletter https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7383394817810018304/ [https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7383394817810018304/] Get inspired and provoked by Aslak’s thought leadership https://www.linkedin.com/in/aslakdesilva/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/aslakdesilva/]

Authenticity with intention with Alina Verbenchuk, author of How Platforms Work

What does it really mean to be authentic in a world that’snoisy and low on trust? In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sit down with Alina Verbenchuk, entrepreneur, co-founder of Korda, and former Google & YouTube leader. Together, we explore authenticity as a creator superpowerand leadership responsibility in a world crowded with noise and shaped by platforms - yet hungry for what is genuinely human. Through stories from the creator economy and leaders likeYouTube’s late CEO Susan Wojcicki, Alina shows how authenticity builds trust - but also demands boundaries, empathy, and contextual awareness. We dive into her concept of being ‘open vs naked’ and thesimple filters every creator and leader can use before they share: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it bring value? Could it harm? Whether you’re building a community, leading a team, orfinding your own voice online, this conversation reminds us that authenticity is not exposure - it’s alignment with intention. Key takeaways: * Authenticity takes intention. It might sound effortless - just ‘be yourself’ - but the most authentic creators and leaders are highly intentional about how, when, and what they share. Authenticity is crafted, not casual. * Authenticity builds trust - but only when you use boundaries. We assume ‘more sharing = more authentic,’ but the opposite is often true. Authenticity deepens when you know what not to share. Boundaries make your truth land more clearly. * Authenticity is personal - yet it’s never just about you. It starts with inner alignment, but its real measure is external: how it affects your team, audience, and community. Authenticity is self-generated but other-perceived. * Authenticity attracts - but it also repels (and should). Authenticity is a filter that helps the right people find you. * Your authenticity is constant - but how you express it should evolve. Your core (beliefs, values, sense of self) stays the same. But how you express it should be adapted to the audience, platform, role. Expressing yourself identically in every context isn’t authenticity - it’s a disregard for impact and context. Press play and unlock new ways to lead, create, and connect more authentically.   Want to learn more? Find out more about Alina Verbenchuk’s new book 'How platforms work ' https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Platforms-Work-Understanding-Mechanics/dp/1069828645/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 [https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Platforms-Work-Understanding-Mechanics/dp/1069828645/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0]