The Arable Leader with Karl Martin

The Truth About: Strategy

Karl and Esther Martin return for the fourth and final episode of The Truth About, the latest series from the Arable Leader podcast. This time, they're exploring strategy - a topic every leader encounters about but few handle well. What are the key questions you should ask yourself to ensure you're on the right path? Where do leaders most often go wrong? And how can you take control of your direction and build a strategy that truly works?

The Truth About: Authenticity

Karl and Esther Martin return for the third episode of The Truth About, the latest series from the Arable Leader podcast. This week, they're unpacking Authenticity - a quality often praised in leadership but just as often misunderstood. What does it really mean to "be yourself" as a leader? Where can the drive to be authentic actually become a trap? And how might we cultivate a deeper, truer, and more consistent form of authenticity that inspires trust in those we lead?

The Truth About: Certainty

Karl and Esther Martin are back for the second installment of The Truth About, the latest series from the Arable Leader podcast. This series is about exposing inaccurate or unhelpful beliefs about common concepts in leadership - and this week the team is tackling certainty. How we become trapped by it, how to deal with its absence, and how to thrive in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, world.

The Truth About: Success

In this, the first episode of The Truth About, the latest series from the Arable Leader podcast, Karl Martin and his daughter Esther Martin set out to expose innacurate or unhelpful beliefs about common concepts in leadership. Starting with success, how culture defines it, how leaders think of it, and how getting it wrong can set us on a terrible trajectory, Karl and Esther outline a new vision for what success can be. A more holistic vision, a more soulful vision. Learn more about culture and character leadership from a deeper place at: www.arableco.com [https://www.arableco.com]

Healing the Soul: On Depression, Anxiety, and Waking Up with Craig Westhoff

Welcome to the Arable Leader podcast. In this episode, Karl Martin sits down with Craig Westoff for an honest, deeply reflective conversation about authentic leadership and living from the soul. Together, they explore the importance of true, brave, kind, and curious character, revealing how life's wounds—when faced and healed—can become profound strengths. Craig shares his transformative journey through depression, anxiety, and self-discovery, highlighting the power of silence, curiosity, and accepting our full humanity. The episode delves into practical approaches for grounding oneself, cultivating self-awareness, and fostering deeper relational and spiritual health. Learn more: www.arableco.com [https://www.arableco.com/] This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C4PQ2D3RVIo [https://youtu.be/C4PQ2D3RVIo] The Arable Leader Podcast features conversations with incredible leaders. We discuss what it really takes to lead from your soul...to be True, Brave, Kind, and Curious. In a world where leadership is, at best, untrusted, and, at worst, in abject crisis, we're working to equip people with the greatest of human skills: leadership. This is leadership of a different kind. Host Karl Martin is the Founder and CEO of Arable, a Leadership house that coaches top-tier leaders, specializing in cultural health. He has 25 years of experience leading teams to new levels of growth and coaching individuals to break through personal obstacles, enabling them to lead in a healthy way. Blending ancient wisdom and cutting-edge behavioral science in coaching and leadership development, Arable is changing the way global businesses and individuals develop through their True, Brave, Kind, and Curious model of healthy growth.