Humanergy Leadership Podcast
Impactful leadership development.
For 25 years, Humanergy has helped leaders cut through the noise and take real action. This podcast delivers straight-talking insights, practical tools, and expert strategies you can actually use—right away. Whether it’s a deep-dive conversation with an experienced coach or a quick, powerful tip from the field, every episode is designed to help you lead with clarity and impact. Practical, proven, and built for real-world leadership.
Humanergy Leadership Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep 253 Succession Planning Simplified
Succession plans live in a binder nobody opens until someone quits, and by then it's out of date. Here's a two-part excise you can actually run this week. In this episode, David Wheatley opens a four-part series on succession plann...
Ep 252: Why Being the Expert Isn't Enough Anymore
A lot of leaders build their careers on being the expert in the room. What happens when that stops working?David Wheatley talks with Nikki Patterson about why, as AI makes information available to everyone instantly, the leaders who succ...
Ep 251: Leadership Books Worth Reading This Summer (2026)
Seven books. One summer. A few of them might change how you think about leadership.David Wheatley, co-founder of Humanergy and host of the Humanergy Leadership Podcast, wraps up the season with his annual summer reading list for leaders....
Ep 250: How AI Erodes Trust on Teams
AI tools create a specific kind of trust problem on teams, and most leaders aren't sure what to name it or where it's coming from. In this Practical Field Notes episode, Mimi and David react to a Harvard Business Review piece by Jayshree Seth a...
Ep 249: What to Say When You Need to Hold Someone Accountable
Managers know when a performance conversation is overdue. What stops them is not knowing what to say, or worrying the conversation will go sideways. In this free workshop, Humanergy coach Jim Marshall shares two practical tools: the WXYZ framew...