Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front
Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front, hosted by Simon Kardynal, is a leadership-themed podcast for emerging leaders across all professions to help navigate those intricate moments while leading from the front. In this podcast, expert guests speak about their triumphs, their mistakes, and how they have learned and grown from their experiences.
Each episode offers advice, inspiration, and practical tools to help leaders as they lead 'from the trenches'.
Throughout the series, Simon uses personal and professional experiences and connections gained through 29 plus years in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Senior Non-Commissioned Member, a Master of Arts in Leadership, and his experience within a private sector company.
Trench Leadership offers frank and honest conversations with leaders from diverse backgrounds and professions to talk about the ever-present challenges in a dynamic and ever-evolving world.
Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front
E98 - What is YOUR Speed of Advance featuring Marty Groover
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I’d like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional unceded, un-surrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People.
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We can only lead as fast as we can understand ourselves and our environment.
But how can we understand ourselves? How can measure our performance?
In this episode, you’ll hear from Marty Groover, author, Chief Technology Officer, and partner for C5MI, who will help us learn how to understand our own speed of advance. Marty will offer insight and advice, providing us with real-world strategies to ensure we are being as productive and efficient as possible, in turn, helping our teams be the very best they can be.
Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #8 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2022.
Marty’s Episode Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martygroover/
Email: mgroover@c5mi.com
Email: groovermm@speedofadvance.com
Speed of Advance Amazon Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Speed-Advance-Convergence-Technology-Industrial/dp/1544525702
Speed of Advance web-site: https://speedofadvance.com
C5MI Web-site: https://www.c5mi.com
Marty’s Recommended Podcast/Book List:
Podcast: MFCEO hosted by Andy Frisella
Books:
1. Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
2. Scaling Up by Verne Harnish
Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #5 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2025.
Connect to Trench Leadership:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYnaqOp1UvqTJhATzcizowA
Trench Leadership Website: www.trenchleadership.ca
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trench-leadership-a-podcast-from-the-front/?viewAsMember=true
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