Let's Just Start Podcast with Laura Racky and Christian Cunningham

A new format - Let's Just Start Weekend Edition. Shorter episode on the biggest stories and what they mean for real life.

In this episode we cover:
Iran and analysis on why intervention, strategy, and regime change are never clean

What the real drivers might be, beyond the public narrative

Block cutting 4,000 jobs and why “AI” is a powerful headline

The reality of visibility at work and the risk of being outside the decision circle

Blue Jobs Pink Jobs and the system we use to split household admin fairly

The mental load, invisible work, and how resentment builds when roles are unclear

What’s next, performance reviews, pay rises, and setting your team up to win

If you want the Blue Jobs Pink Jobs pamphlet, it’s on the Racky Cunningham Collective website.

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Leadership training and coaching: Leaderbilt.co

Some challenging stuff in Ep 45.

Leaving a job without burning a bridge, one of the most confronting and important skills in professional life. We also talk about mass SaaS layoffs (WiseTech), tariffs, our 3 marriage agreements, guilt, loyalty, reputation, it's all there...

In short:
​How to resign and move on without torching relationships.
​Laura explains why leaving can feel personal, especially when you feel loyalty to leaders who invested in you, and why employment is still a transaction at the core.
​We cover how to protect your reputation, work your notice properly, and leave with goodwill and clean handover notes, even if you are frustrated.
​Values, parenting standards, partnership alignment, and conscious trade-offs come before any “should I take the promotion?” moment.
​We close with the three agreements that changed our trajectory, truth pact, kids first, and yes to everything always.
​Also included, a short discussion on tariffs and a layoff story being linked to AI.
Packed.

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Leadership training and coaching: Leaderbilt.co

NEW STUDIO! Fun.

We jump straight into three big buckets: health, developing people for 'great doers', and the psychological biases that quietly steer decisions at work.

In no particular order:

​Fasting explained properly, not as a fad, but as a tool that needs context, timing, and discipline
​Autophagy in plain English, why the body starts recycling damaged cells, and why inflammation can drop when you tighten the edges
​The performance downside of fasting if you train hard, work hard, and run on empty without planning
​Low calorie dieting and online aesthetics, why ultra thin bodies often come with a huge cognitive and lifestyle cost
​New leader development, why being a great doer is not the same as being a great manager
​A simple training method for small teams, pick three or four themes, do short daily reps, real scenarios
​Delegation, training for the work you want to hand over, not just throwing people in• How juniors can learn faster, reduce friction and speed run development
​Biases that drive workplaces, highest paid opinion wins, action versus inaction cultures, social proof, sunk cost traps, halo effect
​The ambition and contentment tension, how to enjoy the now while still chasing the next prize without guilt or manipulation

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Leadership training and coaching: Leaderbilt.co

In the final (probably) of the summer series, this is an excerpt from episode 27 focusing on two serious situations - increasing your authority at work, and dealing with bully bosses in the workplace.

The phrases that build (or weaken) authority

Confidence vs arrogance in leadership communication

Handling “what about” people in meetings

Creating ownership instead of issuing commands

Protecting yourself from toxic behaviour at work

Setting boundaries without escalating conflict

Planning your exit from unhealthy environments

These 5 MAGICAL statements will instantly lift your authority in the room:

“Here’s what I recommend.”

“I’ll take responsibility for that — leave it with me.”

“That’s a fair point — what do you recommend?”

“Let’s focus on what we can control.”

“Do you believe you can deliver X by Y date?”

We then tackle a tougher reality: how to deal with an aggressive or bullying manager when you can’t just walk away.

This is a grounded conversation about reality, protecting your confidence, setting boundaries, detaching from toxic behaviour, and building an exit strategy without pretending the situation is simple.

If you’ve ever struggled to be heard, felt your authority slipping, or needed practical ways to navigate difficult workplace relationships, this episode gives you tools you can use immediately.

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Leadership training and coaching: Leaderbilt.co

In this episode, we tackle radical self-accountability, not as self-blame, but as an approach that can totally change your life.

Even when something isn’t your fault, your reaction is still your responsibility. And when something is partly your fault (choices, omissions, patterns), refusing to face it stops you from learning the lessons it offers.

This is an entirely new way to view the world, and it's not for everyone.

The key question when something goes wrong: “What did I contribute… and should I have seen this coming?”

Why accountability isn’t self-flagellation (and why “I’m the worst” is just another escape)

How “you teach people how to treat you” plays out at work, at home, and in relationships

Why victimhood is seductive and how social media can reward grievance until it becomes an identity

The difference between truth and toxic perfectionism: owning reality while keeping compassion

Why the worst lie is the one you tell yourself and how inner/outer “misalignment” fuels anxiety

The “Matrix choice”: short-term comfort vs long-term freedom

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Christian Insta: @leaderbiltacademy
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Leadership training and coaching: Leaderbilt.co