The Gapology Guys
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About
The Gapology Guys: A leadership development podcast featuring Mark Thienes and Brian Brockhoff, authors of the books Gapology, IMBAR, Speed of Purpose, and the Gapology Inspirations series. We discuss methods from our books to help leaders achieve their greatest potential.
Episodes
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio Only): The Root Solutions
In this episode of The Gapology Guys Podcast, we explore the nine Root Solutions designed to close the three Performance Gaps within the Gapology Framework. Join us for a high-level conversation around these essential leadership principles…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio Only): The Action Gap
In this episode of The Gapology Guys podcast, we discuss The Action Gap. This is the third gap in the Gapology Framework and the one where the rubber really hits the road for leaders.
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio Only): The Importance Gap
In this episode of The Gapology Guys podcast, we unpack The Importance Gap and why it often stands in the way of team engagement. If you are leading people, this one matters. Listen in today.
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): The Knowledge Gap
In this episode, we break down one of the fundamental components of the Gapology Framework… the Knowledge Gap. This is where your team doesn’t know what to do or how to do it. We explain why leaders must take ownership of these gaps when t…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): Current State IMBAR
In this episode of our leadership development podcast, we explore a key concept from our second book, IMBAR: The Pathway of Transformation. We walk through the process of clearly identifying where you are today—your current identity, minds…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): Ten Winning Traits for Leaders
In this episode, we’re talking about ten leadership traits that show up again and again in Winning Leaders. They drive performance, strengthen culture, and raise expectations. The key message: • These traits aren’t born... they’re built. •…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST(Audio): Ten Winning Traits for Leaders
In this episode, we’re talking about ten leadership traits that show up again and again in Winning Leaders. They drive performance, strengthen culture, and raise expectations. The key message: These traits aren’t born... they’re built. You…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): AI - The Good, The Bad, & The Inevitable
AI isn’t coming… it’s already here... and it’s here to stay. In this week’s episode of The Gapology Guys Podcast, we dive into "AI: The Good, The Bad, and The Inevitable" and explore how Gapology is more important than ever for effectively…
- Gapology Guys Podcast (Audio): 15th Anniversary Edition is Here!
Gapology 15th Anniversary Edition is here! Listen to our podcast discussion! We’re excited to announce the launch of the brand-new edition of our flagship book, “Gapology: How Winning Leaders Close Performance Gaps.” Over the past 15 years…
- Gapology Guys Podcast (Audio): Simplicity with Purpose
Simplicity and purpose drive execution. Complexity slows it down. In this week’s episode of The Gapology Guys podcast, we explore how leaders can create simplicity by anchoring everything to a clear and compelling organizational purpose. P…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): Big Red - A new interview framework to select A-Leaders
Do you or your team struggle with interviewing potential leaders? In this week’s episode of The Gapology Guys Podcast, we break down a simple, effective framework to identify and select true A-Players for leadership roles. Don’t miss this…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): Courageous Leadership
In this episode, we share 3 powerful tips for leading with courage—and how it can transform your team and your results.
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): Keeping Your A-Players
In this podcast episode, we discuss five tips for leaders to incorporate into their rhythm to help keep their top performers.
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): ABC Players & Managing Unequally
In this episode of The Gapology Guys Podcast, we discuss the value of reviewing your team, identifying where they would rank in performance around specific tasks, initiatives, or overall, and then managing them unequally based on their ind…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): Managing Change Fatigue
In this Gapology Guys Podcast episode, we discuss a common occurrence in organizations that go through frequent change events, "Managing Change Fatigue." We share some tips and our thoughts on how to best set your team up for success and h…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): A Conversation with Tiffany & Josh High
This week’s episode of the Gapology Guys podcast features an inspiring conversation with Tiffany and Josh High, founders of Results Driven and Heels Homes, Ltd. They offer powerful insights into how they've applied Gapology to drive except…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): Training vs. Teaching
In this episode of the Gapology Guys podcast, we explore the distinction between training and teaching—two of Gapology’s powerful Root Solutions. We highlight the critical role of leaders as teachers and share how to embed teaching into th…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): A conversation with Barbara Boselli - Leadership Trainer & Coach
Brian sits down to chat with leadership trainer and coach Barbara Boselli, founder of BNOW Consulting. They draw connections to IMBAR, and she shares her thoughts and tips on staying curious, creating self-awareness, and blocking reflectio…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): Engagement Drives Performance - A winning leader focus
Has all the “noise” from the world around us clouded your team’s efforts to consistently deliver winning results? In this week’s Gapology Guys podcast episode we share our thoughts from a Gapology perspective on how to leverage your mindse…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): Clear Expectations - The Foundation of Great Performance
In this podcast episode, Mark and Brian share key components for setting clear expectations to deliver consistent, winning results. This is a fundamental piece from Gapology and one that is instrumental in creating accountability.
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): The Commitment Ladder
Mark and Brian share The Commitment Ladder, a powerful tool for winning leaders to use when analyzing their team's level of commitment. The discoveries with this process provide an understanding of how to best adapt their own behaviors in…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): Knowing-Doing-Being
Looking for a great way to view your team’s overall execution and their connection to their skills and mindset? In this week’s Gapology Guys podcast, we discuss a leadership method we call Knowing-Doing-Being. #gapology #teams #leadership…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): TxM=P (Talent x Mindset = Performance)
Authors Mark Thienes and Brian Brockhoff discuss a leadership equation for examining a team member's level of talent (skills, ability, and execution), their mindset (how they think and feel), and how they contribute to the team member's ov…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): The Habit Ladder
Authors Mark Thienes and Brian Brockhoff discuss a powerful tool from their book, "Gapology," that addresses the shortcomings of traditional training methods and provides practical steps to improve their outcomes. #gapology #leadership #le…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): Speed of Purpose Origins
Authors Mark Thienes and Brian Brockhoff discuss the origins of their third book, Speed of Purpose: Achieving 2.8X Productivity and Beyond. They provide a high-level overview of the framework for wrapping your people, performance, and proc…
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): IMBAR Origins
Authors Mark Thienes and Brian Brockhoff share the origins of IMBAR and provide a high-level overview of the model. For more details, visit gapology.org.
- GAPOLOGY GUYS PODCAST (Audio): Gapology Origins
Authors Mark Thienes and Brian Brockhoff share the origins of their flagship book, "Gapology: How Winning Leaders Close Performance Gaps." For more information on Gapology, visit www.gapology.org
- Ten Traits of Winning Leaders
In this Gapology Radio podcast episode, we share the ten traits of winning leaders based on our research and experience over the past 14+ years of teaching Gapology.
- Asking Questions: A Leader's Secret Weapon
Have you been looking for ways to foster independent thinking in your team or to close your own Knowledge Gaps around their performance? In this episode, we discuss the power of asking questions to begin the journey to developing wisdom, s…
- Mindset & TxM=P
Feeling stagnant? Noticing stagnancy in your team? Mindset may be the issue. Our formula of TxM=P is a great way to assess the mindset and talent levels of your team… and yourself. Tune in to learn more!
- Team IMBAR
Join our discussion on creating a Team IMBAR, the identity mapping process that aligns teams around a powerful vision of who you are... and who you can become... to work together with a singular focus to deliver your highest objectives.
- Creating the Right Action
In this episode, we discuss strategic ways to align the action of your team by clearly setting expectations and looking to the performance of your A-Players.
- A Gapology Impact Conversation: Danielle Beazley
Listen to our conversation with Danielle Beazley, Associate Vice President at Best Buy, and hear how Gapology has impacted her leadership and the leadership rhythm of her team.
- Personal Branding
Personal Branding! Listen in to our in-depth discussion on intentionally building a personal brand by choosing and leveraging your core competencies that deliver consistent winning results in your organization.
- Setting Priorities to Create Action
Join us for this practical and informative Gapology Radio podcast episode, where we share practical methods for developing and clarifying priorities that lead to action. We’ve made sure to include some fun along the way, making it an episo…
- Core Competencies to Close Performance Gaps
Mark and Brian discuss the importance of identifying the Core Competencies, by role, that close Performance Gaps, create action, and deliver winning results.
- Gapology Discoveries
Listen in to our Gapology Radio podcast this week as we share some of our own Gapology discoveries from recent workshops and coaching sessions we’ve held. It’s an interesting conversation that you can gain insight from as you apply it to y…
- Exception Reporting to Create Insight and Action
When deciding on methods to improve your business, start with building Exception Reporting into your Leadership Rhythm. This tactical approach provides incredible insight into who is winning, why they are winning, and how you can impact th…
- A Gapology Impact Conversation: Chet Enten
Listen to our conversation with Chet Enten, Director of Talent Development at Security Finance, as he shares his experience with Gapology and how their amazing team of leaders embedded it into their culture and created a real, lasting impa…
- Framing for Interviews: An Episode Reshare
In this Gapology Radio podcast episode, we "reshare" an older episode on Framing for Interviews. If you are preparing for an important interview, give this a listen. We share some valuable tips for framing your experience and skills in a w…
- Step Up: Courage in the Workplace
Sometimes, no one else can “step up” in the workplace. It is simply up to you! Courage in the workplace can be hard to come by, and the Team may be reluctant to step up. However, modeling “courage” and stepping up will set an example for o…
- Mind the Gap: Accountable vs. Apathetic
There will always be top performers, bottom performers, and the middle group. Gapology is all about seeking the information around these groups. What make them tick? What behaviors create each group and what can we learn through careful an…
- Mind the Gap: Training vs. Wisdom
Training is only the tip of the iceberg when striving to achieve Organizational Wisdom. In this Gapology Radio podcast episode, we discuss the trap many leaders fall into by assuming that training alone will produce that wisdom. There is a…
- Emotional Intelligence: A Conversation with Coach Cabrina McLain
How we think and feel impacts how we behave and is described in "Emotional Intelligence," a method for understanding and adjusting our behaviors intentionally using the "EQi" model. In the podcast, our friend Coach Cabrina joins us to shar…
- Self-Development: A Teachable Point of View
In this short episode, we share a "Teachable Point of View" on the topic of Self-Development. Growing our own skills is a winning leader behavior that focuses on the areas we want or need to grow, without direction from anyone else. Here w…
- Mind the Gap: Performance vs. Perception
Mind the Gap. This familiar phrase from our friends across the pond provides a slightly different context when examining Performance compared to Perception. In this week’s Gapology Radio podcast, we discuss all of this through the lens of…
- The Being Level: The Leader Matters
When connecting team members to what matters most, the leader matters. They help to show the way and model the mindset needed to live at a "Being Level" for elements most critical to an organization. Listen to our discussion as we describe…
- Commitment: The Leader Matters
When looking at the various levels of commitment shown by team members, we view them through the lens that the team member is solely responsible for being committed to their role, task, or employment in general. What we tend to forget, how…
- DABA Change Ladder: The Leader Matters
When teams move through moments of change in the workplace, they experience real human emotions and, as a result, human behaviors that must be planned for by their leader. In this episode, we discuss a model called "The DABA Change Ladder"…
- Creating Accountability: The Leader Matters
One of the critical elements A-Group leaders bring to the table is a consistent rhythm around creating accountability. This week’s Gapology Radio podcast episode discusses three key ways these winning leaders create transparent and consist…