The Look & Sound of Leadership

Tom Henschel has been coaching executives for years, and The Look & Sound of Leadership is basically a window into those coaching sessions. Each episode runs 20 to 28 minutes and follows a distinctive format -- Henschel creates scripted scenarios based on real coaching conversations, walking through how leaders can handle specific workplace challenges. With 268 episodes and a 4.8-star rating from over 1,100 reviews, this show has clearly struck a chord. Recent topics include humility as a leadership strength, growing your people, motivating teams, and dealing with unchecked egos above you. The coaching dialogue format is what makes this show unique among management podcasts. Instead of abstract advice, you hear actual conversations about how to phrase things, how to read a room, and how to adjust your communication style. Henschel focuses heavily on executive presence -- how you come across in meetings, how your tone affects your message, and why perception matters as much as competence. For new managers who know what they want to say but struggle with how to say it, this is incredibly useful. The bimonthly schedule means episodes come out less frequently, but each one feels polished and purposeful. Henschel is warm without being soft, and he has a talent for naming the communication patterns that most people sense but cannot articulate.