The People Leaders Podcast

Jan and Michelle Terkelsen have been putting out The People Leaders Podcast since 2017, and with 163 episodes in the catalog, they have covered just about every angle of people management you can think of. The show comes from Australia, which gives it a slightly different flavor than the usual US-centric leadership content — the cultural references are broader, and the advice tends to be less corporate and more human. What sets this podcast apart is its heavy use of personality frameworks, particularly the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The Terkelsens use MBTI not as a party trick but as a genuine tool for understanding why your team members react differently to feedback, conflict, and change. Their episode on signs your team needs an MBTI workshop is a good example — it connects personality dynamics to actual performance problems rather than treating assessment tools as an end in themselves. Episodes range from quick eight-minute solo reflections to longer 45-minute interviews with guests like executive recruiter Richard Triggs and workplace psychologist Anna Eliatamby. The mix works well because you can grab a short episode on managing difficult conversations during lunch or settle into a longer discussion about leadership resilience on a commute. The Terkelsens are particularly strong on topics like virtual team management, building support networks, and stress reduction — areas where new managers often struggle most. Their style is warm but not soft; they will tell you when a common management approach is actually making things worse. The back catalog alone makes this worth subscribing to if you are building your management skills from the ground up.