• 167. CEO Michelle Lynch on scaling healthcare without losing culture
    Feb 20 2026

    What if the future of healthcare growth isn’t about scale—but about partnership?

    Healthcare leaders today face burnout, commercial pressure, and rapidly shifting regulation. Many default to control. Fewer build ecosystems.

    In this episode, Michelle Lynch shares what it takes to lead through transformation—without losing culture or care.

    You’ll discover:

    1. How partnership-driven growth creates resilience in complex markets
    2. Why simplicity—not scale—is the secret to successful partnerships
    3. How emotional intelligence and purpose protect performance during disruption

    If you’re serious about building sustainable growth through partnership—this conversation will change how you lead.

    New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

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    The Partnership Playbook is the podcast for leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and lead their teams with meaning. Each episode gives you practical insights drawn from two decades of building and backing companies, coaching CEOs, and closing high-value partnerships across industries. You’ll learn how to scale yourself as a leader, choose partners that help you grow faster, and turn trust, alignment, and first wins into momentum that lasts.

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    55 Min.
  • 166. How to assess the GTM strategy you inherited (without killing momentum)
    Feb 18 2026

    What do you really inherit when you step into a new GTM leadership role — a growth engine or hidden drag?

    In this episode Phil walks through a repeatable framework to help GTM leaders objectively assess the GTM assets they inherited - including partnerships, sales, marketing, and product-led channels - and make confident decisions that fuel sustainable growth and leadership clarity.

    1. Learn how to quickly assess which GTM assets truly fit your strategy and ICP today
    2. Discover a practical framework to identify leverage across partnerships and other channels
    3. Gain confidence to decide what to double down on, stabilize, or sunset — without damaging trust or momentum

    If you want a clear GTM assessment playbook that strengthens your leadership and accelerates growth, this episode is for you.

    New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

    More from Phil Hayes-St Clair

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    FOR CEOs

    If you’re stepping into bigger leadership moments and want support at the CEO level, explore my CEO Coaching.

    FOR GTM LEADERS

    If you're ready to build a repeatable GTM system that actually closes deals and creates leverage for your organisation, apply to join The Partnership Lab

    Find me on LinkedIn

    The Partnership Playbook is the podcast for leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and lead their teams with meaning. Each episode gives you practical insights drawn from two decades of building and backing companies, coaching CEOs, and closing high-value partnerships across industries. You’ll learn how to scale yourself as a leader, choose partners that help you grow faster, and turn trust, alignment, and first wins into momentum that lasts.

    PS - Have a CEO guest recommendation for the show? Share this link with them.

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    10 Min.
  • 165. How CEOs help their best leaders leave (and still win)
    Feb 16 2026

    What does it say about your leadership if your best people never outgrow their roles?

    CEOs want loyalty and great companies require growth. And sometimes, those two forces collide.

    In this episode Phil explores what it really means to lead when one of your best people is ready for their next play.

    1. Learn how to spot the difference between healthy growth tension and silent disengagement
    2. Understand why helping leaders leave well often strengthens long-term growth and trust
    3. Gain a practical CEO framework for expanding roles, planning succession, or leading strong exits

    If you want to grow as a leader without creating dependency — and build a company where people become more capable because of you — this episode is for you.

    New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

    More from Phil Hayes-St Clair

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    FOR CEOs

    If you’re stepping into bigger leadership moments and want support at the CEO level, explore my CEO Coaching.

    FOR GTM LEADERS

    If you're ready to build a repeatable GTM system that actually closes deals and creates leverage for your organisation, apply to join The Partnership Lab

    Find me on LinkedIn

    The Partnership Playbook is the podcast for leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and lead their teams with meaning. Each episode gives you practical insights drawn from two decades of building and backing companies, coaching CEOs, and closing high-value partnerships across industries. You’ll learn how to scale yourself as a leader, choose partners that help you grow faster, and turn trust, alignment, and first wins into momentum that lasts.

    PS - Have a CEO guest recommendation for the show? Share this link with them.

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    10 Min.
  • 164. CEO Doug Taylor on why growth without partnership isn’t ambitious enough
    Feb 13 2026

    What if your growth ceiling isn’t capital, talent, or strategy… but your approach to partnership?

    Too many leaders try to scale impact alone—only to discover complexity is outpacing capacity. In a world of digital exclusion, rising inequality, and fractured trust, sustainable growth demands something different: aligned partnerships built on shared value.

    Meet Doug Taylor, CEO at The Smith Family, Australia’s largest children’s charities.

    In this episode, you’ll discover:

    1. How to assess whether a partnership will accelerate or dilute growth
    2. Why shared value is the key to long-term, scalable partnership success
    3. A practical framework for building trust-driven growth across sectors

    If you want partnership-driven growth that lasts beyond the next quarter, this conversation will change how you lead.

    Tune into The Smith Family’s new podcast All I Can Be on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!

    New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

    More from Phil Hayes-St Clair

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    FOR CEOs

    If you’re stepping into bigger leadership moments and want support at the CEO level, explore my CEO Coaching.

    FOR GTM LEADERS

    If you're ready to build a repeatable GTM system that actually closes deals and creates leverage for your organisation, apply to join The Partnership Lab

    Find me on LinkedIn

    The Partnership Playbook is the podcast for leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and lead their teams with meaning. Each episode gives you practical insights drawn from two decades of building and backing companies, coaching CEOs, and closing high-value partnerships across industries. You’ll learn how to scale yourself as a leader, choose partners that help you grow faster, and turn trust, alignment, and first wins into momentum that lasts.

    PS - Have a CEO guest recommendation for the show? Share this link with them.

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    46 Min.
  • 163. How to build redundancy into your GTM strategy (before growth stalls)
    Feb 11 2026

    What happens when a critical part of your go-to-market engine disappears overnight?

    In this episode of The Partnership Playbook, Phil Hayes-St Clair breaks down why redundancy is mission critical and how GTM teams can design backup options that protect growth without creating complexity.

    1. Learn how to identify hidden single points of failure in your GTM strategy before they break
    2. Discover a practical framework for building redundancy that protects revenue, partnerships, and growth velocity
    3. Gain the confidence to lead calmly through disruption by designing optionality into your GTM system

    If you want to build durable growth and lead your GTM function with clarity and conviction, this episode will reshape how you think about leadership and risk.

    New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

    More from Phil Hayes-St Clair

    Subscribe to the free Wednesday Partnership Newsletter (and get immediate access to my Frameworks Vault)

    FOR CEOs

    If you’re stepping into bigger leadership moments and want support at the CEO level, explore my CEO Coaching.

    FOR GTM LEADERS

    If you're ready to build a repeatable GTM system that actually closes deals and creates leverage for your organisation, apply to join The Partnership Lab

    Find me on LinkedIn

    The Partnership Playbook is the podcast for leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and lead their teams with meaning. Each episode gives you practical insights drawn from two decades of building and backing companies, coaching CEOs, and closing high-value partnerships across industries. You’ll learn how to scale yourself as a leader, choose partners that help you grow faster, and turn trust, alignment, and first wins into momentum that lasts.

    PS - Have a CEO guest recommendation for the show? Share this link with them.

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    11 Min.
  • 162. Why strong CEOs are always closer to the numbers than you think
    Feb 10 2026

    Are you leading with conviction or quietly hoping your numbers don’t get tested?

    Most CEOs say they want clarity, confidence, and trust from their teams. But many unknowingly give away authority the moment they admit they’re “not close to the numbers.”

    In this episode, you’ll learn how knowing the right numbers strengthens leadership and fuels sustainable growth.

    1. Why knowing your numbers is a signal of strength that inspires followership
    2. Which metrics reveal true business health beyond sales and top-line costs
    3. How numbers protect CEOs from being blindsided when making high-stakes decisions

    If you want to lead with more confidence, make smarter bets, and drive growth through grounded leadership, this episode will sharpen how you think — and how you lead.

    New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

    More from Phil Hayes-St Clair

    Subscribe to the free Wednesday Partnership Newsletter (and get immediate access to my Frameworks Vault)

    FOR CEOs

    If you’re stepping into bigger leadership moments and want support at the CEO level, explore my CEO Coaching.

    FOR GTM LEADERS

    If you're ready to build a repeatable GTM system that actually closes deals and creates leverage for your organisation, apply to join The Partnership Lab

    Find me on LinkedIn

    The Partnership Playbook is the podcast for leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and lead their teams with meaning. Each episode gives you practical insights drawn from two decades of building and backing companies, coaching CEOs, and closing high-value partnerships across industries. You’ll learn how to scale yourself as a leader, choose partners that help you grow faster, and turn trust, alignment, and first wins into momentum that lasts.

    PS - Have a CEO guest recommendation for the show? Share this link with them.

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    13 Min.
  • 161. RE-RELEASE: Christiana Brenton and the growth of FlightStory Studio (Home of the Diary of a CEO)
    Feb 9 2026

    What if your revenue playbook was slowing your growth?

    Most sales teams push harder. Christiana Brenton thinks differently, starting with curiosity, empathy, and humility. From scaling Flight Studio to rejecting a $100M offer, this conversation flips traditional thinking on partnerships and performance.

    In this episode you’ll learn:

    1. How curiosity and care outperform brute-force tactics in sales
    2. The “first principles” mindset behind Flight Studio’s exponential growth
    3. Why long-term trust beats short-term wins and how to build it

    Get a front-row seat to the mindset and strategy behind the world's most culturally relevant podcast brand.

    Listen now to rewire how you grow through partnerships and a true growth mindset.

    New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

    More from Phil Hayes-St Clair

    Subscribe to the free Wednesday Partnership Newsletter (and get immediate access to my Frameworks Vault)

    FOR CEOs

    If you’re stepping into bigger leadership moments and want support at the CEO level, explore my CEO Coaching.

    FOR GTM LEADERS

    If you're ready to build a repeatable GTM system that actually closes deals and creates leverage for your organisation, apply to join The Partnership Lab

    Find me on LinkedIn

    The Partnership Playbook is the podcast for leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and lead their teams with meaning. Each episode gives you practical insights drawn from two decades of building and backing companies, coaching CEOs, and closing high-value partnerships across industries. You’ll learn how to scale yourself as a leader, choose partners that help you grow faster, and turn trust, alignment, and first wins into momentum that lasts.

    PS - Have a CEO guest recommendation for the show? Share this link with them.

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    1 Std. und 8 Min.
  • 160. How “great deals” quietly destroy growth (and what GTM leaders can do differently)
    Feb 4 2026

    What if the deals your team celebrates most are quietly undermining your growth and leadership credibility?

    Most GTM leaders are trained to optimize for speed, logos, and booked revenue. But when pricing decisions ignore margin durability and capacity strain, “great” deals can quietly erode unit economics, exhaust teams, and distort future negotiations. This episode reframes how strong leaders evaluate deals—without becoming blockers or sounding negative.

    1. Learn how pricing, margin, and capacity trade-offs actually work—and why ignoring any one of them damages growth
    2. Understand how incentives and “strategic” discounts distort deal structure and become permanent over time
    3. Gain practical questions that help you challenge bad deals with commercial confidence and leadership clarity

    If you want to grow with discipline, protect your unit economics, and lead GTM conversations that hold up under pressure, this episode will sharpen how you think about deals.

    New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

    More from Phil Hayes-St Clair

    Subscribe to the free Wednesday Partnership Newsletter (and get immediate access to my Frameworks Vault)

    FOR CEOs

    If you’re stepping into bigger leadership moments and want support at the CEO level, explore my CEO Coaching.

    FOR GTM LEADERS

    If you're ready to build a repeatable GTM system that actually closes deals and creates leverage for your organisation, apply to join The Partnership Lab

    Find me on LinkedIn

    The Partnership Playbook is the podcast for leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and lead their teams with meaning. Each episode gives you practical insights drawn from two decades of building and backing companies, coaching CEOs, and closing high-value partnerships across industries. You’ll learn how to scale yourself as a leader, choose partners that help you grow faster, and turn trust, alignment, and first wins into momentum that lasts.

    PS - Have a CEO guest recommendation for the show? Share this link with them.

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    12 Min.