What’s the real risk of avoiding a difficult partner conversation?

In this episode of The Partnership Playbook, Phil Hayes-St Clair breaks down how to plan, approach, and execute difficult partner conversations with clarity, confidence, and leadership presence—so both sides leave with more respect, even if the partnership needs to end.

What you’ll gain from listening:

1. How to structure difficult partner conversations that protect trust and accelerate growth
2. A repeatable framework to handle conflict without damaging leadership credibility
3. How to end misaligned partnerships cleanly while preserving long-term relationships

If partnership growth and leadership clarity matter in your GTM motion, this episode gives you the language, posture, and confidence to lead when it matters most.

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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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When was the last time you had real time to think as a CEO?

In this episode of The Partnership Playbook, Phil Hayes-St Clair breaks down how CEOs can reclaim time to think and, more importantly, how to use that time to create clarity, momentum, and calm across the business.

1. Learn the simple disciplines that create real thinking time without sacrificing execution
2. Discover how better thinking improves decision quality, team alignment, and leadership energy
3. Build a repeatable rhythm that supports long-term growth and confident leadership

If you want fewer misfires, clearer teams, and leadership that feels steady instead of reactive, this episode will change how you think about thinking.

New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

More from Phil Hayes-St Clair:

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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.

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

Meet former US Air Force fighter pilot, Colonel Kim 'Killer Chick' Campbell.

This is her story including a harrowing experience during a mission in Baghdad, where her aircraft was critically damaged and she had to rely on emergency backup systems to get home safely.

Learn how partnerships, trust, and debriefing play a critical leadership role in high-stakes environments.

Connect with Kim:

• Get Flying in the Face of Fear by Kim 'KC' Campbell
• Visit Kim's website
• Connect with Kim on LinkedIn

New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

More from Phil Hayes-St Clair:

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

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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.

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

What if this year’s partnership growth doesn’t come from doing more — but from choosing better?

Most GTM leaders are pushing harder on partners in a market that’s already tight on trust, attention, and momentum. The result? Activity without progress. Deals that drift. Partnerships that quietly stall. In this episode:

1. Learn how to open deeper, more transparent partner conversations that drive growth instead of friction
2. Discover how IDEAL+™ helps you decide which partnerships deserve focus — and which don’t
3. Build leadership confidence by designing partnerships around intent, trust, and long-term momentum

If you’re responsible for partnership-led growth and want to lead with clarity instead of pressure, this episode will change how you approach every partner conversation.

Learn more about the IDEAL Framework here: https://philhsc.com/ideal

New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

More from Phil Hayes-St Clair:

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

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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.

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

What do you do as a CEO when two opposite decisions are both right — and choosing only one puts your business at risk?

In this episode of The Partnership Playbook, Phil Hayes-St Clair breaks down how to build the paradox leadership muscle — the capacity to think clearly, decide confidently, and coach teams effectively when contradictions are real and unavoidable.

You’ll learn:

1. How to recognize and name the paradoxes shaping growth and leadership in 2026 — before they paralyze decision-making
2. Why the human brain resists contradiction, and how strong leaders train capacity instead of chasing certainty
3. A practical coaching framework to help your team communicate, revisit, and act on paradoxes as they mature over time

If you want to grow as a leader who brings clarity without false certainty — and helps your organisation move forward inside complexity — this episode will give you the language, structure, and confidence to lead.

New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

More from Phil Hayes-St Clair:

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

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.

Can your partnerships actually scale—or are they just good intentions?

Many leaders confuse volume for value and "partner" for "vendor." But as David Johnson, CEO of Vervent, explains—real partnership is a strategic lever for growth and resilience, not just a nice-to-have.

In this deep-dive episode, you’ll learn:

1. A proven 3-part framework to identify and grow strategic partnerships
2. Why integrity, not innovation, is your real growth multiplier
3. How to balance risk, regulation, and go-to-market velocity

🎧 Listen now to redefine how you scale through partnership and growth.

New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

More from Phil Hayes-St Clair:

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

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.

My thoughts on leading in light of the devastating events at Bondi Beach in Australia on 14 December 2025.

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Are you building partnerships that actually work or just deals that eventually die?

Damon Lembi, CEO of Learnit, shares 30+ years of lessons from growing a 2-million-learner business and surviving the dot-com bust. In this episode:

1. Learn the “Ideal” framework to pressure-test any partnership
2. Discover the biggest growth mistake Damon made—and how he’d fix it
3. Reframe training as your most powerful revenue unlock, not a cost

Listen now to reimagine how partnerships and growth really scale.

New episodes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

More from Phil Hayes-St Clair:

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

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.