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Free videos, podcasts, books, articles and tools — curated by the MTA team. No sign-up. No paywall. No fluff. Just the good stuff, organised so you can find it fast.
THE MAKING OF A MANAGER
Julie Zhuo's essential guide for anyone who's just been handed their first team. No theory. No waffle. Real advice for the moment when "doing the work" becomes "leading the people who do the work." If you've been promoted recently — start here.
Videos
WATCH & LEARN.
Short, sharp videos worth your time. No hour-long keynotes. No buzzword bingo. Just content that changes how you manage.
Leadership & Management
HOW GREAT LEADERS INSPIRE ACTION
Simon Sinek explains how influential leaders and organisations achieve success by communicating from the inside out.
Communication & Workplace Relationships
THE POWER OF VULNERABILITY
Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.
Communication & Workplace Relationships
FEEDBACK IS A GIFT
In this video, Simon Sinek will discuss the power of feedback and how being more receptive to feedback is imperative to becoming better people, leaders, and professionals.
Podcasts
LISTEN ON THE COMMUTE.
Good management content that earns your ear time. These are the shows MTA listens to — sharp, practical, and worth the hour.
Leadership
HOW I BUILT THIS
Guy Raz interviews the founders behind the world's best-known companies. Every episode is a masterclass in decision-making, resilience and leadership under pressure. Binge-worthy. Genuinely useful.
Leadership & Management
HOW I BUILT THIS WITH GUY RAZ
Guy Raz interviews the world's best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands.
Management & Teams
WORKLIFE WITH ADAM GRANT
Organisational psychologist Adam Grant explores the hidden forces that shape how we work — motivation, creativity, teamwork and what actually drives performance. Evidence-based. Immediately applicable.
Books
READ IT. USE IT.
The books MTA recommends to every manager we work with. Not a reading list for show — a short, sharp shelf of books that actually change how people lead.
Emerging Leaders & New Managers
THE FIRST 90 DAYS
The First 90 Days has become the bestselling, globally acknowledged bible of leadership and career transitions.
Communication
RADICAL CANDOR
Kim Scott's framework for giving feedback that's both caring and direct. If you manage people and struggle with honest conversations — this book gives you the language and the courage to change that.
Leadership & Management
RADICAL CANDOR by KIM SCOTT
Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly.
Case Studies
REAL TEAMS. REAL RESULTS.
What happens when Australian businesses stop settling for generic training. Specific outcomes. Measurable shifts. Read these before you make your next training decision.
Leadership & Management
FROM RELUCTANT MANAGER TO CONFIDENT LEADER
A manufacturing team leader in Western Australia was promoted with zero formal training. After MTA's Leadership modules she reduced team conflict by 60% and landed her first positive performance review in two years. Six weeks. Four modules. One conversation she'd been avoiding for 18 months — finally had.
Leadership & Management
THE 15-MINUTE REHEARSAL THAT TURNED A DREADED MEETING INTO A WIN.
A production team leader at a manufacturing site in Albury was dreading a meeting with senior management to explain a missed delivery deadline. She'd been running the worst-case scenario on a loop for days, but never actually preparing what she'd say.
Workplace Compliance
COMPLIANCE TRAINING THAT ACTUALLY STUCK
A Queensland logistics company had run Fair Work compliance training three years running with no measurable change. MTA rebuilt it around their actual roster structure and incident history. Zero Fair Work disputes in the 12 months following. The difference: relevance over recycled content.
Templates
STEAL THESE. USE THEM.
Ready-to-use frameworks and templates — built for Australian managers who don't have time to start from scratch. Download, adapt, apply.
Performance Management
ONE-ON-ONE MEETING TEMPLATE
The MTA weekly 1-on-1 framework. 15 minutes. Three questions. Consistent structure that keeps your team on track and your conversations off the complaint-fest loop. Download and use it this week.
Accountability
MONDAY MORNING ACTION PLAN
The MTA post-training action planner. What are you changing? By when? Who's holding you to it? The template that turns training into behaviour — not just notes in a workbook.
Team Development
TEAM TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS
Not sure where to start with your team's training? Use this simple template to map skill gaps against business needs — and build a training plan that actually addresses the right problems.
Guides
GUIDES THAT DO THE WORK.
Deeper resources for when you need more than a quick read. MTA-approved guides that go beyond the surface.
Workplace Health & Safety
MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE
Beyond Blue's workplace guide for managers — identifying signs of mental health challenges, having the conversation, and creating a team culture where people ask for help before they reach breaking point.
Leadership Capability
THE MANAGER'S TOOLKIT
Harvard Business Review's essential manager toolkit — delegation, feedback, performance conversations, difficult situations. Comprehensive. Evidence-based. The HBR library is the closest thing to a management MBA for free.
Project & Operations
HOW TO RUN A TEAM THAT DELIVERS
Atlassian's team playbook — SOPs, stand-ups, retrospectives and the operational rhythms that separate teams that consistently deliver from teams that constantly firefight. Free. Practical. Steal everything.
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