The Unlock Moment: find your purpose for leadership and life
My name’s Dr Gary Crotaz, I’m an international speaker, an executive coach, and I coined the term The Unlock Moment.
An Unlock Moment is that flash of remarkable clarity when you suddenly know the right path ahead. Unlock Moments define us. They teach us about ourselves. And we remember them decades later.
In exploring Unlock Moments on this podcast and in my speaking and coaching work, I’ve discovered how we can see ourselves through a new lens, how we can make new and powerful connections, and how we can get right to the heart of our deepest underlying sense of purpose.
In these intimate and curious conversations I explore how people find fulfilment, happiness and balance. From ordinary people with extraordinary stories, to some of the most successful people on the planet, you’ll hear them reflect on those pivotal life and career moments, when they suddenly knew something they didn’t know before.
And as you listen, maybe you’ll be inspired to explore your own Unlock Moment.
I’m so happy you’re here. Sit back and open your mind. Welcome to The Unlock Moment!
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 185
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
86 The Unlock Moment LIVE at Climb23 Investor Summit - Discover Your Purpose As A Leader
In this special episode, I’m bringing you a live recording of The Unlock Moment. In May 2023 I presented The Unlock Moment on stage at the Climb23 Innovation conference in Leeds here in the UK. Climb…
85 Dr Gary Crotaz - From Dance To Coaching, It's All About The Balance
Now if you’ve been listening for a while then you’ll remember a powerful conversation with a friend of mine, and a brilliant coach, Beatrice Zornek. It’s one of the most downloaded episodes of all ti…
84 Skip Bowman: Diving Below The Surface, A New Approach To Psychological Safety
It felt serendipitous to be introduced to today’s guest, a former scuba diving instructor on the Great Barrier Reef who translated his exceptional skills of diving below the surface into the same act…
83 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #18: When You Might Be Digging In The Wrong Tunnel
It’s the paradox of the successful. Psychologists call it survivor bias. The people you hear from are the people who were successful. That’s why now they have the platform that means you’re listening…
82 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #17: The Space Between Stimulus and Response
There is a famous quote by psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl.
Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our …
81 Meagan O'Nan - Held and Free, Coming Out Of Your Story
Pride Month Special Episode.
Meagan O’Nan is an award-winning author, keynote speaker, and expert in vulnerable storytelling. She is the author of the award-winning book, “Creating Your Heaven on Eart…
80 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #16: Alone, With Others
I’ve been reflecting a lot on a chapter heading for my forthcoming book on ‘The Unlock Moment’ – alone, with others. It reflects the idea that you are surrounded by people who love you, who support y…
79 Claire Pedrick MCC - Discovering The Human Behind The Masterful Coach
A remarkable conversation with a masterful coach that gets to the heart of coaching and what makes it most magical when most simple - this is one of my favourite episodes with one of my favourite peo…
78 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #15: The Power of Two, or Three
I’ve recently brought another person on to my team, so now we’re three of us working on The Unlock Moment, the podcast, my coaching and speaking work. I’d put off the cost of an additional team membe…
77 Todd Cherches - How Horrible Bosses Inspired A Brilliant Communicator
A master storyteller and inspiring leadership coach, Todd Cherches is the CEO and cofounder of BigBlueGumball, a New York-based consulting firm specializing in leadership development and executive co…
76 Germain St-Denis - Leadership Is Helping People To Be Their Best
This was one of the most enjoyable conversations I've had on The Unlock Moment, really a delight to spend time with such a humble leader.
I met Germain St-Denis recently when he was named a fellow Top…
75 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #14: Free Yourself, Be Yourself
Our minds are full of oughts and shoulds. And it’s often other people that put those oughts and shoulds in our head. You ought to have done that better. You should have made a different choice. You f…
74 Niraj Kapur - How Vulnerability Changed My Life
In this episode I’m delighted to bring you a very special guest who I met recently and I knew I had to bring on to record.
Niraj Kapur is an expert sales coach, trainer, speaker and author of the Amaz…
BONUS Gordon Bateman - Innovation and Entrepreneurship, previewing The Unlock Moment at Climb23
In this special bonus episode of The Unlock Moment, I meet CEO, entrepreneur and investor Gordon Bateman, who is hosting the Climb23 innovation festival for investors, start-ups, scale-ups and indust…
73 Steph Lee - Menopause And Me, Waking Up To Workplace Wellbeing
Today we're talking about the topic of workplace wellbeing. Steph Lee is a business transformation coach here in the UK, and founder of People First Workplace as well as the host of the podcast 'Rede…
72 Meaghan Martin - Rejecting the Hollywood Power Dynamic and Finding My Self-Worth
In this powerful exclusive interview, Hollywood teen sensation Meaghan Martin, star of Disney Channel's Camp Rock and Mean Girls 2, talks about the challenges she faced as a child in an adult world. …
71 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #13: Finding Your Fit
My wife and I were sitting down with two sleepy dogs tonight and working on completing the jigsaw we’d started a few days ago. A pretty scene of Venetian canals at sunset, we’d decided that in this c…
70 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #12: Align Yourself With The People You Want To Grow You
When I interviewed world-leading coach Maika Leibbrandt on The Unlock Moment, she used a phrase that has stayed with me. She said “I chose to align myself with the people I wanted to grow me.” I thou…
69 Dr Richard Osibanjo - What Is Your Purpose? What Is Your Legacy?
Dr Richard Osibanjo is a world-leading coach whose journey in analytical chemistry developed in him a fascination for the chemistry of people and leadership. Now Chief of Staff and Director of Organi…
BONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Cinta Miller - Become Your Own Safety Net
My name’s Dr Gary Crotaz, award-winning author of ‘The IDEA Mindset’. In this Unlock Micro-Moment, you’re hearing a short extract from one of my top guests on The Unlock Moment podcast.
Cinta Miller i…