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
68 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #11: Three Words To Change Your Life
When I talked with world-leading coach Dr Carol Kauffman on The Unlock Moment, she described the three words that changed her life.
Such a simple, yet powerful message – in moments where she was facin…
67 Chris Males: From the Pitch to the Boardroom, How To Achieve Sustainable High Performance
Today we’re getting into the space of high performance. How can you give more energy to others? How can you increase your mental agility? How can you adapt to disruption? How can you lead with impact…
66 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #10: Looking Through A Different Lens
I was working with one of my coachees this week who is figuring out a career change. She’s built up her expertise, her credibility and her personal brand in a particular field for many years and she’…
BONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Adwoa Akoto - Achieving The Same Purpose In A Different Way
Adwoa Akoto is a British-Ghanaian actor, writer, model and entrepreneur who appeared in HBO & the BBC's hit series 'I May Destroy You'. She talks about her unusual route from economics and finance in…
65 Alexandra Wyman: The Suicide Club - What To Do When Someone You Love Chooses Death
If you’ve been listening for a while then you’ll remember psychiatrist and suicide expert Dr Mark Goulston’s powerful episode here on The Unlock Moment called Catching People When They Fall. I heard …
64 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #9: Striving for Perfection
You might have heard the 1% mantra. … Every day become 1% better. Just 1%. It seems so tiny. Multiply that up through the course of the year, 1%, 1%, day by day, and by the end of the year you’ll be …
63 Whitney Johnson - Regaining Your Balance After You Disrupt Yourself
In this fascinating conversation that flows from music school to investment banking, from balance in your career to balance on the dance floor, this interview with world-leading coach Whitney Johnson…
62 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #8: Start With Why Not
A bit of motivation as we go into the long weekend! It was Simon Sinek whose iconic TED talk in 2009 brought the idea of Start With Why to the world – one of my favourite business books. Tens of mill…
61 Carol Kauffman - Real Time Leadership, Don't Hold Back
Today’s guest is something of a legend in the world of coaching. Dr Carol Kauffman was ranked the number one leadership coach in the world by Marshall Goldsmith. She is an international thought leade…
BONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Dolly Waddell - Don't Wait For Permission, Change The Rules
My name’s Dr Gary Crotaz, award-winning author of ‘The IDEA Mindset’. In this Unlock Micromoment, you’re hearing a short extract from one of my top guests on The Unlock Moment podcast.
Dolly Waddell i…
60 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #7: Focusing on Sleep With Time Budgeting
Recently our two little dogs Mochi and Beansprout have been burning the candle at both ends. No matter how late at night I take them out for their last bathroom visit, they still wake me up between 5…
59 Dr Robert Lefkowitz - The Adrenaline-Fueled Adventures of an Accidental Scientist - Journey to the Nobel Prize
If you’ve ever experienced the so-called fight or flight response, you’ll know about the rush of adrenaline you get when something triggers your sense of fear. Your heart beats faster. Your blood pre…
BONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Normand Ciarlo - Creating a Culture of Belonging
I was delighted last year to welcome Canadian retail leader and a former colleague Normand Ciarlo to The Unlock Moment. At the time he had recently left Holt Renfrew where he was in charge of their f…
58 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #6: Reflections in Still Water
There’s a Taoist proverb in my book The IDEA Mindset. We cannot see our reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
For most of my career, my mindset was running water, the…
57 Mike Ott - Coming Back From The Brink Of Death
Today’s episode is really an incredible story. A rising star in the hedge fund industry in New York, in 2019 Mike Ott experienced a near-death event that in just one moment changed everything. Today …
BONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Tayo Rockson - Have You Done Everything You Said You Were Going To Do?
Tayo Rockson calls himself a polymath-in-progress. He is a writer, speaker, consultant, podcaster, poet, professor, co-founder and brand strategist at UYD Management, a strategic consulting firm that…
56 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #5: Freedom To Be Imperfect
In my book The IDEA Mindset, I wrote “Freedom is the day you realise that it’s ok not to be good at everything. Choose the path that plays to your strengths.”
It sounds so obvious, but often the simpl…
55 Colin Coggins & Garrett Brown - The Unsold Mindset - How to Sell Without Selling
Whatever we do in our work or in our life, we're all selling something. Influencing others is selling. Getting buy-in is selling. Teaching is selling. Sharing an idea you're passionate about is selli…
BONUS The Unlock Micro-Moment: Nick Novak - Recognising and Responding to Burnout
My name’s Dr Gary Crotaz, award-winning author of ‘The IDEA Mindset’. In this Unlock Micromoment, you’re hearing a short extract from one of my top guests on The Unlock Moment podcast.
Nick Novak is a…
54 The Unlock Moment Box of Keys #4: Letting Go of Regret, Step By Step
This morning I was thinking about how running used to be so much easier than it is today. I wish I'd been more appreciative at the time.
It makes me think about how regret holds us back in life. We re…