Tim Stating the Obvious

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You got promoted. Nobody taught you how to lead.

Now you're managing people who used to be your peers. You're stuck between what your boss wants and what your team needs. Your calendar isn't yours anymore. And you're wondering if everyone can tell you're figuring it out as you go.

They probably can. That's fine. Staying stuck there is the real problem.

Tim Stating the Obvious is the leadership podcast for people stepping into their first real leadership roles. I'm Tim Staton, a retired U.S. Army leader. I've spent my career building teams, holding people accountable, and fixing organizations when things went sideways. Every week, I sit down with executives, founders, and leaders who've been where you are. We get into what actually works.

No theory you'll never use. No corporate fluff. Just the obvious stuff nobody bothered to tell you:

  • How to lead people older or more experienced than you

  • How to have the hard conversation instead of avoiding it

  • How to earn respect without trying to be liked

  • How to protect your time when everyone wants a piece of it

  • How to build a team that performs when you're not in the room


Episode Date
Leading Through Polarization
Nov 13, 2026
Veterans Update #1
Nov 11, 2026
AI Co-Thinking: A Better Framework for Working with AI
Nov 09, 2026
The First 100 Days of a CISO
Nov 06, 2026
More Administrators Won’t Save Your Business
Nov 04, 2026
Is Your Team Really Lazy, or Is It You?
Oct 30, 2026
How Leaders Build Trust When the Future Is Uncertain
Oct 28, 2026
How to Never Miss Important Deadlines Again
Oct 23, 2026
You Don't Have an AI Problem. You Have a Tech Problem.
Oct 22, 2026
Why Old Nonprofits Go Broke
Oct 16, 2026
High Performing Teams Start With Clear Roles
Oct 09, 2026
Your Team Is Growing. Is Your Mission Getting Lost?
Oct 02, 2026
Feeling Stuck in Your Career? Find Your Next Move
Sep 25, 2026
"They Wanted to Fire Him. His Boss Said No
Sep 16, 2026
How to Earn Your Team's Respect (Before You Say a Word)
Sep 14, 2026
Leadership Playbook: Lead Like a SpaceX Pro | Essential Manager Skills
Sep 09, 2026
Nobody Owes You Success
Sep 07, 2026
Why You Only Get Noticed When Everything Breaks
Sep 02, 2026
Why Labels Are Ruining Your Company with Ryan Vet
Aug 28, 2026
From Bunker Hill To The Boardroom with Andy Moye
Aug 26, 2026
Stop Chasing Outcomes with Erin Treacy
Aug 21, 2026
Who Leads when AI Thinks with Adrian Wolfberg
Aug 12, 2026
Profit Seeks Purpose with Harland Merriam
Aug 07, 2026
Why Best Hires Become Problems
Jul 31, 2026
How to Dominate Your First 90 Days as a New Leader
Jul 24, 2026
The Reality of AI Displacement
Jul 17, 2026
AI Uncovers Secret Workplace Behaviors
Jul 15, 2026
Embracing Modern Leadership with Scott Abbott
Jul 03, 2026
Rise Up with Deepak Bhootra
Jul 01, 2026
AI at Work with Kate Marshall
Jun 26, 2026
The AI Ready Human with Paul Slater
Jun 19, 2026
Are Critical Thinking Skills Declining with Geoff Gibbins
Jun 12, 2026
Fractional CEO Services For Small Businesses
Jun 05, 2026
Unlock Six-Figure Careers for Veterans
May 22, 2026
37 Secrets to Lead with Confidence with Bill Miller
May 15, 2026
The Fragility of Trust in Leadership
May 08, 2026
What is Job Hugging with Nanci Appleman-Vassil
May 06, 2026
Palm’s Up Leadership with Rich Plumery
May 01, 2026
The Leadership Toolkit with Dave Berkus
Apr 29, 2026
Civilian Life Trap: Veterans Get This Wrong
Apr 24, 2026
Growing into Leadership with Sharyn Abbott
Apr 22, 2026
Mastering Business Exit Strategies
Apr 17, 2026
Cash Flow Secrets to Financial Independence
Apr 15, 2026
From Heart Disease To Heart-Centered Leadership
Apr 10, 2026
The Unspoken TRUTH About Selling Your Business
Apr 08, 2026
Unclaimed Funds: A Veteran’s Mission
Mar 27, 2026
Tired of Excuses? Take Back Your Leadership Now
Mar 20, 2026
Be Do Have Model: Transform Your Life
Mar 13, 2026
Never Fire Anyone with Mark Morgenfruh
Mar 06, 2026
Fix Workplace Culture: Uncommon Sense with Mel Blackwell
Mar 04, 2026
Can AI Help Create High Performance Teams
Feb 27, 2026
How to turn Fear into Anticipation
Feb 20, 2026
Thrive Corporate: Success Guide
Feb 18, 2026
Begin with We Kyle McDowell | How to Measure Outcomes
Feb 13, 2026
How to Fuel Your Brain for Optimal Performance
Feb 11, 2026
Align Your Purpose with Your Profession Today
Feb 06, 2026
Transform Disruption Into Success
Feb 04, 2026
Bonus: Navigating Career Transitions: Insights and Strategies
Jan 30, 2026
Why Most Police Applicants Fail
Jan 23, 2026
Work-Life Balance Is a Myth? This CEO Explains Why
Jan 16, 2026
Make Tough Choices with Peace of Mind
Jan 09, 2026
It's a SIN to not SUCCEED | What 1990s Czech Republic Taught Me About Business
Jan 02, 2026
Master Intergenerational Communication Now
Dec 19, 2025
Get More Time: Your 2026 Blueprint for Life Value
Dec 12, 2025
Leadership Succession Planning Crisis
Dec 05, 2025
Feeling Stuck? Build Your Future Self Now!
Nov 28, 2025
Unlock Your Team’s Full Potential: A Leader’s Guide
Nov 21, 2025
Why God Makes Us Wait: A Surprising Truth
Nov 14, 2025
Lead Like a King: Lionhearted Leadership Explained
Nov 07, 2025
What is Steward Leadership | Steward Leadership Style
Oct 17, 2025
Stop Team Chaos: Get Clear Vision & Alignment Now
Oct 10, 2025
Neurodivergence in the Workplace | C Suite Executives
Oct 03, 2025
How many jobs will be lost to AI | technology disruptions Insights from Futurist Dr. Mark van Rijmenam
Sep 26, 2025
No Excuses: Be the Go-Getter You Were Meant To Be
Sep 19, 2025
How to Design the Life You Want: A Practical Framework
Sep 12, 2025
Bending Time: Reclaim Your Health & Beat Burnout
Sep 05, 2025
Ride the Eustress Wave: Productivity Secrets from Film, Tech, and Happiness
Aug 29, 2025
Book Review: Antifragile - Things that Gain from Disorder
Aug 22, 2025
The Principle of ACTION! Stop Overthinking!
Aug 08, 2025
Your Leadership Potential: The Truth About Charisma and Influence
Jul 18, 2025
Credible Leadership: Gain Trust and Inspire Others
Jul 11, 2025
Command Charisma: Authentic Connection Secrets
Jul 04, 2025
Book Review: The 7 Commitments of a Great Team
Jun 20, 2025
BE Before You Lead: Why Character Comes First
Jun 13, 2025
Why you STINK and leading Young Folk!
Jun 06, 2025
The Anxious Generation: What Every Leader Needs to Know
May 16, 2025
The 6th Sense and How to Use it!
May 09, 2025
Why Leadership Without Integrity Will Destroy You (and Your Team) with Philippe Johnson
May 02, 2025
Subconscious Secrets: Are YOU Being Held Back?
Apr 18, 2025
Book Review: You Had Me At No
Apr 11, 2025
Deal With a Bad Boss: Actionable Advice For Success
Apr 04, 2025
Stuck in Life? This Mastermind Secret Will Shock You!
Mar 21, 2025
Book Review: The Six Pillars of Effective Leadership
Mar 14, 2025
Stop the Burnout: Set Boundaries and Save Your Sanity
Mar 07, 2025
Dominate Your Vision: Decisiveness and Persistence
Feb 21, 2025
The Essential Leadership Principles You Need
Feb 07, 2025
Unlocking Success Through Knowledge, Imagination, and Planning
Jan 31, 2025
How Senior Leaders Embrace Social Media
Jan 24, 2025
Crafting Your Legacy: From Vision to Reality
Jan 11, 2025
Visionary Leadership: Your Key to Success
Jan 04, 2025
Cultivating Success with Consistency and Discipline
Dec 13, 2024
Speak to Lead by Harnessing the Power of Words to Inspire and Transform Lives
Dec 07, 2024
Book Review 1: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Nov 22, 2024
Leader's Get Educated Not Indoctrinated
Nov 08, 2024
Storytelling Makes You a Better Leader with Andrea Sampson
Nov 01, 2024
Healing, Faith, and the Power of Connection with Sue Bowles
Oct 12, 2024
Unlocking Self-Awareness Through the Art of the Question
Sep 28, 2024
Leaders Have a Profound Impact on Employee Engagement
Sep 13, 2024
Lonely Screens, Stressed Hearts: The 2024 Workplace Well-Being Report
Aug 30, 2024
Great Leaders Transform Burdens into Blessings Through a New Lens
Aug 16, 2024
Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
Aug 02, 2024
Breaking the Paper Ceiling: Rethinking Education and Opportunity
Jul 12, 2024
Awful but Lawful: The Ethical Quagmire of Leadership Decisions
Jun 28, 2024
Embracing Fatherhood: Leadership and Love at Home
Jun 14, 2024
Unleashing Your Leadership Potential with Dave Dodson
May 31, 2024
Why Leaders Should Care about Turning Mourning into Celebration
May 17, 2024
Winning is Not Accidental
May 03, 2024
Discipline Over Motivation
Apr 19, 2024
David Dusek: Leadership in the Trenches and the Peril of Isolation
Apr 05, 2024
Final Part: Mastering the Art of Power
Mar 15, 2024
Part 3: Leading with Emotional Savvy
Mar 01, 2024
Part 2: Risk It For The Biscuit: How to Develop Courage and Overcome Fear
Feb 16, 2024
Part1: Lifelong Learning - Why You Need a Leadership Coach
Feb 02, 2024
2024 Trends to Plan For
Jan 19, 2024
Coffee Badging for the Win
Jan 05, 2024
2024 Goals - what is keeping you from achieving them!
Dec 09, 2023
Guardians of Integrity: Inside the World of Compliance Officers
Nov 04, 2023
Mindset Mastery: Your Path to Personal Growth
Oct 27, 2023
Unlocking Potential: The Art of People Development
Oct 13, 2023
Time Management Hacks Don’t Work!
Sep 29, 2023
A Call to Empathy: Understanding Stress and Burnout
Sep 15, 2023
The Evolving Work Identity
Sep 01, 2023
Cracking the Code to Financial Independence: Gen Z and Millennials Unite!
Aug 18, 2023
What Gen Z and Millennials Think About Work Part 1
Aug 04, 2023
Got Stress: Global Report 2023
Jul 28, 2023
Employee Engagement: Better But Still Not Good
Jul 14, 2023
Best Ways for Conflict Resolution
Jul 03, 2023
Be a Leader Worth Trusting
Jun 16, 2023
Leadership vs. Management
Jun 02, 2023
Senior Leader Priorities
May 19, 2023
Emails and Distractions
May 05, 2023
Invest In Employee Well Being
Apr 28, 2023
Part 3: Invest in your People.
Apr 14, 2023
Part 2: Someone Cares!! Building Employee Engagement.
Mar 31, 2023
Part 1: Establish Organizational Trust to Increase Employee Engagement
Mar 17, 2023
Retain the Right Talent!
Mar 03, 2023
Got Psychological Safety?
Feb 17, 2023
Tough Conversations: Jelly of the Months Club
Feb 03, 2023
The Talent Cliff of Doom!
Jan 27, 2023
Top 5 Reasons Why People Don’t Achieve Their Goals
Jan 13, 2023
Top 5 Goal Setting Tips
Dec 17, 2022
Questions about Questions!
Dec 03, 2022
Top 5 Most Trusted Professions - how’s your ethics?
Nov 18, 2022
Don’t Perpetuate Stupidity
Oct 29, 2022
Introverts All Charged Up!
Oct 22, 2022
Who’s Got the Monkey: Time Management
Oct 08, 2022
Maximizing Human Performance for Work
Sep 24, 2022
Quiet Firing... What it looks like and a better way forward!
Sep 17, 2022
Quiet Quitters!The Good, the Bad, the Ugly.
Sep 10, 2022
What is engaged leadership?
Aug 01, 2022
Mid-Year Review and ”Okay Boomer/Zoomer!”
Jul 23, 2022
An Obvious Take on Message to Garcia
Jul 11, 2022
Is it People or Processes that are the Problem?
Apr 11, 2022
Life Skills Part 5: Having a Community Mindset
Apr 04, 2022
Life Skills Part 4: Interpersonal Skills
Mar 25, 2022
Life Skills Part 3: Higher Order Thinking Skills or HOT!
Mar 14, 2022
Life Skills Part2: Having A Positive Mindset
Feb 28, 2022
Life Skills Essential to Leadership Part 1
Feb 22, 2022
The Importance of Knowing Your Self-Worth and Value!
Feb 08, 2022
Improve Focus and Time Management
Jan 31, 2022
How to Increase Mental Focus
Jan 16, 2022
Productivity Apps Don’t Work
Jan 03, 2022
Happy New Year and New Goals for This Year
Jan 01, 2022
Finish the Year Strong
Dec 16, 2021
Goal Setting For Next Year
Dec 09, 2021
Best Methods for Completing Your Goals
Dec 03, 2021
Developing GRIT
Nov 13, 2021
SMARTER Goals
Oct 26, 2021
3 Principles I learned at my first job
Oct 15, 2021
How Your Career Affects Your Identity.
Oct 04, 2021
The Gratitude Attitude
Sep 17, 2021
People First Strategy...or do we just say it is!
Jun 26, 2021
Best Methods for Career Planning
Jun 06, 2021
First Live Episode: Knowing Who You Are By Enduring the Hardships
May 22, 2021
Perseverance is Precious!
May 06, 2021
Leveraging Your Strengths
Apr 18, 2021
Responsibility vs. Competency
Mar 28, 2021
Do you control your tech or does it control you!
Mar 09, 2021
Delegate Much?
Feb 23, 2021
What Other‘s Think...Who Cares?
Feb 09, 2021
Can or Can‘t...Either Way You‘re Right!
Jan 26, 2021
The Strenuous Life
Jun 30, 2020
You‘re Fired?
Jun 03, 2020
The Art of Follow up
May 11, 2020
The One that Just Won‘t Listen
Apr 27, 2020
Leading through Crisis
Apr 10, 2020
Parable of the Sower
Mar 17, 2020
Toxic leaders aren't Toxic People
Feb 17, 2020
Fraternal Orders Infiltration
Feb 03, 2020
Merit
Dec 13, 2019
Bloom‘s Taxonomy isn‘t just for Educators
Oct 23, 2019
The place of multiple belongings!
Oct 16, 2019