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Most leaders don’t lose clients, revenue, or top talent because of strategy.
They lose them because of miscommunication, unclear expectations, and conversations that never happen...or don’t land the way they should.
Welcome to Fix the Conversation, the podcast for leaders, executives, and high-performers who want to communicate with clarity, confidence, and impact.
Hosted by Heather Lisle, communication strategist, keynote speaker, and founder of The Leadership Lab, this podcast gives you the tools to handle the conversations that directly impact your team performance, client relationships, and bottom line.
With over two decades of experience working with professional services firms, executives, and leadership teams, Heather is known for helping leaders quickly identify communication breakdowns and fix them before it costs results.
Each episode is short, practical, and focused on real-world scenarios, including:
You’ll walk away with simple frameworks, real examples, and language you can use immediately so you can stop second-guessing what to say and start leading conversations that drive results.
Because when you fix the conversation, you fix the outcome.
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Ep 16: How to Avoid Conflict That May Not Even Exist
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Oct 19, 2026 |
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Ep 15: Don’t Let Good People Pay for Bad Behavior
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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Ep 14: The Right Person. The Right Message: How to Turn Relationships Into Opportunity
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Ep 13: How to Get People to Listen to You
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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EP 12 Why Feedback Feels Like a Personal Attack (and how to stop taking it that way)
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Ep 11 You're Giving Great Feedback...Wrong.
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Ep 10 Pizza Parties Don't Build Culture, But These Conversations Do! with Dr. Julia Wiener
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Ep 9 The Cost of the Conversation That Never Happened
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Ep 8 Your Silence is Enabling Bad Behavior - Here’s How to Break the Cycle
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Ep 7 The First 90 Days: Where Communication Makes or Breaks a New Hire - Troy Ashby Benchmark Search
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Ep 6 Why Good Employees Quit with Michele Haugh, Co-Founder of EarlyHR and EarlyEngage
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May 31, 2026 |
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Ep 5: How to Have a Difficult Conversation Without Making It Worse
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May 18, 2026 |
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Ep 4: Why Avoiding Hard Conversations Is Killing Your Leadership
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May 11, 2026 |
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Ep 2: How to Read Any Room in 30 Seconds or Less (and adjust your message fast)
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May 04, 2026 |
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Ep 3: Why Deals Fall Apart (it's not pricing or competition) with guest Neil Barrow of EnabledBD
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May 04, 2026 |
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Ep 1: Why Miscommunication Is Costing You Clients (and you don’t even see it)
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May 04, 2026 |