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Most people know the headline of a leader’s story. Few know the path it took to get there. This podcast goes beyond titles, book launches and business wins, to explore the lived journey behind the thought leader.
Through deep, unhurried conversations, we uncover the moments that shaped them—the doubts, pivots, convictions, and quiet breakthroughs that built their body of work.
Each episode features authors, coaches, executives, and bold thinkers who have forged their own path. Instead of rehearsed talking points, they’re invited into a space where thoughtful questions unlock something more human. The result is a layered conversation that reveals not just what they preach, but how they became the kind of person who can teach it.
Because we believe the best stories aren’t always told—they’re revealed. And when brilliant people are given the right questions and the room to answer them fully, what emerges is insight you can feel, frameworks you can apply, and a deeper understanding of what it truly takes to lead, create, and contribute at a meaningful level.
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149: "Vague Thinking Produces Weak Outputs, Specially with AI" ft. Justin Coats
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May 05, 2026 |
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148: "What Do You Do When Your Boss Isn’t Doing Their Job—But You Could?" ft. Alli Murphy
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May 04, 2026 |
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147: Are Misaligned Incentives Shaping the Outcomes We Complain About? (reflections on Addison Hosner)
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May 01, 2026 |
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146: Addison Hosner: "Can the Legal System Be Both Profitable and Ethical?"
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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145: "What Would You Want From Your Manager If You Survived a Layoff?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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144: "Are We Going About Measuring Success All Wrong?" (reflections on Patrick Guerette)
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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143: Patrick Guerette: "Are We Measuring Success in Athletes the Wrong Way?"
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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142: "What Happens When Your Team Suddenly Doubles in Size?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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141: "True Buy-In Comes From Involvement" (reflections on Ashley Falsafi)
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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140: Ashley Falsafi: "Leadership Skills Are Mostly Portable"
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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139: "What Happens When Efforts Don't Translate to Outcomes?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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138: "The Key to Knowing How to Develop Mutually Beneficial Relationships" (reflections on Charles Byrd)
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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137: Charles Byrd: "Mastering Follow-Ups Is a Necessity"
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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136: "Should You Avoid or Plan For Conversational Landmines?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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135: "Sometimes You Don't Need The Final Roadmap; a Destination Will Do" (reflections on Andrea Brown)
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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134: Andrea Brown: "If You Don't Know Where You're Going, Any Path Will Get You There"
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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133: "Are You a Great Chaser of Vanity Metrics?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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132: Clarifying Your Intentions Before Asking Will Change Everything" (reflections on Steve Toomey)
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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131: Steve Toomey: "Are You Asking to Understand, or to Respond?"
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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130: "Can You Tell The Difference Between Growth Stress and Burnout Stress?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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129: "Are You Riding Your Career Train Intentionally?" (lessons from Pattie Dale Tye)
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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128: "What Is It to Go from Ordinary to Extra-Ordinary?" ft. Pattie Dale Tye
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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127: "Psychological Safety is Making Disagreement Safe" ft. Alli Murphy
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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126: "Do Catalytic Moments Really Exist?" (lessons from Jake Stahl)
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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125: "Can You Win a Deal Before the Close?" ft. Jake Stahl
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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124: "Are You Climbing a Ladder You Don’t Even Want to Be On?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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123: "Should Your Frontline Contribution Eventually Drop to Zero?" (lessons from Staci Lynn)
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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122: "What If Leadership Isn’t About Being the Expert?" ft. Staci Lynn
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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121: "What If What Got You here is now Burning You Out?" (ft. Alli Murphy)
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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120: "Can Trust Be Digitized—and How?" (lessons from Tony Camero)
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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119: "Do We Exchange Trust Before We Exchange Money?" ft. Tony Camero
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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118: "Is There Actually a Playbook for Building Trust as a New Leader?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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117: "AI Doesn't Remove the Human Layer—It Amplifies It" (lessons from Parth Vaghasiya)
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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116: "Is India Quietly Redefining Scalable AI Leadership?" ft. Parth Vaghasiya
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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115: "Is Your Once-Greatest Strength Now Holding You Back?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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114: "Are You Managing Your Strengths Like a Portfolio?" (lessons from David Nickelson)
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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113: "Knowing Your Limitations Is a Great Leadership Asset" ft. David Nickelson
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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112: "How Should Leaders Manage in Moments of Uncertainty?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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111: "Are You Taking Your Infrastructure For Granted?" (lessons from Victor Almeida)
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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110: "Is Survival Mode Your Greatest Startup Asset?" ft. Victor Almeida
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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109: "How Playing the 'Chief Everything Officer' Role Leads to Burnout" ft. Alli Murphy
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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108: Are You Solving the Wrong Problem Really Well?" (lessons from Bruce Vojak)
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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107: "Is a New Question More Valuable Than a New Solution When Innovating? ft. Bruce Vojak
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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106: "SMART Goals vs. Vector Goals: Which One Belongs in 2026?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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105: "Do You Know What Kind of Puzzle Piece You’re Actually Looking For?" (lessons from Brett Jesson)
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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104: "How Do You Build Culture That Isn’t Just a Slide Deck?" ft. Brett Jesson
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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103: “How to Support a Team Member's Growth Without Undermining It” ft. Alli Murphy
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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102: "Is Building Leaders Better Than Hiring Them?" (lessons from Jeremy Brady)
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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101: "What Happens When You Start Hiring for Alignment, Not Just Experience?" ft. Jeremy Brady
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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100: "How To Prevent AI from Atrophying Our Brain?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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099: "Balancing Intuition and Iteration" (lessons from Chase Damiano)
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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098: "Knowing When to Delegate Vs. When to Develop a Skill" ft. Chase Damiano
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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097: "Why Saying 'I Messed Up' is Actually a Superpower" ft. Alli Murphy
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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096: "The Power Behind Zigging When Others Zag" (lessons from Monique Lecomte)
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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095: "Letting Go Of Your Fixer Instinct" ft. Monique Lecomte
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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094: "How Can Leaders Manage Ghost Growth Effectively?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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093: "Coaching Is More About Revealing Than Perspective" (lessons from Ann Rivera)
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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092: "How Does the Transition From Performer to Leader Look Like?" ft. Ann Rivera
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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091: "How Can I Be Diplomatic Without Sugar-Coating?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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090: "Scalability Breaks When Dismissing the Impact of Small Inefficiencies" (lessons from Craig Dunaway)
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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089: "What Most People Get Wrong About Franchising" ft. Craig Dunaway
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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088: "Are We Confusing Leadership With Responsiveness?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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087: "The Hack of Seeing Things as Signals Instead of Symptoms" (lessons from Eric Collett)
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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086: "Is Your Brain Functioning Normally—Or Optimally?" ft. Eric Collet
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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085: "What If Finishing The Year Strong Meant Doing Less?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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084: "The Best Salespeople Aren’t Smooth Talkers—They’re Process Machines" (lessons from Gene McNoughton)
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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083: "Is Your Sales Process Making You Scale—Or Survive?" ft. Gene McNaughton
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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082: "What If Leadership Looked Like a Hammock and a Hoodie?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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081: "Support Isn't Weakness, Both for Leadership & Parenting" (lessons from Cassandra Asleson)
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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080: "Should You Treat Your Team Like a Family (and Vice‑versa)?" ft. Cassandra Asleson
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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079: "Do You Really Need to Be This Busy?" ft. Alli Murphy
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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078: "The Quiet Toll of Being the Go-To Person" (lessons from Michael Bostarr)
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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077: "Performing and Leading Are Entirely Different Sports" ft. Michael Bostarr
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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076: What Actually Builds Trust in a Team? (It’s Not What You Think)
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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075: "What Does It Mean to Truly Empower a Team?" (lessons from Chris Dyer)
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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074: "The Future CEO Will Be a Chief Executive Orchestrator" ft. Chris Dyer
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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073: Which Leadership Phase Are You In (Really)?
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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072: "Must Capitalism Be Realigned Toward More Desired Outcomes?" (lessons from Dr. Helmut Love)
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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071: "Is It Possible to Restructure Capitalism Without Losing its Drive for Innovation? (ft. Dr. Helmut Love)
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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070: Are You Too Nice to Be a Good Leader?
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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069: "How Parental Presence Intersect Across Sports And Leadership" (lessons from Sandy Cohan)
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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068: "The Dangerous Difference Between Expectations And Standards" ft. Sandy Cohan
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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067: How to Build Rock Star Teams (Even If You Didn't Hire One)
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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066: "Is Loyalty Enough to Keep Someone From Leaving?" (lessons from Alan Bell)
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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065: "What Happens When a Whole Team Quits Together?" ft. Alan Bell
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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064: What’s the Real Cost of Winging It?
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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063: "Is Your Company Ready for AI, or Just Excited by the Hype?" (lessons from Tulio Siragusa)
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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062: "Why Most Leaders Aren’t Self-Aware (and How to Change That)" ft. Tullio SIragusa
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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061: What’s the Best Way to Change Your Culture (Without Faking It)?
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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060: "Are You Coaching Your Team or Just Saving the Deal?" (lessons from Kim Willis)
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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059: "Can Storytelling Be Your Most Underrated Leadership Skill?" ft. Kim Willis
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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058: How To Deal With The Looming Talent Glut
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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057: "Are We Training People to Know—or to Do?" (lessons from Cortney Harding)
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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056: "Will VR Reshape The Future Of Corporate Learning & Training?" ft. Cortney Harding
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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055: Why Do We Struggle to Have Meaningful 1:1 Conversations?
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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054: "The Power of Saying 'I’m Happy Today'" (lessons from Andrew Anderson)
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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053: "Why Does Vulnerability Build More Trust Than Success?" ft. Andrew Anderson
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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052: What Should You Be Saying 'No' To?
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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051: "Authenticity as a System of Living—Not Just a Buzzword" (lessons from Rose Archer)
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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050: "Authenticity Scales When It's Felt" ft. Rose Archer
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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049: What If Every Excuse You’ve Ever Heard Was Just One of Four?
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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048: "Seeing Gen Z as Problem Solvers, Not Problems" (lessons from Logyn Coats)
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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047: "Can Gen Z’s Drive Reframe the Way We Lead Today?" ft. Logyn Coats
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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046: Stop Hiding Behind The 'I Lead By Example' Phrase
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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045: "Why Asking for Help Builds More Trust Than Giving Answers" (lessons from Jake Stahl)
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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044: "My Only Competitor Is Me From Yesterday" ft. Jake Stahl
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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043: How to Give Feedback People Actually Hear (And Act On)
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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042: “Can You Build Systems for Emotional Resilience?” (lessons from Troy Karnes)
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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041: “How Do You Lead When You’re Still Healing?” ft. Troy Karnes
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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040: What Do You Do When Your Team Thinks You Don’t Deserve the Job?
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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039: Why Your A-Players Leave (And How to Prevent It)
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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038: The Leadership Hack That Eliminates 80% of Check-Ins
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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037: How to Make More Time by Choosing What Not to Do
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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036: "Are You Creating Space for Others to Shine?" (lessons from Sam Bennet)
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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035: "What If You Led Like You Liked People?" ft. Sam Bennet
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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034: Does Asking The Right Question Beat Giving The Right Answer?
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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033: "Are You Chasing Success Without Knowing Why?" (lessons from Peter Awad)
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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032: "Why Do We Coast Into a Life We Don’t Even Want?" (Ft. Peter Awad)
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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031: The Secret to Make Hard Conversations EASY
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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030: “What’s Worth Being Relentless About?” (lessons from Chris Jones)
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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029: “Can You Learn to Be Relentless?” ft. Chris Jones
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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028: What If the Rock Star Team You Want… Isn’t the One You Hired?
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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027: “What If Great Leadership Starts with Being Wrong First?” (lessons from Ian Beaty)
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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026: “Why Is It So Damn Easy to Be a Bad Leader?” ft. Dr. Ian Beaty
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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024: “Can You Charge More, And Sell More?” (lessons from Amanda Bedell)
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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023: “What does it take to build a profitable business?” ft. Amanda Bedell
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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022: What If Reviews Could Actually Make You a Better Leader?
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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021: “Will You Adapt Before You’re Forced To?” (lessons from Justin Coats)
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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020: “Can You Build a Culture Around Systems?” ft. Justin Coats
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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018: “Can You Lead Without Knowing Where You’re Going?” (lessons from Brendan Burns)
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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017: “Is There a Difference Between Success and Satisfaction?” ft. Brendan Burns
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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015: “What Happens When You Finally Ask the Real Questions?” (lessons from Kyle Nelson & Eli Libby)
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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014: “What Does It Take to Realign Your Life and Business?” ft. Kyle Nelson & Eli Libby
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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013: What If Motivation Isn’t the Problem?
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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012: “Are You Settling for ‘Good Enough’ on Your Team?” (lessons from Alex Kudelka)
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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011: “Can You Scale a Business Without Diluting Your Magic?” ft. Alex Kudelka
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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010: Are You Ready to Lead an AI-Empowered Team?
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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009: “Are You Committed to the Process or Just the Result?” (lessons from Alex Boyd)
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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008: “What’s the Secret to Sales That Don’t Suck?” ft. Alex Boyd
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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007: Are You Leading the Person or Fighting the Generation?
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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006: What The F Is Accountability?
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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005: "What If You’re One Swing Away from Breakthrough?” ft. Brian Lofrumento
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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004: How Do People Get Better at Things?
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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003: “Are You Asking Too Much of Your Team… Without Realizing It?” (lessons from Tim Whitmire)
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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002: “Can a Free Workout Teach You How to Be a Better Man?” ft. Tim Whitmire
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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001: What Does It Mean to Be a Leader?
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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000: Welcome to “I Have Some Questions…”
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Jun 09, 2025 |