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Falling behind is a position,
not a verdict.

The show for leaders whose teams got left behind by change.

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  1. Episode 0001·Story·22 min Falling Behind Is a Position, Not a Verdict He drove four hours to get to work. He hadn't been to a training in seven years. And that same year, the company he worked for was named one of the…
  2. Episode 0002·Sidebar·19 min Staying Isn't Choosing Turnover is down. Nobody's quitting. Every leadership team in the country is reading that as good news. This is a sidebar — the Thursday format…
  3. Episode 0003·Interview·1 hr 5 min The Theory Is Usually Wrong When a team falls behind, the leader almost always has a theory about why. I asked Brandon Raines how often that theory turns out to be wrong. He…

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Episode 0006·Sidebar·19 min

Somebody Takes the First Hit

Resilience isn't a trait; it's a resource, something a person spends and something that can run out. This Sidebar takes one line from Tuesday's conversation with Apriel Biggs (she/her), Chief…

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