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In the order they were made to be heard.
- 0001 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…
- 0002 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…
- 0003 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…
Episodes
New episodes every week. Interviews on Tuesdays, Sidebars on Thursdays.
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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…
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Left Behind Isn't Evenly Distributed
When a team falls behind, everybody doesn't fall the same distance. Somebody catches the first hit, and whether the rest of the team feels a stumble or a collapse depends on who…
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They Delivered. Nobody Saw It.
A leader says the team hasn't shipped anything in months. The team has been quietly preventing disasters nobody asked them to name. Both are telling the truth. This is a sidebar —…
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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 didn't hesitate: "It's wrong most…
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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, dropping early for launch week…
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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 best places in America to work…