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"Leaders often hinder team motivation by projecting their own logic and values onto others instead of using curiosity to uncover individual drivers." Communication coach and former actor Joel Silverstone joins host Josh Seldin to transform how leaders approach motivation and professional accountability. Joel pulls back the curtain on the psychology of human behavior, showing leaders how to move away from rigid, directive feedback and step into a co-active, conversational framework focused on future growth.
Josh and Joel explore why projecting your own personal motivations onto a team member fails, how to master the art of remaining deeply present and listening actively, and the power of being soft on the person while remaining hard on the problem. From utilizing curiosity as a tool to uncover hidden professional drivers to navigating high-stakes feedback conversations, this episode provides a sharp, real-world playbook on how to build a sustainable, high-performing culture through authentic communication.
Key Takeaways:
✅ The Projection Trap: Why assuming your team members are motivated by the same logic and values as you is a major leadership blind spot.
✅ Curiosity Over Certainty: How replacing assumptions with genuine curiosity allows you to uncover what actually drives individual performance.
✅ The Co-Active Feedback Model: Shifting away from top-down directive feedback to a collaborative, growth-focused conversation.
✅ Deep Presence in Communication: Strategies for overcoming the internal noise to listen actively and remain fully present with your team.
✅ Soft on Person, Hard on Problem: A communication framework for protecting human relationships and psychological safety while maintaining uncompromising standards for performance.
✅ Unlocking Team Motivation: Practical tools from the world of performance and coaching to transform how your team engages with constructive criticism.
🔗 Connect with Joel Silverstone:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelsilverstone/
Website: https://thisfeelsright.ca/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/this.feels.right/
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#LeadershipInQuarters #JoelSilverstone #EffectiveFeedback #TeamMotivation #CoActiveCoaching #CorporateCulture #ExecutiveCoaching #CommunicationSkills #JoshSeldin #YourGrowthAscent

"It costs you nothing to be respectful, but it will cost you relationships if you assume the worst in other people every time." Former Salesforce Senior Director David Fung joins host Josh Seldin to tackle the ultimate challenge of matrixed organizations: how to get things done when you aren't the boss. David pulls back the curtain on the psychology of human behavior, showing leaders how to move away from command-and-control tactics and step into a culture of high-yielding influence.
Josh and David explore the "What's in it for me?" (WIIFM) factor, why flatter organizations require a complete abandonment of corporate egos, and how to successfully hold peers accountable when deadlines slip. From building cross-functional "piggy banks" of trust to dealing with holiday weekend emergencies, this episode provides a sharp, real-world playbook on how to lead effectively using credibility, authentic connection, and strategic relevance.
Key Takeaways:
✅ The Authority Fallacy: Why relying on a title or organizational hierarchy to drive priorities results in checked-out teams who only do the bare minimum.
✅ The Influencer Triad: Mastering the three requirements of non-authoritative leadership—establishing deep structural credibility, forging human connection, and maintaining radical relevance.
✅ Bypassing the Transactional Trap: How to stop treating corporate relationships like a fast-food order and start building genuine, proactive rapport across departments.
✅ Uncovering Hidden Leverage: Strategies for finding shared commonalities and collective alignment across seemingly disconnected departmental silos.
✅ Peer-to-Peer Accountability: A live roleplay framework for politely but firmly holding cross-functional colleagues accountable to their commitments through the lens of integrity.
✅ The True Cost of Respect: Understanding how a baseline of humility, transparency, and empathy acts as your most powerful currency for sustainable, long-term career success.
🔗 Connect with David Fung:
Podcast: https://coachfulcoaching.com/podcast
Website: http://www.coachfulcoaching.com/
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"People want to work with the people they want to have a beer or a glass of wine with." Television monologue writer, author, and clean comedian Jan McInnis joins host Josh Seldin to prove that humor isn't just for the comedy club: it's a critical tool in the executive toolkit. Jan shares her front-line secrets from speaking to organizations like the Federal Reserve and the Mayo Clinic, showing leaders how to safely navigate the fine line of "too soon" comedy and leverage the humanizing power of self-deprecating wit.
Josh and Jan dig into how leaders can command a room like a seasoned stand-up, manage corporate "hecklers" without losing power, and bypass standard corporate tunnel vision by intentionally scanning their environment for ironies. From coping with frozen salaries in Iowa to navigating truck drivers in a church basement, this episode is a masterclass in reading the room and breaking the ice when the pressure is on.
Key Takeaways:
✅ The Energy Reset: How a single well-timed observation can instantly release the physiological tension of a room stuck in a low-energy or high-stress rut.
✅ The Anatomy of a Business Joke: Why leaders should avoid hot-button topics (politics, religion) and focus strictly on situational ironies and self-deprecating humor.
✅ Handling the Corporate Heckler: Learning from comedians how to diffuse disruptive, attention-seeking team members ("Bobs") without forfeiting your authority.
✅ Bypassing Corporate Blinders: How to trade presentation tunnel vision for sharp situational awareness by scanning agendas, environments, and team vibes.
✅ The Meme Advantage: Utilizing cartoons, idioms, altered acronyms, and visual memes to increase email open rates and reinforce dry corporate documentation.
✅ Starting Small: Embracing the "open mic" approach to management by testing out small, authentic expressions of humor before anchoring major company keynotes with it.
🔗 Connect with Jan McInnis:
Website: https://theworklady.com/
Substack: https://janmcinnis.substack.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jan.mcinnis/
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"The mind overcomplicates things. The heart simplifies." Corporate growth strategist and author Alison Kermode joins host Josh Seldin to pull back the curtain on a critical resource most executive spreadsheets completely miss: employee energy. Alison shares how she used energetic awareness to help scale a company by over $1 billion and details a staggering 200% revenue turnaround achieved simply by shifting a team's emotional climate.
Josh and Alison dissect the corporate ego—the hyper-defensive, protective mindset that creates silos, stifles collaboration, and breeds "Negative Nellies." They discuss practical ways to audit a meeting's vibe, why leaders need to run away from the term "soft skills," and how integrating a "heart-centered advantage" is the ultimate counterweight to the cold, transactional energy of artificial intelligence.
Key Takeaways:
✅ The 200% Revenue Blueprint: Real-world proof that shifting a workplace from fear-based to heart-centered directly accelerates financial metrics.
✅ The Incredible Hulk Mindset: Recognizing how an overdeveloped corporate ego causes leaders to overcomplicate problems and drown in defensive data.
✅ The EVOL&ved Framework: Understanding the mathematical balance of culture—aiming for 51% heart energy (EVOL/ Love backwards) and 49% mind energy (ved).
✅ Meeting Vibe Metrics: How to spot the early warning signs of cultural decline, including sudden defensiveness and "dog and pony show" presentations.
✅ The Meta-Moment Reset: A simple, under-a-minute biological tool using conscious breathing to override a high-stress, hijacked brain state.
✅ The Counter-AI Strategy: Why human-centered customer service is becoming the highest-value corporate differentiator as transactional tech scales.
🔗 Connect with Alison Kermode:
Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/yolarobert1/2026/03/01/7-ways-to-become-a-heart-centered-leader/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9Oi_cmnk4hIVScj2WE65g
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theevolvedtraining/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-kermode-919b713/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEvolvedTraining
Training: https://theevolvedtraining.com/
Consulting: https://kermodecollaborative.com/
Heart-Centered Movement Online Store (Apparel and Books): https://theevolvedstore.com/
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"We are human beings, not human doings." Ursula Pottinga joins host Josh Seldin to challenge high-achieving leaders who try to intellectualize every problem while completely ignoring the body. Did you know that 90% of the information processed by your system originates in the body before it ever reaches the brain?
Josh and Ursula dive deep into the mechanics of nervous system regulation, the power of the "mirror neuron system" in team dynamics, and the hidden biological cost of emotional suppression. They offer practical neuroscience tools to move leaders from a state of wobbly dysregulation to grounded presence, providing a fascinating look at how curiosity and brain science can transform workplace culture in 2026.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ The Embodied Brain: Why the body holds the deeper wisdom and data required for sustainable behavior modification.
✅ Nervous System Regulation: How your physiological state directly dictates the effectiveness, clarity, and empathy of your leadership actions.
✅ The Mirror Neuron System: The science behind how leaders unconsciously broadcast their stress or calm to their entire team.
✅ The Danger of Suppression: Why pretending "everything is fine" increases your chemical stress load and leads to sideways "leaks" like road rage or sudden outbursts.
✅ Name It to Tame It: How simply verbalizing a difficult emotion immediately triggers a calming biochemical response in the nervous system.
✅ Neuroplasticity & Habits: How to break out of old, ineffective "neural highways" and consciously wire new pathways for leadership success.
✅ Leading Neurodiversity & Differences: Why curiosity is the ultimate tool for supporting neurodivergent, generational, and cultural differences in modern organizations.
✅ Complaints as Requests: How to reframe team complaints as unspoken requests and transition your culture into a solution-focused powerhouse.
🔗 Connect with Ursula Pottinga:
Her Website: https://www.profoundgrowth.com/podcasts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ursula-pottinga/
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"How do we work together?" While many leaders focus on working harder or working smarter, cultural strategist Ian Clawson joins Josh Seldin to argue that the most important question is how we co-create. Ian, the co-author of Brave Together, discusses why even high-performing teams can feel disconnected and how leaders can identify the "fear-based" behaviors—blame, complaining, and excuses—that stall growth. In this episode, you’ll learn why a "safe space" isn't enough and how to build a "brave space" where the best ideas win.
Josh and Ian explore the "Mirror Test" for leaders, the power of leading with curious questions, and how to balance the high standards of execution with the humanity required for long-term cultural health.
Key Takeaways:
✅ Inclusion vs. Belonging: Understanding the organizational and individual roles in creating a connected team.
✅ The 3 Faces of Fear: How to spot blame, complaining, and excuses as indicators of underlying psychological barriers.
✅ Leading with Questions: Why the best leaders don't have all the answers and how to use curiosity as a strategic tool.
✅ The Mirror Test: Shifting the mindset from "What's wrong with them?" to "How must I change my approach?".
✅ Standards vs. Expectations: How to avoid the "suffocating" trap of micromanagement by focusing on directional standards.
✅ Co-Creation: Moving beyond the "lone wolf" executor mentality to design a better collective experience.
🔗 Connect with Ian Clawson:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-clawson-bravecore/
His Website: https://bravecore.co/
His Book (Brave Together): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1265386676/...
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"In order for your team to produce for you, you have to have that vulnerability as well." Dr. Mar joins Josh to dismantle the myth that vulnerability is a "soft skill" or a sign of weakness in positions of power. Instead, they discuss how showing humanity allows organizations to thrive during times of extreme disruption, such as the global challenges faced by the healthcare industry during COVID-19.
Josh and Dr. Mar dive deep into the differences in how men and women navigate vulnerability, the danger of the "I did it, why can't you?" mentality, and the critical balance between being an empathetic leader and maintaining accountability. They provide a roadmap for leaders to move from "Chaos to Calm" by developing self-awareness and building bridges of trust rather than barriers of ego.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ The Vulnerability Reframe: Why bringing humanity into stoic work is a requirement for modern organizational success.
✅ Gender Stereotypes in Leadership: How to overcome the different societal pressures placed on men and women regarding emotional expression.
✅ Leading Through Disruption: Real-world lessons from the front lines of healthcare on how empathy saves teams during crises.
✅ The Balance of Calm and Stern: How to be a "no-nonsense" leader while remaining a safe space for your team.
✅ Building Bridges vs. Barriers: Why curiosity and asking "what help is needed?" is more effective than scolding or shaming.
✅ Emotional Regulation: The importance of self-awareness and knowing your own "level" before attempting to lead others.
🔗 Connect with Dr. Marline C. Duroseau:
Her Website: http://www.mcdbe.com/
Chaos to Calm™ : masterclass.mcdbe.com
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"A leader's job is not to get followers; it's to create more leaders." Greg Provance joins Josh to discuss the subtle traps that lead to the "babysitting mentality"—where leaders feel they have to repeat instructions a thousand times because their team lacks ownership. They dive into how to reframe these interactions to foster an environment where team members don't just follow orders, but bring solutions to the table.
Josh and Greg explore why curiosity is the most powerful tool in your leadership kit. From utilizing "micro-coaching" sessions in high-paced environments to turning mistakes into collaborative learning opportunities, this episode provides actionable strategies to move beyond the surface-level metrics and tap into the energy of your culture.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ Babysitter vs. Leader: How to diagnose if you are unintentionally stifling your team’s growth.
✅ The Power of Curiosity: Why turning every "correction" into a question changes the energy of the entire team.
✅ Micro-Coaching: How to build capability and ownership on the fly, even when you have "no time."
✅ The "Why" Behind Mistakes: How to move from shaming failures to understanding the root cause (and fixing it for good).
✅ Reclaiming the Pre-Shift: Why team huddles are the "golden moments" for alignment, even if they aren't perfect.
✅ Energy as a Metric: Why the "feel" of your organization is the ultimate driver of retention and profitability.
🔗 Connect with Greg Provance:
His Website: gphospitalitypartners.com
His Email: greg@gphospitalitypartners.com
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#LeadershipInQuarters #GregProvance #RideOrDieTeam #HospitalityLeadership #OwnershipMindset #StopBabysitting #LeadershipDevelopment #CultureBuilding #JoshSeldin #YourGrowthAscent

"Inaction is in itself a decision." Kevin Gaskell joins Josh to discuss how to lead when the pressure doesn't let up. Drawing parallels from the military and the Apollo space missions, Kevin explains why the best leaders remain calm by becoming the "Capcom" for their team—filtering noise and focusing on a single version of the truth.
Josh and Kevin explore the "5% Genius Rule," the importance of scheduling recovery time for high-performers, and why "arrogance is a terrible sin" in the boardroom. Whether you are navigating a ten-year loss or building a new startup, this episode provides a roadmap for shifting from reactive firefighting to proactive, systemic success.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ The 5% Genius Rule: How to harness the collective "genius" of your entire team to create 100% excellence.
✅ Clarity over Numbers: Why focusing on the score (numbers) instead of the game (teamwork) leads to failure.
✅ Capcom Communication: How to reduce noise and confusion by centralizing communication during a crisis.
✅ Resilience beats Brilliance: Why long-term success depends on consistent systems rather than individual "heroes."
✅ Shadow Culture Prevention: How to ensure alignment in the room translates to action outside the room.
✅ Scheduled Recovery: Why strong leaders must force their "Type A" executives to take breaks to avoid breaking.
✅ Win or Learn: Shifting the mindset from "fear of failure" to "momentum of decision."
🔗 Connect with Kevin Gaskell: https://kevingaskell.com/
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"Authenticity is the highest vibration—it's even higher than love." Dr. Norma Hollis joins Josh to discuss the high cost of "losing yourself" in a corporate box. They dive into why many professionals face an identity crisis at retirement and how companies unknowingly design systems that kill the very diversity of mindset they claim to value.
Josh and Dr. Hollis discuss the "Gifts Game" and the importance of alignment—matching your natural-born talents with your professional role. This episode is a call to action for leaders to stop leading from a pedestal of perfection and start leading with a human-centric approach that fosters trust, engagement, and sustainable energy.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ Identity Suppression: How to recognize if your corporate culture is stealing your authentic energy.
✅ Authenticity as Strategy: Why alignment between who you are and what you do is the ultimate driver of ROI.
✅ The Gifts Game: Understanding the multidimensional nature of your team (and why your engineers might actually be artists).
✅ The Hidden Cost of Inauthenticity: How "inching" the truth to save a job leads to an $8 million loss for organizations.
✅ Human-Centric vs. Data-Driven: Why the companies that "have a soul" are the ones that will win in the next decade.
✅ Breaking Autopilot: Practical advice on using reflection and assessment to stop "pushing through" and start living.
✅ Leading by Energy: How to support and read your team's energy rather than suppressing it.
🔗 Connect with Dr. Norma Hollis:
Her Website: normahollis.com
Her Authenticity Assessment: http://authenticityassessment.com/
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"Culture doesn't just happen; if you let it grow from the bottom, you're going to get weeds." Manny Palachuk joins Josh to explain why leadership must be the gardener of organizational culture. They dive into the "mutiny" that happens when communication breaks down and why keeping a high-performer with a toxic attitude is a mathematical mistake for your business.
Josh and Manny explore the "Human Element" in corporate spaces, the difference between healthy tension and toxic dissent, and how to systematize your business so you can work on it, not just in it. Whether you're a startup of three or a corporation of three hundred, this episode provides the four pillars—Vision, Mission, Values, and the Human Element—needed to build a culture that thrives.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ The Side-of-the-Mouth Dissent: How to spot the first signs of a culture shift after a meeting ends.
✅ The Brilliant Jerk: Why holding onto a technical expert with a bad attitude is "holding your company hostage."
✅ Three-Level Deep Coverage: The system that gives you the freedom to let toxic people go without tanking the business.
✅ Vision-Coupling vs. Leader-Coupling: Why the best organizations (like Zappos) survive even after the founder is gone.
✅ Working ON vs. IN the Business: Lessons from The E-Myth Revisited on systematizing for scale.
✅ The Human Element: How small shifts, like personalized cubicles and diverse thought, prevent the "dead building" syndrome.
✅ First Who, Then What: Why the "We" mindset is more powerful than the "I" mindset in leadership.
🔗 Connect with Manny Palachuk:
His Website: https://www.mannypalachuk.com/
Free Culture Assessment: https://www.mannypalachuk.com/culture-assessment 
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Is your "niceness" actually a survival tactic? Erica Bonham joins Josh to reveal why niceness is often a performance used to mask anxiety, while true kindness is a "muscle" built through honesty and direct feedback. They discuss the "soup of society" we all swim in and how old traumas can turn leaders into rigid, "power-over" bosses.
Erica explains the biology of leadership—how your vagus nerve communicates with your team’s "bullshit detectors"—and why performing calm isn't enough. You have to actually be regulated.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ Niceness vs. Kindness: Why niceness is self-preservation, but kindness is a gift of honesty and growth.
✅ The Nervous System Toolkit: Moving beyond "head bubbles" into somatic practices to anchor yourself in your lower belly.
✅ The "Strongest Nervous System" Wins: How a leader’s regulation (or dysregulation) is literally contagious to the entire room.
✅ Shadow Work: Why "gruff" leadership styles are often just trauma adaptations designed to prevent being a victim again.
✅ Vulnerability as Strength: Why naming the "anxiety in the room" builds more trust than pretending everything is "rainbows and sunshine."
✅ Differentiation: How real connection requires a healthy degree of separation and knowing where you end and your team begins.
🔗 Connect with Erica Bonham:
Download the Free Regulation Toolkit: 11 Somatic Practices to Get You Out of Overwhelm: https://www.avoscounseling.com/freebie
Connect with Erica and her team for therapy and coaching services at: http://www.avoscounsleing.com
Her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avoscounseling/
Her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-bonham-956262147/
📖 Read Erica’s Book: Always Enough, Never Done: https://www.avoscounseling.com/always-enough
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Are your "nice" habits actually hurting your team? Tucker Miller joins Josh to reveal why being "likable" isn't the same as being "respected." They explore how leaders unconsciously signal a lack of trust—like doing the work themselves after delegating it—and how to move from reactive "Lizard Brain" responses to intentional, high-level leadership.
Tucker shares a striking story about an executive in a "ivory tower" who couldn't understand why his team wouldn't talk to him, proving that the environment you create speaks louder than the words you say.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ The Lizard Brain vs. Prefrontal Cortex: Why we avoid conflict and how to "pause" into a neutral state before reacting.
✅ The "Nice Guy" Red Flag: Why leading with a need to be liked often masks a confidence issue and leaves the team feeling uncertain.
✅ Intent vs. Impact: Why your "good intentions" don't matter if your team feels unheard or untrusted.
✅ The Physicality of Trust: How your office setup, gatekeepers, and "thick carpets" might be working against your approachability.
✅ The 4-Word Strategy: Tucker’s secret to starting meaningful, strategic conversations without overthinking the opening.
✅ Gaining Trust Back: The "Compare and Contrast" model for self-reflection and the power of admitting your own growth areas to your team.
🔗 Connect with Tucker Miller:
Her Website: OnwardLeadership.com
Her Book: https://www.amazon.com/First-Four-Words-Conversations-Confidence/dp/1642259772
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Are you leading from your values, or are you just following the rules? Stephanie Ramirez joins Josh to discuss why "Self-Leadership" is the foundation of effective management. They dive into why high achievers fear "disappointing others" by choosing themselves and how this sacrifice eventually drains the very energy needed to lead.
Whether you're a fresh college grad or a 20-year veteran, Stephanie explains how to reclaim your calendar, build a "psychologically safe" culture, and use your energy—not just your title—to influence change.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ The Definition of Self-Led: Moving away from "outsourcing your identity" and reclaiming decision-making power.
✅ The Weight Loss Mentality: Why radical life changes start with small, boring, intentional steps (like taking a walk or blocking 15 minutes of quiet).
✅ Relinquishing the "Control Trap": Why being in every meeting makes you a "slave to everything" and how to trust your team to rise.
✅ Leading Without a Title: How clarity of self-worth and a unique point of view can exert more influence than a hierarchy.
✅ Psychological Safety: How leaders can move from "protective mode" to "growth mode" by separating the person from the task when things fail.
✅ The "Vibe Check": Why energy is contagious and how a leader’s autopilot mood can either spread the "flu" of negativity or the momentum of success.
🔗 Connect with Stephanie Ramirez:
Her Website: https://stephanieramirez.co
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephanieramirez
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/stephanieramirez
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Many leaders assume that company culture is something that just "happens"—a byproduct of the team they hire. But as Katherine Robinette points out: culture happens whether you plan it or not. The real question is whether you are intentionally designing it to support your goals, or letting it evolve by accident.
In this episode of Leadership in Quarters, host Josh Seldin sits down with leadership strategist Katherine Robinette to unpack the "Core Dimensions of Leadership." They explore how to move away from the "Flavor of the Month" management style and toward a structured, intentional approach that protects your team’s energy and clarifies your organization’s true North Star.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ The 4 Core Dimensions: How to balance Mindset, Method, Metrics, and Mood.
✅ Why your "North Star" isn't a goal to achieve, but a reason to exist.
✅ Identifying "Method" problems: Why team burnout is usually a system failure, not a people failure.
✅ How to use "In-Progress Metrics" to keep your team motivated during long-term projects.
✅ The art of saying "No": How to protect your team’s energy by knowing what to stop doing.
✅ The Stop-Start-Continue framework: A tactical gut-check for any organization.
✅ How to transition from an individual executor to a strategic leader without the burnout.
🔗 Connect with Katherine Robinette:
Her Website: https://keystoneandraven.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-robinette-speaker/
Curious how your leadership, team, or workplace is showing up? Download these reflection tools to get a sense of what is really going on at work: https://keystoneandraven.com/resources
📬 Contact Josh: leadinquarters@gmail.com
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Music by https://www.bensound.com
License code: US7J7IREGSLNT8B0
Artist: : Benjamin Tissot
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