What Can Business Learn From Show Business? with Simmy Kustanowitz

Simmy Kustanowitz, founder of Clock Tower Innovation and former television producer, joins Mike Goldman to explore how leadership teams can use clarity, time pressure, creativity, and repetition to solve problems faster and communicate more effectively.
Pressures That Lead Good People to Make Bad Decisions with Richard Bistrong

Richard Bistrong joins Mike Goldman to discuss how pressure, silence, and weak ethical guardrails can push good people toward bad decisions. This episode offers practical lessons for leaders who want to build a culture of integrity, trust, and accountability.
The 10 Questions Great Leadership Teams Never Stop Asking

In this Mike on the Mic episode of The Better Leadership Team Show, Mike Goldman shares 10 powerful questions that help leadership teams improve alignment, talent decisions, accountability, execution, and long-term culture.
Execute on What Matters with JB Glossinger

Mike Goldman sits down with JB Glossinger to explore how leaders can cut through overload, clarify priorities, and build the personal systems needed to execute on what matters most. From mission, vision, and values to saying no and staying consistent, this episode is a practical conversation on self leadership that drives stronger teams.
Tackling the Hard Conversation with Mary Nestor

In this episode, I explore how avoiding difficult conversations damages trust, performance, and culture—and how leaders can learn to say what needs to be said, the right way, at the right time.
The Leadership Meeting Blueprint That Actually Works

Most meetings drain energy instead of driving results. In this episode, I break down why meetings fail, the four types every leadership team needs, and how to turn meetings into a powerful execution engine.
Creating an Influential Organization with Jeremy Weber

Why do profitable companies still run out of cash? In this episode, Mike Goldman interviews Brandon Gray and Mike Maxon of Simple Numbers to uncover the financial blind spots hurting leadership teams. Learn how to use labor efficiency, salary cap, and trade capital to drive smarter growth decisions.
Do We Have the Right Leaders to Achieve Our Vision?

In this Mike on the Mic episode, Mike Goldman explores how leaders can determine whether their current leadership team is capable of achieving the company’s vision. By evaluating mindset, skillset, behavior, and talent density, leaders can identify who can scale with the organization and who may need a different role.
Simple Numbers: The Financial Discipline Every CEO Needs with Mike Maxon and Brandon Gray

Why do profitable companies still run out of cash? In this episode, Mike Goldman interviews Brandon Gray and Mike Maxon of Simple Numbers to uncover the financial blind spots hurting leadership teams. Learn how to use labor efficiency, salary cap, and trade capital to drive smarter growth decisions.
How to Manage Scope Without Killing Innovation

In this episode, I explain why strategic plans collapse after leadership retreats and how scope creep quietly derails execution. I share five practical disciplines to protect focus, create healthy trade-offs, and help leadership teams deliver consistent value without sacrificing innovation.