How Leaders Create the Very Problems They Complain About
Leaders don’t always realize it, but many of the challenges they face are ones they’ve accidentally created. From culture issues to communication breakdowns, the root cause often traces back to the habits, blind spots, and behaviors at the top.
Sparking Greatness with Danielle Baldwin
Danielle Baldwin is a leadership coach, facilitator, and author of Sparking Greatness. She works with CEOs, business owners, and creatives who want to lead with courage, clarity, and inspiration. In this episode, Mike and Danielle explore how leaders can build workplaces where trust and inspiration fuel performance, growth, and a deeper sense of purpose.
Bigger isn’t Better, Better is Better with Brad Giles
Growth is great—but not if it comes at the cost of your values, your vision, or your sanity. Because bigger isn’t always better. Sometimes it’s just… bigger.
Speaking the Language of Finance on Your Leadership Team with Ben Mills
When most people think about the CFO, they think numbers, forecasts, and budgets. But the smartest CFOs play a much bigger role—helping leadership teams make better decisions by bridging strategy with financial clarity.
Energize Your Team With Attention Management with Maura Nevel Thomas
You don’t need more hours in the day. You need to protect the ones you already have.
On this episode of The Breakthrough Leadership Team Show, Mike sits down with Maura Nevel Thomas—author, speaker, and leading expert on attention management—to unpack why so many leaders confuse busyness with progress. Maura shares why even if you had 30 hours in a day, you’d still be stuck reacting to what’s urgent instead of leading toward what matters. The solution? Stop managing time.
Stop Judging and Start Leading with Michelle Scott
When leadership teams hit a wall—emotionally, strategically, or relationally—it’s rarely because of a lack of intelligence. More often, it’s because no one’s addressing what’s really going on beneath the surface. But once they identify it, they’re free.
Creating a Culture to Prevent Burnout with Shauna Moran
Most leaders say they want to retain their best people. But very few are actually having the conversations that would make those high performers want to stay.
11 Ways to Improve Accountability
Accountability might be one of the most misunderstood—and avoided—topics in leadership. It’s uncomfortable. It’s tricky. And for many CEOs and executive teams, it feels like a constant uphill battle. But it doesn’t have to be.
How to Drive Change with Susan Inouye
Driving meaningful change doesn’t start with a new strategy—it starts with deeper self-awareness. Because the very thing that makes you great as a leader can also hold you back if you’re not paying attention.
How to Thrive in Difficult Situations
When leaders face downturns, global instability, or any kind of brutal reality, the instinct is often to either sugarcoat the truth or brace everyone for the worst. But the most effective leaders do neither—they tell the truth and inspire belief in what’s possible.