Lead Better
Lead Better - Transferring the Leadership Mantle to a Successor
Originally recorded for Friday, April 3, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Transferring the Leadership Mantle to a Successor
Lead Better - Leaders Who Empower a Surrogate to Speak for Them
Originally recorded for Thursday, April 2, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Leaders Who Empower a Surrogate to Speak for Them
Lead Better - Giving One Last Chance to People Who Aren’t Making the Grade
Originally recorded for Wednesday, April 1, 2026 - Bob, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic sourced from today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... Giving One Last Chance to People Who Aren’t Making the Grade
Lead Better - My Leader Only Gets Soundbites About My Performance
Originally recorded for Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: My Leader Only Gets Soundbites About My Performance
Lead Better - On Personal Decisions of Team Members, Leaders Share Experience, Not Advice
Originally recorded for Monday, March 30, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: When It Comes to the Personal Decisions of Team Members, Leaders Share Experience, Not Advice
Lead Better - On Becoming a Leader Everyone Roots For
Originally recorded for Sunday, March 29, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: On Becoming a Leader Everyone Roots For
Lead Better - Curiosity Is How Long You Stay in Discovery Mode
Originally recorded for Saturday, March 28, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Field Notes: Curiosity Is How Long You Stay in Discovery Mode
Lead Better - Is This Your Best Work?
Originally recorded for Friday, March 27, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry entitled: Is This Your Best Work?
Lead Better - Clarity Is What Creates Speed
Originally recorded for Thursday, March 26, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Clarity Is What Creates Speed
Lead Better - Using Checklists to Teach Quality Standards
Originally recorded for Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - Scott and Mikey (and Andrew!) discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Using Checklists to Teach Quality Standards
Lead Better - Use Audience Projection to Let People Discover Your Feedback
Originally recorded for Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the subject of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Use Audience Projection to Let People Discover Your Feedback
Lead Better - Talk People Out of a New Role Before Talking Them Into It
Originally recorded for Monday, March 23, 2026 - Lisa, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Talk People Out of a New Role Before Talking Them Into It
Lead Better - The Good and Bad of Replaying Conversations in Your Head
Originally recorded for Sunday, March 22, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of todays Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... The Good and Bad of Replaying Conversations in Your Head
Lead Better - If the Team’s Values Truly Matter, Then People Need to Be Evaluated on Them
Originally recorded for Saturday, March 21, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... If the Team’s Values Truly Matter, Then People Need to Be Evaluated on Them
Lead Better - Failure to Confront Poor Performance for Fear of Demotivating a Critical Team Member
Originally recorded for Friday, March 20, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Failure to Confront Poor Performance for Fear of Demotivating a Critical Team Member
Lead Better - How Generations See Privacy Differently
Originally recorded for Thursday, March 19, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: How Generations See Privacy Differently
Lead Better - Adding Default Settings to Increase Compliance
Originally recorded for Wednesday, March 18, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the subject of today's Field Notes... Adding Default Settings to Increase Compliance
Lead Better - Overloading on the Negative Can Sometimes Be Highly Persuasive
Originally recorded for Tuesday, March 27, 2026 - Jordyn, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... Overloading on the Negative Can Sometimes Be Highly Persuasive
Lead Better - Leaders Who Make Relationships a Task to Achieve
Originally recorded for Monday, March 16, 2026 - Elana, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Leaders Who Make Relationships a Task to Achieve
Lead Better - Excellence Is Not a Performance Target
Originally recorded for Sunday, March 15, 2026 - Scott and Mikey take 15 minutes to discuss the topic found in this mornings Admired Leadership Field Notes: Excellence Is Not a Performance Target
Lead Better - Bonding Through a Common Life Experience
Originally recorded for Saturday, March 14, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic written about in today's Admired Leadership Filed Notes entry: Bonding Through a Common Life Experience
Lead Better - Empowerment Isn’t All-or-Nothing
Originally recorded for Friday, March 13, 2026 Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Empowerment Isn’t All-or-Nothing
Lead Better - Less Forceful Ways of Expressing Disagreement
Originally recorded for Thursday, March 12, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss today's Admired Leadership Field Notes topic: Less Forceful Ways of Expressing Disagreement
Lead Better - What Leaders Do That Demotivates Talented Team Members
Originally recorded for Wednesday, March 11, 2026 - Emily, Scott and Mikey discus the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: What Leaders Do That Demotivates Talented Team Members
Lead Better - Physically Reducing Your Status in a Room
Originally recorded for Tuesday, March 10, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss today's Admired Leadership Field Notes topic... Physically Reducing Your Status in a Room
Lead Better - Stop Calling It Feedback
Originally recorded for Monday, March 9, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Stop Calling It Feedback
Lead Better - Showing Others That You Have Heard Them
Originally recorded for Sunday, March 8, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Showing Others That You Have Heard Them
Lead Better - "Burn the Boats"
Originally recorded for Saturday, March 7, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: "Burn the Boats"
Lead Better - Overcoming the Challenges of a Rapidly Expanding Team
Originally recorded or Friday, March 6 2026 - Tom, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... Overcoming the Challenges of a Rapidly Expanding Team
Lead Better - Even in the Workplace, Successful Advocacy Sometimes Requires a Crowd
Originally recorded for Thursday, March 5, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Even in the Workplace, Successful Advocacy Sometimes Requires a Crowd
Lead Better - When It Comes to Financial Rewards, Cash Isn’t Always King
Originally recorded for Wednesday, March 4, 2026 - Jordyn and Mikey discuss today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... When It Comes to Financial Rewards, Cash Isn’t Always King
Lead Better - The Zero-Sum Rule of High-Performing Teams
Originally recorded for Tuesday, March 3, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: The Zero-Sum Rule of High-Performing Teams
Lead Better - Letting Your Language Take the Temperature Up and Down in a Room
Originally recorded for Monday, March 2, 2026 - Ellie Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Letting Your Language Take the Temperature Up and Down in a Room
Lead Better - Gradually and Then Suddenly
Originally recorded or Sunday, March 1, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entitled: Gradually and Then Suddenly
Lead Better - Persuasion and Skin in the Game
Originally recorded for Saturday, February 28, 2026 - Scott and Mikey take 15 minutes to discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Persuasion and Skin in the Game
Lead Better - Colleagues Who Agree and Then Run a Different Play
Originally recorded for Friday, February 27, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... Colleagues Who Agree and Then Run a Different Play
Lead Better - What Every Leader Must Commit to Memory About Groups
Originally recorded for Thursday, February 26, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: What Every Leader Must Commit to Memory About Groups
Lead Better - When High Performance Suffocates a Career
Originally recorded for Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... When High Performance Suffocates a Career
Lead Better - Why Do People Insist on Holding Far Too Many Team Meetings?
Originally recorded for Tuesday, February 24, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... Why Do People Insist on Holding Far Too Many Team Meetings?
Lead Better - Positive and Negative Frames for Justifying a Major Change
Originally recorded for Monday, February 23, 2026 - Megan and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... Positive and Negative Frames for Justifying a Major Change
