Success Secrets and Stories
To share management leadership concepts that actually work.
You are responsible for your development as a leader. Don't expect the boss to invest the training budget in your career. Consider this podcast as an investment of time in your career, with a bit of management humor added at the same time.
Success Secrets and Stories
Latest Episodes
Stop Saying: "It’s Not My Fault"
“It’s not my fault” can be a fact, but it’s also a trap. When teams lead with explanations instead of ownership, responsibility gets diluted, problems get escalated, and leaders turn into bottlenecks. John Wondolowski and Greg Powell break down...
Career Development Means Growing Your People
Your team is telling you the truth every day, but not always with words. When leaders treat silence as satisfaction, careers stall, engagement drops, and “development” turns into a once-a-year checkbox.Greg and I talk through the Manage...
Resume Gets You Hired And Character Gets You Fired
The resume is neat, confident, and full of bullet points. The reality is a human being who shows up on Monday morning, and sometimes that gap is not a gap at all, it is a canyon. Greg and I talk about why skills may get someone hired, but chara...
Prepare For A Leadership Interview That Counts
The fastest way to derail a leadership interview is to treat it like a normal promotion chat. We open with the question that decides more careers than people want to admit: “Why do you want to be a leader?” Then Greg and I unpack what interview...
Your Team Trusts Integrity But Follows Character
Leadership doesn’t usually fail because someone lacks skill. It fails when pressure shows up, trade-offs get real, and doing the right thing costs time, comfort, popularity, or control. That’s where character shows itself, and where a lot of le...