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What happens when a professional musician spends 26 years building leadership teams? Michael Brenner, founder of Right Chord Leadership, joins the show to share how a single conversation with a mentor turned his passion for music into CHORDS — a six-note framework (Communication, Harmony, Ownership, Respect, Direction, Support) that's reshaped how he diagnoses dysfunction on teams.

Michael pulls back the curtain on what it actually feels like to walk into a room and read a team's energy in the first five minutes, why he opens keynotes with an Irish tin whistle instead of a slide deck, and why "what's your first concert?" might be the most powerful icebreaker you're not using. We also get into AI's growing presence in the workplace, and why he believes authentic human connection — not polish — is what actually makes people remember you.

If you've ever wondered whether your team is playing in harmony or a little out of tune, this episode is for you.

In this episode:

• The origin story behind the name "Right Chord Leadership"
• The CHORDS model and how to use it as a team diagnostic
• Why "resonance" is the tell of a high-performing team
• How to open a meeting or keynote in a way people actually remember
• AI, identity, and staying human in an era of automation

Connect with Michael: rightchordleadership.com

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