UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders
Every leader has an UH-OH moment. The great ones know how to turn those moments into momentum.
In UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with industry experts for candid, high-stakes confessions regarding their most crucial leadership mistakes. We peel back the curtain on the errors that cost time, money, and trust, and more importantly, we map out the exact steps taken to fix them.
Designed for emerging leaders and seasoned executives alike, this podcast is your weekly guide to building emotional resilience, fostering cohesive teams, and leading with a strong, ethical backbone. Stop fearing the UH-OH and start mastering the recovery.
Episodes
62 episodes
Pivot with Purpose From Engineering to Impact
What happens when a lifetime of high-level problem solving meets a year of uncontrollable life events? In this episode, Ben-Jamin Toy interviews Eugene Manley Jr., a mechanical engineer and cell biologist turned nonprofit founder, to discuss th...
Why Being a People-Pleaser Is a Career-Limiting Move
In this episode, we sit down with Joseph Zahaitis, a veteran sales leader in the global payments industry and an avid gamer who understands that whether you are in a military simulation or a boardroom, community is everything. Joe shares a vuln...
A Near Death Wake Up Call
In this episode of the UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders podcast, Dr. Troy and Ben-Jamin Toy are joined by Matan Cohen-Citron, a movement expert and hypnotist who shares a harrowing UH-OH moment that transformed his approach to life and...
The Cost of Success Without Soul
What happens when a Six Sigma Black Belt realizes her processes are working, but her people are walking? In today's episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, co-hosts Dr. Troy and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with Hanna Bauer, fou...
Slowing Down to Speed Up Your Leadership
In today's episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with Walter Dusseldorp, also known as the Dutch Mentor.Walter shares his incredible journey from a high-stakes career as a flight paramedic ...
Reclaiming Your Identity from the Office
In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, hosts Dr. Troy and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with coach and parkour enthusiast Garrett Wood. Garrett shares a vulnerable look into his time leading a 100-person team in the high-stakes hosp...
How to Step Back Without Letting People Down
In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, hosts Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with executive coach and relentlessly positive business owner Jill Avey.Jill takes us behind the scenes of her own career-defining U...
Biting Off More Than You Can Chew
In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with Wes Towers, founder of the Australian digital agency Uplift 360. Wes dives deep into a harrowing UH-OH moment from a decade ago when he acce...
A Leadership Symphony with Davin Salvagno (Rerun)
We are reaching into the archives to bring back a conversation that resonates just as strongly today as it did during its first release. Join Dr. Troy and Ben-Jamin Toy at the Cohesion Corner™ headquarters as they chat with Davin Salvagno, a le...
The Courage to be Candid with Liz Weber
Join Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy at the Cohesion Culture™ headquarters in Charleston, South Carolina, for a masterclass on leadership and feedback. In this episode, our special guest Liz Weber shares her journey from a childhood in a family...
Bikes, Joy, and the Art of Making the Ask (Rerun)
In this inspiring episode, Katie Blomquist, founder of Going Places, reveals a leadership lesson about the importance of asking. Learn how her initial hesitation to seek sponsorships nearly cost her nonprofit valuable opportunities,...
From "Them vs. Us" to Cohesive Trust
What happens when your best leadership trait becomes your biggest liability? In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, hosts Dr. Troy Hall and Trevor Crunelle sit down with Andrew Brümmer, a fractional executive, internation...
Surviving Your Own UH-OH Era
What happens when you hit peak success at age 30, only to realize you’ve started coasting? In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and Trevor Crunelle chat with Aaron Trahan, founder of Performance Mindset Co...
Mingle Over Metrics: Why Real Connection Wins at Work (Rerun)
What happens when a serial DIYer meets a leadership challenge he can’t fix with a toolbox?.In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy are joined by John Patsch, co-founder of Miingl. Jo...
They Still Send Him Thank You Notes
In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Ben-Jamin Toy and Dr. Troy Hall chat with Jim Carlough, a seasoned executive and Chief Sales Officer, to discuss one of the most difficult and often most mishandled moments in leader...
Why Your Biggest Business UH-OH Might Be Your Breakthrough
What happens when a six-figure mistake forces a leader to look in the mirror?In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with entrepreneur and insurance leader David Price for an hon...
The Cost of Scaling Too Fast: A Leadership Lesson (Rerun)
In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with Ryan DuBois. He’s an endurance athlete at heart, a builder by trade, and the kind of leader who’s learned most of his lessons the hard way. ...
Using AI Without Losing Trust
What happens when integrity collides with convenience?In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and Trevor Crunelle chat with leadership coach, author, and podcaster Kathy Archer for a refreshingly hones...
Not Everyone Wants the Next Promotion
What happens when a leader’s best intentions quietly become a burden?In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and guest host, Trevor Crunelle, chat with Chris Lorence for a candid conversation about amb...
Episode 0 Repost: Ground Zero
This Ground Zero episode sets the tone for UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders.Before the guests, our hosts made their fair share of mistakes.Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy kick things off by sharing their own lead...
Trying to Be Everyone’s Friend Cost Me Everything
What happens when a leader wants to be liked more than trusted?In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, John Little shares a pivotal leadership UH-OH from his early career at CNN. This mistake cost him credi...
The Promotion He Didn’t Want and the Price He Paid
What happens when success comes faster than wisdom?In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Donzel Leggett shares a powerful early-career UH-OH that many emerging leaders will recognize and few will admit. Thrust int...
When Your Business Partner Buys a Car with Your Money
Regina Huber has lived in six countries, speaks multiple languages, knows dances from across Africa, and built businesses on two continents. But her biggest UH-OH didn’t happen on the dance floor. It happened in Brazil when a trusted business p...
The Weekend That Cost Millions
In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Ben-Jamin Toy chats with the endlessly energetic Dr. Danny Brassell, a man who’s lived enough careers to fill a mini-series and enough UH-OH moments to keep it interesting.Dan...
Navigating Growth Seasons
In this episode of Uh-Oh Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy and Ben-Jamin welcome the dynamic and deeply authentic Kenya Dunn. Known for her power, influence, and transparency, Kenya brings the kind of honesty leaders rarely show pub...
