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.
UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders
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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 ambition, assumptions, and an unexpected leadership blind spot. Chris shares a powerful UH-OH moment that emerged from a leadership 360 assessment. While he was widely seen as capable, reliable, and driven, one insight hit hard. His constant push for growth and promotion was experienced as heavy by some on his team.
This episode explores the cost of assuming everyone wants the next title, the next role, or the next rung on the ladder. Chris walks through how this realization challenged his self-confidence, reshaped the questions he asks as a leader, and ultimately changed how he defines success, both for himself and for others.
You’ll hear lessons on asking better questions, separating personal ambition from team needs, and why being helpful still requires permission. It’s an honest reminder that cohesion isn’t built by pushing people forward, but by meeting them where they actually want to be.
If you lead high performers, aspire to the C-suite, or care deeply about developing others, this episode will make you pause and think. Possibly uncomfortably. Definitely productively.
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