The Leadership Buzz | Work Hard. Tell the Truth.
The Leadership Buzz is a short, practical leadership podcast where Lloyd “Buzz” Buzzell, ACC turns one key idea from a leadership book into real-life takeaways you can use immediately plus three coaching questions to reflect on.
Episodes
23 episodes
Teams That Work: Are We Really on the Same Page? | Part 1
How do great teams stay aligned when the stakes are high?In Part 1 of this three-part series on Teams That Work: How to Build High-Performing Teams by Scott Tannenbaum and Eduardo Salas, Buzz explores one of the bo...
The Courage to Question | Leadership Lessons from Richard Feynman
Your title cannot bend reality. Your confidence cannot change the facts. Great leadership starts when we stop protecting our image and start pursuing the truth.In this episode of The Leadership Buzz, we explore Richard Feynman’s...
No Mess, No Magic | Building Fearless Teams Through Psychological Safety
o Mess, No Magic: Why Fearless Teams Tell the TruthEvery leader says they want honesty. But the real question is — have we created a culture where people feel safe enough to give it?In this episode of The Leadership Buzz...
Earthrise Leadership | Bill Anders and the Power of Perspective
What if the biggest leadership breakthrough is not working harder — but seeing differently?This week on The Leadership Buzz, we explore William Thorndike’s The Outsiders and the remarkable leadership journey of B...
Make Your Bed | Small Things Are Never Small Things
Admiral William H. McRaven’s Make Your Bed reminds us of a powerful leadership lesson: small habits create lasting impact.Leadership is not built in one big moment. The big moment usually reveals the discipline, character, and h...
What Leaders Celebrate, Teams Repeat | Praise, Encouragement, and Positive Energy in Leadership
How do great leaders create influence without relying on authority, position, or title?In this episode of The Leadership Buzz, we explore leadership lessons from Leading Without Authority by Keith Ferrazzi and discuss how praise...
Leadership Under Pressure | Built Long Before the Pressure Arrives
In this episode of The Leadership Buzz, we explore how leadership under pressure is usually built long before the pressure arrives. Using Todd Beamer’s story from Lisa Beamer’s Let’s Roll, this conversation looks beyond the headlin...
Bonus Episode | Three Defining Moments That Shaped My Leadership
In this special bonus episode of The Leadership Buzz, Lloyd “Buzz” Buzzell reflects on three defining moments from the summer of 1983 that shaped his understanding of leadership, resilience, responsibility, mentorship, integrity, and service. F...
Engage With Honor | Courageous Accountability for Everyday Leaders
In this episode of The Leadership Buzz, we explore Engage with Honor: Building a Culture of Courageous Accountability by retired Air Force Colonel and Vietnam POW Lee Ellis and discuss how these leadership lessons apply directly to bus...
Multiplier vs Diminisher Leadership: Are You Making Your Team Smarter or Quieter? Liz Wiseman | Multipliers | Leadership, Team Performance, Psychological Safety
Are you a multiplier or a diminisher as a leader?The fastest way to lose a room is to walk in thinking you need to have every answer. In this leadership podcast episode, we break down Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Eve...
Radical Candor | Care Personally, Challenge Directly
Most leaders think they’re being kind when they hold back the truth—but what if the real damage comes from silence? In this leadership podcast episode, we dig into Radical Candor by Kim Scott and explore one of the most important leade...
People Matter: Ownership Changes Everything
Ownership is the quiet force that turns average teams into teams you can trust under pressure. When something goes wrong, do you default to “whose fault is this,” or do you ask the question that changes everything: “what part of this is mine to...
How to Get a Return on Failure | The Power of the Debrief
Failure is not a leadership flaw. It is a leadership guarantee.What separates strong leaders from stuck leaders is what happens after the miss. Do we hide, blame, and move on too quickly, or do we slow down and learn?In this episo...
Leaders Are Readers | Why Reading Makes You a Better Leader
Leaders who don’t read don’t stay sharp, they just stay busy. Today we unpack a simple belief with huge consequences: leaders are readers, and the ones who keep learning are the ones who make better calls when pressure hits.TJ tees up G...
Leaders Eat Last: How Great Leaders Build Trust
Most teams do not fail because they lack talent. They fail because they do not feel safe enough to tell the truth, take smart risks, or trust their leaders when things get hard. We dig into Simon Sinek’s Leaders Eat Last and the real point behi...
Delegation for Leaders: How to Build Trust and Develop Your Team
Delegation can look like leadership while quietly turning into control. If you’ve ever handed something off and then felt the urge to step back in, rewrite it, or “just do it yourself,” you’re not alone and it’s costing you more than time. We d...
How Honest Leaders Build Trust That Lasts
How Honest Leaders Build Trust That LastsThe most dangerous leadership moments rarely announce themselves. They show up in quiet rooms, with incomplete facts, time pressure, and someone offering an easy shortcut. In this episode, ...
Perfection Is a Lie: The Leadership Lesson from Malmstrom
Perfection is a tempting leadership standard because it feels like discipline, pride, and professionalism. But I’ve seen the darker side: when leaders communicate that anything less than flawless performance is unacceptable, people don’t get be...
Trust Is Personal: How Leaders Build Trust
Trust is the operating system of leadership. When trust is strong, teams communicate openly, move faster, and perform better. When it is weak, even simple decisions become difficult.In this episode of The Leadership Buzz, Buzz B...
Strong Ground: What Leaders Build Before Results
In this episode of The Leadership Buzz, we explore the newly published book Strong Ground by Brené Brown and the leadership idea that real performance starts with a strong foundation. Before teams can move fast or perform well...
Be the Leader They Want to Work For
In this episode, we explore what it means to be the leader people actually want to work for. Drawing from Quick Leadership by Selena Rezvani, we reflect on how everyday behaviors responsiveness, clarity, and follow-through shape how le...
Lead Beyond Control; Build What Lasts
Control can turn a crisis around, but does it build a team that lasts? We dig into the hard gap between short-term wins and long-term strength, guided by Surrender to Lead from Jessica Kriegel and Joe Terry and a field-tested equation: purpose ...