The Compassionate Leader School Podcast
The Compassionate Leader School Podcast
Latest Episodes
Are You Building a Close-Knit Family or a High-Performing Team? Here's Why You Can't Have Both.
Marilyn ran a cleaning services company with a small, tight-knit team of eight people she genuinely cared about, including a couple of close friends. She wanted everyone to feel like they belonged. And by the time she came to me, she was exhaus...
The Missing Ingredient in Your Mindset Work
For two years, Monica was a rock star at her company. Then she started missing deadlines, forgetting conversations, and seeming scattered in meetings.Her boss’s first thought: She’s gotten complacent. She’s checked out.She hadn’t....
Regular Check-ins Eliminate Surprises (the kind that start with "I quit")
Becka had been working 60-hour weeks for three years. She cared deeply about her team. She was constantly available. And one day, her best performer quit.Not because Becka wasn't trying but because Becka had no system.In this epis...
What "I Don't Have Time" Is Really Telling You
She said she didn't have time. She'd been saying it for months.Her manager had heard it so many times that she wasn't sure what to believe anymore. Was the workload genuinely unmanageable? Was this a performance issue? Was something else...
Your Lid Is Dictating Who Stays and Who Goes
Your best people are leaving because of the ceiling.And in most cases, the ceiling has a name. It's the leadership capacity of the person above them. At some point, that person is you.In this episode, I go back to a phone call I r...