HeyJaredLead Out Loud Podcast
With an engineering background and decades of experience navigating large bureaucracies, Sean Genovese chats with a diverse collection of guests about the importance of leadership, challenging the status quo, and how to get things done in organizations of all sizes.
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Episode 79: Titles Don’t Make Leaders (opens the original)
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What happens when you finally get promoted...and nobody follows you? This week on Reel Leadership, Sean Genovese and Mariam Laes examine three episodes from Season 6 of The Office that tell one surprisingly cohesive leadership story. As Jim Halpert becomes co-manager alongside Michael Scott, he quickly discovers that a new title doesn't automatically earn respect. Meanwhile, Michael unexpectedly demonstrates some of his strongest leadership during a company crisis, while Dunder Mifflin's executi
Episode 78: We Don’t Have A Choice (opens the original)
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Whether you're leading a business, managing a team, or simply trying to help people believe in themselves, this episode uncovers leadership lessons hiding in one of Pixar's most underrated films. Professor G and Mariam break down Pixar's A Bug's Life through the lens of organizational leadership, innovation, and culture. Together they explore why organizations resist change, how fear can become a leadership tool, why innovation often fails without influence, and what separates managers from true
Episode 77: When Good Leaders Become Bad Mentors (opens the original)
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What happens when your protégé finally becomes exactly what you've been trying to develop...and you don't like the result? This week on Reel Leadership, Sean Genovese and Mariam Laes examine Parks and Recreation Season 5, Episode 7 ("Leslie vs. April"), where Leslie Knope discovers that mentoring someone is much easier than watching them become your equal. Together they explore succession planning, leadership ego, motivation, organizational alignment, and why the best mentors celebrate ideas—eve
Episode 76: Adaptability Is a Leadership Superpower (opens the original)
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What can an undercover investigative reporter disguised as everyone from a doctor to a mattress inspector teach us about leadership? Quite a bit, actually. This week on Reel Leadership, Professor G and Eric Leonard James revisit the 1985 Chevy Chase comedy Fletch and discover that beneath the endless one-liners is a masterclass in adaptability, resourcefulness, and staying focused on the mission when everyone else wants you to quit. They discuss why great leaders stay calm under pressure, how cu
Episode 75: Stop Trying To Be Liked (opens the original)
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What happens when one of television's funniest sitcoms becomes a leadership case study? This week on Reel Leadership, Sean Genovese and Mariam Laes examine Season 5, Episode 2 of Modern Family to uncover surprisingly practical lessons about leading people. From Claire's first day working for her father's company to Principal Brown's constant firefighting, every storyline reveals a different leadership challenge: balancing empathy with accountability, earning respect without demanding it, avoidin
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