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Lead The People is your guide to unlocking your true potential as an authentic leader. Hosted by Dr. Matt Poepsel—The Godfather of Talent Optimization—this podcast dives deep into the art and science of what it takes to lead at the next level.
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#190 Why 70% of Transformations Still Fail (feat. Jackie Insinger) (opens the original)
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Most leadership models still treat change like a project: a start, an end, and a return to normal in between. Jackie Insinger, CEO and Founder of Spark Brilliance, argues that premise is exactly what's breaking down. There's no dry land left to land on, which means the old idea of "managing" change through to completion isn't just outdated; it's the thing quietly wearing leaders and teams down. Matt Poepsel sits down with Jackie Insinger , CEO and Founder of Spark Brilliance, to unpack her new f
#189 Stop Calling Your Workers a Line Item (feat. Tracie Sponenberg) (opens the original)
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Most leaders can point to their P&L and show you exactly where the money moves. Ask them to point to their people on that same page, and the room goes quiet. For Tracie Sponenberg, who spent nine years as Chief People Officer at The Granite Group, a wholesale distributor with 700+ employees across six states, that silence is the whole problem. Her new book, The Frontline People Strategy , makes the case that distribution and manufacturing leaders have been treating their workforce as a line item
#188 What 250-Year-Old Companies Know About Surviving Chaos (feat. Meridith Elliott Powell) (opens the original)
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Most leaders treat uncertainty like a storm to wait out. Meridith Elliott Powell has spent two decades proving that's the wrong instinct. As CEO of MotionFirst , author of a benchmark study spanning more than 800 CEOs, and Hall of Fame speaker with the National Speakers Association, she argues the businesses that come out ahead aren't the ones with the most information. They're the ones who move while everyone else is still waiting for the shoe to drop. In this episode, Matt Poepsel sits down wi
#187 Why Your Executive Team Is The Company's Bottleneck (feat. Adam Weber) (opens the original)
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Most executive teams don't fail because someone drops the ball. They fail quietly, over months, while every function runs fine on its own and nobody can name what's actually wrong. For Adam Weber, executive coach at Adam Weber Coaching and co-founder of Helm, that quiet failure has a name and a shape, and it's measurable. In this episode, Matt Poepsel sits down with Adam Weber , co-founder of Helm , to unpack why the real conversation on most executive teams happens in the hallway instead of the
#186 Why Credibility Beats Charisma in Leadership (feat. Steve Farber) (opens the original)
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Steve Farber has been arguing that love is a legitimate business discipline for over two decades, and people still flinch at the word. Companies print "we love our customers" on buttons and banners without breaking a sweat. Backing it up with policy, budget, and follow-through is where most of them quietly give up. His new book, The Radical Promise, co-written with Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, makes the case that the real gap in leadership isn't between people who talk about love and values and
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