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From graduation caps to corner offices, the journey is anything but straightforward. The Psych Leadership Podcast blends real-world leadership experience with the science of human behavior to help you navigate work, life, and the space between.Whether you’re a recent graduate…
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The Delegation Trap (opens the original)
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Your to-do list didn't get shorter after the promotion. It got longer. So are you actually delegating, or just adding a review step to your own workload? In this episode of the Psych Leadership Podcast, host Luke UpChurch breaks down why so many new leaders think they're delegating when they're really just assigning tasks and quietly keeping all the authority. Drawing on 28+ years in organizational leadership and research on delegation, decision-making, and psychological ownership, this episode
Imposter syndrome revisited (opens the original)
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You just got the promotion. So why does part of you feel like you're about to be found out? In this episode of the Psych Leadership Podcast, host Luke UpChurch revisits the concept of imposter syndrome, the persistent belief that your success is accidental, undeserved, or about to be exposed, despite real evidence to the contrary.Built on a foundation of research this episode explains why the feeling hits capable, high-achieving people the hardest, and gives you a repeatable four-step framework
From Peer to Leader (opens the original)
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You got the promotion. So why does everything feel harder than it did before? In this Season 4 opener of the Psych Leadership Podcast, host Luke UpChurch tackles the transition that derails more early leaders than any other: moving from peer to leader. According to Gallup, only 18% of managers have a natural talent for leading others — and Harvard Business Review research puts the failure rate for new managers within their first two years at 60%. The problem isn’t skill. It’s that nobody prepare
Your Operating System - The Season 3 Finale (opens the original)
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Nine episodes. Nine tools. One system. This is the Season 3 finale. In this season finale of the Psych Leadership Podcast, host Luke UpChurch does something he hasn’t done all season: puts every framework from Episodes 42–49 in one place and shows how they were always one operating system, viewed from nine different angles. From RICE and SWAG to the Identity Audit, Know-Protect-Restore, the five-principle feedback framework, and beyond — this episode is the integration layer the whole season was
Difficult Conversations - Say the Thing (opens the original)
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Send us Fan Mail You’ve rehearsed it in the shower. You’ve drafted the message and deleted it twice. And it’s still sitting there. In this episode of the Psych Leadership Podcast, host Luke UpChurch covers the full arc of difficult conversations — from the psychology of why we avoid them, to staying regulated when things get tense, to repairing the relationship when it does. Grounded in research on conflict avoidance, the neuroscience of emotional regulation, and what actually drives relational
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