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Growing the Show-Up Leaders | S04 | 2026 | Episode 41 (opens the original)
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This month's interview is with Dorine Lawrence-Hughes, J.D., Ed.D., CPCC, principal consultant of Brazen Communications, about her origin story shaped by educator parents, her path from teaching to a law career and back to higher education and coaching. She discusses distinctions between coaching and mentoring, leadership challenges like criticism and loneliness, the importance of building a support “bench,” and practices such as self-care, community, creativity, and writing/journaling.
Building Cultures Through Trust, Feedback, and Leadership | S04 | 2026 | Episode 40 (opens the original)
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Leadership expert Bryan Hughes joins Chris to explore why organizational culture isn't just a "soft skill," but a measurable driver of business performance, trust, accountability, and long-term success. Through practical stories and actionable strategies, they discuss how leaders at every level can create environments where honest feedback, psychological safety, and genuine human connection thrive.
Benchmarking 3rd-Stage Company Health | S04 | 2026 | Episode 39 (opens the original)
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This month we welcome business coach and author Rob Young of Stage 3 Group, who explains his focus on “stage three” companies—businesses past startup but still chaotic and undisciplined—and his book "Stage 3 Success." Young describes common stage-three challenges, especially people issues like hiring friends or family and struggling to fire or reassign the wrong people, as well as the need for processes, procedures, and leadership structures that many owners were never trained to build.
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