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From the smallest of startups to the C-Suite of global corporations, Dr. Mike Armour has shown thousands of leaders how to step up their game. Now he brings this same wisdom and insight to his audience on Upsize Your Leadership.
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Your Use of Power: The Stress Test for Character (opens the original)
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Is powerlessness or power the greatest test of character? The tension in this question is one that every leader eventually faces. Powerlessness exposes who we are when we can’t influence outcomes. Power exposes who we are when nothing stops us. One tests our endurance; the other tests our ethics. And together, they form a complete picture of character that personality alone can never provide. This episode breaks down the difference between personality and character through the lens of scarcity a
Tasking Miscues that Cost Leaders Trust (opens the original)
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Spotify_Episode_Summary_Short_v1Clarity: The Quiet Currency of Trust Picture one of your best people, walking in proud after three days of work — only to hear five words that undo all of it: "That's not what I wanted." Something breaks. Not the deliverable — their confidence in you. In this episode of Upsize Your Leadership, Dr. Mike Armour argues that for leaders, clarity isn't a communication skill — it's a strategy for building trust. Your people are always asking one quiet question: Does lea
Leadership, Culture, and Excellence (opens the original)
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A Culture that Demands Excellence of Itself Four out of five American companies include excellence in their list of core values. Why, then, do we find so much mediocrity in the business world? Companies obviously recognize the importance of excellence. That's why they call it a core value. But it's clearly not important enough for them to embed excellence in their culture. In this episode, Dr. Mike Armour shows why. A culture that demands excellence of itself doesn't emerge of its own accord. It
How Much Are Disengaged Workers Costing You? (opens the original)
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The Inner Workings of Engagement Engagement is the art of gaining effort from workers that you cannot demand. If you're like most leaders, there's a metric that you never measure. It's the gap between the least that a person can do without getting in trouble and the most that they are actually cable of giving. Economists call that gap "discretionary effort" — the extra hour that you did not ask for, the creative fix outside someone's job description, the phone call to a customer that goes beyond
A Company's Greatest Speed Boost (opens the original)
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Picture eight rowers in a single boat. When they're out of sync, the boat doesn't just move slowly — it fights itself. But when they find their rhythm, the boat doesn't go a little faster. It leaps. That's the power of alignment, and it's the most underestimated source of speed in any organization. In this episode, Dr. Mike Armour makes the case that alignment doesn't simply add people's efforts together — it multiplies them. Building on earlier episodes about character (congruence within a pers
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