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Ep 223Lead Better - Redirecting the Message Toward a Different Audience

Originally recorded for Monday, February 2, 2026 - Ellie, Scott and Mikey discuss the subject of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entitled Redirecting the Message Toward a Different Audience

Feb 2, 202616 min

Ep 222Lead Better - Organize Your Relationships by Location and Activity

Originally recorded for Sunday, February 1, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Organize Your Relationships by Location and Activity

Feb 1, 202616 min

Ep 221Lead Better - How Overcoming Adversity Builds Emotional Maturity

Originally recorded for Saturday, January 31, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... How Overcoming Adversity Builds Emotional Maturity

Jan 31, 202618 min

Ep 220Lead Better - Indecisive or Just Waiting Too Long to Make a Decision?

Originally recorded for Friday, January 30, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the subject of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Indecisive or Just Waiting Too Long to Make a Decision?

Jan 30, 202617 min

Ep 219Lead Better - Reciprocity and the Power of Sequential Requests

Originally recorded for Thursday, January 29, 2026 - Sierra and Mikey discuss the subject of this morning's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Reciprocity and the Power of Sequential Requests

Jan 29, 202613 min

Ep 218Lead Better - Why Gratefulness Is a Predictor of Talent

Originally recorded for Wednesday, January 28, 2026 - Joe, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... Why Gratefulness Is a Predictor of Talent

Jan 28, 202617 min

Ep 217Lead Better - How to Recover When You Lose Track of the Conversation

Originally recorded for Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - Brittany, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: How to Recover When You Lose Track of the Conversation

Jan 27, 202615 min

Ep 216Lead Better - What Leaders Can Learn From a ‘Snow Day’

Originally recorded for Monday, January 26, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: What Leaders Can Learn From a ‘Snow Day’

Jan 26, 202616 min

Ep 215Lead Better - Instilling Collective Pride

Originally recorded for Sunday, January 25, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Instilling Collective Pride

Jan 25, 202622 min

Ep 214Lead Better - Think Big, Build Small

Originally recorded for Saturday, January 24, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entitled: Think Big, Build Small

Jan 24, 202619 min

Ep 213Lead Better - Skills Scale Performance While Self-Identity Sustains It

Originally recorded for Friday, January 23, 2026 - Scott and Mikey disccus today's Field Notes: Skills Scale Performance While Self-Identity Sustains It

Jan 23, 202616 min

Ep 212Lead Better - Keeping Small Promises to Yourself Is Foundational for Being Organized

Originally recorded for Thursday, January 22, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Keeping Small Promises to Yourself Is Foundational for Being Organized

Jan 22, 202617 min

Ep 211Lead Better - Does Your Team Have Competitive Joy?

Originally recorded for Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - Emily, Scott and Mikey discuss the subject of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... Does Your Team Have Competitive Joy?

Jan 21, 202616 min

Ep 210Lead Better - Why Setting Boundaries for Assignments Signals Trust, Not Control

Originally recorded for Tuesday, January 20, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Why Setting Boundaries for Assignments Signals Trust, Not Control

Jan 20, 202615 min

Ep 209Lead Better - What High-Potential Team Members Need Most From Leaders

Originally recorded for Monday, January 19, 2026 - John, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field notes entry... What High-Potential Team Members Need Most From Leaders

Jan 19, 202616 min

Ep 208Lead Better - Practicing Optimism

Originally recorded for Sunday, January 18, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... Practicing Optimism

Jan 18, 202616 min

Ep 207Lead Better - Why Do Some Leaders Feel More Stress?

Originally recorded for Saturday, January 17, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in todays Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Why Do Some Leaders Feel More Stress?

Jan 17, 202616 min

Ep 206Lead Better - The Transparency of Individual Compensation Is Fraught With Danger

Originally recorded for Friday, January 16, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: The Transparency of Individual Compensation Is Fraught With Danger

Jan 16, 202620 min

Ep 205Lead Better - How to Interpret the Candor of Things Said in Anger

Originally recorded for Thursday, January 15, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the subject found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: How to Interpret the Candor of Things Said in Anger

Jan 15, 202616 min

Ep 204Lead Better - What Shouldn’t Change About the Culture?

Originally recorded for Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - Lisa, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: What Shouldn’t Change About the Culture?

Jan 14, 202615 min

Ep 203Lead Better - Confronting Conspiracy Theories in the Workplace

Originally recorded for Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - Tom, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Confronting Conspiracy Theories in the Workplace

Jan 13, 202616 min

Ep 202Lead Better - The Leadership Skill of Anticipating Resistance

Originally recorded for Monday January 12, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: The Leadership Skill of Anticipating Resistance

Jan 12, 202616 min

Ep 201Lead Better - High-Status Leaders Who Do What They Ask of Others

Originally recorded for Sunday, January 11, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss todays Field Notes: High-Status Leaders Who Do What They Ask of Others

Jan 11, 202615 min

Ep 200Lead Better - Your Spam is Hiding Important Messages

Originally recorded for Saturday, January 10, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Your Spam is Hiding Important Messages

Jan 10, 202616 min

Ep 199Lead Better - Tune Into the Five Lead Indicators of Team Health

Originally recorded for Friday, January 9, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Tune Into the Five Lead Indicators of Team Health

Jan 9, 202616 min

Ep 198Lead Better - You Have to Show You Care Before Delivering a Tough Message

Originally recorded for Thursday, January 8, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: You Have to Show You Care Before Delivering a Tough Message

Jan 8, 202619 min

Ep 197Lead Better - When Emotions Run Too High in the Workplace

Originally recorded for Wednesday, January 7, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic in today's Field Notes: When Emotions Run Too High in the Workplace

Jan 7, 202617 min

Ep 196Lead Better - Are You an Independent Thinker?

Originally recorded for Tuesday, January 6, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... Are You an Independent Thinker?

Jan 6, 202617 min

Ep 195Lead Better - Do You Project the Identity You Want To?

Originally recorded for Monday, December 5, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Do You Project the Identity You Want To?

Jan 5, 202616 min

Ep 194Lead Better - How to Create More Commitment to Decisions and Tasks

Originally recorded for Sunday, January 4, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: How to Create More Commitment to Decisions and Tasks

Jan 4, 202619 min

Ep 193Lead Better - Identifying the Levels of Team Member Commitment

Originally recorded for Saturday, January 3, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the subject of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Identifying the Levels of Team Member Commitment

Jan 3, 202617 min

Ep 192Lead Better - When Is Conflict a Sign of Team Health?

Originally recorded for Friday January 2, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Field Notes: When Is Conflict a Sign of Team Health?

Jan 2, 202618 min

Ep 191Lead Better - Make Yourself More Interesting in the New Year

Originally recorded for Thursday, January 1, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Make Yourself More Interesting in the New Year

Jan 1, 202618 min

Ep 190Lead Better - Why Become an Exceptional Leader

Originally recorded for Wednesday, December 31, 2025 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Field Notes: Why Become an Exceptional Leader

Dec 31, 202519 min

Ep 189Lead Better - Expanding Your Options

Originally recorded for Tuesday, December 30, 2025 - Scott and Mikey discuss today's Admired Leadership Field notes entry: Expanding Your Options

Dec 30, 202518 min

Ep 188Lead Better - An Unhealthy Deference to the Org Chart

Originally recorded for Monday, December 29, 2025 - Scott and Mikey talk through the subject found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: An Unhealthy Deference to the Org Chart

Dec 29, 202516 min

Ep 187Lead Better - How to Lead With Consistency While Adapting to Differences

Originally recorded for Sunday, December 28, 2025 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: How to Lead With Consistency While Adapting to Differences

Dec 28, 202519 min

Ep 186Lead Better - Don’t Accept the Ignorance Fallacy

Originally recorded for Saturday, December 27, 2025 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... Don’t Accept the Ignorance Fallacy

Dec 27, 202517 min

Ep 185Lead Better - The Strategic Use of Emotion

Originally recorded for Friday December 26, 2025 - Scott and Mikey discuss today's Field Notes entry... The Strategic Use of Emotion

Dec 26, 202516 min

Ep 184Lead Better - The Greatest Gift a Leader Can Give

Originally recorded for Thursday, December 25, 2025 - Scott and Mikey say Merry Christmas and discuss today's Field Notes: The Greatest Gift a Leader Can Give

Dec 25, 202515 min

Ep 183Lead Better - Recognizing Opinions That Come From Fear and Insecurity

Originally scheduled for Wednesday, December 24, 2025 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Recognizing Opinions That Come From Fear and Insecurity

Dec 24, 202516 min

Ep 182Lead Better - Leaders Can’t Make People Feel Safe

Originally recorded for Tuesday, December 23, 2025 - Scott and Mikey discuss todays Field Notes topic: Leaders Can’t Make People Feel Safe

Dec 23, 202516 min

Ep 181Lead Better - Incorporating Symbols Into Your To-Do List

Originally recorded for Monday, December 22, 2025 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Incorporating Symbols Into Your To-Do List

Dec 22, 202518 min

Ep 180Lead Better - Odd Times Trick the Brain

Originally recorded for Sunday, December 21, 2025- Scott and Mikey discuss today's Field Notes: Odd Times Trick the Brain

Dec 21, 202519 min

Ep 179Lead Better - Why People With Great Talent Are Commonly Ambitious

Originally recorded for Saturday, December 20, 2025 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Why People With Great Talent Are Commonly Ambitious

Dec 20, 202518 min

Ep 178Lead Better - Who the Holiday Party Is Really For

Originally recorded for Friday, December 19, 2025 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Who the Holiday Party Is Really For

Dec 19, 202516 min

Ep 177Lead Better - AI Tools Are Ideal for Scenario Planning

Originally recorded for Thursday, December 18, 2025 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss today's Field Note discussion - AI Tools Are Ideal for Scenario Planning

Dec 18, 202517 min

Ep 176Lead Better - When a Team Member Doesn’t Prioritize Your Priorities

Originally recorded for Wednesday, December 17, 2025 - Matt, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: When a Team Member Doesn’t Prioritize Your Priorities

Dec 17, 202515 min

Ep 175Lead Better - The Influence of Speed in Relationships

Originally recorded for Tuesday, December 16, 2025 - Molly, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field notes entry... The Influence of Speed in Relationships

Dec 16, 202516 min

Ep 174Lead Better - When You Don’t Believe People Have the Potential to Succeed

Originally recorded for Monday, December 15, 2025 - Scott and Mikey discuss the subject of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: When You Don’t Believe People Have the Potential to Succeed

Dec 15, 202518 min