Show overview
SightShift with Chris McAlister has been publishing since 2015, and across the 11 years since has built a catalogue of 311 episodes. That works out to roughly 130 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 13 min and 37 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 19 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2016, with 56 episodes published. Published by Chris McAlister.
From the publisher
Too many leaders lead for validation, not impact. And too many organizations are relying on overpriced seminars, gimmicky retreats, and leadership fads to develop their leaders. Are you ready to implement a transformational process to develop impact leaders who develop other leaders? www.SightShift.com
Latest Episodes
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Why Your Team Resists Change
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Ep 240Lunch with Chris: Is Your Leadership Training Just Dumb Theater?
What if the meetings, trainings, and retreats at your company are just... performative theater? In this episode, Chris breaks down three moments from Amazon Prime's Company Theater (Season 2) that expose the real patterns destroying your team culture — proving, hiding, and leading for validation instead of impact.
Ep 242Your Team's Complaints Are Data. Here's How to Read Them.
Your team is telling you what they need. You're solving the wrong problem. In this episode of the Make Culture Your Edge series, Chris McAlister and Mark Stanifer dig into the third pillar of the culture model: Right Connection. Most leaders either rush past what their people are actually feeling — or they stay in the moment so long nothing moves forward. Both are failure modes.
Ep 241Lunch with Chris: Why Smart Leaders Keep Investing in Dumb Theater
Why do smart leaders keep investing in retreats, team-building, and leadership development that doesn't actually change anything? In the very first Lunch with Chris, I tell the story of walking into a conference room 24 years ago and watching a leader create one of the most awkward moments I've ever experienced. Then I break down why it happens and what separates real leadership from performative theater.
Ep 239Your Team Doesn't Need a Slogan. They Need This.
Your team doesn't need another slogan. They need a leader who knows how to communicate vision that actually lands. In this episode, Chris and Mark break down the first pillar of the Impact Culture Model — right communication — using one of the most iconic scenes in storytelling: the Council of Elrond.
Ep 238The Anatomy of a Breakthrough (What Sports Movies Get Right About Leadership)
In this episode of the SightShift Podcast, Chris and Brett unpack the anatomy of a breakthrough, using iconic sports films like Rocky IV, Miracle, Remember the Titans, and more to explain how real transformation actually happens inside teams.
Ep 237The Silent Killer of Strong Cultures
Chris and Mark unpack one of the most dangerous—and overlooked—forces in leadership and culture: drift. The slow, quiet erosion that happens when leaders stop paying attention to what really shapes behavior, trust, and alignment. Drift doesn’t announce itself. It accumulates. Learn more about drift: www.sightshift.com/post/signs-of-drift
Ep 236This Is What Breaks Teams | Make Culture Your Edge
Conflict isn’t the enemy of culture. Unaddressed conflict is. In this episode of the SightShift Podcast, Chris and Mark go deeper into one of the most misunderstood tension points in leadership: conflict. Building on ideas from Make Culture Your Edge, they unpack why conflict is not something to eliminate, but something to learn how to hold well. This conversation explores: - The difference between healthy conflict and unhealthy conflict - How proving and hiding show up in arguments, meetings, and silence - Why dismissing feelings quietly breaks trust over time - How leaders unintentionally create damaged relationships by giving people what they want instead of what they need - Why hidden agendas emerge when leaders are either overpowering or unclear
Ep 235Why SightShift Finally Told the Full Story
In this episode, Chris sits down with Mark Stanifer for one of the most important conversations in SightShift’s history. What started years ago as a leadership framework has slowly revealed something deeper, a conviction that couldn’t stay implicit anymore. This is a conversation about identity before platform. About ancient wisdom before modern strategy. And about what it costs, and frees, a leader to finally tell the full truth. This episode explores: Why hiding feels safer than clarity How leaders drift when identity stays implicit The difference between strategy and conviction What changes when you stop managing perception and start telling the truth 👉 Learn more about SightShift and Figure That Shift Out at sightshift.com