After 152 episodes of The Throttle Up Leadership Podcast featuring guests from literally around the world, I've noticed a pattern. When my guests talk about leadership, they almost always speak to empathy, authenticity, trust, and integrity. These words come up constantly, and rightfully so. But here's what I've also noticed: they're almost always framed as the individual leader's traits. Personal attributes. Qualities someone either has or develops. And that's where organiza

There's a can of lubricant in your garage that's named after failure. WD-40 stands for "Water Displacement, 40th formula,” which means formulas 1 through 39 didn't work. The chemist at Rocket Chemical Company who mixed formula number 23 couldn't afford to get emotionally devastated when it failed. Neither could the person mixing formula 12, or 31, or 38. They had to show up the next day and try again. They understood something profound: success wasn't about nailing it on the

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We've heard of quiet quitting —but the new reality is even more unsettling: quiet cracking.Unlike burnout, which is visible and...

There’s a hidden cost in the way most organizations still approach leadership — and we rarely talk about it. It’s the cost of...

Somewhere along the way, we confused leadership with charisma. We began equating influence with personality… confidence with competence…...

Lately, I’ve been sensing something that’s hard to ignore—and maybe you have too. In this accelerating world of AI and automation,...