Dear Leaders: Love, Your People

Dear Leaders: Love, Your People

Brandi Spurling

Episodes 18
Avg. Duration 15m
Activity Highly Active
Since Apr 2024
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Every 2 Months
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Episodic
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18%
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About This Podcast

Dear Leaders, We're rooting for you! But we also want you to do better. Because when you do better, WE do better. Leading is hard. We get it. Reporting to you is hard, too. And we know that neither of us is automatically taught how to navigate conflict with our people or leaders. That's why we're here: to talk about it. The ways we need you to improve, the questions we have, and everything in between. And by "we" we mean Brandi Spurling: Keynote speaker, culture consultant, and long-time "people". She'll take it from here. We can't wait. Love, Your People

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Recent Episodes

The 28-Minute Problem: Creating Space for Deep Work as a Leader

Feb 18, 2026 19m

Dear Leaders,Here's a statistic that might make you feel seen: the average CEO only gets 28 minutes of uninterrupted work time per day. Twenty-eight minutes. The rest is emails, questions, meetings,…

The (Re)treat that Keeps on Giving

Dec 04, 2025 15m

Dear Leaders,Team retreats aren't just nice to have: they impact trust, bring people closer together, and give you space to solve problems in ways you can't when you're stuck in your normal…

The Full Grinch Moment: What Your Team Actually Needs During the Holidays

Nov 19, 2025 16m

Dear Leaders, Culture can't be dependent on resources. The parties, the gifts, the decorations—those aren't your culture. Those are events. They're nice, they matter, but they're not culture. Culture…

You can't change a tire without touching it: Understand the culture, then influence it

Oct 30, 2025 16m

Dear Leaders,You can't change a tire without touching it. You have to get down on eye level with it, understand how it's connected, where the lug nuts are, what's actually broken. The same is true…

Show up or Shut up: Walk the Walk AND Talk the Talk

Sep 30, 2025 13m

Dear Leaders, Your calendar is your love language. Where you spend your time tells your people what you actually value, not what you say you value. And if there's a gap between those two things, we…

Leading Through Change: What Twilight Didn't Teach Us

Jul 14, 2025 20m

Dear Leaders, Let’s talk about something we all deal with but don’t always lead through intentionally: change.In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on a big change we just rolled out at my…

You Know What Happens When You Assume? Leading the Way We Need!

Apr 28, 2025 15m

Dear Leaders,Sometimes, the most supportive thing you can do as a leader isn’t cheering the loudest or offering help before it's asked—it’s simply asking what we actually need.In today’s episode, we…

When Life and Leading Get Hard

Apr 14, 2025 13m

TW: Talk of MisscarriageDear Leaders,Some of the hardest moments in leadership don’t come from deadlines, launches, or meetings—they come when life happens outside of work, and you're still expected…

Own It: The Culture You Say, vs. The Culture You Send

Mar 31, 2025 13m

Dear Leaders,We’re wrapping up our three-part culture series with what might be the most important (and most challenging) part: owning it.You’ve said what kind of culture you want. You’ve built the…

Building Culture: Why Systems (Not Slogans) Make the Difference

Mar 28, 2025 16m

Dear Leaders,Last week, we started the conversation on culture—what it is, why it matters, and how you can define it for your team. But defining it is just the beginning. This week, we’re moving to…

The Culture Series: Culture Starts Here.

Mar 03, 2025 15m

Dear Leaders,Culture isn’t just snacks in the break room, nap pods, or branded t-shirts. It’s not about the perks—it’s about the actions, big and small, that create the environment we work in every…

You're Leading us, Silly Goose: How Leaders Can Bridge Generational Differences

Feb 10, 2025 16m

Dear Leaders,Generational differences in the workplace are nothing new, but with Gen Z entering the workforce, it feels like the conversation has gained fresh momentum. The challenge isn’t just about…

Feedback Is Like a Warhead: Sour First, Sweet Later

Jan 27, 2025 16m

Dear Leaders,We need to talk about feedback. You know, that thing that’s supposed to help us grow but often feels like eating a Warhead—sour, overwhelming, and hard to swallow at first. But just like…

Your Michael Scott Leadership Moment: Tackling Imposter Syndrome with Confidence and Praise

Jan 13, 2025 17m

Dear Leaders,We need to talk about imposter syndrome. You know, that nagging feeling of self-doubt your people—and maybe even you—experience after a big success or opportunity?Imposter syndrome…

Trailer: Dear Leaders: Love, Your People

Jan 06, 2025 3m Trailer

Imagine I’m sitting behind you in class, leaning forward to tap you on the shoulder, only to slip you a tiny piece of folded up paper. Instead of it being from your crush that says “do you like me,…

S1E3 Hip-Hip Prrraise!

Aug 26, 2024 10m

Dear Leaders, We need praise from you. But not like the "make their heads big" praise. We want the information praise; you know, when you see something that's working for us that we can do…

S1E2 What do you mean, "fold in the cheese"?

Apr 14, 2024 10m

Dear Leaders, We want you to lead our culture. But leading it has to start with you fully understanding what you're asking of us, defining it, and creating accountability around it. We don't know…

S1E1 A Love Letter to Leaders

Apr 11, 2024 6m

Dear Leaders, Consider this first episode a love letter to you. Where we tell you what we're up to, introduce our bear-loving host, Brandi Spurling, and paint a really clear picture of what to…

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