Quick Take | Tips to Help Executives and Leaders Grow
Susie Tomenchok and James Capps
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The Quick Take podcast provides concise and actionable tips to help executives and leaders, like you, tackle the thorny and complex challenges that affect us daily. By leveraging their experience and relationship with other global leaders, our hosts provide suggestions that are based on their deep experience as leaders and coaches but also pressure tested in boardrooms everywhere because they asked their friends….(almost). Hosted by James Capps and Susie Tomenchok. Episodes release weekly on Thursdays.
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Rethinking Hierarchy with the "First Team" Leadership Approach
What if your loyalty shouldn't lie with your direct reports, but with your peers? In this episode, we dive into the “First Team” leadership approach, a mindset shift that challenges the traditional…
Balancing AI Adoption with Human Connection
AI can help us move faster, work smarter, and even prep for a one-on-one. But what happens when we start using it as a substitute for human connection?In this episode, we explore the tension between…
Why Introverts Make Powerful Leaders
We’re taught to celebrate the loudest voice in the room. But what if the most effective leaders are the ones who say less and listen more?In this conversation, we unpack the surprising strengths of…
The Paradox of Likable Leadership
Can you be a good leader and still want to be liked? Or does that instinct hold you back? In this episode, we dig into the tension between being likable and being effective. We talk about how the…
Why Your Mid-Level Leaders Are Your AI Champions
Think Gen Z is leading the charge on AI? Not so fast. It turns out your middle managers might be the ones best positioned to drive real change.In this episode, we talk about why this layer of…
Building Workplace Civility in Polarized Times
You know that person who always interrupts or hijacks the meeting? Most teams do. And when no one addresses it, everyone loses.In this episode, we talk about why civility still matters, maybe more…
Managing Outcomes, Not Activity
The old school nine-to-five doesn’t fit today’s work, or today’s workers. Still, so many leaders fall back on time as a stand-in for productivity. In this episode, we unpack what it actually means to…
Empowering Middle Managers for Long-Term Success
Middle managers are overworked, overlooked, and often under-supported. Yet they’re the glue holding organizations together—and right now, many of them are stuck in a cycle of burnout and…
Beyond the AI Layoff Headlines: Keep Teams Focused When Fear Takes Hold
AI is changing the game—and it’s got people on edge. From high-profile layoffs to execs declaring they won’t hire devs again, there’s a new kind of fear spreading through teams.In this episode, we…
Is AI Making Your Team Anxious? What Leaders Should and Shouldn’t Do
AI is everywhere, but not everyone is excited. In this episode, we explore the growing anxiety employees feel about AI and what leaders can do when they don’t have all the answers. Susie and James…
The Time Gap Between Speaking and Being Heard in Leadership
You said it clearly, so why isn’t your team acting on it? In this episode, Susie and James dig into a subtle but critical leadership challenge: the time gap between when something is said and when…
Leading from the Middle: Influence, Motivation, and Managing Up
Middle managers are often the most overlooked—and overloaded—leaders in an organization. Caught between executive pressure and team expectations, they’re expected to influence without authority, stay…
Can You Lead a Team Without Knowing Their Job?
Should leaders be able to do their team's work—or is that missing the point entirely? In this episode, Susie and James unpack a question that comes up more often than you'd think: what’s the role of…
Is Your Team Sending You Silent Signals?
Not all feedback is spoken—and often, the most important signals from your team are the ones they don’t say out loud. In this episode, Susie and James explore what it means to recognize and respond…
Reigniting Motivation in Disengaged VPs and Middle Managers
When motivation fades in the middle layers of leadership, the ripple effect can stall an entire organization. In this episode, Susie and James unpack why VPs and middle managers often feel stuck—and…
Should You Roll Out the Red Carpet—Again? The Truth About Rehiring Former Executives
Bringing back a former executive can feel like a safe bet, after all, they know the business, the people, the playbook. But is it really the right move? In this episode, Susie and James explore the…
Do Leaders Still Need to Be Technical? with Angie Cullen
As technology evolves at lightning speed, executive leaders are facing a tough question: just how technical do you need to be? In this episode, Susie and James sit down with award-winning coach and…
Let AI Make You a Better Leader
Leadership is a human skill—but what if AI could help you sharpen it? In this episode, Susie and James explore how leaders can use AI not to replace their instincts, but to strengthen them. From…
The AI Turf War: Who Really Owns It at the Top?
As AI becomes central to business strategy, a new kind of leadership tension is emerging: everyone wants to “own” it. But should anyone? In this episode, Susie and James dig into the growing turf war…
Is a 3AM Wake-Up the Secret to Great Leadership?
We’ve all heard the stories: the most successful leaders wake up at 3AM, journal, cold plunge, and run six miles before sunrise. But… is that actually what makes them great? In this episode, we…
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Quick Take | Tips to Help Executives and Leaders Grow has published 129 episodes since February 2023, covering topics in Business, Careers.
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