The QBQ! Podcast
Kristin Lindeen
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Looking to take your business to the next level, boost sales and productivity, or raise confident, capable kids? You’re in the right place. The secret? It’s the QBQ.
If you haven’t yet discovered the bestselling book QBQ! The Question Behind the Question, it’s time to check it out. This powerful concept is transforming how people lead, live, and grow—by focusing on one foundational principle: personal accountability.
In every episode, your hosts Kristin and John explore how taking ownership—at work, at home, and in life—can unlock real, lasting success. It’s not about blaming, complaining, or waiting. It’s about asking better questions and choosing responsibility.
Personal accountability—it’s really that simple.
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S1E29 When Caring Too Much Becomes a Problem
Connect with us at QBQ!One of the biggest misconceptions I encounter about personal accountability is the belief that it means doing more, working harder, and saying yes to everything.In this solo…
S1E28 From “Why Me?” to “What Can I Do?” | Real-Life QBQ! Application
Connect with us at QBQ!When life feels unfair, where does your thinking go first?In this episode of The QBQ! Podcast, I sat down with Brad Detchevery, a longtime QBQ! reader and listener who shared…
S1E27 From Trade Show Tent to Industry Leader: The Power of Personal Accountability
Connect with us at QBQ!I’m re-sharing one of my favorite QBQ! Podcast conversations today with Joe Hamilton, CEO and President of Vortex Optics. Plus a little surprise!Joe shares the incredible story…
S1E26 What Our New Puppy Is Teaching Me About Personal Accountability
Connect with us at QBQ!We just brought home a new puppy, and within hours, I caught myself asking all the wrong questions.“Why is she doing this?” “When is she going to learn?” “Who's going to handle…
S1E25 From Finger Pointing to Double Digit Growth
Connect with us at QBQ!What does it take to move a team from finger-pointing to real results?In this episode, I talk with Debbie Slocum, a longtime QBQ user and former HR leader at Husqvarna. She…
S1E24 Stop Speaking in Code: What Outstanding! Organizations Do Differently
Connect with us at QBQ!What do outstanding organizations actually do differently?In this episode of The QBQ! Podcast, I’m joined by my dad, John, as we talk about the books beyond QBQ!—including…
S1E23 From Micromanaging to Leading: The Power of Better Questions
Connect with us at QBQ!In this episode of the QBQ! Podcast, I’m joined by Laura Train, founder of Integrity Training Solutions and a longtime QBQ practitioner and distributor. Laura first encountered…
S1E22 Raising an Accountable Generation: What It Takes to Raise Ownership at Every Age
Connect with us at QBQ!Part 2 of a conversation with the Coast to Coast Camps leadership team, this episode turns the focus to parenting, modeling, and what it really takes to raise an accountable…
S1E21 When Every Problem Points to You: From Bottleneck to Breakthrough
Connect with us at QBQ!When Every Problem Points to YouFrom Bottleneck to BreakthroughWhat do you do when every problem seems to land on you?In this episode of the QBQ! Podcast, I’m joined by the…
S1E20 You Can’t Hold People Accountable (And Why That’s Good News for Leaders)
Connect with us at QBQ!“I still have to hold my people accountable.”Managers say this all the time—and it’s a fair question.In this short, one-off episode of the QBQ! Podcast, Kristin Lindeen…
S1E19 Great Hospitality Starts with Better Questions: The QBQ Approach to Restaurant Leadership and Accountability
Connect with us at QBQ!Why Great Hospitality Starts with Better Questions The QBQ Approach to Restaurant Leadership and AccountabilityIn the restaurant world, it’s easy to spend your days…
S1E18 Why the Questions We Ask Matter (with Charles Alexander): A featured conversation from the Do More By Doing Less podcast
Connect with us at QBQ!This week, we’re sharing a conversation from the Do More By Doing Less podcast, hosted by Charles Alexander.Charles recently sat down with my dad, John G. Miller, author of…
S1E17 Careers Aren't Straight Lines: Taking Ownership from Customer Service to Operational Excellence
Connect with us at QBQ!In this episode, Kristin talks with Cindy Darnell of Element about how personal accountability shapes everything from team dynamics and customer service to parenting and career…
S1E16 Letting Go and Letting Be: A Peaceful Holiday Season
Connect with us at QBQ!Kristin shares seven simple “let” ideas—let go, let loose, let others, let up, let in, let be, and let me—to help create a calmer, more joyful holiday season. A quick QBQ…
S1E15 The Story of QBQ! – Part 5: The Shaping of the QBQ! book with David Levin
Connect with us at QBQ!In Part 5 of The Story of QBQ! series, Kristin talks with David Levin — the creative partner who helped shape the QBQ! book we all know today. Together they revisit how it all…
S1E14 Accountability in Sales: Kristin Lindeen on the Awesome Impact Podcast
Connect with us at QBQ!QBQ! goes B2B! Kristin joins John DiMare on The Awesome Impact B2B Sales Podcast to unpack how The Question Behind the Question® empowers sales leaders to stop blaming, start…
S1E13 Accountability Isn’t a Policy—It’s Personal.
Connect with us at QBQ!When HR leads with accountability, everyone wins.How Liberty Hospital’s HR leader turned one simple book into a movement of personal accountability.Liberty Hospital’s VP of HR,…
S1E12 We Don't Leave Companies, We Leave Managers: Becoming an Outstanding Manager with QBQ!
Connect with us at QBQ!Managers shape culture more than any perk or policy. In this episode, John G. Miller and Kristin Lindeen explore why people often leave managers—not companies—and how personal…
S1E11 Believe or Leave: Building a Performance Culture with CRO Steve Chamberlin
Connect with us at QBQ!What happens when entitlement and blame meet a culture of accountability? In this episode of the QBQ! Podcast, Kristin Lindeen sits down with Steve Chamberlin, Chief Revenue…
S1E10 Walking Our Talk: Marriage, Parenting, and QBQ in Real Life
Connect with us at QBQ!It’s easy to teach accountability—but much harder to live it at home. Kristin and her husband Erik share real stories of marriage, parenting, and the messy, funny, humbling…
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The QBQ! Podcast has published 29 episodes since June 2025, covering topics in Business, Careers.
The QBQ! Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 18m.
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