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Nobody tells you the hardest part of becoming a manager: the job changes overnight, but your skill set doesn’t. I rewind to the early 1990s, when I stepped out of individual contributor sales and in…

Nobody tells you the…

Nobody tells you the hardest part of becoming a manager: the job changes overnight, but your skill set doesn’t. I rewind to the early 1990s, when I stepped out of individual contributor sales and into leading sales and marketing with almost no real mentoring. I was frustrated, second-guessing myself, and running into old-school management habits that looked normal on paper but felt wrong in practice. That’s what sent me searching for real management training and a better way to lead.HERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES:Never miss a good opportunity to learn from a bad boss...Cli…

Your attention isn’t just getting interrupted, it’s getting retrained. We sit down with digital wellness guide and speaker Mark Ostach to unpack why so many of us feel rushed, reactive, and oddly …

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Your attention isn’t just getting interrupted, it’s getting retrained. We sit down with digital wellness guide and speaker Mark Ostach to unpack why so many of us feel rushed, reactive, and oddly disconnected even when we’re “caught up.” Mark joins us to share the heart behind his new book, The Gift of Connection: Reclaiming Presence in the Age of Distraction, and to make a clear case that presence is no longer a nice-to-have skill. It’s a survival skill for leaders, parents, and anyone living on screens.Click HERE for Mark's websiteClick HERE for "The Day 100 Packages Showed …

A dusty box in the basement turns into a full-on leadership time machine. I stumble onto a stack of handwritten memos from my old manager “Fred,” the same boss from our early “Don’t Bring Him …

A dusty box in the b…

A dusty box in the basement turns into a full-on leadership time machine. I stumble onto a stack of handwritten memos from my old manager “Fred,” the same boss from our early “Don’t Bring Him Back” story, and reading them instantly brings back the Stress of being managed by metrics instead of being led by insight.Don't Bring Him BackHERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES:Never miss a good opportunity to learn from a bad boss...Click HERE to get your very own Reference Profile.  We use The Predictive Index as our analytics platform so you know it's validated and re…

“We only promote from within” sounds like a values-driven promise, but what happens when that promise puts the wrong person in a critical seat? John Broer and Karen Shulman dig into the uncomforta…

“We only promote f…

“We only promote from within” sounds like a values-driven promise, but what happens when that promise puts the wrong person in a critical seat? John Broer and Karen Shulman dig into the uncomfortable reality: internal promotions can fail, sometimes spectacularly, when organizations rely on seniority, loyalty, or gut feel instead of clear evidence of job fit.Head, Heart, and BriefcaseThe Individual Contributor PathwayHERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES:Never miss a good opportunity to learn from a bad boss...Click HERE to get your very own Reference Profile.  We use The Predict…

“We only promote from within” sounds like a values-driven promise, but what happens when that promise puts the wrong person in a critical seat? John Broer and Karen Shulman dig into the uncomforta…

“We only promote f…

“We only promote from within” sounds like a values-driven promise, but what happens when that promise puts the wrong person in a critical seat? John Broer and Karen Shulman dig into the uncomfortable reality: internal promotions can fail, sometimes spectacularly, when organizations rely on seniority, loyalty, or gut feel instead of clear evidence of job fit.Head, Heart, and BriefcaseThe Individual Contributor PathwayHERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES:Never miss a good opportunity to learn from a bad boss...Click HERE to get your very own Reference Profile.  We use The Predict…

Memorial Day asks for more than a moment of silence, so we take a different path this week and sit with the words Americans once used when the stakes were life and death. I’m recording on Memorial D…

Memorial Day asks fo…

Memorial Day asks for more than a moment of silence, so we take a different path this week and sit with the words Americans once used when the stakes were life and death. I’m recording on Memorial Day weekend, thinking about the more than 1.3 million Americans who have died in service, and the debt that number represents: families, futures, and everyday people who never got to come home. If we want to understand freedom, we have to be willing to look straight at what it costs.Send us Fan Mail

Introspection feels like the responsible thing to do, but what if it’s quietly making you less self-aware and more stressed? We sit down with organizational psychologist and author Dr. Tasha Eurich …

Introspection feels …

Introspection feels like the responsible thing to do, but what if it’s quietly making you less self-aware and more stressed? We sit down with organizational psychologist and author Dr. Tasha Eurich to unpack what the science actually says about self-awareness, why so many high-achieving leaders get stuck in rumination, and how a few small shifts can change the way you lead.Click HERE to purchase Tasha's book InsightClick HERE to take the 5-minute Insight QuizClick HERE to visit the Insight book websiteClick HERE to connect with Tasha on LinkedInClick HERE to watch Tasha's groundbre…

PowerPoint may be the most common management tool on Earth, but it might also be the fastest way to lose the room. We sit down with Eric Harris, creator of The Campfire Method, to rethink how leaders …

PowerPoint may be th…

PowerPoint may be the most common management tool on Earth, but it might also be the fastest way to lose the room. We sit down with Eric Harris, creator of The Campfire Method, to rethink how leaders communicate when the stakes are high and change is constant. Instead of treating presentations as a deck you “run,” Eric argues for a more human approach where we earn belief, reduce Anxiety, and help people move from point A to point B as an act of compassion.Click HERE to order a copy of The Campfire MethodClick HERE for Eric Harris' LinkedIn profileHERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOO…

Your leadership strength can be the very thing that’s quietly costing you trust, Clarity, and results. We’re joined by Dr. Martin “Marty” Dubin, clinical psychologist, serial entrepreneur, and…

Your leadership stre…

Your leadership strength can be the very thing that’s quietly costing you trust, clarity, and results. We’re joined by Dr. Martin “Marty” Dubin, clinical psychologist, serial entrepreneur, and author of Blindspotting: How To See What’s Holding You Back As A Leader, to put language and structure around the blind spots even high performers can’t see in themselves.Click HERE for the Blindspotting websiteClick HERE for Dr. Dubin's LinkedIn pageHERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES:Never miss a good opportunity to learn from a bad boss...Click HERE to get your very own Re…

A “toxic leader” can sound like a fixed identity, but Dr. Kevin Sansberry II pushes us to look at something more actionable: toxic leadership behaviors and the systems that reward them. We talk ab…

A “toxic leader”…

A “toxic leader” can sound like a fixed identity, but Dr. Kevin Sansberry II pushes us to look at something more actionable: toxic leadership behaviors and the systems that reward them. We talk about why Kevin centers on Relationships, why he intentionally uses informality to reduce in-group language, and how his work blends behavioral science, applied Innovation, and systems thinking to serve people who feel voiceless at work.Click HERE for Dr. Sansberry's LinkedIn profileClick HERE to go to the Toxic Leadership podcastHERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES:Never miss a good…

Bad leaders don’t always look like villains. Sometimes they look like someone who means well, loves competition, and tracks a number on a dashboard that quietly trains the team to waste time. That�…

Bad leaders don’t …

Bad leaders don’t always look like villains. Sometimes they look like someone who means well, loves competition, and tracks a number on a dashboard that quietly trains the team to waste time. That’s where this conversation begins: Kristen Schmitt, founder of Thrive to Lead, shares how a “Bosshole” manager pushed metrics that rewarded optics over outcomes and how those choices created predictable, costly unintended consequences.Click HERE to visit the Thrive to Lead websiteClick HERE to connect with Kristen on LinkedInHERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES:Never miss a good opp…

Bad leaders don’t always look like villains. Sometimes they look like someone who means well, loves competition, and tracks a number on a dashboard that quietly trains the team to waste time. That�…

Bad leaders don’t …

Bad leaders don’t always look like villains. Sometimes they look like someone who means well, loves competition, and tracks a number on a dashboard that quietly trains the team to waste time. That’s where this conversation begins: Kristen Schmitt, founder of Thrive to Lead, shares how a “Bosshole” manager pushed metrics that rewarded optics over outcomes and how those choices created predictable, costly unintended consequences.Click HERE to visit the Thrive to Lead websiteClick HERE to connect with Kristen on LinkedInHERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES:Never miss a good opp…