In this week's episode, Cy and Alex were able to take a fan question that was submitted through the website. The question focused on what to do about negativity at work, and in particular this was part of a group that was going through a reside

Careful To Not Weaponize Reality-Based Leadership With Your Team

Nov 14th, 2024 32m 4s

This week's episode is all about a common pattern that happens when people are really excited about Reality-Based Leadership, or they just learned some of our new techniques after a session. They accidentally begin weaponizing Reality-Based Lea

Data we HAD to share - Our Leadership Development Learning Series and Process

Oct 31st, 2024 39m 12s

In this episode, Cy and Alex share some incredible insights from Reality-Based Leadership's Leadership Development Series! While many know them for their engaging keynotes, their deep dive programs are all about transforming teams into modern l

Silence -The Most Underused Tool For Great Leadership

Oct 17th, 2024 22m 55s

A leader recently asked Alex and Cy, “What happens when you're trying Reality-Based Leadership or using a tool and everything goes silent? Does that mean that the tools not working? What do I do when there's silence? What do I do when that sile

Handling Fake Buy-In From Employees

Oct 3rd, 2024 41m 30s

One of the top three biggest questions we get at Reality-Based Leadership is, How do I get my team to buy-in? How do I get them to buy into what needs to be done? How do I get them to buy into strategies? How do we get people to buy into change

Creating Structure to Give Freedom to Employees

Sep 19th, 2024 36m 25s

Many leaders struggle with giving freedom for their employees to do their best work, because they forget to provide some structure for them to work in. In today's episode, Alex and Cy talk about leader's role in finding the balance between stru

Disruption-Proofing your team from change with Business Readiness

Sep 5th, 2024 37m 41s

If you're a leader that is currently leading your team through change, transformation, innovation, and noticing that there is a lot of resistance concern or fear, this is the podcast for you. Cy and Alex dive deep into what they call Business R

A Step by Step to Coaching Beyond Drama and Excuses

Aug 22nd, 2024 29m 19s

In this podcast, Cy and Alex discuss an important leadership concept they discovered while working on content for Alex's new book. Traditional leadership advice often focuses on identifying the source of drama or conflict, and then applying a s

Few Loud Resistors, Many Silent Supporters

May 30th, 2024 47m 4s

In this episode, Cy and Alex talk about activating the silent majority at work. Alex and Cy share how they are noticing a trend where leaders are getting a wrong read of the room, and they think they have more resistance than is actually there

Are You Over Managing and Under Leading?

May 16th, 2024 43m 52s

In today's episode, Alex and Cy talk about a pattern they're seeing out there that is really hurting leaders, creating conflict and burning them out. It's that they are over managing and under leading, and this is a sign of leaders being a litt

Legacy driven or Outcome driven leadership with Mike Lee

May 2nd, 2024 49m 27s

Alex and Cy connected with Mike Lee to talk about the new rules of the future of leadership. Although these rules are simple rules that you might already know, the key insight is that for years, they have been nice to have, and now they're real

Hope Needs A Comeback in Healthcare

Apr 18th, 2024 34m 53s

Cy and Alex got looking ahead at their schedules and couldn't believe we're already a month away from National Nurse's day, National Nurse's week, National Hospital week, and they had healthcare on their mind for this week's podcast. They wante

Over-functioning or Helping Too Much with Reality-Based Leadership?

Apr 4th, 2024 22m 44s

One of the core philosophies of living Reality-Based Leadership at work is to stop judging, start helping. People love this as a way to get started and dive right in, but sometimes their helping becomes doing everyone else's work, or jumping i

Keeping the humanness at work when using Reality-Based Leadership

Mar 21st, 2024 23m 8s

Ever thought that doing Reality-Based Leadership might take the humanness out of work? What Alex and Cy cover in this session is that RBL actually brings the true humanness back to work. We don't try to bring our whole self to work but instead,

What's IN and what's OUT in leadership this year?

Mar 7th, 2024 25m 26s

Join Cy and Alex on this episode as they're diving into the latest trends for 2024, inspired by the fun ideas they've seen on TikTok and social media. Listen along as they explore leadership and work trends that are in and out for the year. Wit

Toxic geniuses and high-performers that are high-drama

Feb 22nd, 2024 30m 40s

Join Cy and Alex in this thought-provoking episode where they answer the challenging question of what to do with a 'toxic genius' or a high-perfomer that happens to be high-drama? Inspired by an episode that Alex heard in which Brene Brown, Si

Loud drama or silent drama at work? Here's the difference.

Feb 8th, 2024 20m 33s

Join Cy and Alex on this episode as they chat through the times someones shares, "But, we don't really have drama here." This is often where the loud drama (venting, complaining, gossip around the water cooler) isn't a big issue, but silent dra

Speak Up Culture?...Tell me more!

Jan 11th, 2024 1h 12m

Join Cy and Alex as they have a fascinating conversation with Stephen Shedletzky (Shed) on how to Create a Speak Up Culture. Listen along as they dive into this topic and what it looks like when leaders in the workplace manage and nurture a saf

[NEW SEASON] Trust at work and how it fits with Reality-Based Leadership

Nov 16th, 2023 39m 24s

Back by popular demand, Cy and Alex sit down to talk about the latest topics in leadership as they are out speaking on the circuit with the top leaders across the globe. The hottest topic that is coming up is all around trust and how it fits wi

Me & We...The Best of Both Worlds

Nov 9th, 2023 48m

Join Cy in her interview with the amazing Dr. Laura, an Industrial/Organizational and Career Psychologist who has over 20+ years experience in the field. She is also a keynote speaker, thought leader, author and hosts her own podcast Where Work

The Great Midlife Edit

Nov 2nd, 2023 25m 12s

Join Cy in her interview with Chip Conley, founder of Modern Elder Academy where they discuss his transition from being a boutique hotelier for 24yrs to opening up the first midlife wisdom school in Baja, Mexico. Listen as he talks about what t

Moving Through Fear

Sep 28th, 2023 1h 7m

Join Cy in her interview with Adrian Koehler, host of The Naked Leadership Podcast where they discuss his transition from pediatric intensive care to running his own consulting company, being comfortable with what you don't know, managing your

Normalizing the Mess

Aug 24th, 2023 53m 5s

Join Cy in her discussion with Tim Davisson, former #1 consultant at Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) as they dive into the reality of imposter syndrome and finding your career path, the importance of inner work and staying present and curi

Moving Beyond “Hustle Culture”

Jul 13th, 2023 46m 37s

In this episode, Cy chats with Henry Albrecht, founder of Limeade, an industry-leading SaaS employee well-being company about the lessons he has gleaned from mining the data on the contributors to disease and well-being as well as how he moved

Transcending Polarized Thinking and Other New Leadership Competencies

Jun 22nd, 2023 51m 31s

In this episode, Cy is joined by Mike Robbins, an expert in bringing humans together to do great work, to talk about the new leadership competencies of “holding space” “doing your inner work” and “tapping into the genius of the collective”. Dis