Quick Take | Tips to Help Executives and Leaders Grow
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.
Podcasting since 2023 • 123 episodes
Quick Take | Tips to Help Executives and Leaders Grow
Latest Episodes
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 lead for outcomes.We talk about energ...
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Episode 122
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13:14
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 invisibility.In this episode, we dig into why this...
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Episode 121
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10:30
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 talk about what leaders can actually do...
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Episode 120
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12:07
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 unpack new survey data, generational differences...
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Episode 119
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13:15
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 it’s truly heard, understood, and internalized....
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Episode 118
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11:10
