
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 • 120 episodes
Quick Take | Tips to Help Executives and Leaders Grow
Latest Episodes
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

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 motivated under stress, and manage up, down,...
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Episode 117
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10:27

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 expertise in leadership, and where does it ge...
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Episode 116
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9:17

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 to the subtle cues that indicate misalignment,...
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Episode 115
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10:41
