The Ready Set Podcast

In this episode, we look at the leadership model shift — from planning, directing, controlling, and managing to inspiring, enabling, facilitating, and developing — through the story of Alan Mulally, the outsider who walked into a collapsing Ford Motor Company in 2006 and changed everything by responding to one honest moment in one meeting in a way nobody expected. What we cover: Why Ford's weekly...

She Never Crossed the Line Alone The Ready Set Podcast | Episode 10 — Series Finale In the final episode of The Ready Set podcast series, we close out ten behaviors with the one that makes all the others matter — Shared Success — told through the story of Harriet Tubman. A woman who reached the finish line, felt nothing, and went back nineteen times. What we cover: Why a significant win that leave...

In this episode, we look at Adaptive Thinking through the story of Abraham Lincoln — and what four years of leading through conditions no one could have predicted reveals about the difference between consistency as a virtue and consistency as a cage. What we cover: Why the most dangerous leadership frustration isn't failing — it's doing everything right and watching it slowly stop working The cabi...

The Ice Doesn't Care About Your Plan The Ready Set Podcast | Episode 009 In this episode, we go deep into one of the most extraordinary survival stories in history — Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition — and what two years stranded on the ice reveals about what Resilience actually looks like when the pressure is sustained, the finish line keeps moving, and 27 people are watchin...

In this episode, we look at Values-Based Integrity and Authenticity through the lens of one of the most quietly remarkable leaders of the twentieth century, Fred Rogers, and what his decades-long consistency between public and private behavior can teach us about the trust that actually holds teams together. What we cover: * Why reputation gets built or destroyed in the moments when doing the right...

Show Notes The General Who Never Wasted a Move The Ready Set Podcast | Episode 007 In this episode, we look at Critical Path Thinking through the lens of one of history's most underrated leaders — Dwight D. Eisenhower — and what his approach to planning the most complex military operation in history can teach us about leading with focus and intention today. What we cover: Why most teams aren't fai...

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The Ready Set Podcast - Episode 001 - Behaviors are the Foundation In this episode we discuss how behaviors are the foundation to being or becoming a successful leader. It's not about strategy or skills, it's how you show up. Get full access to The Ready Set at thereadyset.substack.com/subscribe