Holly Breeding

Liberating Teams

Business EN ↓ 51 episodes

Welcome to the Liberating Teams Podcast—where we imagine a different future for leadership and teams. One where we break free from outdated, top-down ways of working and step into a new era of self-managed teaming. This is about unleashing your team’s full potential—by creating the clarity, trust, and systems they need to lead themselves. If you’re ready to evolve how work works and become the kind of strategic leader who amplifies rather than controls—you’re in the right place.

Author

Holly Breeding

Category

Business

Latest episode

Mar 10, 2026

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Episodes

Solving Challenges that Are Outside of Your Control 10.03.2026

Liberated Leader Lab:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader The Corporate Kool-aid Calculator:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://www.liber...

Strategy Gap (pt. 3): Getting Work Done Feels WAY Harder Than It Needs to Be 24.02.2026

Liberated Leader Lab:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader The Corporate Kool-aid Calculator:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://www.liber...

Strategy Gap (pt2): Finding Time for Strategic Work with BAU 20.02.2026

Liberated Leader Lab:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader The Corporate Kool-aid Calculator:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://www.liber...

Strategy Gap (pt1): Less Strategic Planning, More Strategic DOING 19.02.2026

Liberated Leader Lab:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader The Corporate Kool-aid Calculator:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://www.liber...

Why I Don't Buy Into Change Resistance 03.02.2026

Liberated Leader Lab:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader The Corporate Kool-aid Calculator:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://www.liber...

From Function to Product: Rethinking How Your Team Creates Value 13.01.2026

Liberated Leader Lab:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader The Corporate Kool-aid Calculator:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://www.liber...

Work Design Deep Dive: How to Actually Change How Work Happens 16.12.2025

Liberated Leader Lab:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader The Corporate Kool-aid Calculator:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://www.liber...

A Reorg Wont Save Your Team (And What to Focus on Instead) 09.12.2025

Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader The Corporate Kool-aid Calculator:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://www.liberatin...

Why Smart Teams Still Struggle to Think Strategically 11.11.2025

Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader Find out where bureaucracy is building up in your team with the Bureaucracy Debt Calculator:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list...

Future Proofing Teams in the Era of AI Layoffs 04.11.2025

Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader What's Keeping You From Senior Leadership Quiz:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://...

The Darkside of Collaboration 14.10.2025

Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader What's Keeping You From Senior Leadership Quiz:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://...

When Everything is a "Priority" 30.09.2025

Liberated Leader: https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader What's Keeping You From Senior Leadership Quiz: https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com Get more liberating content on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know: https://www.liberatingteams.com/  

Leading in a World of Constant Change 18.09.2025

Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader What's Keeping You From Senior Leadership Quiz:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com   Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   h...

You Don't Have Full-Chest Conviction in Your Strategy... And Everyone Can See it. 12.08.2025

  Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader What's Keeping You in the Weeds Audit:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com   Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   htt...

Why Executive Presence Won't Get You Promoted (And What Will) 05.08.2025

Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader What's Keeping You in the Weeds Audit:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com   Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://ww...

Your Team is Your Resume... What Does it Say? 29.07.2025

Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader What's Keeping You in the Weeds Audit:   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com   Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://ww...

From Functional Manager to Strategic Leader: 3 Critical Mindset Shifts 22.07.2025

Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader Self-Managed Team Audit (it’s free!):   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com   Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://www...

How You're Accidentally Creating Team Dependency (And How to Stop) 08.07.2025

Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader Self-Managed Team Audit (it’s free!):   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com   Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://www...

Making the Shift from Doer to Strategic Leader 01.07.2025

You’ve been told you need to be “more strategic.” But no one tells you how. So you open space on your calendar and… stare at a whiteboard, hoping brilliance strikes. Sound familiar? In this episode, we’re breaking down what strategic thinking  actually looks like—without the fluff. If you're tired of being the go-to fire-drill fixer and want to be seen as the thought leader at the table (not...

Why Your Team Isn’t Seen as Valuable—and How to Change It 24.06.2025

If your team’s doing all the things but still not getting used, noticed, or invested in—I've got you. I’m walking you through exactly why your team isn’t being seen as valuable (even if you’re drowning in work), and what to shift so you start getting used, funded, and invited in. We’ll talk about why being busy isn’t enough, how most internal teams accidentally make themselves invisible, and how t...

Get Your Team Back on Track: Mid-Year Reset 17.06.2025

If your year’s felt like a blur of fire drills, shifting priorities, or spinning wheels—this episode is your reset. I walk you through exactly how to realign your team midyear with them (not to them), so you can clarify your vision, get honest about what’s working (and what’s not), and define the 2–3 priorities that will actually move the needle in Q3. Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberati...

Why Your Team isn't Taking Ownership (Yet) 10.06.2025

It’s not that your team won’t take ownership—it’s that they can’t. Not yet. In part two of our delegation series, we dive into what real empowerment actually takes. Spoiler alert: it’s not motivation or mindset. It’s systems. I break down the three critical ingredients—clarity, context, and authority—that your team needs in place before they can truly lead themselves.  Liberated Leader: &nbsp...

Delegating Won’t Get You Out of the Weeds 05.06.2025

I might poke my eyeballs out if I hear one more person tell an overwhelmed leader "you just need to delegate." Cringe. In this episode, I break down why delegating tasks keeps you stuck in the weeds, why your team still leans on you for every decision, and what it actually takes to hand off real ownership. We’re talking role clarity, outcome-based ownership, and how to shift from being the doer or...

Your Strategy Shouldn’t Be a Slide Deck 03.06.2025

If your strategy lives in a 27-slide deck no one reads, your team’s probably flying blind. This episode breaks down how to create a strategy that actually works—one your team can act on daily. You’ll learn the three non-negotiables of a self-managed team strategy and how to ditch the fluff for something your team can actually follow. Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-lib...

(LIVE PT 3) Solving Your Team’s Challenges — And Making the Changes Stick 10.04.2025

Liberated Leader:   https://www.liberatingteams.com/the-liberated-leader Self-Managed Team Audit (it’s free!):   https://holly-ilp9jkp7.scoreapp.com   Get more liberating content on Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/liberatingteams/ Or connect on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybreeding/ Join the email list so you’re always in the know:   https://www...

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