Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey

Mainline Executive Coaching ACT

Business EN ↓ 371 episodes

Steam Locomotives were some of the most powerful machines ever built. They represented vision, ingenuity, collaboration, and extraordinary human achievement. However, to get to the next destination, they had to be directed to the mainline. This required someone directing the train through a series of switches to reach the right destination. Just like these amazing machines, leaders and organizations alike need the right direction and “switching” to reach their destinations—this is the essence of Intelligent Leadership® (IL). IL is a transformational, results-driven leadership growth philosophy...

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Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey

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Business

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

The Right Leader, The Right Time with Robert Jordan 27.06.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Robert Jordan has launched companies and helped other owners and investors build their companies for 25+ years. Robert is the founder of Interimexecs which specializes in placing high-performing executives into organizations that need top talent. R...

Top Challenges Facing Leaders Today - Commiting to Change 22.06.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! The last couple of years have shown us that businesses that were able to quickly adapt to the pandemic and pivot as needed survived and are doing better than those who were not able to change. Even prior to the pandemic, companies were attempting t...

Top Challenges Facing Leaders Today - Death by Meeting 14.06.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Whether formal or informal, traditional or agile, face-to-face or electronically mediated, we have all faced the problem of too many meetings. It has been referred to as, "death by meeting," or, "meeting madness." Whatever we jo...

Top Challenges Facing Leaders Today - Keeping Your Business Afloat 07.06.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! At this moment, the challenge for so many is to keep their business afloat while staying optimistic. As a leader, you are the driver of not only your business but also the team that believes, and supports the success of the organization. How you en...

Top Challenges Facing Leaders Today - Vision, Roadmap, and Implementation 02.06.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! In this episode of Mainline Executive Coaching ACT, we are starting a new series on the top challenges facing leaders today. This discussion will be focused on the challenge of bringing a vision and roadmap to the table and implementing this across...

Why Leaders Fail Part Five - Learning and Development Cont 24.05.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! In our last episode we talked about the third most mentioned issue that 1.4 million employees talked about in recent survey; Learning and Development. This episode we will talk about the types of L&D that can be the most beneficial for organiza...

Why Leaders Fail Part Five - Learning and Development 20.05.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! In our ongoing series as to why leaders fail, we are diving into another of the top ten reasons 1.4 million employees gave for failing leadership and poor organizational culture; Learning and Development. Nearly one-third of all employees stated th...

Why Leaders Fail Part Four - Leaders Living Core Values 18.05.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! We continue our series on why leaders fail with the third highest reason 1.4 million employees gave for poor leadership and organizational culture which is a failure by leaders to live core values. Employees are typically cyinical about their compa...

Why Leaders Fail Part Three - Lack of Support 10.05.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! We continue in this episode of unpacking the top ten reasons that 1.4 million employees gave in a recent survey as to why leaders fail and organizational culture collapses. This episode we will talk about the lack of support given to employees. In...

Why Leaders Fail Part Two - The Value Appreciation Cycle 07.05.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! In our last episode we discussed another of the top 10 reasons employees gave for failed leadership and organizational culture. We continue this discussion with how leaders can use the Value Appreciation Cycle to their benefit on this episode of Ma...

Why Leaders Fail Part Two - Mergers, Acquisitions, and Reorganization 02.05.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! We begin part two of our series on a recent survey with 1.4 million employees weighing in on the top 10 reasons why leaders and corporate cultures fail. One of the top reasons why employees state the reasons for poor leadership and cultural failure...

Why Leaders Fail Part One- Lack of Respect Cont. - Why and How Leaders Must Respect 01.05.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! We have talked in detail about respect in our last three episodes. We are wrapping up this series on respect with why leaders must give respect and how to do it. We will show you ways to improve your leadership ability through respect your employee...

Why Leaders Fail Part One - Lack of Respect (Cont), The Resistance 28.04.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! In the last two episodes we have been covering the number one reason why employees state a reason for poor leadership and organizational culture. Today we are discussing why there is a resistance to change in leadership in terms of understanding th...

Why Leaders Fail Part One - Lack of Respect Continued w/David Burnell 26.04.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! In our last episode, we discussed how a lack of respect is the number one reason employees cited for failed leadership and bad culture. In fact, in a survey with 1.4 million employee responses, lack of respect was 17.9 times more powerful a predict...

Why Leaders Fail Part One - Lack of Respect 22.04.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Over the next ten episodes of Mainline Executive Coaching ACT, we are going to highlight ten reasons why leaders fail and how to avoid these problems. On this episode we will discuss the number one reason employees have indicated a failure not only...

Dealing with the Unexpectedness of Leadership 18.04.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! One thing is certain, change is inevitable. As leaders, there will always be issues that arise that will catch us by surprise and in some cases, blindside us. So how as leaders do we deal with the unexpected such as a restructure in the organizatio...

Is It Just About Making Money 14.04.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Is it just about money, or is there something more? We all know that in order to survive, businesses must bring in revenue. But is that truly the only reason that companies are in business? How do we incorporate the people into the success of the o...

Why Can Leadership Development Be Difficult 12.04.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Let's face it, change can be hard. Learning new skills, changing old habits, and perhaps the hardest of all, making yourself vulnerable and open to feedback that can be difficult to hear. The bottom line is that true leadership development thr...

Are Unhealthy Living Cycles Impacting Your Leadership Ability 09.04.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! How many of us feel at times like we are chasing the tiger by the tail? Working too many hours, unhealthy habits around eating and exercise, poor sleep habits, the list goes on. All of these things can have a negative impact on not only our ability...

The Most Important Thing a Leader Cannot Afford to Lose 01.04.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! So what is the most important thing that leaders cannot afford to lose. I will give you a hint; it is not respect. So if this leaves you scratching your head and wondering just exactly what that one thing is, join us on this episode of Mainline Exe...

The Importance of Measuring your Organizational Culture 29.03.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Culture is a word that is spoken quite frequently in every organization we work with. We often hear that culture is very important to the success of their organizations. However, when asked to define their organizational culture the answers vary bu...

Why Executive Coaching is Critical in Today's Business World with John Mattone 22.03.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! In today's business environment, leaders at all levels are facing enormous challenges when it comes to achieving and sustaining breakthrough operating results. Globalization, economic change, more stringent regulation, and tougher governance m...

Back to the Basics: The Inner Core 19.03.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! So what exactly is the inner core? In a nutshell is the fundamental part of who we are and yet, it is completly invisable to to us most of the time. It is the blueprint of who you are: your character, your values, your self-concept, and your belief...

How Important Is Your Personal ROI 17.03.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! Most times when we talk about ROI, we think in terms of a financial payback. However, some of the most benefical ROI comes in terms of personal development, life improvement and overall satisfaction. When was the last time that you really sat down...

Why Some Leadership Development Programs Fail 10.03.2022

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well! More than 50% of all leadership training programs fail. That is a substantial statistic considering the amount of money that is spent by corporations on leadership training. So why do so many fail, and how can you avoid the leadership development p...

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