Brave Proximity Podcast: Leadership Conversations for People-Centered Leaders
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Every week we publish a new episode of truth telling, corporate real talk to help people-centered leaders find validation and support in navigating tricky corporate cultures.
S1 E8: Burnout is Not a Leadership Pipeline
If your best leadership pipeline is just the people too tired to say 'no,' you aren’t building a future; you’re just managing a 'wake of bodies.'”
In the season finale of Brave Proximity, Marissa and Susan unearth the dangerous fallacy of relying on burnout as a leadership strategy. We’re peeling back the layers of Professional Distance to understand why we treat exhausted high-performers as the logical succession plan—and how to stop the cycle of compliance before your 'Silent Heroes' burn out completely.
S1 E6: When One Toxic Leader Destroys the Culture (And Still Gets Promoted)
Tired of corporate theater? If your measure of success for a promotion list is that nobody says ‘Are you kidding me?’—you’re already ahead of the game. In this episode, Susan and Marissa unearth the 'Secret Cycle of Promotion' that keeps toxic high-performers rising while the 'Silent Heroes' do the actual work of keeping the culture alive. It’s time to stop performing the compliance and start leading with real accountability.