The Leadership Trap

The Leadership Trap


Latest Episodes

Joel Trammell, CEO and Founder, Khorus Software
January 01, 2021

Episode 6. In this week’s Trap, Joel shares lessons learned from moving to the CEO when formerly the head of a given discipline, 3 types of employees and the impact of each employee’s departure, hiring A & B players,

David Altounian, Associate Dean of Academic Programs and MBA Program Director, St. Edward’s University
January 01, 2021

Episode 5. In this week’s Trap, Dr. Altounian discusses first-time entrepreneurial traps, taking mentoring advice too literally, traps that founder’s make with their first hires, taking risks at Dell, and hiring for diversity – traps inherent to small ...

Lisa Blanton, Consultant, Author, and former COO, CFO, CHRO
December 31, 2020

Episode 4. In this week’s Trap, Lisa shares her perspectives on hiring the “whole person,” absolute power, defining where a company thrives when it may be struggling in key metrics, limiting perks to the family of closely held companies,

Catherine Morse, Employment Law
July 09, 2020

Episode 3. In this week’s Trap Catherine provides an employment law perspective on how leaders enter the trap zone. Topics range from social movements’ impact in the workplace, rogue leaders, “the naive hugger” and more.

Shawn Freeman, COO Phlur
July 02, 2020

Episode 2. In this week’s Trap Shawn shares his perspectives as an entrepreneurial leader. Listeners will hear Shawn’s learnings on building a socially conscious company, tying scent to memory (that’s right!),

Ron West, Speaker, Executive Coach, Trainer, Author
January 03, 2020

Episode 1. In this week’s Trap, Ron explores ingrained behaviors of leadership, psychological safety for the coach/leader relationship, leading vs. managing, the trap of getting stuck, and much more. His vast range of experience as CEO,

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