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Oct 16, 2026 7 min

The Information Tax at the Top

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Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Free worksheet for this episode: https://crayonleadership.com/podcast/skip-level/information-tax-at-the-top/ The higher you climb, the less truth you hear. Maya and Marcus unpack Gallup's 2026 finding that senior leaders are 10 points lonelier than their teams — and why it's really an information problem. Plus the three quiet filters warping what reaches the top, and how being the person who tells the truth upward becomes a career move. Maya and Marcus are AI voices, created with text-to-speech. This show is written and produced by Joe Dutkiewicz of Crayon Leadership. Joe equips mid-senior leaders to think and act two levels up, so they're recognizable to top leaders and ready for the promotion before it opens. Find Joe on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Facebook, and at the Crayon Leadership website.

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  1. 0:00 The tax nobody warns you about and Welcome
  2. 0:45 Gallup 2026: 10 points lonelier
  3. 1:47 How the filtering happens
  4. 2:18 Tim Cook's advice to his successor
  5. 3:07 Be the antidote
  6. 4:31 Five ideas
  7. 5:54 Your application steps
  8. 6:36 Closing Thought

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