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Originally recorded for Monday, August 17, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Separating a Decision From the Emotion Connected to It Read the Field Notes entry... https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/separating-a-decision-from-the-emotion

Originally recorded for Sunday, August 16, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: How a Focus on Results and Compassion Reinforce Each Other Read the Field Notes entry... https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/how-a-focus-on-results-and-compassion

Originally recorded for Saturday, August 15, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Buy Back an Hour Each Week Here is the link to the Field Notes discussed above... https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/buy-back-an-hour-each-week

Originally recorded for Friday, August 14, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in this morning's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry - Unspoken Expectations are the Costliest Thing a Leader Never Says Read this Field Notes entry here: https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/unspoken-expectations-are-the-costliest

Originally recorded for Thursday, August 13, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in this morning's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry - The Consequences of More Words But Less Reading Here is the Field Notes entry discussed: https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/the-consequences-of-more-words-but

Originally recorded for Wednesday, August 12, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: What Don't We Know That We Need to Know?

Originally recorded for Tuesday, August 11, 2026 - Jason, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Trust Is Contagious, or Why Trust Exercises at Offsites Are So Important Here is the link to the Field Notes discussed above... https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/good-leaders-explain-how-failure

Originally recorded for Monday, August 9, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Trust Is Contagious, or Why Trust Exercises at Offsites Are So Important Here is the link to the Field Notes discussed above... https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/trust-is-contagious-or-why-trust

Originally recorded for Saturday, August 8, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Why Asking for Advice Makes Leaders More Trusted Here is the link to the Field Notes discussed above... https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/why-asking-for-advice-makes-leaders

Originally recorded for Friday, August 7, 2026 - Carolynne, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Do You Feel Guilty When Taking Time Off? Check out the Field Notes that was discussed here: https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/the-qualities-of-a-great-teammate

Originally recorded for Thursday, August 6, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Do You Feel Guilty When Taking Time Off? Here is the link to the Field Notes discussed: https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/do-you-feel-guilty-when-taking-time

Originally recorded for Wednesday, August 5, 2026 - Kristin and Scott discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: On the Best Teams, Accountability Comes From Peers, Not Leaders Here is the full text of today's Field Notes: https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/on-the-best-teams-accountability

Originally recorded for Tuesday, August 4, 2026 - Ben, Scott and Mikey take 15 minutes to discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... Closing the Gratitude Gap Here is the Field Notes we discussed above: https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/closing-the-gratitude-gap

Originally recorded for Monday, August 3, 2026 - James, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: The Hidden Cost of Task-Switching Here is the Field notes entry discussed: https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/the-hidden-cost-of-task-switching

Originally recorded for Sunday, August 2, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Leaders Draw Starting Lines, Not Finish Lines Link to the Field Notes discussed: https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/leaders-draw-starting-lines-not-finish

Originally recorded for Saturday, August 1, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Renoir’s Hands and the Agonizing Cost of Beauty Here is the link to the Field Notes we were discussing today: https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/renoirs-hands-and-the-agonizing-cost

Originally recorded for Friday, July 31, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: When Seeking Feedback, Distinguish Between Coaching and Judging

Originally recorded for Thursday, July 30, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Gaining the Attention of Someone Who Repeatedly Rejects Your Advocacy

Originally recorded for Wednesday, July 29, 2026 - Brittany, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: My Leader Only Gets Sound Bites About My Performance

Originally recorded for Tuesday, July 28, 2026 - Michelle, Scott and Mikey take 15 minutes to discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... Leaders Learn by Changing What They Notice

Originally recorded for Monday, July 27, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Getting Ready for a Better Conversation and a Deeper Relationship

Originally recorded for Sunday, July 26, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: The Downside of Using Exclusion to Create Group Cohesion

Originally recorded for Saturday, July 25, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Bob Iger’s Translation of Thinking, Fast and Slow

Originally recorded for Friday, July 24, 2026 - Tom, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Are You a Narcissistic Leader? And here is the link to the narcissistic personality assessment referenced in the discussion: https://personality.co/narcissist-test

Originally recorded for Thursday, July 23, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... What? So What? Now What?

Originally recorded for Wednesday, July 22, 2026 - Diana, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... How the Best Performers Show Up When They Aren’t Playing

Originally recorded for Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Redesigning Meetings So That Everyone Gets Heard

Originally recorded for Monday, July 20, 2026 - Emily, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Leaders Who Are Difficult to Shock

Originally recorded for Sunday, July 19, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... Lloyd Blankfein and the Importance of Self-Acceptance

Originally recorded for Saturday, July 18, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... Less Time Often Means Better Work

Originally recorded for Friday, July 17, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... Hindsight Bias: The Leadership Trap Hiding in Plain Sight

Originally recorded for Thursday, July 16, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Creating the Home-Field Advantage

Originally recorded for Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - Jen, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Creating the Home-Field Advantage

Originally recorded for Tuesday, July 14, 2026 - Lisa, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry: Why Am I Getting This Feedback?

Originally recorded for Monday, July 13, 2026 - Eric, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... The Half-Life of Purpose

Originally recorded for Sunday, July 12, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... People Can’t Always Define Quality, But They Know It Instantly When It’s Missing

Originally recorded for Saturday, July 11, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... When Does a First Impression Carry Too Much Weight?

Originally recorded for Friday, July 10, 2026 - Joe, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... Overcoming Animosity Toward a Team Member

Originally recorded for Thursday, July 9, 2026 - Sierra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... Overcoming Animosity Toward a Team Member

Originally recorded for Wednesday, July 8, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... Designing a Predictive Talent Index Based on Your Best People

Originally recorded for Monday, July 7, 2026 - Kendra, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... Nonexperts Use the Wrong Criteria to Make Selections of Quality

Originally recorded for Monday, July 6, 2026 - Morgan, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes... All Cultures Are Local

Originally recorded for Sunday, July 5, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of today's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... The Story Is Not Always Yours to Write

Originally recorded for Saturday, July 4, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss today's Admired Leadership Field Notes...When Intractable Conflicts Require Separation, Not Repair

Originally recorded for Friday, July 3, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the subject found in today's Field Notes from Admired Leadership: The Leadership Dilemma of Knowing the Details

Originally recorded for Thursday, July 2, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the subject found in today's Field Notes from Admired Leadership: When Should a Leader Be Directive?

Originally recorded for Wednesday, July 1, 2026 - Katie, Scott and Mikey take 15 minutes to discuss the topic found in today's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Leading Team Members Who Start Out Strong But Fizzle Out Over Time

Originally recorded for Tuesday, June 30, 2026 - Laurie Sara, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic of todays Admired Leadership Field Notes: Strategy Is the Art of Sacrifice

Originally recorded for Monday, June 29, 2026 - Megan, Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in this morning's Admired Leadership Field Notes entry... Experience Doesn’t Always Translate Into Expertise

Originally recorded for Sunday, June 28, 2026 - Scott and Mikey discuss the topic found in this morning's Admired Leadership Field Notes: Proof Over Persuasion: NASA’s Unlikely Path to Organizational Transformation