Leaders Rising Podcast

Leaders Rising Podcast
Podcast Description
Real conversations on leadership, culture, and multiplying impact.
Join our team and guests as we explore what it takes to lead well, build healthy teams, and create lasting organizational change—one episode at a time.
We equip growing companies to create bigger futures and build thriving cultures by developing leaders worth following.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores themes such as building liberating cultures, leadership self-awareness, and the transformation of organizational dynamics. Episodes cover diverse topics like the evolution of compliance to culture in banking, leadership transformation through vulnerability, and the importance of intentional people systems. For instance, a recent episode with Dr. Tom Nebel delves into the importance of self-awareness in leadership and how it leads to liberating cultures, while another episode discusses the journey of transforming a conservative bank into a people-first organization.

Real conversations on leadership, culture, and multiplying impact.
Join our team and guests as we explore what it takes to lead well, build healthy teams, and create lasting organizational change—one episode at a time.
We equip growing companies to create bigger futures and build thriving cultures by developing leaders worth following.
What makes leadership development actually stick? In this episode, we unpack the full lifecycle of Bespoke—a structured leadership program that moves leaders from unconscious habits to empowered, scalable leadership.
Joined by Astrid Benedetto and Jim Lee, we explore how combining 5 Voices, data partnerships, and a rhythm of training, coaching, and apprenticeship transforms individuals and drives ROI.
Key Quotes:
- “You can’t do this alone. You need the right partner with the right data.” — Astrid
- “Most leadership development stops at informing. That’s not enough to transform anyone.” — Jim
Show Outline:
- 4:00 – Astrid’s motivation to join the Bespoke program
- 5:40 – Cultural insights and 5 Voices awareness
- 9:30 – Jim’s vision behind designing the program
- 13:30 – Subjective vs. objective leadership blind spots
- 17:30 – Proving ROI through data partnerships
- 21:00 – The Intentional Multiplication Model: Inform, Train, Coach, Apprentice
- 36:40 – What a month looks like inside Bespoke
- 43:40 – Why most internal programs fall short
- 45:00 – Where leaders get stuck & how to move forward
- 48:30 – One bold move for leaders today

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