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TLP494: When Leadership Is About Who You Serve: Mark Steffe’s Story

January 14, 2026 Leave a Comment

Mark Steffe is President and CEO of First Command Financial Services, bringing over 30 years of financial services leadership. In this episode, Mark explains why he left his dream job working with ultra-high-net-worth families to serve military members who truly need financial guidance. He shares how military families face unique challenges including frequent relocations, spouse…

TLP493: “Sand People” – The Hidden Drag on Your Team’s Performance

January 7, 2026 1 Comment

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Jim and Jan tackle the uncomfortable truth about “sand people,” those team members who grind everything to a halt, and why even your best glue guy can’t overcome the friction they create. Drawing from their coaching experience, Jim and Jan reveal how to identify and deal with sand people before they destroy your team. They…

TLP492: Stop Fitting In with Jinky Panganiban

December 31, 2025

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Jinky Panganiban serves as Professor of Practice at the University of Oregon’s Sports Product Management Program, founder of 1969Blue Consulting, and founding member of Oregon Sports Angels. She is a former Vice President and General Manager at Nike with over 20 years of global executive experience. She led multibillion-dollar businesses across Asia Pacific, North America,…

TLP491: Letting Go of Old Frameworks with Jack Swift

December 24, 2025

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Jack Swift is a West Point graduate, former CEO of TIFIN and Liminal Collective, and co-founder of Pacific Current Group and Sangha. He now advises frontier AI ventures, including Vantage Discovery (sold to Shopify), Brightwave, and Grid Aero, and co-founded Sangha, a community for conscious leadership. In this episode, Jack explains why the biggest threat…

TLP490: Reinventing Candy and Culture with Katie Lefkowitz

December 17, 2025

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Katie Lefkowitz is a neuroscience-trained entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Harken Foods who’s reinventing candy with gut health at its core. In this episode, Katie reveals how her neuroscience background taught her to demand feedback systematically and observe behavior over words—skills that proved universal across consulting, scaling, and founding companies. She shares why…

TLP489: Quitting – Knowing When to Walk Away

December 10, 2025

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Annie Duke is a three-time bestselling author, decision strategist, and former professional poker champion. She holds a PhD in cognitive psychology and is co-founder of the Alliance for Decision Education. Annie’s latest best-selling book is “Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away.” In this episode, Annie reveals why knowing when to walk away…

TLP488: From Fleeting Moments to Sustained Momentum

December 3, 2025

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Bernie Banks is a professor and institute leader at Rice University and co-author of “The New Science of Momentum: How the Best Coaches and Leaders Build a Fire from a Single Spark.” As a Brigadier General, he led West Point’s Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership in his final military assignment. In this episode, Bernie…

TLP487: Three Ways to Motivate Teams and Align Strategy

November 26, 2025

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Hans Lagerweij is the author of The Why Whisperer: How to Motivate and Align Teams That Get Your Strategy Done. In this episode, Hans shares that he wrote the book after watching great strategies fail during execution. He saw a gap between understanding the importance of purpose and actually implementing it.  Hans explains that you…

TLP486: Unruly: Deconstruct the Rules, Defy the Norms, and Define Your Success

November 19, 2025

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Lauren Wittenberg Weiner is a speaker, business therapist, and bestselling author of Unruly: Deconstruct the Rules, Defy the Norms, and Define Your Success. In this episode, Lauren shares the pivotal moment that crystallized her unruly philosophy. When told she couldn’t do something, she learned to transform that doubt into motivation rather than letting it paralyze…

TLP485: Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

November 12, 2025

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Hal Elrod is the bestselling author of “The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM).” The book offers a practical morning routine that has transformed the lives of over 3 million people.   In this episode, Hal describes discovering the six practices that became the SAVERS method (Silence, Affirmations, Visualization, Exercise,…

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