The QBQ! Podcast

Family Estrangement: Is Personal Accountability the Missing Piece?

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. Tania Khazaal understands family estrangement from the inside out. She was once the estranged adult child in her own family, later re

Accountability Doesn't Mean Control

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. Episode 36: Accountability Doesn't Mean Control What happens when you've done your part—and the other person still doesn&a

What Does THAT Have to Do with QBQ?

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. What happens when you sit down with John G. Miller and ask him a bunch of random questions? Apparently, you still end up talking abo

“I Love You Just as You Are”: Helping Our Kids Grow Without Changing Who They Are

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. Resources:  https://qbq.com/relationships-7-perfect-words/ https://qbq.com/books/raising-accountable-kids/ How do I help my childr

What can I do to make you feel AWESOME?

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. I talk a lot about asking better questions—but I loved the way my guest John Kirkman applies that idea: What can I do to help this pe

How Great Leaders Let Go

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. Two weeks ago, I talked about using QBQ! to find calm in the middle of change. This week, Cindy Moen joins me to continue that conver

Finding Calm in the Middle of Change

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. Change is inevitable, but chaos doesn't have to be. In this episode, Kristin shares why change naturally leads us to ask lousy q

Accountability in the age of AI: Don't Outsource Your Thinking

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. AI is changing the way we work, learn, and do business—but what does that mean for personal accountability? In this episode, I sit d

When Caring Too Much Becomes a Problem

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. One of the biggest misconceptions I encounter about personal accountability is the belief that it means doing more, working harder, a

From “Why Me?” to “What Can I Do?” | Real-Life QBQ! Application

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. When life feels unfair, where does your thinking go first? In this episode of The QBQ! Podcast, I sat down with Brad Detchevery, a l

From Trade Show Tent to Industry Leader: The Power of Personal Accountability

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. I’m re-sharing one of my favorite QBQ! Podcast conversations today with Joe Hamilton, CEO and President of Vortex Optics. Plus a litt

What Our New Puppy Is Teaching Me About Personal Accountability

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. We just brought home a new puppy, and within hours, I caught myself asking all the wrong questions. “Why is she doing this?” “When i

From Finger Pointing to Double Digit Growth

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. What does it take to move a team from finger-pointing to real results? In this episode, I talk with Debbie Slocum, a longtime QBQ us

Stop Speaking in Code: What Outstanding! Organizations Do Differently

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. What do outstanding organizations actually do differently? In this episode of The QBQ! Podcast, I’m joined by my dad, John, as we ta

From Micromanaging to Leading: The Power of Better Questions

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. In this episode of the QBQ! Podcast, I’m joined by Laura Train, founder of Integrity Training Solutions and a longtime QBQ practition

Raising an Accountable Generation: What It Takes to Raise Ownership at Every Age

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. Part 2 of a conversation with the Coast to Coast Camps leadership team, this episode turns the focus to parenting, modeling, and what

When Every Problem Points to You: From Bottleneck to Breakthrough

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. When Every Problem Points to You From Bottleneck to Breakthrough What do you do when every problem seems to land on you? In this e

You Can’t Hold People Accountable (And Why That’s Good News for Leaders)

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. “I still have to hold my people accountable.” Managers say this all the time—and it’s a fair question. In this short, one-off episo

Great Hospitality Starts with Better Questions: The QBQ Approach to Restaurant Leadership and Accountability

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. Why Great Hospitality Starts with Better Questions The QBQ Approach to Restaurant Leadership and Accountability In the restaurant w

Why the Questions We Ask Matter (with Charles Alexander): A featured conversation from the Do More By Doing Less podcast

Text me! I'd love to hear from you. This week, we’re sharing a conversation from the Do More By Doing Less podcast, hosted by Charles Alexander. Charles recently sat do