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The Politics Paradox: What’s really happening to leaders who say they don’t play politics

What does it really mean to “play politics” at work? In today’s episode, Cade and Stacey challenge the idea that organizational politics is something good leaders shoul

The Lateral Challenge: Why leading your peers is harder than leading your team

Working with your peers can be one of the hardest parts of leadership. You may have no authority over them, yet you still need their support to get things done and someti

The Name in the Room: The power of people who advocate for you

What moves a career forward: great advice or someone willing to advocate for you? In this episode, Cade and Stacey explore the critical difference between mentors and spo

The Visibility Paradox: Why the leaders who get noticed most aren’t the ones trying hardest to be seen

Why do some talented people get overlooked while others seem to attract every opportunity? In this episode, Stacey and Cade explore why great work doesn't always speak fo

Truth Before Optimism: Shawn Quinn on why leaders must honor hard truth before reaching for hope

Leadership can be lonely, uncertain, and emotionally exhausting… but we rarely talk about pain at work. In today’s episode, Shawn Quinn shares his research on professiona

The Age of Assumptions: How generational stereotypes cost you more than generational difference ever will

In today’s episode of You Might Try This, Stacey and Cade explore how assumptions about age shape the way leaders see, support, and develop their teams. They unpack why g

Belonging Is a Practice: Why Great Leaders Build Inclusion Intentionally

In today’s episode, Cade and Stacey explore why a sense of belonging is one of the most important, but overlooked, drivers of team performance. They explain that employee

The Learning Advantage: Pascal Finette on why learning speed is the only competitive edge that can't be copied

Today on You Might Try This, Cade and Stacey speak with Pascal Finette, author of Outlearn, about how organizations can accelerate learning by lowering the cost of failur

The Graceful Stumble: How to own what went wrong without letting it own you

Leadership isn't about avoiding mistakes, it's about what happens after you make one. In today’s episode, Stacey and Cade explore why the moments after a leadership stumb

The Authority Illusion: Why the leaders with the most influence often have the least formal power

Many new leaders assume that a title automatically gives them power, but they quickly discover that authority alone can only take them so far. In today’s episode, Stacey

The Chemistry Problem: Why stress and burnout aren’t mindset problems

Welcome back! In today’s episode, Stacey and Cade speak with executive coach and performance expert Jenny Evans about why stress and burnout are not just mindset proble

The Slow Drain: The early signals of burnout that high performers miss every time

Welcome back! In this episode, Cade and Stacey explore the hidden burnout signals that leaders and high performers often miss until it’s too late. Drawing on the origina

The Silence Tax: Why psychological safety isn't soft—it's the operating system your team runs on

Psychological safety shapes team performance more than talent alone. In this episode of You Might Try This, Stacey and Cade unpack the real meaning of psychological safet

The Pressure Decision: How to think clearly when the stakes are high and the clock is running

When the pressure is on and the clock is ticking, most leaders don’t rise to the level of their best thinking, they fall back on instinct. In this episode of You Might Tr

The Boss Equation: How to build the most important relationship in your career without losing your integrity

Managing up can feel uncomfortable, but avoiding it can quietly stall your career. In this episode of You Might Try This, hosts Stacey Philpot and Cade Cowan unpack why y

The Conflict Reflex: Why your default response to tension is working against you—and what to do instead.

Why do we still avoid difficult conversations, even when we know the cost? In this episode, Stacey Philpot and Cade Cowan explore the hidden reflexes driving conflict avo

The Courage Tax: What you pay every time you delay the conversation that needs to happen

Why do difficult conversations feel so much harder the longer we avoid them? In this episode, Stacey and Cade unpack the hidden “taxes” leaders pay when they delay hard c

The Good Soldier Trap: Why being dependable can become a liability with LaToya Jordan

In this episode of You Might Try This, Stacey Philpot and Cade Cowan welcome Executive Coach and She Leads and Succeeds host LaToya Jordan for a powerful conversation abo

The Feedback Friction: Why “constructive criticism” usually constructs a wall

In this episode of You Might Try This, Stacey Philpot and Cade Cowan explore why leaders avoid giving feedback. They break down the psychology behind feedback fear, inclu

The Expert Trap: How being the smartest person in the room can become your biggest liability

In this episode of You Might Try This, hosts Stacey Philpot and Cade Cowan explore a critical leadership shift many high performers never see coming: when the skills that