Humanergy Leadership Podcast
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About
Impactful leadership development. For 25 years, Humanergy has helped leaders cut through the noise and take real action. This podcast delivers straight-talking insights, practical tools, and expert strategies you can actually use—right away. Whether it’s a deep-dive conversation with an experienced coach or a quick, powerful tip from the field, every episode is designed to help you lead with clarity and impact. Practical, proven, and built for real-world leadership.
Episodes
- Ep. 245: Delegation That Actually Develops People
Delegation is one of the most talked-about leadership skills, and one of the most poorly executed. In this free workshop session, Humanergy coach Lance Satterthwaite gets into the real reasons leaders avoid delegating or do it badly, and o…
- Ep 244: How Do You Get Senior Leaders to Stay Strategic? (First, Change the Question)
C-suite leaders often know their teams should be thinking strategically, and yet under pressure, those same teams keep dropping back to the tactical level. In this episode, David Wheatley, Dr. Rick Eigenbrod, and Dr. Judy Brown unpack why…
- Ep 243: Coaching a Leader Stuck Between a Chaotic Boss and a Frustrated Team
In this episode of The Coaching Table on the Humanergy Leadership Podcast, coaches David Wheatley and Lance Satterthwaite work through a real scenario from a leader caught between a reactive C-suite and a frustrated team. Our scenarios are…
- Ep242: Grit, Power, and Strength: Leadership Lessons from Lisa Davis
Lisa Davis spent four decades as a technology executive, often the only woman in the room. In this conversation with David Wheatley, she shares three of the nine core leadership principles from her new book, The Only Woman in the Room : gr…
- Ep241: Roundabouts and Stop Signs: A Framework for Letting Your Team Move
Most organizational bottlenecks aren't caused by bad people or unclear strategy. They're caused by systems that require everything to stop before anything can move forward. In this episode, David Wheatley draws on the surprisingly rich com…
- Ep240: How Leaders Actually Use AI: The Four Choices That Shape Every Decision
AI doesn't make leaders more thoughtful. It amplifies the choices they're already making. In this workshop recording, Mimi from Humanergy walks through the Four Choices framework (destructive, passive, productive, transformative) and appli…
- Ep239: Building Trust: A New CEO & a Hostile Culture - The Coaching Table 1
What would you do in your first 100 days as CEO, if morale is low, trust is thin, and the team didn’t choose you? In this first episode of The Coaching Table, brought to you by the Humanergy Leadership Podcast (HLP), Humanergy coaches Jim…
- Ep238: Alignment: Get it and Keep it (Free Workshop)
Most teams believe they’re aligned. But alignment rarely breaks overnight. It drifts. Priorities shift. Roles become unclear. Communication breaks down. Before long, teams are working hard but not necessarily moving in the same direction.…
- Ep237: AI and Your Personal Board of Directors
Throughout the session, AI is framed as a thinking partner and perspective-expander, not a decision maker. Human judgment, values, and responsibility remain central. AI is changing fast. Humans aren’t. In this episode, we explore how leade…
- Ep236 Beyond the Algorithm: What Leaders Bring That AI Cannot
AI can process data and optimize outcomes, but it can’t provide purpose, empathy, or moral judgment. In this episode, Humanergy coach David Wheatley explores why the rise of AI elevates the role of human leadership. The conversation focuse…
- Ep235: Teams and the Value of Structure, Why Design Shapes Performance
What if your team’s “people problems” are actually design problems? In this episode, David Wheatley is joined by Dr. Judy Brown and Dr. Rick Eigenbrod to explore a leadership question that doesn’t get asked enough, how much of team perform…
- Ep234 The Four Choices Every Leader Makes
Leadership isn’t about titles or authority. It’s about the choices you make every day and how those choices influence the people around you. In this episode, David Wheatley shares a simple but powerful framework built on two continuums, ca…
- Ep233 How to Give Feedback People Can Actually Use
Feedback shapes performance, trust, and culture, yet many leaders struggle to give it in ways that truly help people grow. In this workshop excerpt, Humanergy Coach Corey Fernandez breaks down what effective feedback looks like, why it mat…
- Ep232 Stay off the Field
In this short episode, David Wheatley revisits the classic “quarterback to coach” transition. Many leaders are promoted for being great doers, then struggle to step back and let others take the field. David shares a memorable story from ma…
- Ep231: From Ally to Changemaker with Megan Fuciarelli
Tired of polarized talk at work? Megan Fuciarelli maps a clear path forward. She and David unpack the Metamorphustice continuum, practical ways to move beyond allyship, and how leaders use curiosity, empathy, and direct communication to bu…
- Ep230: From Problem Solver to Leader: How to Stop Doing and Start Developing Your Team
In this short episode, Humanergy’s David Wheatley shares a powerful story about an engineering leader who learned to shift from solving problems himself to building a team that could solve them. Discover how one simple visual tool helped t…
- Ep229 Building a Coaching Muscle (GROWTH) - First Friday
In this episode, we explore one of the most powerful yet underused leadership tools— coaching . Humanergy coach, Nikki Patterson, shows how to shift from solving every problem yourself to helping others grow their own capability and confid…
- Ep228: Ally Leadership with Stephanie Chung
David Wheatley talks with Stephanie Chung about her new book "Ally Leadership: How to lead people who are not like you" . Among the tips are: Ask - Establish an environment Listen - Assure alignment Learn - Rally the troops You take action…
- Ep227: TrueSuccess Blueprint - Living Mindfully & Scaling Smart: The Foundations of Sustainable Leadership
In the final episode of Humanergy’s TrueSuccess Blueprint anniversary series, host Mimi Mitrius talks with co-founders John Barrett and David Wheatley about what it really takes to sustain success over decades. They unpack two of Humanergy…
- Ep226: If your culture could talk with Tom Krause
David Wheatley interviews Dr. Thomas Kraus about his book "If Your Culture Could Talk." Dr. Kraus, a renowned thought leader in organizational culture and decision-making, discusses how leadership actions directly impact culture. He shares…
- Ep225: TrueSuccess Blueprint - Thriving Teams and World-Class Ideas: Building a Culture of Growth and Innovation
What does it take to build a thriving professional network and create leadership tools that stand the test of time? In this episode of the True Success Blueprint podcast, host Mimi Mitrius talks with Humanergy co-founders John Barrett and…
- Ep224: Elements of Human Transformation (First Friday)
What does it really take for leadership training to stick ? In this episode of the Humanergy Leadership Podcast, Jim Marshall explores the deeper dynamics of personal and professional growth - what works, what doesn’t, and why. Drawing on…
- Ep223: TrueSuccess Blueprint - Delighting and Growing a Healthy Client Base: The Secrets to Long-Term Success
Clients who are delighted become partners. In episode two of the TrueSuccess Blueprint, Mimi sits down with John Barrett and David Wheatley to unpack two core goals: delighting clients by delivering real, visible value, and building a heal…
- Ep222: Leading Through Turbulence
David Wheatley , Judy Brown , and Rick Eigenbrod discuss the challenges of leadership in times of turbulence, emphasizing the need for new approaches. They highlight the concept of "BANI" (Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, Incomprehensible) as…
- Ep221: TrueSuccess Blueprint - Creating Greater Good & Financial Freedom: Leading with Purpose and Sustainability
How do you build a business that does good, and does well? In this episode, Mimi, John, and David discuss how Humanergy has balanced social impact with financial responsibility. They share real-world stories of choosing purpose over profit…
- Ep220: Accountability in Action - First Friday
Accountability that actually gets work done. In this First Friday session, Humanergy coach Quay Eady shows how to turn good intentions into consistent results using FACET: Focus, Accountability, Compelling Motivation, Easier to Do, and Tra…
- Ep219: Introducing the TrueSuccess Blueprint: The 8 Goals That Guide Humanergy’s Growth
What drives long-term business success that’s both profitable and purposeful? In this series kickoff episode, host Mimi is joined by Humanergy co-founders John Barrett and David Wheatley to introduce the 8 TrueSuccess Goals—a practical, va…
- Ep218: Summer Reading List
David shares some great leadership books to explore this summer as the podcast takes a few months off: Don't feed the elephants by Sarah Noll Wilson CEO Excellence by Dewar, Keller & Malhotra Keep Going by Joseph Marshall III The Ideal Tea…
- Ep217: The Leadership Pyramid
David talks about Humanergy's Leadership Pyramid and how the best leaders are oriented to the bottom four steps... Authentic Respect, Listing, Summarizing and asking powerful questions Learn more about Humanergy's work: https://www.humaner…
- Ep216: Helping my people with their backpack (First Friday)
Jim Marshall shares thoughts on how to help your team when they are feeling overwhelmed. Using a framework of four levers... Prioritize, Delegate, Work smarter & harder, Delay/stop & renegotiate. Learn more about Humanergy's work: https://…
- Ep215: What Great Teams Do great Issue #13 The team disagrees with the organizational direction
David shares more from our What Great Teams Do Great series, based on the book of the same name. This time, what to do when your team disagrees with the organizational direction Learn more about Humanergy's work: https://www.humanergy.com…
- Ep214: Being a leader during crisis - and learning how to deliver a baby
David shares a story from his police training days about he was trained to deliver a baby and how it provides some great cues for leading in a crisis. Learn more about Humanergy's work: https://www.humanergy.com Join the Humanergy communit…
- Ep213:What Great Teams Do Great Issue # 12 - A team member has low morale
David talks about what to do when a member of the team has low morale and is starting to bring the others down. Part of the What Great Teams Do Great series based on our book of the same name Learn more about Humanergy's work: https://www.…
- Ep212: What is the letter that only you can write?
David is joined by Judy Brown and Rick Eigenbrod to build on Dr. Martin Luther King's letter from a Birmingham jail - and to ask what is the letter that only you can write? At the heart of the chat we ask what do you have to say to the wor…
- Ep211: Managing your 'backpack' and your Personal Board of Directors (First Friday)
David Wheatley presents to Humanergy's First Friday work session about how a Personal Board of Directors can help when you are feeling overwhelmed. Continuing the metaphor of our backpack being full, David looks at how coaches, mentors, sp…
- Ep210: Introducing Quay Eady, Humanergy Coach
Mimi Mitrius introduces the newest Humanergist Quay Eady and digs into her coaching style, her history and what brings her to Humanergy Learn more about Humanergy's work: https://www.humanergy.com Join the Humanergy community on LinkedIn .…
- Ep209: Family Business Best Practices - Erin Tolefree, Baldwin Richardson Foods
Humanergy's David Wheatley talks with Erin Tolefree, CEO & President of Baldwin Richardson Foods . They discuss: What is is like to be both second and third generation in family business leadership The lessons learned from her father and g…
- Ep208: Using AI to help take a load from our busyness backpack (First Friday)
John Barrett talks about how we can use Artificial Intelligence to help when we are feeling overwhelmed and our virtual backpack is overloaded. Among his suggestions are: Think of AI as a super-smart, literal and naive intern, who can’t re…
- Ep207: What Great Teams Do Great Issue #11 - How to help the leader with accountability
Humanergy's Chief Questions Asker, David Wheatley , takes a look at another of our What Great Teams Do Great issues - this time, what to do if the team leader is struggling to keep focused on success and holding the team accountable. Learn…
- Ep206: What Great Teams Do Great Issue #10 - Our team meetings aren't productive
Humanergy's Chief Questions Asker, David Wheatley , takes a look at another of our What Great Teams Do Great issues - this time, what to do if the team meetings are not as productive as they could or should be... one solution is to stop ha…
- Ep205: Prioritization (First Friday)
Jeannette Stawski shares some thoughts on Prioritization and how we can get a handle on our busyness including the power of the Eisenhower Matrix Learn more about Humanergy's work: https://www.humanergy.com Join the Humanergy community on…
- Ep204: My backpack is overflowing - doing more with less (First Friday)
Humanergy's Lance Satterthwaite talks about how to manage when you are pushed to do more with less. This is part of our First Friday work sessions. He covers three strategies... Strategy 1 - Let things spill over: Be wise about what will a…
- Ep203: Managing your 'backpack' through a role transition (First Friday)
Humanergy's Jim Marshall takes the backpack analogy and applies it to how we feel loaded down during any role transition - and what we can do to stay fit, lessen the load and ensure the smoothest transition Learn more about Humanergy's wor…
- Ep202: Simple structures for one-on-one meetings with direct reports
David shares some thoughts for when you are having one-on-one meetings with your direct reports and how a simple one not document and a prioritization structure can make them more efficient and effective Learn more about Humanergy's work:…
- Ep201: Powerful Questions (First Friday)
Corey Fernandez , as part of Humanergy's First Friday work sessions, talks about what makes a powerful questions and how they are particularly valuable in the world of leadership Learn more about Humanergy's work: https://www.humanergy.com…
- Ep200: The Humanergy Leadership Podcast
Mimi Mitrius interviews the Humanergy Leadership Podcast host and founder, David Wheatley to celebrate episode 200. What made him start a podcast, what he has learned and what we can expect in the future. Learn more about Humanergy's work:…
- Ep199: Sharissa Sebastian Deppen - Introverted Female Leaders
David talks with Sharissa Sebastian Deppen of the Leadership mastery Alliance about the challenges of being an introverted female leader in a modern work environment and some approaches to greater success Learn more about Humanergy's work:…
- Ep198: Don't Feed The Elephants with Sarah Noll Wilson
David talks with Sarah Noll Wilson , author of Don't Feed The Elephants about how her new book lines up with What Great Teams Do Great and helps people understand where their challenges are in dealing with conflict and how to address your…
- Ep197: Leading with empathy (First Friday)
Corey Fernandez talks about how to lead with empathy as part of Humanergy's First Friday work sessions Learn more about Humanergy's work: https://www.humanergy.com Join the Humanergy community on LinkedIn . Sign up for our FREE leadership…
- Ep196: Who Looks After The Leader?
David talks with Judy Brown and Rick Eigenbrod about how we can make good decisions about the health and welfare of our leaders. They delve into how loneliness is the emotion of isolation and how leaders can kick off their teams with some…