Even smart, well-funded executive teams fail.Patrick Lencioni's masterpiece, The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, exposes the silent killers of company growth and provides a practical framework to turn a group of capable individuals into a truly cohesive unit.Joining me to unpack this framework is Alisa Cohn, an award-winning executive coach who was named the #1 Startup Coach in the world and has worked with C-suites at Venmo, Etsy, Microsoft, and Google.Today, Alisa breaks down why your department is not your most important team, how to build vulnerability-based trust, and why self-awareness is the ultimate cheat code for leadership.<h3>Key Takeaways & Timestamps</h3>00:00 – Introducing The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team and the silent killers of company growth.02:00 – The 5 Dysfunctions Framework: Alisa breaks down the hierarchy of team success: Trust drives Conflict, Conflict drives Commitment, Commitment drives Accountability, and Accountability drives Results. You cannot skip a step.04:37 – Diagnosing Your Team: Why a lack of accountability is often just a symptom of a team that hasn't learned how to have productive conflict.07:11 – The "First Team" Concept: Why the CMO's most important team is not the marketing department. It is the executive team.09:20 – The Cost of Loyalty: How prioritizing your specific department over the executive team leads directly to toxic politics, silos, and blame.14:24 – Self-Awareness as a Cheat Code: Why managing your ego and acting in service of the company is the hardest—but most necessary—leadership skill.16:03 – The "Working With Me" Document: How creating a 1-to-2 page personal operating manual builds vulnerability-based trust.16:59 – The 360 Feedback Loop: How to gather actionable behavioral feedback from the people above you, below you, and beside you.<h3>Get the book here</h3>📚<a href="https://amzn.to/3MFqpVo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team </a><a href="https://amzn.to/3MFqpVo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Patrick Lencioni</a><h3>Mentioned in the episode</h3><ol><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.alisacohn.com/book/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">From Start-up to Grown-up</a>: Alisa Cohn's book, featuring 14 specific scripts to help you navigate delicate and difficult conversations.</li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.atlassian.com/team-playbook/plays/my-user-manual" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The "Working With Me" Document</a>: Atlassian's excellent free template and guide for creating a personal user manual.</li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.ccl.org/articles/leading-effectively-articles/how-to-implement-360-feedback-initiative/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The 360 Feedback Model:</a> A comprehensive breakdown of how to run these reviews from the Center for Creative Leadership.</li></ol> Alisa Cohn, Executive Coach & AuthorPodcast & Book:<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=LINK_HERE&authuser=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=LINK_HERE&authuser=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">From Start-up to Grown-up</a>Follow <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-brown-572215181/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sam on LinkedIn</a>Want to get in touch? Whether you want to suggest a guest, sponsor the show, leave some feedback or just get in touch to tell me what you're working on, here's the link for you: <a href="https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA</a>

Even smart, well-funded executive teams fail. Patrick Lencioni's masterpiece, The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, exposes the silent killers of company growth and provides a practical framework to turn a group of capable individuals into a truly cohesive unit. Joining me to unpack this framework is Alisa Cohn, an award-winning executive coach who was named the #1 Startup Coach in the world and has worked with C-suites at Venmo, Etsy, Microsoft, and Google. Today, Alisa breaks down why your department is not your most important team, how to build vulnerability-based trust, and why self-awareness is the ultimate cheat code for leadership.Key Takeaways & Timestamps00:00 – Introducing The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team and the silent killers of company growth. 02:00 – The 5 Dysfunctions Framework: Alisa breaks down the hierarchy of team success: Trust drives Conflict, Conflict drives Commitment, Commitment drives Accountability, and Accountability drives Results. You cannot skip a step. 04:37 – Diagnosing Your Team: Why a lack of accountability is often just a symptom of a team that hasn't learned how to have productive conflict. 07:11 – The "First Team" Concept: Why the CMO's most important team is not the marketing department. It is the executive team. 09:20 – The Cost of Loyalty: How prioritizing your specific department over the executive team leads directly to toxic politics, silos, and blame. 14:24 – Self-Awareness as a Cheat Code: Why managing your ego and acting in service of the company is the hardest—but most necessary—leadership skill. 16:03 – The "Working With Me" Document: How creating a 1-to-2 page personal operating manual builds vulnerability-based trust. 16:59 – The 360 Feedback Loop: How to gather actionable behavioral feedback from the people above you, below you, and beside you.Get the book here📚The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick LencioniMentioned in the episodeFrom Start-up to Grown-up: Alisa Cohn's book, featuring 14 specific scripts to help you navigate delicate and difficult conversations.The "Working With Me" Document: Atlassian's excellent free template and guide for creating a personal user manual.The 360 Feedback Model: A comprehensive breakdown of how to run these reviews from the Center for Creative Leadership. Alisa Cohn, Executive Coach & Author Podcast & Book: From Start-up to Grown-up Follow Sam on LinkedIn Want to get in touch? Whether you want to suggest a guest, sponsor the show, leave some feedback or just get in touch to tell me what you're working on, here's the link for you: https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA

Even smart, well-funded executive teams fail.Patrick Lencioni's masterpiece, The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, exposes the silent killers of company growth and provides a practical framework to turn a group of capable individuals into a truly cohesive unit.Joining me to unpack this framework is Alisa Cohn, an award-winning executive coach who was named the #1 Startup Coach in the world and has worked with C-suites at Venmo, Etsy, Microsoft, and Google.Today, Alisa breaks down why your department is not your most important team, how to build vulnerability-based trust, and why self-awareness is the ultimate cheat code for leadership.Key Takeaways &amp; Timestamps00:00 – Introducing The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team and the silent killers of company growth.02:00 – The 5 Dysfunctions Framework: Alisa breaks down the hierarchy of team success: Trust drives Conflict, Conflict drives Commitment, Commitment drives Accountability, and Accountability drives Results. You cannot skip a step.04:37 – Diagnosing Your Team: Why a lack of accountability is often just a symptom of a team that hasn't learned how to have productive conflict.07:11 – The "First Team" Concept: Why the CMO's most important team is not the marketing department. It is the executive team.09:20 – The Cost of Loyalty: How prioritizing your specific department over the executive team leads directly to toxic politics, silos, and blame.14:24 – Self-Awareness as a Cheat Code: Why managing your ego and acting in service of the company is the hardest—but most necessary—leadership skill.16:03 – The "Working With Me" Document: How creating a 1-to-2 page personal operating manual builds vulnerability-based trust.16:59 – The 360 Feedback Loop: How to gather actionable behavioral feedback from the people above you, below you, and beside you.Get the book here📚<a href="https://amzn.to/3MFqpVo" rel="noopener noreferrer">The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team </a><a href="https://amzn.to/3MFqpVo" rel="noopener noreferrer">by Patrick Lencioni</a>Mentioned in the episode<ol><li><a href="https://www.alisacohn.com/book/" rel="noopener noreferrer">From Start-up to Grown-up</a>: Alisa Cohn's book, featuring 14 specific scripts to help you navigate delicate and difficult conversations.</li><li><a href="https://www.atlassian.com/team-playbook/plays/my-user-manual" rel="noopener noreferrer">The "Working With Me" Document</a>: Atlassian's excellent free template and guide for creating a personal user manual.</li><li><a href="https://www.ccl.org/articles/leading-effectively-articles/how-to-implement-360-feedback-initiative/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The 360 Feedback Model:</a> A comprehensive breakdown of how to run these reviews from the Center for Creative Leadership.</li></ol> Alisa Cohn, Executive Coach &amp; AuthorPodcast &amp; Book:<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=LINK_HERE&amp;authuser=1" rel="noopener noreferrer"> </a><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=LINK_HERE&amp;authuser=1" rel="noopener noreferrer">From Start-up to Grown-up</a>Follow <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-brown-572215181/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sam on LinkedIn</a>Want to get in touch? Whether you want to suggest a guest, sponsor the show, leave some feedback or just get in touch to tell me what you're working on, here's the link for you: <a href="https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA</a>

The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni | with guest Alisa Cohn

Most entrepreneurs are stuck in a race they never signed up for, chasing a version of success that leaves them burnt out and unfulfilled. In this episode, Caitlin Rozario, founder of Interlude, deconstructs the wisdom of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant. Caitlin shares her raw journey of shutting down her software business to pivot toward her "zone of genius”—revealing that the most successful people usually aren't the ones working the hardest, but the ones who have mastered the art of being themselves.<h3>Key Takeaways & Timestamps</h3>00:00 Introducing The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson.01:54 The power of deep specific knowledge: what is it & how you can “find” yours03:20 Identifying "Play" vs. "Work": How to do the thing that feel like play to you but will look like work to others04:25 The Ikigai Pivot: Caitlin describes using the Japanese concept of Ikigai—the cross-section of what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for—to finalize her decision to shut down her app and move into workshops08:15 Top tip - The "Smile File": How to combat the entrepreneurial "negativity bias” 09:19 Escaping Competition Through Authenticity: "If you are fundamentally building and marketing something that’s an extension of what you are, no one can compete with you on that." 18:02 Accepting you are a rat in a race: the best-case scenario is simply being a rat who is mindful enough to look up at the clouds once in a while21:50 Defining Your Own Success: Why you must plan your career around your lifestyle rather than the other way around<h3>Get the book here</h3>📚<a href="https://amzn.to/44JIyr7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson</a><h3>Mentioned in the episode</h3><a href="https://www.notion.com/templates/deep-life-stack" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cal Newport’s Deep Life Stack</a><a href="https://positivepsychology.com/ikigai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ikigai Diagnostic Tool</a><a href="https://nav.al/rich" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Naval’s "How to Get Rich" (The 3-Hour Podcast)</a><h3>Guest Info</h3><ol><li data-list="bullet">Caitlin Rozario, Founder of<a href="https://www.interlude.works/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.interlude.works/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interlude</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.interlude.works/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interlude: The Anti-Toxic Productivity Bootcamp</a></li></ol> <h3>Sam's things</h3><ol><li data-list="bullet">Follow <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-brown-572215181/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sam on LinkedIn</a></li></ol> Want to get in touch? Whether you want to suggest a guest, sponsor the show, leave some feedback or just get in touch to tell me what you're working on, here's the link for you: <a href="https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA</a>

Most entrepreneurs are stuck in a race they never signed up for, chasing a version of success that leaves them burnt out and unfulfilled. In this episode, Caitlin Rozario, founder of Interlude, deconstructs the wisdom of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant. Caitlin shares her raw journey of shutting down her software business to pivot toward her "zone of genius”—revealing that the most successful people usually aren't the ones working the hardest, but the ones who have mastered the art of being themselves.Key Takeaways & Timestamps00:00 Introducing The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson. 01:54 The power of deep specific knowledge: what is it & how you can “find” yours 03:20 Identifying "Play" vs. "Work": How to do the thing that feel like play to you but will look like work to others 04:25 The Ikigai Pivot: Caitlin describes using the Japanese concept of Ikigai—the cross-section of what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for—to finalize her decision to shut down her app and move into workshops 08:15 Top tip - The "Smile File": How to combat the entrepreneurial "negativity bias” 09:19 Escaping Competition Through Authenticity: "If you are fundamentally building and marketing something that’s an extension of what you are, no one can compete with you on that." 18:02 Accepting you are a rat in a race: the best-case scenario is simply being a rat who is mindful enough to look up at the clouds once in a while 21:50 Defining Your Own Success: Why you must plan your career around your lifestyle rather than the other way aroundGet the book here📚The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric JorgensonMentioned in the episodeCal Newport’s Deep Life Stack The Ikigai Diagnostic Tool Naval’s "How to Get Rich" (The 3-Hour Podcast)Guest InfoCaitlin Rozario, Founder of InterludeInterlude: The Anti-Toxic Productivity Bootcamp Sam's thingsFollow Sam on LinkedIn Want to get in touch? Whether you want to suggest a guest, sponsor the show, leave some feedback or just get in touch to tell me what you're working on, here's the link for you: https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA

Most entrepreneurs are stuck in a race they never signed up for, chasing a version of success that leaves them burnt out and unfulfilled. In this episode, Caitlin Rozario, founder of Interlude, deconstructs the wisdom of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant. Caitlin shares her raw journey of shutting down her software business to pivot toward her "zone of genius”—revealing that the most successful people usually aren't the ones working the hardest, but the ones who have mastered the art of being themselves.Key Takeaways &amp; Timestamps00:00 Introducing The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson.01:54 The power of deep specific knowledge: what is it &amp; how you can “find” yours03:20 Identifying "Play" vs. "Work": How to do the thing that feel like play to you but will look like work to others04:25 The Ikigai Pivot: Caitlin describes using the Japanese concept of Ikigai—the cross-section of what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for—to finalize her decision to shut down her app and move into workshops08:15 Top tip - The "Smile File": How to combat the entrepreneurial "negativity bias” 09:19 Escaping Competition Through Authenticity: "If you are fundamentally building and marketing something that’s an extension of what you are, no one can compete with you on that." 18:02 Accepting you are a rat in a race: the best-case scenario is simply being a rat who is mindful enough to look up at the clouds once in a while21:50 Defining Your Own Success: Why you must plan your career around your lifestyle rather than the other way aroundGet the book here📚<a href="https://amzn.to/44JIyr7" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson</a>Mentioned in the episode<a href="https://www.notion.com/templates/deep-life-stack" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cal Newport’s Deep Life Stack</a><a href="https://positivepsychology.com/ikigai/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Ikigai Diagnostic Tool</a><a href="https://nav.al/rich" rel="noopener noreferrer">Naval’s "How to Get Rich" (The 3-Hour Podcast)</a>Guest Info<ol><li>Caitlin Rozario, Founder of<a href="https://www.interlude.works/" rel="noopener noreferrer"> </a><a href="https://www.interlude.works/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Interlude</a></li><li><a href="https://www.interlude.works/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Interlude: The Anti-Toxic Productivity Bootcamp</a></li></ol> Sam's things<ol><li>Follow <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-brown-572215181/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sam on LinkedIn</a></li></ol> Want to get in touch? Whether you want to suggest a guest, sponsor the show, leave some feedback or just get in touch to tell me what you're working on, here's the link for you: <a href="https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA</a>

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson | with guest Caitlin Rozario

I ask founders: Which book has had the biggest impact on your business, or life?We speak about 3 lessons from the book - and crucially - what the real impact has been for them.Most of my guests are successful entrepreneurs and have read hundreds of books. Im asking for the one that's have the most impact. Then the most valuable learnings from the most valuable book.Listen to absorb the most valuable lessons - from 50 books a year - in about 30 minutes a week.If you’re a busy founder, pick an episode and get stuck in now. Or if you want to know more about me, give this trailer a listen.

I ask founders: Which book has had the biggest impact on your business, or life? We speak about 3 lessons from the book - and crucially - what the real impact has been for them. Most of my guests are successful entrepreneurs and have read hundreds of books. Im asking for the one that's have the most impact. Then the most valuable learnings from the most valuable book. Listen to absorb the most valuable lessons - from 50 books a year - in about 30 minutes a week. If you’re a busy founder, pick an episode and get stuck in now. Or if you want to know more about me, give this trailer a listen.

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