Feedback matters, and creating healthy environments where your team can express it in a healthy way is the sign of a team that's on the right track. But how to you balance the feedback you get with your own motives and reactions? Mark and Randy know where it starts: with your own heart. Listen to today's episode and learn more about accepting and understanding feedback from your team.

Mark and Randy talk about two of the "f" words of leadership: fear and failure. When they go together, it can be paralyzing to your influence. But it doesn't have to be that way! Close out your week learning how to work through the fear of failure.

At some point or another, all leaders will struggle with control—either too much or a lack thereof. There are a lot of things you can do to support and encourage either type of leader without cutting out their legs. 

If you have a team that's not playing nice or has lots of "parking lot" conversations instead of direct communication, your first temptation might be to call a meeting and get it all out in the open. Mark and Randy have a better strategy in mind—and it will save you a world of trouble.

You've heard Mark say before that the best leaders focus on both results AND relationships, and a heavy focus on one or the other could derail what you're trying to accomplish. If you're a leader who leans more on the people side, is that a bad thing? Find out how the guys would coach a people leader on today's episode.

Leaders are pretty good at leading their teams, and most would say they know how to interact with their superiors. What about working with other peers and leaders? Mark and Randy talk about how to set a good foundation for working with other leaders and what it looks like to lead up, down, and all around.

Hindsight is a great tool and a tough teacher. Mark and Randy take a look at what they know now and what they wish they could have learned a little earlier in their leadership journeys.

New leaders, listen up! Mark and Randy want to help set you up for success, and they've got over 70 years of experience to draw from. Send this episode to a new leader and help them get started on the right foot.

Giving difficult feedback isn't a fun part of leadership. Giving it to a superior or someone above you is a whole different issue. Mark and Randy talk about how to navigate this potentially tricky situation on today's episode.

With all of the good advice that Mark and Randy give out, they've also been the recipients of some bad leadership advice over the years. The guys recap some of the not-so-great things they've heard over the years.