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Most leadership failures don’t start with bad intentions. They start with unclear priorities, false assumptions, and leaders who mistake comfort for progress.

In this week’s episode of The Next Interview, I sit down with Dr. Linda Henman, known as The Decision Catalyst, to talk about the biggest hidden risks leaders face—and how to outthink them before they cost you talent, trust, and traction.

You’ll learn:

• How to spot a tactical thinker posing as a strategic one (and why it matters)

• What 90% of M&A failures teach us about urgency, alignment, and leadership systems

• The succession planning trap most founders fall into—and how to avoid it

🔥 Pro Tip from Linda:

“If you weren’t already doing it, would you start now?”

— That one question could save your next million-dollar decision.

Timestamps:

03:45 – The Tyson Foods merger: A leadership case study

16:20 – Tactical vs. Strategic: How to tell the difference

27:30 – Culture, commitment, and avoiding the consensus trap

Meet Linda:

Get her book: Healthy Decisions: Critical Thinking Skills for Healthcare Executives

https://a.co/d/6Jp28H3

Visit her website: https://henmanperformancegroup.com/

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Too many leaders avoid the real conversations. The ones that change behavior, build trust, and drive results. Why? Because most were never taught how.

In this week’s episode of The Next Interview, I sit down with Todd Holzman, executive coach to 30,000+ leaders and the mind behind the REAL Work Process—a framework that rewires the way high-performing teams talk, decide, and lead.

Todd doesn’t mince words. If your conversations aren't creating alignment, you’re not leading—you’re managing dysfunction.

🎯 What you’ll learn:

• The 4 stages every high-impact conversation must follow (and where most leaders break down)

• Why jumping to action kills strategy and how to realign your team with truth

• The invisible programming that makes smart people choose comfort over candor

🕒 Timestamps:

• 06:11 – Why most “difficult” conversations fail before they start

• 18:00 – The REAL framework that unlocks trust and autonomy

• 26:30 – How to measure your progress as a leader through conversation

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Meet Todd:

Website - https://holzman.com/

LinkdIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-holzman/

eMail - [email protected]

What if the best business strategy wasn’t linear—but personal?

In this inspiring episode of The Next Interview, Doland White sits down with Brian Burke, CEO and founder of Food First Travel, to explore the real journey behind building a purpose-driven life and business. From Division I athletics to edtech to culinary concierge, Brian shares how resilience, values, and partnership shaped every pivot in his career.

Discover how Brian and his wife Angela built a luxury travel business rooted in food, tradition, and connection—and why shared experiences are a powerful tool for leaders seeking meaning beyond the grind.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why successful pivots are driven by values, not fear

• How to build a business with your spouse without losing yourself

• The importance of resilience and owning your network

• Why trust, experience, and presence matter more than ever

• The difference between giving trust and earning it in leadership

Brian Burke’s story is proof that you don’t need a straight path to build a successful, fulfilling business—you need clarity, courage, and connection.

Brian is a former edtech entrepreneur, school district executive, and now founder of Food First Travel—a private concierge travel firm curating high-touch culinary experiences for executives and leaders.

Meet Brian and Angela:

Angela on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelatburke/

Brian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/burkeenterprises/

Food First Travel: https://foodfirsttravel.com/

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What if the secret to empowered leadership isn't control—but clarity of intent?

In this episode of The Next Interview, Doland White sits down with Lee Pepper, veteran, former Ross Perot campaign staffer, and author of Never Outmatched: Military Strategies to Lead, Innovate and Win in the Modern Marketing Battlefield. Together, they explore how military strategies—like Commander’s Intent—can transform leadership, marketing, and innovation inside modern organizations.

Lee shares why you can’t command innovation, but you can lead it. From leading high-performing teams in behavioral healthcare to helping CEOs align strategy with execution, Lee unpacks how leaders can stop micromanaging and start trusting their teams to deliver outcomes with clarity, autonomy, and ownership.

Actionable insights from this episode:

• How to apply “Commander’s Intent” to empower millennial teams

• Why micromanagement kills innovation—and how to avoid it

• The Anvil & Hammer strategy: What it means for your marketing budget

• Creating KPIs that align with real business outcomes

• How to lead from the front—especially when you’re new in the role

Lee’s practical wisdom and military-to-business mindset offer a fresh lens on leadership that today’s executives can apply immediately. Follow, subscribe, and leave a review to help more leaders find these game-changing insights.

Meet Lee:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leepepper/

Never Outmatched: https://a.co/d/9TIauMh

Website: https://www.peprallygroup.com/home

Are stress, disconnection, and fear holding you back from becoming the leader you’re meant to be?

In this powerful episode of The Next Interview, guest Randy Lyman—entrepreneur, leadership coach, and author of The Third Element: The Missing Key to Activating the Law of Attraction—shares how emotional intelligence transformed his life, leadership, and business results.

Randy built multiple million-dollar businesses in the technical world of physics and engineering, but beneath the success, he felt unfulfilled and disconnected. A pivotal life experience led him to explore the emotional and spiritual side of leadership—ultimately discovering that true success isn’t just about numbers; it’s about people.

In this conversation, Randy reveals:

• How releasing emotional baggage leads to business breakthroughs

• The overlooked role of emotional intelligence in leadership performance

• Practical strategies to foster emotional awareness and team connection

• Why vulnerability is a leader’s superpower

• How to navigate fear, conflict, and change without losing sight of your mission

Randy offers actionable insights you can apply immediately to become a more authentic, grounded, and effective leader. He also shares his unique take on the Law of Attraction and how it ties to leadership, emotional intelligence, and personal growth.

Randy’s work is grounded in decades of real-world experience growing businesses and helping leaders unlock their fullest potential.

If you’re ready to lead with greater clarity, confidence, and heart—this episode is for you.

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Meet Randy:

The Third Element: The Missing Key to Activating the Law of Attraction - https://a.co/d/3pt6QA1

LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamrandylyman/

Contact: https://randylyman.com

What if your team thought and acted like business owners? In this powerful episode, Rob Gallaher shares how a broken profit-sharing experiment became the engine behind his company's explosive growth—and saved his marriage along the way.

As the CEO of multiple companies and author of Profit Sharing: The Power of Shared Success, Rob breaks down the real nuts and bolts behind profit sharing—not just the theory. You’ll hear his candid story of failure, persistence, and the mindset shifts that turned chaos into culture.

Here’s what you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why quarterly bonuses fail—and how monthly profit sharing creates real behavioral change

• The #1 mistake most business owners make when launching a profit-sharing plan

• How transparency, trust, and communication close the "us vs. them" gap in your team

• The unexpected ways profit sharing strengthens both business and family

Rob Gallaher has walked the walk—turning struggling teams into high-performing, owner-minded collaborators. His practical tools and hard-won lessons are reshaping how leaders think about shared success.

If you're serious about building a more empowered team and scaling with sanity, don’t miss this conversation.

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eMail Rob: [email protected]

Get Rob’s Book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/i4ZI7OM

What if your biggest leadership challenge isn’t your team—but your own mindset?

In this compelling episode of The Next Interview, host Doland White sits down with Andrew Oxley, founder of The Oxley Group and author of The 4 Faces of Frustration: How to Turn Frustration into Delight. Together, they unpack how leaders can turn everyday frustration into fuel for growth, clarity, and real progress.

Through candid stories and no-nonsense insights, Andrew shares how identifying and managing your “face of frustration” can transform the way you lead your team—and yourself. He reveals the power of storytelling in leadership development, why humility is the secret to sustained influence, and how most leaders misunderstand their team’s true motivators.

Actionable insights from this episode include:

• The critical difference between strategy and execution for mid-level leaders

• Why most goals fall flat—and how to tie them to a deeper purpose

• The one shift organizations must make to create lasting impact

• Why self-awareness and mentorship are non-negotiable for growth

Andrew brings decades of leadership coaching experience from working with major brands like CNN, Coca-Cola, and Progressive—making his voice both credible and refreshingly practical.

Meet Andrew Oxley

Website: https://www.transformingresults.com/

4 Faces of Frustration: https://www.amazon.com/Faces-Frustration-Turn-into-Delight/dp/1610054350

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Are you unknowingly destroying team morale—even without a toxic culture?

In this solo episode, Doland White breaks down three subtle but damaging leadership habits that silently wreck trust, stall team progress, and push your best people out the door.

Drawing from years of experience and recent coaching conversations with executives, Doland highlights the “Silent Killers” of morale:

• Coming in Hot: How reactive emotional energy shuts down communication and creates fear.

• Constantly Changing Your Mind: Why inconsistent direction kills momentum and breeds helplessness.

• The Apology Tour: How over-apologizing without behavior change breaks trust beyond repair.

Packed with real-world insight, this episode offers clear, actionable strategies for every leader:

• Set your emotional thermostat with intention.

• Use a consistent, teachable decision-making framework.

• Make your behavior—not your apology—the loudest message.

Doland White, leadership strategist and author of Lead With Confidence, shares a candid, empowering message to help you lead with clarity, consistency, and trust.

If you're leading a team—or aspire to—this episode is a must-listen. Follow, subscribe, and leave a review to help more leaders discover The Next Interview and join the movement to empower one million leaders.

What’s the true cost of unclear leadership? For me, it was over a million dollars.

In this solo episode of The Next Interview, I share one of the hardest (and most valuable) leadership lessons of my career—a time when a well-intentioned team member, acting without the right systems of accountability, took down an entire company’s operations.

You’ll learn why great leadership is not about trusting blindly or managing tasks—it’s about building an environment where empowered people operate with clarity, trust, and accountability.

In this episode, I cover:

• The difference between managing and leading—and why that difference matters

• How to pair autonomy with clear boundaries and trust

• The importance of communication norms to surface changes and prevent costly mistakes

• How to build systems of accountability that scale with your business

I also break down how my Four Pillars of Empowered Leadership would have prevented this million-dollar mistake—and how you can apply them to your team today.

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Are you leading with clarity, trust, and empowerment—or unintentionally slowing your team down? In this milestone Episode 41 of The Next Interview, host Doland White shares key leadership insights drawn from standout guests across past episodes.

This special solo episode is packed with powerful takeaways on what it truly means to empower others and build a leadership culture that drives results. Doland reflects on how great leaders build trust, create clarity, foster innovation, and inspire ownership—while removing fear from the system.

Listen in for actionable insights on:

• Why trust reduces friction and accelerates outcomes

• How purpose-driven leadership energizes teams

• The relationship between innovation and psychological safety

• Why growing your business starts with growing your people

• How clarity before tactics breeds confidence and success

Featured leadership concepts drawn from past guests include wisdom from Tom Krause, Jim Huling, Blaine Bartlett, Eric Bond, Bill Holzendorf, Neil Rogers, John Formica, Bryce Henson, and Ken Gonzalez.

Whether you’re scaling a team or refining your leadership mindset, this episode will challenge you to think differently about how you show up as a leader. If you find value in this conversation, please follow the show, subscribe, and leave a review—it helps more leaders discover The Next Interview.