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The Lead Up Podcast
You are looking for quick answers and shortcuts. You want better results as a leader. All leaders desire better performance out of themselves and their teams, but you don't have time to waste. The Lead Up Podcast is your place for quick, actionable leadership lessons to get on the express lane of leading others. Great leaders know the way, show the way, and go the way. The best leaders step up to lead, they don't wait on others, they never stop working to make themselves better. They understand…
Episodes
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Episode 510 Why Awareness is not Change
Knowing what to do and actually doing it, especially when the pressure is on, are two very different things. Think about a leader who leaves a leadership…
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Episode 509 Every Leadership Behavior Begins as a Thought
What if the biggest influence on your leadership behavior isn't what's happening around you, but the story you're telling yourself about it? In this episode of…
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Episode 508 The Missing KPI in Leadership Development
Healthcare organizations invest significant time and money in developing their leaders. They track attendance, completion rates, and participant satisfaction…
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Episode 507 What REALLY Drives Organizational Results? The Harbour Performance Equation
Healthcare leaders spend a lot of time trying to improve employee engagement, reduce turnover, strengthen accountability, and improve patient experience. But…
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Episode 506 Turnover Is a Timeline, Not an Event
A resignation hits your inbox from one of your best people. You didn’t see it coming. But was the decision really sudden, or was it only sudden to you? In this…
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Episode 505 Preparing Clinical Experts to Lead People, Culture, and Change with Kristen Woods
Clinical expertise can earn someone a seat at the leadership table. But it doesn’t automatically prepare them to lead people, influence peers, navigate change…
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Episode 504 The Most Dangerous Number in Healthcare
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour asks a question every healthcare executive should consider: If we're measuring so much, why do we…
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Episode 503 How Elite Healthcare Leaders Improve Retention, Culture & Patient Experience with Jennifer Snider & Leilani Scott
Better healthcare outcomes don’t start with the metric. They start with the leadership behaviors behind it. In this episode of The Lead Up Podcast, Mike…
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Episode 502 Leading What's Next: Building the Future-Ready Leaders
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour reflects on the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, honoring the lives lost, the families…
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Episode 501 The 9 Cultural Contaminants Hospital Executives Can't Ignore
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour takes on something that is quietly costing healthcare organizations good people, stronger…
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Episode 500 - 500 Never Quit Moments: The Behavior Behind the Breakthrough
In this milestone 500th episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour reflects on the lessons, conversations, and never-quit moments that have shaped the…
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Episode 499 The Leadership Strategy Behind Top 10% Patient Satisfaction with Tracey Carson
Great hospital results rarely come from a single initiative. They come from leaders who get clear about what matters, align their teams around those…
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Episode 498 8 Leadership Mistakes Costing You Great People
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour challenges the familiar idea that people quit jobs and argues that, more often than we realize…
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Episode 497 Elite Leader Series with Marcy Doderer
Healthcare doesn't need leaders who are simply prepared for today's challenges. It needs leaders who are willing to rethink tomorrow. In this episode of The…
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Episode 496 WIN TODAY with Joshua Lifrak
Pressure doesn't create leaders. It reveals them. Every day, healthcare leaders face situations they didn't choose—staffing shortages, difficult conversations…
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Episode 495 Leadership Fails When Human Needs Are Ignored
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour explores why most leadership problems don't begin with poor strategy, but instead with unmet human…
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Episode 494 The Healer Revolution with Richie Splitt
Healthcare has never lacked talented people. What's lacking in many organizations is the ability to stay connected to the purpose that brought those people…
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Episode 493 7 Habits of Elite Leaders
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour explores the seven leadership habits that consistently separate leaders people simply work for from…
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Episode 492 Leading Through Issues with Sue Hawkes
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, Mike sits down with leadership expert, bestselling author, and EOS Implementer®, Sue Hawks, to discuss one of the…
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Episode 491 Gradually, Then Suddenly
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour explores one of the most overlooked realities of leadership, culture, and organizational change…
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Episode 490 From Burnout to Breakthrough with Geoffrey Hall
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, Mike sits down with hospital CEO, Geoffrey Hall, to discuss leadership growth, culture, burnout, employee engagement…
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Episode 489 5 Laws That Secretly Control Your Leadership
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour explores five powerful laws that are quietly influencing your leadership every day, whether you…
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Episode 488 The First 90 Days with Neill Marshall and Kurt Mosley
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, Mike sits down with Kurt Mosley and Neill Marshall of HealthSearch Partners to discuss one of the most critical periods…
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Episode 487 Elite Leader Series with Amanda Housh
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, Mike sits down with Amanda Housh, co-founder and CEO of Oklahoma Pediatric Therapy Center, to discuss what it takes to…
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Episode 486 The 7 Pillars of the Elite Leader- What Executive Coaching Actually Develops
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour breaks down what separates average leadership from elite leadership through what he calls the 7…
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Episode 485 Elite Leader Series with Aja Chavez
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, Mike sits down with Aja Chavez, Vice President of Adolescent Services at AMFM Healthcare, to discuss the hidden…
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Episode 484 Regroup with Barbara Gustavson
On this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour sits down with Barbara Gustavson—author of Regroup and a brain health educator—to explore a reality…
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Episode 483 Elite Leader Series with Anthony Stahl
On this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour sits down with Anthony Stahl, President of White Oak Medical Center, to explore what it really takes…
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Episode 482 Elite Leader Series with Maggie Brennan
On this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour sits down with Maggie Brennan, CEO of North Shore Community Health, to discuss what it really takes…
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Episode 481 The Silent Killer of Transformation: Why Good Intentions Aren’t Enough
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, Mike Harbour takes on a quieter, more dangerous breakdown in leadership—what happens when teams believe they’re…
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Episode 480 Elite Leader Series with Scott Becker
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour sits down with Scott Becker, founder and publisher of Becker’s Healthcare, to explore what separates…
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Episode 479 From Head to Heart and Back Again with Tom Dohlborg
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour sits down with Tom Dahlborg, healthcare executive and author of From Heart to Head and Back Again, to…
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Episode 478 Elite Leaders Series with Emily Craig
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour sits down with Emily Craig, Vice President of Palliative Care at Constellation Health, to explore…
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Episode 477 Recruiting and Retention with AI with Joel Sylvester
On this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour talks with Joel Sylvester, Partner and Chief Client Officer at Five Star Call Centers, about…
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Episode 476 The 4 Non-Negotiables That Prevent Most Leadership Failures
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour shares four non-negotiables that prevent most leadership failures, arguing that most performance…
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Episode 475 Servant Leadership in Healthcare with Michael Korpiel
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour welcomes longtime healthcare executive Michael Korpiel for a conversation on values-based leadership…
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Episode 474 Elite Leader Series with Anney Perrine
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour welcomes Anney Perrine, Partner and Senior VP of Growth at Palm Health, for the Elite Leader Series…
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Episode 473 The 8 Silent Culture Killers Costing You Talent, Trust, and Performance
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour discusses why culture is a performance strategy and highlights a gap between employees who value…
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Episode 472 Elite Leaders Series with Hollie Johnson
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour talks with Hollie Johnson, Chief Operations Officer for Good Samaritan Hospice, as part of the Elite…
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Episode 471 Living a Values Based Life with Robert MacPhee
In this episode, Mike Harbour and Robert McPhee collaborate on a co-podcast to discuss values-based leadership. The conversation dives into McPhee's book…
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Episode 470 Hiring Heroes that Add Zeroes
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour delves into effective strategies for attracting and hiring top talent in the healthcare industry…
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Episode 469 The Positive Intent Mindset with Amer Kaissi
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour revisits with leadership expert Amer Kaissi to discuss his new book, 'The Positive Intent Mindset.'…
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Episode 468 The Burnout Crisis
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour delves into the critical issue of burnout in the healthcare industry. Mike highlights the alarming…
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Episode 467 Big Bet Leadership with John Rossman
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour engages in a thought-provoking conversation with John Rossman, renowned author of 'Big Bet…
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Episode 466 From Drift to Drive with Chris Robinson
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour talks with Chris Robinson, EVP of Maxwell Leadership and author of 'Drift to Drive.' Chris shares his…
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Episode 465 The Excellence Edge: Achieving Daily Progress and Sustained Success
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour discusses setting up for success in 2026 by embracing daily progress and sustained excellence. Mike…
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Episode 464 Let's Retire Retirement with Derek Coburn
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour speaks with Derek Coburn, author of 'Let's Retire Retirement.’ Derek, with his extensive experience…
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Episode 463 Growth on the Go- Continuous Improvement Strategies for Ambitious Leaders
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour discusses how elite leaders prioritize growth and continuous improvement. Mike shares insights on…
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Episode 462 Every Leader Is A Coach with Pamela Potts
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour engages in a compelling discussion with Pamela Potts, author of 'Every Leader is a Coach'. They delve…
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Episode 461 Brain Fitness with Jill Hewlett
In this episode of the Lead Up podcast, host Mike Harbour welcomes Brain Fitness expert Jill Hewlett for a deep dive into the world of brain health. Jill, a…
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Episode 460 Navy SEAL Secrets for Healthcare Leadership with Jeff Mengenhausen
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour interviews Jeff Mengenhausen, CEO of Montrose Regional Hospital and Health System. Jeff shares…
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Episode 459 Resignation Revolution: How Elite Leaders Convert Resignations into Relentless Growth
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour discusses the concept of the 'Resignation Revolution' and how elite leaders can transform employee…
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Episode 458 The Secure Leader with Dr Jaime Goff
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour interviews Dr. Jaime Goff, a respected expert in psychology, human relationships, and leadership…
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Episode 457 Confidence Catalyst: Harness Integrity to Lead and Motivate Fearlessly
In episode 457 of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour delves into 'The Confidence Catalyst,' exploring how integrity and authenticity are essential for…
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Episode 456 The Generous Leader with Joe Davis
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour shares a compelling conversation with Joe Davis, Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston…
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Episode 455 Leadership Requires Love
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour explores the concept of leading with LOVE. Using the word LOVE as an acrostic, Mike breaks down its…
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Episode 454 The Exceptional Leader with Greta Rosler
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour engages in a compelling conversation with Greta Rosler, founder of Radius Leadership. The discussion…
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Episode 453 Strengths Unleashed: Empowering Your Team to Shine
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour explores how leaders can unlock elite team performance by leveraging individual strengths. Drawing on…
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Episode 452 Face the Mountain with Paul Gustavson
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour welcomes long-time friend and technology leader Paul Gustavson. The duo discusses Paul's latest book…
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Episode 451 From Candidate to Commitment: Closing the Deal with Future Stars
In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour discusses effective strategies for recruiting and closing top talent. Drawing insights from his book…