7.6K
Downloads
161
Episodes
Simplifying the Complexities of Your Leadership Journey
Episodes
4 days ago
4 days ago
What happens when 12 kids get trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand — and the only way out is a team of strangers with completely different skill sets?
🌊 That's exactly where we're starting today. Mo and Scotty break down why the strongest teams aren't built on star power — they're built on knowing your people. We're talking DISC assessments, psychological safety, cross-training your team before crisis hits, and why YOUR behavioral style might be the very thing silencing the people around you.
🎯 Whether you lead a Fortune 500 or a team of five, this episode will challenge how you see yourself as a leader — and give you practical tools to build a team that doesn't break under pressure.
💡 So here's the question — do you actually know the people you're leading, or do you just know their job titles? #RisingTideLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #DISCAssessment #TeamAdaptability #PsychologicalSafety #LeadWithPurpose #LeadershipPodcast #TeamBuilding #InfluenceAndImpact #KnowYourPeople
Friday Jun 26, 2026
Friday Jun 26, 2026
What happens when 57 airmen — most with zero combat experience — are handed the keys to a top-secret mission and told to go start a war?
🛫 Col. Trey Morriss (USAF, Ret.) takes us inside DOOM 34, the once-classified B-52 strike that opened Operation Desert Storm — 35 hours, 14,000 miles, and enough things going wrong to make your head spin.
🎖️ From losing an engine minutes after takeoff to running on fumes over the Mediterranean, Trey unpacks what real leadership under pressure actually looks like — and why trust, accountability, and preparation aren't things you build when the crisis hits. They're things you build long before it does.
💡 Whether you're leading a boardroom or a bomber crew, this one will challenge everything you think you know about readiness. So here's the question: Are you building the trust your team will need BEFORE the pressure arrives — or are you counting on building it when it's already too late? 🔥
#RisingTideLeadership #ColTreyMorriss #DOOM34 #LeadershipUnderPressure #TrustCantBeSurged #MilitaryLeadership #SecretSquirrel #OperationDesertStorm #LeadershipPodcast #BuildBetterLeaders
Website: www.treymorriss.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/treymorriss/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/treymorriss/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trey.morriss
Facbook DOOM 34: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581295749907
AMAZON Link DOOM 34: https://a.co/d/09JExBHm
More of MO:
www.rtclc.com https://medium.com/@poorboymo www.youtube.com/risingtideleadership
https://buymeacoffee.com/risingtide.mo
https://www.linkedin.com/in/poorboymo/
https://www.facebook.com/risingtideculture
https://www.youtube.com/@risingtideleadership
https://www.instagram.com/rising_tide_leadership/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rising-tide-leadership-podcast/id1546034213 https://open.spotify.com/show/2jUqyH9hTOamOIOAxcO6yH?si=9d0ff2c2b2ae4289
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Work it out by LiQWYD / liqwyd Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/liqwy... Music promoted by Audio Library • Work it out – LiQWYD (No Copyright Music) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Wednesday Jun 24, 2026
Wednesday Jun 24, 2026
What if the reason your leadership breaks under pressure has nothing to do with skill — and everything to do with your brain? 🧠 Claire Hayek grew up dodging bombs in Beirut, spent 20 years in high-stakes engineering, and discovered something most leaders never see coming: pressure doesn't just slow your decisions down — it quietly hijacks them. 🔥 As a certified neuroscience coach, TEDx speaker, founder of MSP Teambuilding, and author of the forthcoming Calm Under Fire, Claire breaks down the survival patterns running your team without anyone noticing — and exactly how to rewire them. This one will hit different.
💡 So here's the question: when pressure hits, is YOUR brain working for you — or against you?
#PressureProofLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #ClaireHayek #NeuroLeadership #CalmUnderFire #ExecutiveLeadership #MentalFitness #LeadershipPodcast #TeamCulture #RisingTideLeadership
For individual leaders: clairehayek.com/reset (Pressure Reset Scripts, free download)
For founders/leaders and their teams: clairehayek.com/pp-scorecard (Pressure and Performance Scorecard, free assessment)
ABOUT CLAIRE
Website: clairehayek.com and mspteambuilding.ca
Upcoming book Sep 9 2026: The Leadership Skill No One Taught You: Calm Under Fire in the Age of Disruption Join Advanced Readers Club and more info here.
CONNECT WITH CLAIRE
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairehayek
Podcast: The NeuroLeadership Edge - https://www.clairehayek/podcast
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ClaireHayek?sub_confirmation=1
X: https://x.com/clairehayek
Threads: https://www.threads.com/@claire.hayek
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theclairehayek
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/clairehayek.bsky.social
Substack: https://substack.com/@theclairehayek
Monday Jun 22, 2026
Monday Jun 22, 2026
He flew combat missions over Baghdad. He led a company through layoffs in the AI era. And he says the same three leadership principles got him through both. 🪖➡️
💼 In this episode, Dr. Andy Moye — U.S. Navy combat veteran, former CEO of Paige (the first FDA-approved AI cancer diagnostic), and author of From Bunker Hill to the Boardroom — traces 250 years of his own family's military service to extract leadership lessons that hit just as hard in the boardroom as they did on the battlefield. We get into the near-mutiny story he's never fully told publicly, why he thinks "empathy" might be the most underrated negotiating weapon in business, and why leaders who ignore AI are already losing. 🎯 This one's equal parts war story and leadership masterclass — buckle up.
🚀 So here's the question for you: when your team is losing faith and the outcome is uncertain, what do you do first as a leader?
#LeadershipPodcast #BattleTestedLeadership #VeteranLeadership #AIinBusiness #ExecutiveLeadership #RisingTideLeadership #FromBunkerHillToTheBoardroom #PrecisionMedicine #LeadershipLessons #bookinterview
More of Andy:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/andymoye/
Book on Amazon: amazon.com/Bunker-Hill-Boardroom-Battle-Tested-Leadership-ebook/dp/B0H2BTXFL8
PR Contact: Wes Seeley, wes@prbythebook.com
More of MO:
www.youtube.com/risingtideleadership
https://buymeacoffee.com/risingtide.mo
https://www.linkedin.com/in/poorboymo/
https://www.facebook.com/risingtideculture
https://www.youtube.com/@risingtideleadership
https://www.instagram.com/rising_tide_leadership/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rising-tide-leadership-podcast/id1546034213
https://open.spotify.com/show/2jUqyH9hTOamOIOAxcO6yH?si=9d0ff2c2b2ae4289
Thursday Jun 18, 2026
Thursday Jun 18, 2026
What happens when a 15-year-old kid skips high school, walks into a Michelin-starred kitchen, and decides that excellence is the only option? You get Chef Franck Desplechin — 25+ years of high-pressure kitchens, luxury hotel brands, and hard-won leadership lessons that most executives will never learn.
🍽️ Chef Franck gets brutally honest about ego, burnout, chasing titles over growth, and why your team might be fleeing you right now. This isn't theory. This is leadership forged in fire — nightly.
🔥 If you've ever wondered how to hold an uncompromising standard WITHOUT destroying the people delivering it, this episode is your answer. So here's the question: are you building a team — or just using one? 👇
#RisingTideLeadership #LeadershipPodcast #ChefFranck #RelentlessGrowth #LeadershipDevelopment #HighPerformanceTeams #MichelinLeadership #LeadBetter #TeamCulture #growthmindset
🌐 Website: cheffranck.com
📖 Book (Relentless Growth): https://shorturl.at/vMfMp
💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/franck-desplechin
📸 Instagram (alt handle found): instagram.com/chef_franck_84
📘 Facebook: facebook.com/franck.desplechin.2025
🏢 Consulting Firm: incrementumllc.net
Wednesday Jun 10, 2026
Wednesday Jun 10, 2026
Most leaders think they need to become indispensable. Fredrik Sandvall says that mindset may be exactly what holds leaders back. In this episode of the Rising Tide Leadership Podcast, MO sits down with investor, entrepreneur, former Special Forces operator, UN veteran, and author Fredrik Sandvall for a conversation on what leadership really looks like when pressure becomes real.
💥 Together they unpack: ⚡ Why discipline beats motivation 🤝 How trust is built before crisis hits 🧠 The difference between leadership and control 📈 How to build organizations that survive without you 🔥 Why pressure reveals character—not creates it
🌍 Lessons from military leadership, business, investing, and global operations If you've ever wondered whether you're developing leaders… or creating dependency… this episode is for you. Are you building a team that depends on you—or one that grows because of you?
#Leadership #LeadershipPodcast #RisingTideLeadership #Trust #Entrepreneurship #BusinessLeadership #PersonalDevelopment #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #GrowthMindset
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandvall/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/invest-in-you/id1353355236
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Work it out by LiQWYD / liqwyd Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/liqwy... Music promoted by Audio Library • Work it out – LiQWYD (No Copyright Music) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Monday Jun 01, 2026
Monday Jun 01, 2026
Ever feel like you're constantly adapting to everyone around you... but slowly losing yourself in the process? 🤔
In this episode of Identity & Influence, Scotty P and Mo tackle one of the toughest leadership challenges you'll ever face: relational adaptability. How do you meet people where they are without becoming a people-pleaser? How do you build trust, set healthy boundaries, and lead different personalities effectively without compromising your values?
From Tony Dungy's leadership philosophy to practical lessons on emotional intelligence, trust, and accountability, this conversation will help you become the kind of leader people want to follow—without sacrificing who you are. Because great leadership isn't about changing who you are. It's about adapting how you lead so others can thrive.
👉 Are you adapting to your people... or are you losing yourself trying to keep everyone happy?
#Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment #Influence #EmotionalIntelligence #TeamLeadership #PeopleLeadership #LeadershipSkills #PersonalGrowth #AdaptiveLeadership #IdentityAndInfluence
More of MO:
www.youtube.com/risingtideleadership
https://buymeacoffee.com/risingtide.mo
https://www.linkedin.com/in/poorboymo/
https://www.facebook.com/risingtideculture
https://www.youtube.com/@risingtideleadership
https://www.instagram.com/rising_tide_leadership/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2jUqyH9hTOamOIOAxcO6yH?si=9d0ff2c2b2ae4289
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Work it out by LiQWYD / liqwyd Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/liqwy... Music promoted by Audio Library • Work it out – LiQWYD (No Copyright Music) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Monday May 11, 2026
Monday May 11, 2026
What happens when a leader realizes they’ve outgrown the room they’re in? 👀 In this episode of the Rising Tide Leadership Podcast, Scotty gets REAL about closing out 10 years at Indiana Wesleyan University and stepping into a brand-new season of life and leadership. 🎙️
🔥 MO and Scotty unpack:
🚪 Necessary endings
🧠 Identity beyond job titles
⚡ Why role clarity matters
🔥 The danger of getting too comfortable
🤝 Relationships that last beyond the workplace
📈 How adaptable leaders keep growing This isn’t just a conversation about leaving a job…It’s about learning when growth requires letting go. Sometimes the hardest leadership move is standing up from the comfortable couch you’ve been sitting on for years.
👉 Have you outgrown your current season… but you’re afraid to admit it?
#Leadership #LeadershipPodcast #IdentityAndInfluence #NecessaryEndings #LeadershipDevelopment #GrowthMindset #Adaptability #SelfLeadership #EmotionalIntelligence #PersonalGrowth
Tuesday May 05, 2026
Tuesday May 05, 2026
What if the biggest problem in your leadership… is YOU? 😳 In this episode, MO sits down with Croft Edwards to break down why culture isn’t something you fix—it’s something you embody. From the power of conversations to the surprising role your body plays in high-stakes moments, this one will challenge how you show up as a leader every single day.
🔥 If your team isn’t performing, this might be the wake-up call you didn’t know you needed. So here’s the question: Are you leading your team… or limiting them?
#Leadership #TeamCulture #LeadershipDevelopment #HighPerformance #EmotionalIntelligence #LeadershipGrowth #OrganizationalCulture #SelfLeadership #Influence #RisingTideLeadership
Monday May 04, 2026
Monday May 04, 2026
Gen Z isn’t lazy—they’re just done with bad leadership. 😳 In this episode, we break down why younger employees aren’t chasing titles, why burnout isn’t a badge of honor anymore, and why your leadership style might be the very thing pushing great people away. 💥 If you’re still managing like it’s 2005, you’re already behind. It’s time to shift from control to coaching and start building leaders who actually want to follow you.
🚀 So here’s the real question: Would YOU want to be led by you?
#Leadership #GenZ #LeadershipDevelopment #WorkplaceCulture #EmployeeEngagement #FutureOfWork #LeadershipCoaching #Influence #TeamBuilding #careergrowth
More of MO:
www.youtube.com/risingtideleadership
https://buymeacoffee.com/risingtide.mo
https://www.linkedin.com/in/poorboymo/
https://www.facebook.com/risingtideculture
https://www.youtube.com/@risingtideleadership
https://www.instagram.com/rising_tide_leadership/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rising-tide-leadership-podcast/id1546034213
https://open.spotify.com/show/2jUqyH9hTOamOIOAxcO6yH?si=9d0ff2c2b2ae4289