Independence by Design™

September 10, 2026

#510: The Leadership Development Plan: How to Build the Confidence to Actually Let Go

There is somebody at your company you want to put in a seat, and the last time you promoted someone on promise it went...

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01:00:28

September 03, 2026

#509: The 5-Year Leadership Roadmap: How to Fill the Three Seats You Cannot Afford Yet

Last episode I made the case that your org chart is three seats, because your income statement is three buckets. The question everybody asked...

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00:45:36

August 27, 2026

#508: The 3 Functional Leaders: The CFO, CRO, and COO Who Run the Business Without You

Somewhere in your office is an org chart with seven titles on it, and if somebody asked you today who owns revenue, the honest...

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01:16:18

August 20, 2026

#507: Pat Hobby | Get Ready for Q4 Budgeting with the Model That Predicts Your Cash (Replay)

Budget season is about to open, and I want this conversation back in front of you first. Your CPA says you had a great...

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01:39:10

August 13, 2026

#506: David Kachoui | Leadership Is a Trait, Not a Personality

You have somebody in a leadership seat you are not sure about, and you could not write down why. So the calls keep coming...

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01:34:21

August 06, 2026

#505: How to Find the Bottleneck That's Eating Your Margins

You broke your margins out by line last month and one of them came in under target. So you asked your operations manager what...

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01:15:19