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The Leadership Buzz is a short, practical leadership podcast where Lloyd “Buzz” Buzzell, ACC turns one key idea from a leadership book into real-life takeaways you can use immediately plus three coaching questions to reflect on.
Episodes
9 episodes
Leaders Eat Last: How Great Leaders Build Trust
Most teams do not fail because they lack talent. They fail because they do not feel safe enough to tell the truth, take smart risks, or trust their leaders when things get hard. We dig into Simon Sinek’s Leaders Eat Last and the real point behi...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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16:15
Delegation for Leaders: How to Build Trust and Develop Your Team
Delegation can look like leadership while quietly turning into control. If you’ve ever handed something off and then felt the urge to step back in, rewrite it, or “just do it yourself,” you’re not alone and it’s costing you more than time. We d...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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16:16
How Honest Leaders Build Trust That Lasts
How Honest Leaders Build Trust That LastsThe most dangerous leadership moments rarely announce themselves. They show up in quiet rooms, with incomplete facts, time pressure, and someone offering an easy shortcut. In this episode, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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16:16
Perfection Is a Lie: The Leadership Lesson from Malmstrom
Perfection is a tempting leadership standard because it feels like discipline, pride, and professionalism. But I’ve seen the darker side: when leaders communicate that anything less than flawless performance is unacceptable, people don’t get be...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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15:09
Trust Is Personal: How Leaders Build Trust
Trust is the operating system of leadership. When trust is strong, teams communicate openly, move faster, and perform better. When it is weak, even simple decisions become difficult.In this episode of The Leadership Buzz, Buzz B...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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15:15
Strong Ground: What Leaders Build Before Results
In this episode of The Leadership Buzz, we explore the newly published book Strong Ground by Brené Brown and the leadership idea that real performance starts with a strong foundation. Before teams can move fast or perform well...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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14:47
Be the Leader They Want to Work For
In this episode, we explore what it means to be the leader people actually want to work for. Drawing from Quick Leadership by Selena Rezvani, we reflect on how everyday behaviors responsiveness, clarity, and follow-through shape how le...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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21:46
Lead Beyond Control; Build What Lasts
Control can turn a crisis around, but does it build a team that lasts? We dig into the hard gap between short-term wins and long-term strength, guided by Surrender to Lead from Jessica Kriegel and Joe Terry and a field-tested equation: purpose ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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16:23