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Episode 344July 11, 2025

344: Signal Over Noise: Leading with Clarity in a Distracted World

Rich BaronMaikel Bailey
Rich Baron & Maikel Bailey

Episode Notes

Signal-to-Noise Ratio. Originally an engineering term, SNR is about boosting the clarity of your message while reducing everything that muddles it. In a world crowded with opinions, posturing, and constant input, your ability to focus the signal—your values, vision, and voice—is the edge that cuts through the chaos.

In leadership, it is not about bandwidth or sound waves—it’s about influence in the chaos. To be more concise, signal is what matters: your values, clarity, and conviction. Noise? That’s everything that distracts—ego, fear, misalignment, and the constant hum of indecision.

When leaders lose the signal, organizations drift. When leaders amplify it, people move with purpose.

Join Rich and Maikel on this episode of Mainline Executive Coaching ACT as we unpack what noise actually is in leadership, how to identify your real signal, and what happens when your message gets distorted by ego, fear, or overload.

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About the Hosts

Rich Baron

Rich Baron

Chief Operating Officer & Master Certified IL Coach

Master Certified IL Executive Coach, Lean Six Sigma, 100% Customer Retention (2006-2019)

As JMG's Chief Operating Officer and a Master Certified Intelligent Leadership Executive Coach, Rich brings diverse expertise in cultural transformation, operational leadership, and coaching leaders from emerging talent to CEOs.

Maikel Bailey

Maikel Bailey

Master Certified IL Executive Coach

Master Certified IL Executive Coach

Maikel Bailey is a Master Certified Intelligent Leadership Executive Coach with extensive experience in executive leadership, cultural transformation, and emerging leader development.

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