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Mainline Executive Coaching ACT Podcast
Episode 357November 7, 2025

357: Awareness is the New Power: Redefining Leadership and Culture

Rich BaronMaikel Bailey
Rich Baron & Maikel Bailey

Episode Notes

Transformation doesn’t begin with a memo, a mission statement, or a new initiative. It begins with awareness — the moment a leader realizes that culture isn’t what’s written on the wall… it’s what’s tolerated in the hall.

Dr. Peter James is an executive coach, former U.S. Army officer, academic, and organizational leader. Peter has spent over two decades working at the intersection of leadership, culture, and change: from platoon to boardroom, from classroom to executive suite. His experience spans military command, Fortune 100 business, university faculty leadership, and coaching executives through transformational change.

Peter joins Rich and Maikel as we dive deep into transformational change — not as a corporate buzzword, but as a living, breathing shift in leadership identity and organizational culture. We’ll explore how situational awareness—the ability of a leader to sense, interpret, and respond to what’s really happening in the system can ignite or derail cultural transformation.

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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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