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Mainline Executive Coaching ACT Podcast
Episode 364March 19, 2026

If You Can’t Read Your Team, You’re Not Leading It - Part One

Rich BaronMaikel Bailey
Rich Baron & Maikel Bailey

Episode Notes

Most leaders think they know their teams.

They don’t.

And that blind spot is costing them more than they realize.

Leaders aren’t reading their teams—they’re guessing. Projecting. Avoiding. Hiding behind data instead of having real conversations. Some don’t know their people at all. Others think they do—and are completely wrong. Quite frankly, this is not just a soft skill!

And what you don’t see in your team will eventually hurt you.

Quiet quitting.

Hidden resistance.

Talent walking out the door.

Decisions made in the dark.

Join Rich and Maikel as we shoot straight at the real reasons leaders fail to read their teams—and how to fix it before it becomes a leadership liability- in this first part of a two-part series on Mainline Executive Coaching ACT.

#Leadership #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #Culture #Trust #EmployeeEngagement #JohnMattoneGlobal

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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