Podcast

The hardest person you will ever lead isn’t the underperformer, the difficult peer, or the boss who keeps moving the goalposts. It’s you. And most leaders never see it coming. In this episode of the Small Brave Moves Podcast.

That conversation you’ve been moving from this week to next for the past 30 days? That’s the one. Your avoidance isn’t protecting anyone — it’s costing everyone. In this episode of the Small Brave Moves Podcast, leadership expert.

The future belongs to organizations with brave leaders. The research is already telling you what you probably feel: most of the workforce is anxious, most leaders aren’t ready, and the gap between where organizations are and where they need to be is widening every year.

What happens when you stop settling for what’s offered and start asking for what you’re truly worth? In this episode of the Small Brave Moves Podcast Nicole Bianchi sits down with Maggie Seng Sadowsky—food scientist, CPG innovator, and founder of 8 Track Foods.

There’s a moment most leaders know well — heart pounding, voice shaking, surrounded by people with bigger titles — where you have to decide whether to raise your hand or stay quiet. Olivia Lynch raised hers. In a room of 400 senior Salesforce executives, with her CEO present and cameras rolling.

There’s a person on your team whose behavior has become a pattern — the one everyone talks about, but no one addresses. You know exactly who it is, don’t you? Nicole Bianchi names what’s actually happening when leaders keep delaying that conversation in this episode of the Small Brave Moves Podcast.

In this episode of the Small Brave Moves Podcast, Nicole Bianchi makes a bold claim that cuts through the noise of every AI conversation happening in boardrooms right now: AI adoption problem isn’t a technology problem. It’s a leadership problem. 

In this episode of the Small Brave Moves Podcast, Nicole Bianchi makes a confession most leadership experts won’t: she still feels fear. And she’s here to tell you that’s not a problem — it’s the point.

In this episode of the Small Brave Moves Podcast, Nicole Bianchi delivers a direct, no-excuses framework to begin repairing broken workplace culture without a budget, without a title, and without waiting for permission.

In this episode of the Small Brave Moves Podcast, keynote speaker, executive coach, and leadership expert Nicole Bianchi explores one of the most overlooked drivers of leadership effectiveness: brave communication.

In this episode of the Small Brave Moves Podcast, keynote speaker and leadership expert Nicole Bianchi gives her take on a powerful but often overlooked leadership challenge: internal resistance.

In this episode of the Small Brave Moves Podcast, leadership expert, keynote speaker, and executive coach Nicole Bianchi reveals a truth many organizations overlook: most performance problems aren’t operational—they’re courage problems in disguise.