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The Leadership Line

The Leadership Line

Tammy Rogers and Scott Burgmeyer 257 Episodes Aug 19, 2026

Tammy Rogers and Scott Burgmeyer, both experienced business owners and lifelong learners, host this podcast about leadership, organizational growth, and workplace challenges. They discuss real-life work issues such as dealing with difficult colleagues and preventing burnout, offering practical advice and actionable solutions. The show aims to help listeners gain new perspectives and navigate the complexities of the modern workplace.

Episodes

Getting Comfortable Being Bad
Getting Comfortable Being Bad Aug 19, 2026 1091
From Team Lead To Organization Leader
From Team Lead To Organization Leader Aug 12, 2026 916 Managing up sounds like a political game until you realize it is mostly a thinking game. We talk about the moment leaders get promoted and suddenly discover that running a productive team is not enough. Influence now requires calm brain control, strong questions, and the courage to bring a well-reasoned point of view to peers and bosses without turning it into a fight.We dig into the difference be
Leaders Mistake Withdrawal For Buy In All The Time
Leaders Mistake Withdrawal For Buy In All The Time Aug 5, 2026 1493 The moment people stop fighting you can feel like relief, but it can also be the start of the real problem. We talk about the withdrawal stage on the change curve and how it shows up as quiet disengagement: head nods, fast agreement, and “just tell me what to do” energy that looks like cooperation but isn’t commitment. We’ve both mistaken that silence for acceptance, only to find out later it was
Would You Bet Your Job On That?
Would You Bet Your Job On That? Jul 29, 2026 1259 We dig into why teams get stuck even when everyone in the room is capable: adults arrive convinced their view is right, half the group may not care or may not know enough to weigh in, and nobody agrees on what “a good decision” actually means. The result is gridlock, politics, and meetings that burn hours without moving work forward.We walk through a cleaner approach to organizational decision mak
Influence In The Middle
Influence In The Middle Jul 22, 2026 1261 Feeling stuck in the middle of the org chart, doing solid work but still getting talked over? We dig into the real mechanics of influence at work and why the jump from manager to director can feel like hitting a wall. The rules change fast: you stop winning through sheer execution and start winning through credibility, stakeholder management, and managing up with clarity and intent. We get blunt a
False Alignment
False Alignment Jul 15, 2026 1569 The scariest kind of resistance is the kind that sounds like agreement. When people stop arguing, nod in meetings, and say all the right things, leaders often breathe a sigh of relief and assume alignment is finally here. Then the work doesn’t move, the priorities drift, and someone resigns out of nowhere. That pattern has a name: false alignment, and it is quietly wrecking execution in organizati
Unsaid Expectations
Unsaid Expectations Jul 8, 2026 901 Unsaid expectations are a preview of future resentments and once you see it, you can’t unsee it. We start with that simple line and trace how it shows up everywhere: leadership, teamwork, families, friendships, and even the way we argue when we feel wronged. When we expect people to read our minds, we set them up to fail and we set ourselves up to stay mad. We talk through why setting expectations
Knowing When To Move On
Knowing When To Move On Jul 1, 2026 1494 One word can be the spark that ends a chapter. Karman shares the moment she realized she had outgrown her first job after college, when a boss challenged her writing in a way that revealed something bigger than a single edit: the learning had stopped. From there, we dig into the real-life signals that tell you it’s time to move on from a job, a relationship, a project, or any situation where you’r
Why Treating Everyone The Same Hurts Performance
Why Treating Everyone The Same Hurts Performance Jun 24, 2026 857 “Treat everyone the same” sounds like good leadership advice until you watch it drain the life out of a team. We kick things off with a quick, funny peanut butter detour, then turn it into a serious management lesson: when leaders smear praise, raises, and feedback evenly across everyone, they create the peanut butter effect. It looks fair on paper, but it quietly punishes effort, blurs standards,
Truth Telling At Work
Truth Telling At Work Jun 19, 2026 1296 The fastest way to poison a team isn’t a big argument, it’s the silence that comes before it. We start with a real workplace conflict and use it to unpack a skill most organizations say they want but rarely practice well: truth telling at work. For us, it’s not about “brutal honesty” or getting the last word. It’s about giving clear, meaningful feedback that protects trust, improves performance, a
The Unspoken Rules Of Work
The Unspoken Rules Of Work Jun 10, 2026 1842 You can do great work and still get taken out by a rule nobody wrote down. We start with some light banter, then get real about the unspoken workplace norms that quietly shape careers: how you talk about your boss, how you push back, and how quickly “truth” can turn into a reputation problem.Tammy shares a painful early-career story where she trashed her manager to the company president and learne
The Simple Habits That Keep You Employed
The Simple Habits That Keep You Employed Jun 3, 2026 1184 Showing up late, ignoring direction, and making coworkers miserable will end more careers than a lack of technical skill. We start with a deceptively simple line from Tom Hanks about what it takes to succeed at work: show up on time, know the text, and have an idea. Then we put it under a microscope and talk about what “the minimum” really looks like in modern workplaces where reliability and team

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