Kyle McDowell - Former Fortune 500 executive who led 30,000+ employees across multi-billion dollar P&Ls. Author of the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller Begin With We and upcoming Win With We (2027). Now keynote speaker and leadership consultant focused on transforming organizational culture.

What You'll Discover:

The hidden cost of "successful" leadership - why being good at your job can still leave you empty, unhealthy, and disconnected from the people who matter most.

How one midnight realization created a cultural transformation that's now implemented across dozens of organizations worldwide.

The difference between bosses who inspire fear and leaders who inspire performance - and why your team's behavior when you're OUT of the room tells you everything.

Why simple doesn't mean easy - and how 10 straightforward principles eliminate the ambiguity that kills execution.

The relationship between vulnerability, challenge, and trust - and why the people who push back hardest can become your greatest allies.

How measuring outcomes (not activity) stops the meeting-about-the-meeting madness that deflates your team.

Key Themes:

• Leadership transformation and self-reflection
• Creating behavioral expectations vs. just job descriptions
• The power of challenging each other (not just top-down feedback)
• Authenticity as the foundation of trust
• Obsessing over details as competitive advantage
• Leading the same way at work and home

Standout Moment: Kyle's direct report Julia went from being his most difficult team member to one of his closest confidants - proof that embracing challenge changes everything.

The Bottom Line: You don't have to hate Sundays. You don't have to bang your fist to get results. And you definitely don't have to sacrifice who you are to lead effectively. The 10 Wes framework proves there's a better way - one that delivers both performance AND fulfillment.

Connect with Kyle:

• Instagram/TikTok/YouTube/Facebook/Twitter: @KyleMcDowellInc
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylemcdowellinc/
• Website: https://kylemcdowellinc.com/
• Book: Begin With We (available now): https://kylemcdowellinc.com/bestselling-book/

What happens when a high-performing leader—someone wired for speed, scale, and big outcomes—gets forced to slow down? In this powerful interview, Kari Schneider sits down with American entrepreneur, engineer, and investor Jason Shipley, founder of Midwest Custom Engineering, to talk about leadership, resilience, and the inner game that keeps a team (and a family) thriving.

Jason shares how he’s building mission-driven engineering solutions that impact real life—from animal feed and pet food processing to emerging water technologies—and why culture is the true engine of sustainable growth. But this conversation goes deeper: Jason opens up about profound personal loss, the practices that helped him keep moving forward, and how consistency becomes a form of self-trust—especially when you don’t feel like you can.

If you’re a leader who moves fast, carries a lot, and wants to lead with more calm, clarity, and connection—this episode will meet you right where you are.

Key topics covered:

• Building a business where culture builds the company (not the other way around)
• The leadership shift from “me” to “we”—and why it changes everything
• How to create feedback loops so problems don’t fester
• “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast”: the calm that increases performance
• What consistency really means: 1,068 consecutive daily 5Ks
• The simple relationship question that strengthens connection: “What do you need today?”
• Curating your environment and community so you don’t lead alone

Key takeaway: High achievement becomes sustainable when you stop sprinting in your head and start leading with presence—because the strongest leaders don’t just drive results… they build people, trust, and culture that lasts.

Listen in, then ask yourself: Where do I need to slow down to speed up—and what’s the one daily commitment that proves I won’t quit on myself?

Want to know more Jason and his activities?

• Jason on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonshipley83/
• Midwest Custom Engineering: https://www.midwestcustomengineering.com/
• Live Like Jake Foundation: https://livelikejake.com/

💬 Start a conversation with Kari’s AI → https://www.delphi.ai/karischneider

👉 Want to use AI to amplify your leadership? Grab our free guide “The 50 Best AI Prompts for Executives” → https://thehumanalgorithm.ai/free-ai-guide

Knowing what to do isn’t the problem—taking consistent action is.

In this episode of the Empowered Team Podcast, host Kari Schneider continues the Inner Game series with a powerful focus on action. Building on the previous episodes about pausing and embracing change, Kari shares three deceptively simple questions that help leaders move forward—even when motivation is low, willpower is depleted, and life gets messy.

Drawing from neuroscience, habit research, and personal stories (including a surprisingly relatable struggle with consistency), Kari breaks down why action breaks down—and how to make progress inevitable instead of exhausting.

• Why inconsistent execution is the real outcome killer
• How to take action without relying on motivation or willpower
• The question that instantly lowers resistance and bypasses perfectionism
• How to anticipate obstacles without sabotaging your mindset
• Why clarity, simplicity, and environment outperform discipline every time
• How to make new actions repeatable, sustainable, and automatic

You don’t rise to your goals—you fall to your systems. And the right questions can build systems that work with your brain, not against it.

🎧 Tune in to discover the three questions that turn “I know what to do” into I’m actually doing it.

💬 Start a conversation with Kari’s AI → https://www.delphi.ai/karischneider

👉 Want to use AI to amplify your leadership? Grab our free guide “The 50 Best AI Prompts for Executives” → https://thehumanalgorithm.ai/free-ai-guide