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Have you ever given clear feedback — and still not seen real change?

This can be one of the most frustrating parts of leadership, especially in high-stakes environments where performance, trust, and results matter.

In Episode 19 of Game Changer, Amanda Escobedo explores what might actually be happening in those moments — and why pushing harder often misses the real issue.

This episode introduces a leadership distinction most people were never taught: the difference between conscious and unconscious leadership — and how behavior, decisions, and reactions are often driven outside of awareness, particularly under pressure.

You’ll explore:

• Why behavior doesn’t always change even when feedback is understood and agreed upon
• How the brain defaults to familiar patterns when stakes are high
• Why what looks like resistance may actually be a lack of awareness
• How leaders slip into autopilot — and what creates choice again

This conversation isn’t about being softer.
It’s about being more effective.

Because leadership isn’t tested when things are calm —
it’s revealed when plans don’t go as expected and the pressure is real.

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“Some people just aren’t coachable.”
“Some people have it — some people don’t.”
“They’re just resistant to change.”

If you’ve ever thought any of these things as a leader, this episode is for you.

These perspectives are common — especially in high-performance, technical, and fast-moving environments. And most leaders adopt them without ever consciously choosing them. They simply feel like good judgment.

In this episode of Game Changer, Amanda Escobedo invites leaders to slow down and examine the belief systems — or paradigms — that quietly shape how we interpret behavior, make people decisions, and define what leadership even means.

Rather than offering tactics or fixes, this conversation opens up other ways of seeing:

• What if resistance isn’t a personal flaw?
• What if these beliefs are narrowing what you see — not clarifying it?
• What if the conclusions you’re drawing are influencing who you develop, who you dismiss, and what your team is capable of?

You’ll explore how paradigms form through experience, why they feel like truth, and how they can unintentionally block the outcomes leaders say they want — stronger performance, adaptability, innovation, and trust.

This episode isn’t about being softer.
It’s about being more effective.

If you lead people and want your leadership to produce better results — not just faster decisions — this episode will challenge how you see resistance, capability, and your role in shaping what’s possible.

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📖 Episode 17 Summary

Is AI a threat — or an opportunity?

It’s the question dominating headlines, leadership conversations, and career decisions. But in this episode of Game Changer, Amanda invites listeners to look beneath the noise and examine something more foundational: how the way we think about change shapes our results.

Using AI as a modern example, this episode introduces the core mindset framework that explains why people facing the same challenges — whether in business, leadership, or life — experience wildly different outcomes.

You’ll explore how thoughts quietly create emotions, drive action or inaction, and ultimately determine whether we stay stuck in fear, frustration, and self-doubt… or move forward with clarity, creativity, and purpose.

This episode isn’t about becoming an AI expert.
It’s about understanding the inner game that determines how you respond to uncertainty — whether that uncertainty is AI, market shifts, leadership pressure, or personal doubt.

Because often, the biggest risk to your career or business isn’t the challenge in front of you —
it’s the story you’re telling yourself about it.