You know you should develop your people. You’ve sat through the training, learned the frameworks, even nodded along enthusiastically about the importance of coaching and feedback. But when Monday morning hits and you’re drowning in deadlines, those beautiful theories sit useless in a folder somewhere.

Here’s what most leadership training won’t tell you: the gap isn’t between knowing and doing. It’s between wanting to cultivate people and having the actual time and organizational space to do it. And more importantly, what happens when the whole system is built to make real people development impossible.

This episode tackles the uncomfortable truth that most leaders aren’t failing at cultivation because they don’t care. They’re drowning in organizations that won’t let them be the leaders they want to be. The root is sick, and it’s crushing everyone from the top down.

But there’s a way forward that doesn’t involve adding more to your already overloaded plate. It’s about becoming who you want to be as a leader through small, daily practices—even when the entire organization is working against you.

You’ll discover:

✅ Why you can’t perform who you aren’t—and what that means for your leadership

✅ The “one morsel” approach to cultivating people when you’re overwhelmed

✅ How to give feedback daily without turning it into a dissertation

✅ Why relationship building before hard conversations changes everything

✅ What to do when the whole system is working against authentic leadership

Ready to become the leader you want to be, even when your organization isn’t set up for it? Go to the show notes for key takeaways here.

Want to go deeper?

Visit kemerlinrich.com to access detailed show notes and connect with our growing community of leaders committed to human development.

Ready to learn how to cultivate in the margins? Explore Authentic Power Leadership Training where we help overwhelmed leaders develop people without adding more to their plates. Get your spot today.

Ever feel like your carefully crafted vision is actually boxing you in? Like the thing you built is ready to become something bigger, but you’re not sure if you should let it?

In this episode, I share the real story behind a major shift in this podcast—and why I almost resisted it. This isn’t just about podcasting. It’s about what happens when leaders cling to their original vision so tightly that they miss what’s actually trying to emerge. It’s about the uncomfortable moment when you realize your message is bigger than the audience you boxed yourself into.

Here’s the truth most leadership training won’t tell you: the real work isn’t managing tasks better. It’s learning how to see people beyond their output and actually develop who they’re becoming. That’s the gap killing organizations from the inside out—leaders who can manage deliverables but have no clue how to cultivate human potential.

You’ll discover:

✅ Why your vision can become a trap (and how to know when it’s time to surrender it)

✅ The critical difference between managing tasks and developing people✅ How organizations reduce talented people to their function—and what that costs everyone

✅ What it actually means to cultivate leaders instead of just upskilling them

✅ The choice that determines whether you’re a manager or a true leader

Ready to close the gap between your skills and your highest impact? Go to the show notes for key takeaways here.

Want to go deeper?

Visit kemerlinrich.com to access detailed show notes and connect with our growing community of leaders committed to human development.

Ready to learn how to cultivate people, not just manage their output? Explore Authentic Power Leadership Training where we help leaders move from task management to people development. Request Your Chat Today

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