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The QBQ! Podcast

The QBQ! Podcast

Written by: Kristin Lindeen
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Looking to take your business to the next level, boost sales and productivity, or raise confident, capable kids? You’re in the right place. The secret? It’s the QBQ.

If you haven’t yet discovered the bestselling book QBQ! The Question Behind the Question, it’s time to check it out. This powerful concept is transforming how people lead, live, and grow—by focusing on one foundational principle: personal accountability.

In every episode, your hosts Kristin and John explore how taking ownership—at work, at home, and in life—can unlock real, lasting success. It’s not about blaming, complaining, or waiting. It’s about asking better questions and choosing responsibility.

Personal accountability—it’s really that simple.

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  • Raising an Accountable Generation: What It Takes to Raise Ownership at Every Age
    Feb 11 2026

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    Part 2 of a conversation with the Coast to Coast Camps leadership team, this episode turns the focus to parenting, modeling, and what it really takes to raise an accountable generation.

    From foster care to grandparenting, from toddlers to adult children, this conversation spans every stage of parenting—and one shared conviction: accountability isn’t taught through lectures, it’s learned by watching the adults go first.

    You’ll hear real stories about cleaning up your own mess, choosing ownership over excuses, and why “do as I do” carries far more weight than “do as I say.” The team also explores why Raising Accountable Kids resonated deeply with their staff members, many non-parents, how reading this parenting book built empathy and maturity in the young staff.

    Whether you’re a parent, leader, educator, or simply someone trying to live your values more consistently, this episode is a reminder that the example we set—especially in the small, ordinary moments—is what shapes the next generation.

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    27 mins
  • When Every Problem Points to You: From Bottleneck to Breakthrough
    Feb 4 2026

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    When Every Problem Points to You

    From Bottleneck to Breakthrough

    What do you do when every problem seems to land on you?

    In this episode of the QBQ! Podcast, I’m joined by the leadership team from Coast to Coast Camps for a conversation about leadership, culture, and personal accountability. Bud Harley shares how discovering QBQ! helped shift responsibility from bottlenecking at the top to becoming a shared language across the team.

    We talk about what it looks like to eliminate blame and waiting, why accountability doesn’t require a position, and how asking better questions leads to action.

    If you lead people in any capacity—at work, in a nonprofit or ministry, or at home—this episode is an invitation to stop carrying everything alone and start moving responsibility forward.

    This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. In Part 2, we shift the focus to parenting, fostering, and raising the next generation of accountable kids and leaders.

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    21 mins
  • You Can’t Hold People Accountable (And Why That’s Good News for Leaders)
    Jan 21 2026

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    “I still have to hold my people accountable.”

    Managers say this all the time—and it’s a fair question.

    In this short, one-off episode of the QBQ! Podcast, Kristin Lindeen clarifies the difference between personal accountability and holding others accountable—and why that distinction matters for leaders.

    Drawing from a recent leadership workshop and a powerful insight shared by a frontline manager, Kristin explores two common myths of accountability and explains why no leader can make someone rise to the standard.

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    • Why accountability isn’t a team activity or something you “hold” over others
    • What personal accountability really means (and what it doesn’t)
    • The leader’s true role: clarity, coaching, standards, and consequences
    • A better question every manager should be asking

    🎧 Ideal for managers, supervisors, team leads, and parents.

    If this episode resonated, consider sharing it with a leader who may be carrying responsibility that isn’t theirs.

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