Got Your SiX: Battle-Tested Leadership for Business and Life with Dr. Traci Eisenberg-Rayburn

Are you leading from Strategic Altitude, or have you become the "designated shock absorber" for everyone else's chaos? Welcome to Got Your Six, the podcast for senior leaders and business owners who are tired of carrying the weight of the "cape" alone. Hosted by Dr. Traci Eisenberg-Rayburn, a retired Army Officer and high-level Leadership Consultant, this show provides a tactical intervention for those who have the title but are operating in survival mode. We move beyond "fluffy" leadership theory to deliver battle-tested strategies that work in the real world... from the commander’s table to the kitchen table. Whether you’re navigating high-stakes business pivots, managing organizational culture, or trying to reclaim your presence at home, Dr. Traci offers the "Operational Blueprint" you need to lead with sustainable clarity. Because leadership is not forged in comfort - it is forged in responsibility, awareness, and follow-through. Press play to stop "powering through" and start leading from a place of regulated, unshakeable confidence. And remember, we've got your six!

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  Episode #37

  Traits vs Skills in Leadership | Dr. Traci Eisenberg-Rayburn

  Sep 8, 202639 min

  Leadership traits are the automatic behaviors you default to when there is no time to decide, not the impressive qualities listed on a job posting. If you have ever watched a confident, articulate leader run a team where nobody knows what is going on, you have already seen the gap between an impression and a trait. Job postings ask for charisma, commanding presence, and strong communication because those things are visible from across a room in the first ninety seconds. None of that tells you what a person does the morning the numbers come back wrong or the moment their best person resigns. Dr. Traci Eisenberg-Rayburn, a retired U.S. Army officer and founder of E&R Business Consulting, walks through the traits everyone lists, integrity, vision, decisiveness, communication, and accountability, then shows why the definition most leaders carry for each one is only the easy half. She introduces uphill accountability, the harder half most leaders never practice, and two traits rarely discussed anywhere else: containment, the ability to absorb pressure without passing it down to your team, and the willingness to be disliked. Using her Battle-Tested Leadership methodology, she gives you one simple exercise to build a single trait through deliberate repetition this week. Pick the trait you skipped past while listening, and go find the situation that requires it. In this episode, you’ll discover: Learn the actual definition of a leadership trait, and why it is completely different from a leadership skill you can rehearse and perform on command. Discover why integrity in leadership is structural, and why your team is not testing your honesty, they are testing what you do when honesty gets expensive. Find out why vision is not prediction or enthusiasm, and how to hold a clear direction while the plan, the market, and your team keep shifting under it. Understand why decisiveness has nothing to do with speed, and why owning the outcome of a choice matters more than how fast you made it. Hear why accountability has to run uphill toward your own mistakes, not just downhill toward your team, or your people will stop bringing you problems early. Learn what containment and restraint actually require, and why absorbing pressure without dumping it on your team is a trait, not a personality type. Get the one exercise that builds a leadership trait through repetition under pressure, instead of reading about ten traits you will never practice. We talk about: 00:00 What job postings get wrong about leadership 03:27 Meet Dr. Traci and Battle-Tested Leadership 04:16 What is a leadership trait, really 07:19 Why integrity in leadership is structural 09:32 What vision actually requires under pressure 12:15 Is decisiveness about speed or something else 15:25 Why articulate leaders still fail at communication 17:39 Accountability running uphill instead of downhill 21:13 What containment means under pressure 24:37 Why restraint stops you from becoming the bottleneck 26:15 The willingness to be disliked as a leadership trait 33:00 How to build one leadership trait this week Resources: Dr. Traci’s Battle-Tested Leadership Action Plan: https://drtraci.erbusinessconsulting.com/battle-tested-leadership-action-plan Connect with me Leadership Call: https://www.erbusinessconsulting.com/coaching/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-traci-55410868/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTraciER/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtraci_battletested/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gotyoursixpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@erbusinessconsulting Website: https://www.erbusinessconsulting.com/ Email: info@erbusinessconsulting.com #LeadershipTraits #BattleTestedLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #ExecutiveLeadership #MilitaryLeadership #AccountabilityInLeadership #DecisiveLeadership #LeadershipUnderPressure #IntegrityInLeadership #VisionaryLeadership #PsychologicalSafety #ConsistencyInLeadership #RestraintInLeadership #ContainmentLeadership #WillingnessToBeDisliked #TraitsOfALeader #BusinessLeadership #TeamAccountability #LeadershipPodcast #GotYourSixPodcast

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  Episode #36

  Leading Without Rank at Gettysburg | Dr. Traci Eisenberg-Rayburn

  Sep 1, 202631 min

  Leadership lessons from Gettysburg reveal something most leaders never get told: rank never made a single person a leader on that battlefield. In this episode of Got Your SiX, Dr. Traci Eisenberg-Rayburn walks the actual grounds of Gettysburg with her husband Michael to unpack battle tested leadership, decision making under pressure, and what happens when you're leading through your own smoke, the moments at work when you can't see clearly and no one can hear you. If you've ever wondered whether your title is doing the leading for you instead of you, this episode answers that question on the same ground where it got decided in 1863. You'll hear what Colonel Strong Vincent, General Meade, and a staff engineer with no troops of his own actually did when the chain of command broke down, and why Lincoln's 270 words outlasted Edward Everett's two-hour speech at the Gettysburg cemetery dedication. Dr. Traci also opens up about her book, Inside Out Leadership: Transforming Your Life from the Core, and its companion workbook, both free to anyone who books a collaborative call and shares one thing that landed from this episode. Walk this battlefield with her, then ask yourself what your people would actually follow if you couldn't shout over the noise. In this episode, you’ll discover: Leadership lessons from Gettysburg start here: a staff engineer with no troops of his own saw the Union's undefended flank, commandeered a hill on his own authority, and held it. How Colonel Strong Vincent intercepted an order meant for someone else, told his bugler he would take responsibility himself, and moved his brigade to that hill without waiting for permission. What General Meade faced after being woken at 3am and told he now commanded 90,000 men, just three days before the battle that would decide the war began. Why the drummer boys and flag carriers on the battlefield mattered as much as any general, and how their signals worked like the radios you rely on today. What gunpowder smoke actually did to soldiers in 1863, and why they ended up firing at movement in a cloud instead of an enemy they could actually see. Why Lincoln's two-minute Gettysburg Address is remembered and Edward Everett's two-hour speech from the same platform is not, and what that says about leadership communication. The story of Jennie Wade, the only civilian killed during the Gettysburg battle, and what her death in her own kitchen says about selfless service. We talk about: 00:00 What leading in the smoke really means for you 00:42 Why powder smoke made officers lose sight of their own men 02:00 Welcome to Got Your SiX and the Battle-Tested Leadership Methodology 04:13 Recording live on the Gettysburg battlefield with Michael 06:43 Why drummer boys as young as eight carried the beat of battle 10:27 Standing on Cemetery Hill and why the high ground mattered 12:55 The moment that marked the surrender of Lee's army 14:05 How musket and cannon smoke turned soldiers into shapes in a cloud 16:03 Why rank never made the leaders who mattered at Gettysburg 20:16 The one civilian who died during the Gettysburg battle 24:39 Visiting the Jennie Wade House and her story of service 29:01 Why leadership was never about rank, then or in your job now Resources: Dr. Traci’s Battle-Tested Leadership Action Plan: https://drtraci.erbusinessconsulting.com/battle-tested-leadership-action-plan Connect with me Leadership Call: https://www.erbusinessconsulting.com/coaching/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-traci-55410868/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTraciER/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtraci_battletested/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gotyoursixpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@erbusinessconsulting Website: https://www.erbusinessconsulting.com/ Email: info@erbusinessconsulting.com #LeadershipPodcast #BattleTestedLeadership #GotYourSix #GettysburgLeadership #MilitaryLeadership #LeadershipLessons #LeadershipDevelopment #LeadershipWithoutRank #LeadershipUnderPressure #VeteranLeadership #BusinessLeadership #ExecutiveCoaching #LeadershipCoach #DecisionMakingUnderPressure #ChaosToClarity #InsideOutLeadership #CivilWarHistory #ServantLeadership #WomenInLeadership #GotYourSixPodcast

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  Episode #35

  You Don't Need a Title to Lead | Joy Hutter and Dr. Traci Eisenberg-Rayburn

  Aug 25, 202640 min

  Servant leadership means showing up for your community long before anyone hands you a title, and Joy Hutter, executive director of the Greater Crofton Chamber of Commerce, is proof of it. On this episode of Got Your SiX, Dr. Traci Eisenberg-Rayburn sits down with Joy to unpack what years of unpaid, unnoticed community work actually build: the credibility, trust, and relationships that get you asked to lead before you ever ask for the job. If you have ever wondered whether volunteering counts as a leadership strategy, this conversation answers that directly. Dr. Traci Eisenberg-Rayburn, retired U.S. Army officer, founder of E&R Business Consulting, and creator of the Battle-Tested Leadership Methodology, walks through Joy's path from joining her local chamber in 2008 to running it. You'll hear how 19 years connecting Chick-fil-A restaurants to their community through the Passport to Serve initiative shaped Joy's approach, and how she grew the Crofton chamber to 200-plus members and 140-plus vendors at the Festival on the Green. Joy shares her practical answer for anyone who wants to get more involved, what to do if your town has no chamber at all, and why she believes real leaders have to be willing to clean the toilet. Stop waiting for permission and start building the kind of trust that gets you asked to lead. In this episode, you’ll discover: Why credibility gets earned in the unpaid hours nobody is tracking, and how that history is exactly what gets you asked to lead when a community needs someone. How Joy Hutter turned volunteering into a strategy, joining her local chamber in 2008 and building the relationships that eventually led to her executive director role. What "date your chamber" means in practice, and how a chamber of commerce can become your fastest path into community leadership if you're new to a town. Why Joy treats AI as an extra team member so a two-person chamber staff can still put one-on-one relationships first with every new member. The exact sponsor conversation that forced Joy to fix a stale event lineup, growing it into 140-plus vendors at the Festival on the Green. Why leadership isn't about the label you're given but the trust you build day after day, one relationship and one act of service at a time. Joy's test for whether a leader has actually earned the right to be followed: are you willing to clean the toilet yourself. We talk about: 00:00 Why titles are given but leadership is earned 02:16 Meet Joy Hutter, executive director of the Greater Crofton Chamber 05:05 How volunteering became Joy's declared hobby 06:20 19 years connecting Chick-fil-A to the community 09:00 Why you should date your chamber before you commit 15:18 What do you do when a sponsor calls you out on your event 20:27 How the executive director title finally shifted Joy's role 22:00 Using AI to protect one-on-one relationships 26:08 Chamber of commerce or BNI, which one is right for you 28:52 One practical step to build community roots this week 32:24 Joy's one piece of advice, don't be afraid to clean the toilet Resources: Dr. Traci’s Battle-Tested Leadership Action Plan: https://drtraci.erbusinessconsulting.com/battle-tested-leadership-action-plan Connect with Joy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-hutter-a4139a18/ Website: https://www.croftonchamber.com/ Connect with me Leadership Call: https://www.erbusinessconsulting.com/coaching/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-traci-55410868/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTraciER/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtraci_battletested/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gotyoursixpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@erbusinessconsulting Website: https://www.erbusinessconsulting.com/ Email: info@erbusinessconsulting.com #ServantLeadership #CommunityLeadership #BattleTestedLeadership #ChamberOfCommerce #VolunteerLeadership #LeadWithTrust #SmallBusinessCommunity #LeadershipDevelopment #WomenInLeadership #EarnedNotGiven #CommunityInvolvement #NonprofitLeadership #NetworkingStrategy #TrustBasedLeadership #GotYourSix #LeadershipPodcast

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  Episode #34

  034: Who’s Got Your SiX?

  Aug 18, 202626 min

  You are always the one holding everything together. But when the weight becomes too heavy, who is holding you? In this solo episode of Got Your SiX , Dr. Traci asks leaders, business owners, high performers, and habitual problem-solvers a question they may not know how to answer: Who has your six? In military terminology, your “six” is the position directly behind you, the one place you physically cannot see or protect by yourself. Yet many leaders leave that structure behind and build lives in which everyone depends on them, while they depend on no one. Drawing from a deeply personal season in her military career, Dr. Traci reveals what happened when she became the person who could always handle one more responsibility. While supporting her colleagues, caring for her hospitalized husband, travelling hours to be present for her children, and continuing to lead, she created a reputation for being fine even when she was quietly reaching her breaking point. This episode explores why high-performing leaders struggle to ask for help, how self-reliance can become a dangerous identity, and why building a support system for leaders is an operational necessity, not a sign of weakness. Dr. Traci also explains why relying on your team or family to absorb your unfiltered stress can shift the emotional burden onto the very people you are trying to protect. You will walk away with four practical steps for finding peer-level support, making your first honest ask, and creating a structure that allows someone else to watch the place you cannot see. Because asking for help is not where leadership ends. It is one of the most important leadership skills you can model. In this episode, you’ll discover: What “I’ve got your six” really means and why no one can cover their own six. How being known as the reliable one can quietly become an exhausting identity. Why people may not offer support when you have taught them to believe you are always fine. How leaders become a single point of failure in their businesses, teams, and families. Why an unsupported leader can eventually become an unpredictable leader. The difference between authentic vulnerability and transferring your emotional load. Why your team and family may not be equipped to provide the support you need. How asking for help demonstrates leadership rather than diminishing it. Why finding peer-level support may require changing the room you are in. Four practical steps for building a genuine support system before burnout takes over. We talk about: 00:00 Intro 00:42 Who has your back when everything falls apart? 02:44 What “I’ve got your six” actually means 04:26 How leaders become known as the one who always handles it 05:43 When “I’ll figure it out” becomes an identity 06:00 The military assignment that left Dr. Traci without support 08:00 Reaching the breaking point and finally asking for help 10:00 Why nobody checks on the person who always appears fine 10:59 The danger of becoming a single point of failure 12:57 How an uncovered leader becomes an unpredictable leader 14:13 Why your team and family cannot always be your six 18:02 Asking for support is not a sign of structural damage 20:55 Four steps for building a support system for leaders Resources: Dr. Traci’s Battle-Tested Leadership Action Plan: https://drtraci.erbusinessconsulting.com/battle-tested-leadership-action-plan Connect with me Leadership Call: https://www.erbusinessconsulting.com/coaching/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-traci-55410868/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTraciER/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtraci_battletested/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gotyoursixpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@erbusinessconsulting Website: https://www.erbusinessconsulting.com/ Email: info@erbusinessconsulting.com #LeadershipSupport #SupportSystemForLeaders #LeadershipDevelopment #LeadershipBurnout #LeadershipResilience #ExecutiveLeadership #AskingForHelp #PeerSupport #StrongLeaders #SelfLeadership #LeadershipWellness #BusinessLeadership #LeadershipCoaching #WomenInLeadership #VeteranLeadership #MilitaryLeadership #BattleTestedLeadership #GotYourSiX

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  Episode #33

  How to Become a Leader That People Never Forget | Detria Austin Everson

  Aug 11, 202640 min

  Would people still follow you if your title disappeared tomorrow? In this episode of Got Your SiX, Detria challenges one of the most persistent myths about leadership: that authority creates influence. Titles may give leaders power on paper, but trust, loyalty, and lasting impact are earned through service. Drawing on more than two decades of leadership across the nonprofit, healthcare, housing, corporate, and financial sectors, Detria explains why servant leadership is not soft, passive, or incompatible with accountability. It is an intentional leadership practice that puts people first while still expecting them to perform, grow, and contribute to the mission. You will also hear why serving yourself is not selfish, how leaders can hold people accountable without abandoning compassion, and the simple act you can take today that may give someone the strength to keep going. Discover why the strongest leaders do not lead from above. They serve from within. In this episode, you’ll discover: Why servant leadership creates more influence than status, rank, or authority ever could. How servant leadership strengthens trust, loyalty, relationships, and organizational performance. Why serving others does not mean lowering expectations, avoiding difficult conversations, or allowing yourself to be overlooked. How accountability becomes easier to accept when people trust that their leader has their best interests in mind. How leaders can use their influence in service to others, even without a large platform or public recognition. Why legacy is built through the way you show up every day, not only through achievements that can be measured. We talk about: 00:00 Would people follow you without your title? 02:21 Meet Detria and the mission behind Serving Is a Superpower 06:04 Why leadership is a service, not a status 07:30 The example that first shaped Detria’s leadership 09:51 Authority, trust, and the actions people are watching 12:45 Why service creates more influence than power 14:49 Servant leadership does not mean being soft 17:35 Holding people accountable while putting them first 18:35 The story behind Serving Is a Superpower 22:05 Grief, purpose, and the decision to finish the book 25:12 Building a legacy that cannot always be quantified 28:43 Why serving yourself is vital, not selfish 33:41 Small acts of service that can change someone’s day Resources: Learn more about Detria and Serving Is a Superpower : www.servingisasuperpower.com Serving Is a Superpower by Detria Austin Everson is available through Amazon, Kindle, and major booksellers. Dr. Traci’s Battle-Tested Leadership Action Plan: https://drtraci.erbusinessconsulting.com/battle-tested-leadership-action-plan Connect with Detria Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/detriaaustineverson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/detria.everson/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/detriaaustineverson/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@detriaaustineverson Website: www.servingisasuperpower.com Connect with me Leadership Call: https://www.erbusinessconsulting.com/coaching/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-traci-55410868/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTraciER/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtraci_battletested/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gotyoursixpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@erbusinessconsulting Website: https://www.erbusinessconsulting.com/ Email: info@erbusinessconsulting.com #ServantLeadership #ServiceBasedLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #LeadershipInfluence #LeadershipAccountability #LeadershipTrust #PeopleFirstLeadership #LeadByExample #EmployeeEngagement #LeadershipLegacy #PurposeDrivenLeadership #SelfLeadership #WomenInLeadership #VeteranLeadership #BattleTestedLeadership #ServingIsASuperpower #GotYourSiX

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