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Hosted by Mike Harbour · business · EN
You are looking for quick answers and shortcuts. You want better results as a leader. All leaders desire better performance out of themselves and their teams, but you don't have time to waste. The Lead Up Podcast is your place for quick, actionable leadership lessons to get on the express lane of leading others. Great leaders know the way, show the way, and go the way. The best leaders step up to lead, they don't wait on others, they never stop working to make themselves better. They understand that everything rises and falls on leadership. The Lead Up Podcast exists to share ideas we have learned along the way and best practices in our interviews of thoughts leaders from around the globe.
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Signup to Generate a PitchYou are looking for quick answers and shortcuts. You want better results as a leader. All leaders desire better performance out of themselves and their teams, but you don't have time to waste. The Lead Up Podcast is your place for quick, actionable leadership lessons to get on the express lane of leading others.
The Lead Up Podcast is hosted by Mike Harbour. The show has published 467 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 508 The Missing KPI in Leadership Development" (23 October 2026, 31 minutes), "Episode 507 What REALLY Drives Organizational Results? The Harbour Performance Equation" (16 October 2026, 28 minutes), and "Episode 506 Turnover Is a Timeline, Not an Event" (8 October 2026, 26 minutes).
The Lead Up Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 467 episodes.
Booking probability for The Lead Up Podcast is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Lead Up Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Lead Up Podcast's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for The Lead Up Podcast are Business & Professional Training. The Lead Up Podcast has a business audience and around 24,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Mike Harbour hosts The Lead Up Podcast, a business podcast with 467 episodes published.
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The Lead Up Podcast
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In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour reflects on the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, honoring the lives lost, the families impacted, and the first responders and healthcare professionals who...
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<p>In this milestone 500th episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour reflects on the lessons, conversations, and never-quit moments that have shaped the show since its beginning in 2019.</p> <p>But this episode...
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<p>Great hospital results rarely come from a single initiative. They come from leaders who get clear about what matters, align their teams around those priorities, and then have the discipline to follow through...
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Great hospital results rarely come from a single initiative. They come from leaders who get clear about what matters, align their teams around those priorities, and then have the discipline to follow through...
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<p>In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour challenges the familiar idea that people quit jobs and argues that, more often than we realize, they’re responding to the leadership environment around...
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In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour challenges the familiar idea that people quit jobs and argues that, more often than we realize, they’re responding to the leadership environment around them...
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<p>Healthcare doesn't need leaders who are simply prepared for today's challenges.</p> <p>It needs leaders who are willing to rethink tomorrow.</p> <p>In this episode of The Lead Up Podcast, Mike Harbour sits down with...
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Healthcare doesn't need leaders who are simply prepared for today's challenges. It needs leaders who are willing to rethink tomorrow. In this episode of The Lead Up Podcast , Mike Harbour sits down with Marcy Doderer...
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<p>Pressure doesn't create leaders. It reveals them.</p> <p>Every day, healthcare leaders face situations they didn't choose—staffing shortages, difficult conversations, unexpected setbacks, and decisions that impact...
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Pressure doesn't create leaders. It reveals them. Every day, healthcare leaders face situations they didn't choose—staffing shortages, difficult conversations, unexpected setbacks, and decisions that impact patients...
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In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, host Mike Harbour explores why most leadership problems don't begin with poor strategy, but instead with unmet human needs. Using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as a foundation and...
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