Your Next Best Step

<p>What's It Like on the Other Side of You?</p><p>If someone said your name in a room you weren't in, what would they say? Not your title. Not your output. Who you are.</p><p>That's the question Brek Cockrell explores...

<p>In this episode, we're diving into something I've personally struggled with, and something I see in almost every leader I work with: the Advice Monster. You know that moment in a one-on-one when someone comes to you...

<p>When was the last time someone on your team referenced your mission statement without being prompted? Not because you asked. Not because it was on the agenda. Just… because it was alive in them.</p><p>If you had to...

<p>Every conversation you have is either making a deposit or a withdrawal — and most leaders never stop to examine which one it is.</p><p><br></p><p>In this solo episode, Brek walks through the E.D.O.T. framework —...

<p>Dave Rust didn't start with a playbook. He started with a problem: in 2012, Buffalo's high school graduation rate was 49%. Half the kids weren't making it. Today, it's 79%. That's not just a statistic — that's...

<p>Culture isn't created through mission statements on a wall. It's created in moments—specifically, in the moment between trigger and trust.</p><p>In this solo episode, Brek explores one of the most overlooked yet...

<p>Most leaders think they have values. What they usually have are positions.</p><p>In this return visit to the locker room, Nick Kennedy — founder of RISE, author of The Good Entrepreneur, and executive coach — joins...

<p>You promoted your best performer. Six months later, they're overwhelmed, their team is disengaged, and everybody's wondering what went wrong.</p><p>In this episode, Brek Cockrell digs into one of the most common —...

<p>What happens when a leader stops running from their most painful chapter and starts leading from it?</p><p>Kelly Diane Galloway — award-winning humanitarian, founder of Project Mona's House, PBS documentary producer...

<p>What does it take to lead when the pressure is real, the stakes are high, and nobody handed you a playbook? </p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Brek Cockrell sits down with Carlos V. Spencer — transformational...

<p>Who are you really trusting to run your leadership?</p><p>In this solo session, Brek steps into the Locker Room to bring the full Throwdown Thursday series to life — and it all comes down to four letters: EDOT...

<p>You don't need more information. You don't need a better plan. And you definitely don't need to wait until everything feels ready. Nine times out of ten, you already know what you need to do — you're just avoiding...

<p>What happens when a top 1% mortgage advisor — five years running — stops chasing every shiny object and bets everything on doing less, better?</p><p>In this episode of Your Next Best Step, Brek welcomes back Joshua...

<p>What happens when a kid from Buffalo answers a call that takes him far beyond anything he ever imagined?</p><p>In this episode of Your Next Best Step, host Brek Cockrell sits down with Bishop Matthew L. Brown —...

<p>What does it actually take to build a culture where every voice is heard and every person truly belongs? In this episode of Your Next Best Step, Brek sits down with Ekua Mends-Aidoo, CCDP, founder and president of...