Host: Carrie Tuttle
Guest: Karen Thrall

Karen Thrall, executive coach, culture strategist, and author of Don’t Lose Your Sh*t at Work, joins Carrie for a candid conversation about the role of emotions in leadership, especially anger.

Yes, that’s right. Anger.

As a former Vice President of Sales, Operations, and Culture, she delivered double-digit annual revenue growth while building high-performing, value-based teams. With over 20 years of executive experience across industries like biotech, consumer goods, and life sciences, Karen has coached more than 150 leaders and worked with over 60 organizations, including Thermo Fisher Scientific, John Fluevog Shoes, Blinds Galore and Maraval Life Sciences.

In this episode, she shares how unmanaged emotions can quietly erode trust, relationships, and leadership effectiveness. She also discusses how learning to process and communicate emotions can become a powerful leadership advantage.

Karen opens up about her own journey with anger, the neuroscience behind emotional reactions, and the frameworks she uses to help leaders turn emotional triggers into clarity, confidence, and better decision-making.

This episode is a must-listen for leaders who want to strengthen their voice, build trust, and lead with both humanity and intention.

QUOTE-WORTHY MOMENTS:

• “The energy will always precede anything you say.”
• “Anger is wisdom—it’s just messy wisdom.”
• "Think before you speak. It’s a game changer."

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Anger can be seen as a form of wisdom that needs to be processed.
• Trust is a journey that team members must earn first.
• The importance of rehearsing conversations to improve leadership communication.
• Practical tools for managing emotions in real-time, especially in high-stakes meetings.
• Silence in a team can be detrimental to communication and trust.
• Hidden ways remote work can erode trust with private chats, disengagement, lack of presence.
• Energy and tone in communication significantly impact perceptions.
• Key trust-building questions leaders can use to assess and strengthen team dynamics.
• Celebrating accomplishments is vital for personal motivation and growth.
• Understanding team dynamics is crucial for effective leadership.

LINKS FROM EPISODE

Karen Thrall on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenthrallinc/

Website: https://www.karenthrall.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenthrallinc/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@karenthrallinc

Threads: https://www.threads.com/karenthrallinc

X: https://www.x.com/karenthrallinc

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/karenthrall.bsky.social

Books mentioned:

Don’t Lose Your Sh*t at Work, Karen Thrall

Outsmarting Anger, Joseph Shrand, MD

Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success, Adam Grant

----------

Tell us a topic you’d like to hear more about in the comments.

Want to be an expert guest? APPLY HERE

Host: Michael Dargie
Guest: Carrie Tuttle

In this season 4 opener, Carrie Tuttle takes the hot seat andbecomes the guest. Founder of Team Mojo, leadership coach for technical founders building revenue teams, Carrie sits down with guest host, Michael Dargie, to reintroduce herself and discuss a few topics on leadership, coaching and delegation.

Carrie shares what’s behind her work coaching technical founders who are building revenue teams while learning how to lead people at the same time.

Together, they explore the common challenges founders face when scaling their businesses—from letting go of sales responsibilities to clearly communicating vision and expectations to their teams. Carrie also explains her coaching approach, why leadership clarity matters more than perfection, and how founders can move from doing everything themselves to building empowered teams.

The conversation touches on the personal side of leadership: learning to ask better questions, giving honest feedback, and when to have those tough conversations. Carrie also shares a free workbook to guide effective delegation. (Link below in show notes!)

QUOTE-WORTHY MOMENTS:

• "Set clear expectations and let them teach you back."
• “I've learned, I really need to have the right questions, not the right answers.”
• "Seeing founders find their mojo again excites me."

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Translating vision into direction for a team
• Practical approach to delegating starts with Tell, Show, Teach-back.
• Establish clear guidelines for messaging and behavior
• Sales and marketing outcomes can take months to materialize

LINKS FROM EPISODE

Carrie Tuttle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/1carrietuttle/

Team Mojo website: https://www.teammojo.ca/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrieatuttle/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@teammojo_ca

Michael Dargie website: https://makemorecreative.com/

Resources:

FREE Ultimate Delegation Playbook: https://lp.teammojo.ca/ultimate-delegation-playbook

----------

Tell us a topic you’d like to hear more about in the comments.

Want to be an expert guest? APPLY HERE

Host: Carrie Tuttle

Guests: Marnie Stockman & Nick Coniglio

What happens when a high school math teacher-turned-Ed-Tech leader and an executive programmer join forces to bootstrap a software company based on shared values and a mission to create raving fans?

Marnie Stockman and Nick Coniglio built, scaled up, and sold their successful software company for 8-figures in just three years — then turned that lived experience into the best-selling book, Lead It Like Lasso and the follow‑up, The Business of You.

Just like Ted Lasso’s Diamond Dogs, they encourage leaders (and young people) to intentionally build a personal board of advisors: a mentor, a challenger who tells you the hard truths, and a connector who opens doors.

Marnie and Nick talk about how The Business of You treats you as an organization: you’re the CEO (vision), head of HR (people), head of marketing (how you tell your story), head of learning and development (building skills that create value), and CFO of your time and energy, not just money.

Not only did Marnie and Nick share stories of what challenged their leadership along the way of scaling their company to 8-figures, but they are a lot of fun! This episode is a conversation for every modern leader who suspects that values and culture, are not just strategy, but the real competitive advantage for you and your team to succeed!

QUOTE-WORTHY MOMENTS:

• “Leadership is life. It happens in the boardroom, locker room, classroom, and living room.”
• “There’s no one right way to lead. The most important thing you can do is identify what makes you tick, your core values and then, embrace and build on those.”

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• You are the CEO of yourself, in charge of your own well-being.
• The most successful teams build and establish trust.
• Lead with your values and the team will buy into that and follow.
• Beware if there is a disconnect between people’s core values and what the company is actually doing.
• Transparency in business turns challenges into opportunities.
• Servant leaders are typically so busy taking care of othersthat they neglect to take care of themselves.
• Creating a personal operating system enhances communication.
• Celebrating company wins is important for individual and team morale.
• Defining what success looks like is crucial for progress.

LINKS FROM EPISODE:

Connect with Marnie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marniestockman/

Connect with Nick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-coniglio-5b62153/

Lead It Like Lasso website: https://leaditlikelasso.com

The Business Of You website: https://www.thebusinessofyou.ai/

Resources mentioned:

Book: Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard https://a.co/d/doyLcZr

Book: 10X is Easier Than 2X by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy https://a.co/d/6uLWLqW

----------

Like What You Heard?

Don’t forget to subscribe or follow us on YouTube or your favorite podcast service, so you never miss an episode!

Tell us a leadership curveball you’d like to hear more about in the comments.

Want to be an expert guest? APPLY HERE