Build Beyond You

Leadership Tools to Align Your Team Around What Matters FAST

SEASON 2 · EPISODE 19 · October 13, 2025 · 25:59

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Your next level of business requires you to evolve from “hammer-and-nail” management to an EQ-driven leadership style that still hits the numbers. You’ll learn how to set clear expectations without being harsh, rephrase conflict to lower defenses, and hold people accountable with timelines they help create. We show you exactly how to ask coaching questions that reveal someone’s thinking, protect your time through proactive communication, and lead by embodiment, because teams do what you do, not what you say. Walk away with a practical toolkit to earn trust faster, get better work, and build up a team that performs.

Highlights

00:00 - What makes a great leader?

00:45 - Madeline Ricci was featured in Mogules of Business Magazine!

04:30 - What is Madeline’s leadership style?

07:53 - What caused Madeline to evolve her leadership style?

11:00 - How to ask your team better questions to help them solve problems.

13:20 - Can you transition from a tough leader to a human-first leader?

14:41 - Biggest communications lessons from building a tech platform.

16:15 - What does it mean to hold someone accountable to their word?

22:30 - What people get wrong about leadership.

Resources

Read + share Madeline’s article in Moguls Of Business Here: Madeline Ricci Built BNN Services The Hard Way: Now An Eight-Figure Success

Watch on YouTube HERE

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