Change Is Hard

About Change Is Hard

You don’t need productivity hacks. You need a new way of thinking. Change is Hard explores what it really takes to evolve in your leadership, your career, and yourself. Hosted by executive coach Audrey Blair, this podcast goes beyond surface advice and dives into identity shifts, executive presence, confidence, power, effective communication, and the uncomfortable conversations real growth demands. Growth isn’t about knowing more. It’s about becoming more. Because Change Is Hard ... And you can do hard things.

Publisher

Audrey Blair

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 May 2023

Latest episode

9 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

53 of 61 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   [EP 61] What Strength of Yours Has Become Expensive?

   Host Audrey Blair explores how successful strengths can become costly patterns and offers strategies for leaders to build flexibility and range in their approach.

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   1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   [EP 60] Still True: Not Everything You're Trying to Solve Is A Problem.mp4

   Host Audrey Blair explains how to distinguish between puzzles, problems, dilemmas, paradoxes, and mysteries to avoid mismanaging situations that cannot be solved.

3. 

   25 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   [EP 59] How to Know When You’ve Outgrown the Way You Lead

   Host Audrey Blair guides leaders to identify when their current leadership style limits growth and how to evolve their approach for greater impact.

Inside a recent episode

[EP 61] What Strength of Yours Has Become Expensive?

Published 9 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So what are some of these things and how can they turn from strengths into something that is totally expensive? I'll give you a few examples here. Responsibility, that's a big one. Leaders need to be responsible. But responsibility can turn into over-responsibility. You are someone who owns things. That's fantastic. You take responsibility for things. Great. Until you start owning things that actually belong to other people. Their deadlines, their feelings even. Maybe even you step into their preparation before you even give it to them. You've prepared and you've set everything up so they can run smoothly and so that they don't fail. […]

Who has been a guest on Change Is Hard

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Feliz
• Hanna Bauer
• Jennifer Doty
• Scott Lackey

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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