Hosted by Masi Willis and Shannon Scott, Lead Like You Mean It is a leadership podcast for those who want more than inspiration—they want impact. We’ll help you lead from the inside out, with tools that stick and some truth that stretches you.
Lead Like You Mean It with Masi Willis
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Hosted by Masi Willis and Shannon Scott, Lead Like You Mean It is a leadership podcast for those who want more than inspiration—they want impact. We’ll help you lead from the inside out, with tools that stick and some truth that stretches you.
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March 2, 2026
LLYMI EP19 | Protecting Your Sweet Spot
<p>Sometimes the most strategic leadership move isn’t pushing harder. It’s pausing.</p><p>In this final episode of the season, we talk candidly about why we’re pressing pause on the Lead Like You Mean It podcast (for now) and what it means to truly protect your sweet spot.</p><p>This isn’t quitting. It’s leadership.</p><p>Using the <strong>70/30 Principle</strong>, we unpack how to evaluate whether you’re spending 70% of your time in your sweet spot... the work that energizes you, aligns with your wiring, and makes you come alive... or whether your 30% (the learned behaviors, the draining tasks, the “have to” work) has quietly crept into dangerous territory.</p><p>Because when 70/30 becomes 60/40… 50/50… or worse, 20/80, you’re not hustling. You’re drowning.</p><p><br>In this episode, we explore:</p><ul><li>How to recognize when you’re upside down for too long</li><li>Why burnout often starts with misalignment, not incompetence</li><li>The difference between short-term busy seasons and long-term imbalance</li><li>How leaders can recalibrate their teams instead of replacing them</li><li>Why protecting your sweet spot is not selfish, it’s strategic</li></ul><p>We also address the tension between “I can do it” and “Should I be doing it right now?” and why healthy leaders regularly prune their schedules, adjust their rhythms, and make courageous decisions to preserve alignment. Because fruitfulness requires pruning. And pausing is not weakness, it’s wisdom.</p><p>If you’ve been questioning your energy, your alignment, or your peace, this episode will help you take an honest look at your 70/30 and decide what needs to shift.</p><p>Lead like you mean it, even when that means pressing pause.</p>
February 23, 2026
LLYMI EP18 | The CORE Process
<p>You don’t lack tools. You lack follow-through.</p><p>In this episode of Lead Like You Mean It, we unpack one of the most practical leadership frameworks we use in real time: <strong>The CORE Process:</strong> a simple but powerful model for creating actual change. Because what you avoid doesn’t disappear. It compounds.</p><p>Leaders delay hard conversations. They tolerate underperformance. They paint over dysfunction instead of cutting it out. And over time, what could have been a speed bump becomes a flat tire. The CORE Process exists to help you stop avoiding and start transforming.</p><p><strong>C – Call It</strong><br> Name the issue. Silence protects dysfunction. What you refuse to name, you can’t change.</p><p><strong>O – Own It</strong><br> Take responsibility for your part. Not self-blame... ownership. You don’t grow in areas you refuse to own.</p><p><strong>R – Respond to It</strong><br> Choose a next right step. Awareness without action is just information.</p><p><strong>E – Execute It</strong><br> Put a date on it. Invite accountability. Plans don’t build leaders... execution does.</p><p>This conversation is about courage over certainty. About maturity over ego. About discipline over avoidance.</p><p>You don’t have to fix everything. But you do have to start. If you’ve been circling the same leadership frustration for months (or years), this episode will give you a clear, actionable path forward.</p>
February 16, 2026
LLYMI EP17 | The Expectation Scale
<p>Most conflict isn’t about character. It’s about expectations. In this episode of Lead Like You Mean It, we unpack one of the most transformational leadership tools we use weekly... the <strong>Expectation Scale</strong>. Because if leadership is going to matter, clarity has to matter. Unspoken expectations don’t just create frustration. They quietly erode trust, diminish performance, and slowly move teams toward resignation. On the flip side, unrealistic or impossible expectations create burnout, fear, and compliance instead of growth.</p><p>The Expectation Scale helps you evaluate where you’re operating:</p><ul><li><strong>Impossible / Unrealistic</strong> – fueled by fear, control, or ego</li><li><strong>Realistic</strong> – clear, achievable, challenging with support</li><li><strong>Limited / Resigned</strong> – lowering the bar, disengaging, accepting mediocrity</li></ul><p>We discuss how leaders often confuse dominance with clarity, how compliance is not growth, and why psychological safety is critical for honest feedback. We also talk about how understanding wiring (like the 5 Voices) can dramatically recalibrate what “realistic” actually looks like for different people. At the end of the day, leadership stops mattering when expectations go unspoken or unexamined. This episode will challenge you to:</p><ul><li>Identify the silent expectations you’re carrying</li><li>Evaluate whether they’re realistic, impossible, or resigned</li><li>Invite dialogue instead of assuming compliance</li><li>Create alignment through clarity</li></ul><p>Because clarity isn’t control. Clarity is kindness. If you want your leadership to truly make it matter, start by examining your expectations.</p><p><strong>Visit my website: </strong>www.masiwillis.com</p><p><strong>Follow on Instagram:</strong> @masiwillis</p><p><strong>Connect on LinkedIn: </strong>Masi Willis </p><p><strong>Contact me:</strong> masi@masiwillis.com</p><p>Want to grow your leadership, elevate your team, or join my next masterclass?</p><p>Let’s chat... your next level could be one click away.</p><p>What was your biggest “aha” from today’s episode? I’d love to hear!</p>
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