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Reality-Based Leadership

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by Alex Dorr

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The average person spends 2.5 hours a day in drama at work. That's lost time, lost energy, and lost results. Leading beyond drama isn't optional anymore. It's the skill that separates reactive managers from transformational leaders. So how do you reclaim those hours, call your team to greatness, and restore sanity to your workplace? Welcome to Reality-Based Leadership. Hosted by Alex Dorr, CEO of Reality-Based Leadership, this podcast delivers the mindset shifts and practical tools leaders need to eliminate emotional waste, build true accountability, and turn excuses into measurable results. With years of experience working alongside leaders across industries, Alex brings real-world application, bold insight, and next practices that create ROI in the room and momentum long after. If you are ready to elevate performance and lead what's next, you are in the right place.

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July 1, 2026

116: The Backstory of My New Book, How We Could, Releasing in September

We are officially 2.5 months out from the launch of my new leadership book How We Could. This book will transform how leaders handle drama in the workplace and ensure that all of your teams can move anyone from why they can't to how they could regardless of circumstances. This simple 5-step framework helps leaders to perfectly balance being their for their teams with empathy and authenticity while still calling them up to deliver on the important results your organization has been asked to deliver. In this episode, I share exactly who the book is for, what the 5-step framework is all about, why this book takes all 30 years of Reality-Based Leadership's research to a new level and how it fills in the gaps that our organization and content hadn't filled until now. Buckle up and get your pre-order fingers ready - this book will transform your team to have the best year they've ever had in 2026 and beyond! <div>Link to pre-order How We Could: The Framework to Lead Without Drama, Build Alignment and Call Teams to Greatness for you and your teams:</div> <div><a href= "https://www.realitybasedleadership.com/pre-order">https://www.realitybasedleadership.com/pre-order</a></div> <div> </div> <div>To order 10+ copies for your team please reach out to <a href= "mailto:info@realitybasedleadership.com">info@realitybasedleadership.com</a></div> <div> </div> <div> <div>Link to join our newsletter for free exclusive videos, leadership tips, content and events:</div> <div><a href= "https://www.realitybasedleadership.com/#newsletter">https://www.realitybasedleadership.com/#newsletter</a></div> </div> Episode Highlights: 00:01:36 – Why this book, "How We Could," matters now 00:03:06 – Pre-order bonuses and bulk orders for teams 00:06:38 – The backstory: where the framework came from 00:11:27 – The Call to Greatness framework is born 00:14:01 – Why empathy without accountability becomes sympathy 00:17:26 – The five steps explained (love up, clean thinking, find your part, know your role, take action) 00:25:28 – When and where to use the framework 00:29:25 – The SBAR tool and why tools alone aren't enough 00:35:37 – Touch-and-go moments vs. calls to greatness that take years 00:44:01 – Closing thoughts and pre-order details

June 24, 2026

115: What Would Great Look Like - One Question to Stop Drama in 10 Seconds or Less

Are you or your team stuck in frustration when things go wrong — blaming circumstances, venting, or spiraling instead of moving forward? In this episode of the Reality-Based Leadership Podcast, Alex Dorr shares the single most powerful coaching question every leader should have in their back pocket: What would great look like? It sounds simple. But used at the right moment, it can shift someone from full-blown drama mode to clear, accountable action in seconds. Alex takes you behind the scenes of a real event-day crisis — a billing error, a leader on the verge of a meltdown, and a colleague who chose to coach instead of fix — and breaks down exactly why this question works, when to use it, and how to make it land. If you're a leader, manager, or team member who wants to stop spinning in frustration and start adding value in messy moments, this episode gives you exactly what you need. Because the goal isn't a perfect reality. It's knowing what great looks like — and choosing to go be it. Episode Highlights: 00:01:12 - The one coaching question every leader needs 00:01:27 - The three ways to ask it 00:02:04 - The certification event story begins 00:03:20 - The billing error crisis 00:04:15 - Spiraling into low self 00:05:31 - The colleague who coached instead of fixed 00:06:25 - Why relationship matters before using this question 00:06:44 - The question lands — and shifts everything 00:08:17 - "Sounds like you already know what great looks like" 00:09:15 - Why typical "got a minute?" meetings cost you more 00:10:13 - Accountability after the moment passes 00:11:40 - Why this is the most powerful coaching question 00:12:09 - Low self vs. high self explained 00:14:08 - How the question moves us from ego to self-reflection 00:15:49 - Using it on yourself when you want to disengage 00:16:16 - Why fixers and over-functioners need this question most 00:18:49 - We all already know what great looks like 00:19:33 - Your assignment and takeaways

June 17, 2026

114: How to Stop Arguing With Reality and Keep Teams From Endless Frustration

Are you or your team stuck in frustration over things you can't control? Do small disruptions turn into outsized stress, blame, or wasted energy? In this episode of the Reality-Based Leadership Podcast, Alex Dorr tackles one of the most common and costly workplace habits: arguing with reality. When you argue with reality, you lose 100% of the time. And yet, it's where leaders and teams spend hours every day. We resist delays, complain about changes, question decisions we weren't part of, and wish things were different… instead of focusing on what we can actually impact. Alex breaks down how this shows up in real time - from everyday workplace frustrations to a behind-the-scenes story of a scheduling breakdown that could have spiraled into blame, stress, and lost trust. Instead, it became a case study in shifting quickly from reaction to leadership. The shift starts with one simple question: given this, what would great look like? From there, we explore two practical frameworks you can use immediately: The Three Lanes: how to stay focused on your business instead of getting pulled into others' responsibilities or fighting reality itself. The Space for Impact: how to move from an unpreferred reality to an ideal outcome by focusing only on where you can add value. If you're a leader, manager, or team member navigating constant change, unexpected problems, or daily frustration, this episode will help you stop the spiral and start leading forward. Because the goal isn't to avoid hard realities; it's to respond to them in a way that actually moves things forward. Episode Highlights: 00:01:20 - Why leaders are struggling more than ever 00:02:30 - Back to basics: Reality-Based Leadership 00:03:15 - What arguing with reality looks like at work 00:05:30 - The truth: you lose 100% of the time 00:06:15 - The Three Lanes framework 00:08:30 - Stop judging, start helping 00:09:00 - Real story: scheduling breakdown 00:12:00 - The Space for Impact model 00:14:00 - "Given this, what would great look like?" 00:17:30 - Avoiding the post-event drama spiral

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What is Reality-Based Leadership?: The average person spends 2.5 hours a day in drama at work. That's lost time, lost energy, and lost results.

Leading beyond drama isn't optional anymore. It's the skill that separates reactive managers from transformational leaders. So how do you reclaim those hours, call your team to greatness, and restore sanity to your workplace?

Welcome to Reality-Based Leadership.

Hosted by Alex Dorr, CEO of Reality-Based Leadership, this podcast delivers the mindset shifts and practical tools leaders need to eliminate emotional waste, build true accountability, and turn excuses into measurable results. With years of experience working alongside leaders across industries, Alex brings real-world application, bold insight, and next practices that create ROI in the room and momentum long after.

If you are ready to elevate performance and lead what's next, you are in the right place.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates weekly.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 8 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.

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