Scale UP & Grow

About Scale UP & Grow

Leadership. Culture. Executive Clarity. Real Conversations. Welcome to Scale Up & Grow with Mary Ricketts, MBA, the podcast for leaders, executives, business owners, HR professionals, board members, and decision-makers who are serious about improving leadership effectiveness, organizational culture, team performance, and business results. Hosted by executive coach, leadership strategist, keynote speaker, and CEO Mary Ricketts, MBA, this podcast goes beyond leadership theory and tackles the real challenges organizations face every day. Through the Leadership Unfiltered series and other executive-focused conversations, Mary shares practical insights, leadership lessons, organizational observations, and candid discussions about the issues impacting today's workplaces. Topics include: • Executive Leadership • Leadership Development • Organizational Culture • Executive Team Alignment • Leadership Communication • Employee Engagement • Accountability • Workplace Trust • Leadership Blind Spots • Difficult Conversations • Executive Coaching • Team Performance • Change Leadership • Psychological Safety • Leadership Effectiveness • Board and Executive Team Dynamics Whether you're leading a department, an organization, a school district, a nonprofit, a government agency, or a Fortune 500 team, you'll gain actionable insights to help you navigate complexity, strengthen leadership capacity, and create healthier, higher-performing organizations. This is not leadership fluff. These are real conversations for leaders navigating real organizational pressure. Because leadership looks very different behind closed doors. Learn more about Executive Coaching, Executive Briefings, Leadership Workshops, and Keynote Presentations with Mary Ricketts, MBA at www.tptrainingcenter.com (http://www.tptrainingcenter.com) and www.MaryRicketts.com Scale Up & Grow with Mary Ricketts, MBA Helping leaders move from reactive leadership to intentional Executive Clarity™. Welcome, and let's get started! 🎉https://calendly.com/tptrainingcenter

Publisher

Turning Point Development Team

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Nov 2019

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

119 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   One Question: What Have We Made Difficult for People to Tell Us?

   One Question: What have we made difficult for people to tell us? That's a very different question from asking, “What aren't our employees telling us?” In this One Question episode, Mary Ricketts, President & CEO of Turning Point Training & Development, challenges CEOs and executive leadership teams to turn the question back on themselves. Employees and leaders don't stop sharing difficult information for no reason. Over time, they learn what happens when they challenge a decision, rai...

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   1 Oct 2026

   Executive Brief: If Everyone Agrees With the CEO, Pay Attention

   If everyone on your executive team agrees with the CEO all the time, that may not be alignment. It may be a warning sign. In this Executive Brief, Mary Ricketts, President & CEO of Turning Point Training & Development, challenges CEOs and senior leaders to examine what really happens when someone disagrees at the executive table. Strong executive teams aren't built around constant agreement. They're built around leaders who are willing to challenge assumptions, raise concerns, identif...

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   1 Oct 2026

   Would Your Employees Describe Your Leadership Team the Same Way You Would?

   Would your employees describe your leadership team the same way you would? Don't answer too quickly. There is often a gap between the leadership team executives believe they're running and the leadership employees actually experience. And that gap can show up in places leaders don't immediately recognize: slow decisions, unclear expectations, weak accountability, leadership silos, workarounds, poor execution and employees who have learned when it's safer to stay quiet. In this episode of The ...

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