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Welcome to Followership with Ryan Leak, a podcast designed to help followers follow their leaders, and to help leaders understand their followers. While leadership is often a more popular discussion and billions are spent every year consuming leadership resources, most of us will spend most of our careers doing more following than leading and we need help to do it.
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- 4 days ago10 min
Invited to the Table or the Trial?
Most of us walk into hard conversations with the wrong goal. We're chasing agreement when we should be building connection. We're choosing accuracy when we should be choosing tone. And then we wonder why the conversation went sideways.In this episode, Ryan talks about the hard conversations almost everybody is sitting on right now. The one with your spouse. With your kid. With your boss. With the coworker who keeps dropping the ball. He walks through the internal shift that has to happen before the external one, why connection is the credit score of communication, and why John Gottman's research on the first three minutes of a conversation might change how you start the next one.You'll learn the difference between an accusatory tone and an inviting tone, why same content can land in two completely different rooms, and the one question to ask yourself before you say the hard thing.If you've been carrying a conversation around for weeks, this episode will give you the language to finally have it well.
- 1 weeks ago10 min
It’s Hard For Me to Say This
We’ve confused boundaries with rejection. With selfishness. With being difficult.But what if boundaries aren’t walls meant to keep people out… what if they’re doors with locks on them?In this episode, Ryan talks about why so many of us struggle to say no, how people are trained by what we tolerate, and why the most compassionate people are often the clearest people. From late night work texts to overloaded calendars to relationships that quietly drain us, this conversation is a reminder that every yes costs something.You’ll learn:• Why boundaries are instruction, not punishment• How resentment grows behind unspoken expectations• The sentence most people need to start using today• Why not everyone will like your boundary and why that’s okay• How saying no to the wrong thing creates space for the right thingsIf you’ve been exhausted from trying to be available to everyone, this episode is for you.The door has a lock.You hold the key.
- 2 weeks ago9 min
Just Kidding
Ever been in a professional meeting, a grown-up, serious, adult conversation, and somebody says one thing that hits you the wrong way, and suddenly you’re not a leader anymore? You’re seven. The playground version of you just hijacked the boardroom version of you, and now you’re saying things that the real you is going to regret by lunch. That’s age regression, and it happens to all of us.In this episode, I’ll get honest about what triggers the kid in me to make cameos at the worst possible times, and I’ll walk you through how to recognize it, interrupt it, and make sure the grown-up shows up to grown-up conversations. Because the most important person to bring to your next hard conversation isn’t a mediator or a therapist. It’s your adult self.
- 3 weeks ago15 min
Career Dysmorphia
You can be world-class at one thing and completely obsessed with another. I’ve got a friend who is the best speaker I know — the kind of communicator who stops rooms — but what he really wants to do is sing. He’s an okay singer. And that gap between what he sees in the mirror and what the world actually sees? That’s career dysmorphia. It’s the professional version of looking at your reflection and seeing something that doesn’t match reality.In this episode, I’ll unpack why so many of us chase the wrong gift while ignoring the right one, and I’ll walk you through five filters to help you find your sweet spot — where what you’re good at, what you love, what you’re called to, what the world needs, and what can sustain you all overlap. Because the world doesn’t need you to be good at everything. It just needs you to be great at your thing.
- May 4, 202611 min
Challengers and Champions
We all love having people who believe in us. Champions encourage us, remind us who we are, and push us toward the rooms we’re afraid to enter.But if encouragement is the only voice in your life, you can stop growing.In this episode, Ryan unpacks the surprising history behind the phrase “devil’s advocate” and why every person needs both a Champion and a Challenger. One builds you up. The other stress tests you. One says, “Go.” The other says, “Not yet.” And both are necessary if you want to become who you’re called to be.Because the greatest ideas don’t just survive applause. They survive scrutiny.
- Apr 27, 202611 min
The Willpower Muscle
What if willpower isn't something you're born with, but something you build? In this episode, Ryan breaks down the brain science behind self-discipline (meet your anterior cingulate cortex, aka your "willpower muscle") and shares the simple daily practice that helped him climb out of a season of coasting. You'll learn why most of us don't struggle because we don't know what to do. We struggle because we don't do what we know. Plus, a direct challenge to pick your hard thing and do it before your brain talks you out of it. If you've been waiting for motivation to show up, this is your sign to stop waiting and start training.
- Apr 20, 202612 min
Right On Time
Most of us think we need more time. More margin. More space in the calendar.But what if the issue isn’t how much time you have… it’s what you’re missing inside the time you already have?In this episode, Ryan unpacks the powerful concept of kairos—a Greek word that means the right, decisive, or opportune moment. While we live in a world driven by chronos (schedules, deadlines, and clock-based time), the moments that shape our relationships, leadership, and legacy are often hidden in the quiet, unplanned spaces.From parenting to meetings to everyday interactions, this episode will challenge you to stop rushing past what matters most—and start recognizing the moments that are right on time.If you’ve ever felt too busy to be fully present, this one’s for you.
- Apr 13, 202610 min
Procastination Proof
We all say it. “I’ll start next week.”But next week has a funny way of turning into next month… or next year.In this episode, Ryan tackles one of the most universal struggles we all face: procrastination. Not as a time management issue, but as a starting problem. If you’ve ever delayed a conversation, avoided a decision, or kept putting off something you know matters, this one’s for you.Ryan unpacks why procrastination isn’t laziness, it’s protection and how waiting for the “right time” might be the very thing holding you back. You’ll walk away with a simple, practical mindset shift to help you stop overthinking and start moving.Because your life doesn’t change when you intend to act.It changes when you actually begin.Also, a quick shoutout to Ryan’s friend Jon Acuff, whose new book Procrastination Proof: Never Get Stuck Againinspired this conversation. If you want to go deeper, it’s a great resource.👉 Grab Jon’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1540903804Start messy. Start small. Just start.
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