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The Habits You Didn't Choose: How Early Roles Shape Current Leadership
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper dives into the messy, revealing world of leadership origin stories. From the therapist d...
The Owner's Room: When You're Resentful of the Role You Created for Yourself
In this Owner’s Room episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper gets personal, raw, and real about the emotional and operational weight of ...
Systems Fatigue: When EOS Stops Feeling Helpful (And What to Do About It)
Let’s talk about systems fatigue—because yes, even with something as powerful as EOS, there comes a point where it feels heavy, clunky, or downright annoying. In this ...
The Owner's Room: When the Perfect Hire Looks Great on Paper (But Not in Practice)
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper gets real about the gut-wrenching moment when a hire you thought was perfect turns out t...
Don't Lower the Bar: What to Do When Hiring Feels Impossible
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper breaks down what happens when hiring gets hard and you start questioning your standards....
The Owner's Room: When Your Team's Behavior Doesn't Match Your Values
In this Owner’s Room episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper gets into that maddening, murky territory where your team technically isn’t...
Culture is a System, Not a Vibe
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper calls bullshit on the idea that culture is just a vibe. Sure, it feels like something wh...
TOR: When You're Scared They'll Quit, So You Stay Silent [with Nicole Brewer]
In this Owner’s Room special of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper sits down with Nicole Brewer, founder of Rethink Therapy and Rethink Your P...
The Scripts Aren't the Problem... But You Might Be
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, I’m coming in swinging at one of the most common traps leaders fall into: obsessing over scripts instead of sh...
Avoidance ≠ Harmony: How Conflict-Avoidant Leadership Backfires
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, I’m coming in hot with one of the most damaging leadership myths out there: that avoiding conflict is the same...
The Owner's Room: When Slowing Down Feels Like Losing Ground [with Dr. Jeremy Sharp]
Welcome to the Culture Focused Practice podcast. In this Owner’s Room episode, I’m joined by my very first guest — Dr. Jeremy Sharp — for a beautifully messy conversat...
Rest ≠ Stagnation: Why Integration is the Hardest Work You’ll Do (Part 2)
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper wraps up the two-part deep dive into rest, integration, and the quiet (but hard) work of...
Rest ≠ Stagnation: Why Integration is the Hardest Work You’ll Do (Part 1)
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper unpacks the gut-punch of realizing that rest doesn’t mean you’ve stopped growing. It jus...
The Owner's Room: When You're the Bottleneck (And You Know It)
In this Owner’s Room episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper digs into what it feels like—and what it means—to realize you’re the bottle...
What Most Owners Get Wrong About EOS
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper calls out the top myths that group practice owners believe about EOS—and why those misco...
EOS in the Wild: How to Know It's Actually Working
EOS isn’t just a checklist you halfheartedly check off—it’s a rhythm. A way of operating. A structure that makes space for actual leadership and sustainable sanity.In ...
The Owner's Room: When Clarity Isn't Enough (And You Still Feel Stuck)
In this special Owner’s Room episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper cracks open the weird liminal space where everything in your busine...
Real Problems, Real Tools: How to Stop Spinning in Place
Ever feel like your practice has déjà vu on loop? Like you're solving the same problem... again... for the third quarter in a row?You're not imagining it — you're stuc...
The Owner's Room - When You're Leading (and Non One's Listening)
This one’s for the leaders who’ve said the same thing five times (kindly, clearly, calmly) and are now screaming into the void. You’re not crazy — and no, you don’t su...
Structure ≠ Control: How to Use EOS Without Becoming a Micromanaging Nightmare
Structure doesn’t have to mean micromanagement, rigidity, or soul-sucking spreadsheets. In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper ...
Feedback that Works: How EOS Creates Safe, Structure Conversations
Let’s be real—giving feedback shouldn't feel like walking into a firing squad or hosting a damn hug circle. (Though, for the record, I am pro hug circle.) In this epis...
The Owner's Room - When You're Outgrowing the Things You Built (But Don't Know What Comes Next)
In this Owner’s Room episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper gets honest about what it feels like to outgrow the very thing you built. W...
Your Team Isn't Lazy - They're Just Foggy. The Real Cost of Half-Clarity
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper calls BS on the myth of the “lazy team.” What looks like laziness is usually fog — uncle...
The Owner's Room: When the Systems Are Solid but the Pressure to Grow Won't Quit
In this Owner’s Room episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper unpacks a very specific kind of leadership tension—the pressure to grow whe...
Inside the EOS Toolbox: The Six Key Components of a Thriving Practice
If you’re tired of flying by the seat of your pants in leadership (and wondering why everything still falls on you), this episode is your big-ass permission slip to st...
Chaos is Not A Culture Strategy: Why EOS Changes Everything
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper tackles the reality that chaos isn't leadership—and it definitely isn't a culture strate...
The Owner's Room: When Good Candidates Just Don't Show Up (And You're Starting to Panic)
Welcome to The Owner’s Room, a new kind of episode inside the Culture Focused Practice podcast where Dr. Tara Vossenkemper ditches the lists, outlines, and expert take...
From Application to Orientation: What a Well-Oiled Funnel Actually Looks Like
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper walks through what a strong hiring funnel really looks like—from the moment someone clic...
How Your Hiring Funnel is Silently Screwing You
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper breaks down why your hiring funnel might be quietly working against you (and what to do ...
Culture Lab - Conflict or Misalignment: How to Diagnose the Real Issue
Not every workplace issue is true conflict—and assuming it is can lead you down the wrong road. In this Culture Lab episode, we unpack the real culprits behind tension...