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Bred To Lead

PEOPLE AREN’T BORN TO LEAD. THEY’RE BRED TO LEAD.

Most organizations don’t fail all at once. They break down slowly:
• Missed warning signs
• Leaders who stopped seeing what’s in front of them
• Teams that quietly stopped believing

By the time someone calls in a fixer, the damage has been building for years.

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ABOUT YOUR HOST
Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs DBA, MBA, B.Ed. | The Business Doctor
• President and COO, SIPS Healthcare Solutions
• Author of Operational Blindness
• Nearly 15 years turning around struggling businesses

WHAT EACH EPISODE COVERS
• Why leaders and organizations lose their way
• The early symptoms most people miss
• The people-first habits that keep a team healthy before it needs rescuing

WHO IT’S FOR
Straight talk, real turnaround stories, and practical tools you can use Monday morning, whether you’re running a company, leading a department, or stepping into management for the first time.

Leadership isn’t inherited. It’s built. Let’s build it.

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Latest Episodes:

Ep. 018: Why Faking It Never Makes It in Leadership Sep 12, 2024

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BECOME WHO YOU HAVE BEEN PRETENDING TO BE, OR GET EXPOSED

Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs was called in to turn around a tech startup whose CEO had an Ivy League résumé and glowing references, much of it inflated or made up. With the company months from collapse, a humble mid-level manager took the seat, and two years later the company was thriving.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Five reasons faking it fails, starting with this: leadership is influence, and influence is built on trust
• Seven steps to becoming the real thing, from an honest self-assessment to a focus on value creation
• The $4 million business mistake that taught Dr. Jake failure is not bad when your eyes are open
• His college shooting slump, and why four 5% wins add up to a 20% gain

YOUR CHALLENGE
Take off the mask. Stop running from opportunity to opportunity, face the truth, and do the work.

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Ep. 017: The Gritty Reality of Corporate Turnarounds: Lessons from a Corporate Fixer Sep 03, 2024

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EVERYONE CAN NAME THE PROBLEM. FEW FIX IT FOR GOOD.

Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs pulls back the curtain on life as a corporate fixer, including why SIPS brought in someone from outside healthcare to see things differently. He shares a company that had gone through three CEOs in two years and was six months from bankruptcy, and how a town hall with frontline staff started a comeback that had it profitable 18 months later.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Six signs a turnaround is needed, from falling revenue and lost market share to a strategy that drifts
• His five steps: diagnose, stop the bleeding, build the strategy, implement and monitor, build for the future
• Why huddles are for adjustments, not celebrations, and why accountability only happens through transparency
• Why fixing SPD without fixing the OR is only half a turnaround

KEY TAKEAWAY
Be honest about the reality, make tough decisions quickly but not recklessly, and bring your people into the turnaround.

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Ep. 016: Patience Pays: Why Slow and Steady Wins the Leadership Race Aug 21, 2024

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YOUR PREPARATION BEFORE THE PROMOTION DECIDES WHETHER YOU SHINE OR BURN

Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs tells the story of Alex and Jamie, who start in hospital administration together. Alex jumps at every promotion, reaches senior management first, then struggles with imposter syndrome. Jamie spends three to five years mastering each role and walks into the executive seat ready on day one.

IN THIS EPISODE
• The four levels of skill development: confidence, efficiency, proficiency and mastery
• Five reasons patience pays: skills, relationships, organizational understanding, credibility and less burnout
• What King David's road from shepherd to king teaches about being number one at every role
• Why you should already be able to do 70% of the next job before you take it

YOUR CHALLENGE
Before you chase the next title, ask yourself honestly: am I the best at the job I have right now?

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Ep. 015: Next Up Leadership: Building a Pipeline of Leaders Aug 14, 2024

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CAPABLE BEATS WILLING WHEN YOU PICK YOUR NEXT LEADER

Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs introduces Next Up Leadership: building leaders from within before the seat is empty, not after. Drawing on Jethro's advice to Moses, he gives three tests for who deserves your investment: are they capable, are they accountable, and are they in it to be the best or just for the check?

IN THIS EPISODE
• The five principles of Next Up Leadership, from early identification to alignment with organizational goals
• Battlefield promotions versus prepared successors, and the four risks of promoting out of necessity
• Why everyone starts at foundational, then strategic, then executive, no matter how long they have led
• Why accountability means never repeating the same offense to the same person twice

YOUR CHALLENGE
Ask yourself who is next up behind you, and how well you are developing them to succeed you in the seat you hold today.

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Ep. 014: The True Cost of Neglecting Team Development in Healthcare Aug 07, 2024

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TEMP STAFF STOP THE BLEEDING. THEY DO NOT HEAL THE WOUND.

Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs runs a staffing and workforce company, and he still calls temporary staffing what it is: a band-aid. He compares it to a temporary parent who leaves when the 13, 26 or 52 week contract ends, and lays out the cycle that sends the same hospitals back to agencies every six to eighteen months.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Why travel nurses can cost $5,000 to $10,000 a week against $1,500 to $2,000 for a staff nurse
• The real cost of turnover: $40,000 to $64,000 per hospital employee, and over $100,000 for specialty roles
• The Leadership Improvement Plan (LIP) and why every person needs their own development pathway
• The research on soft skill, empathy and leadership training across pharmacy, PT, radiology and nursing

KEY TAKEAWAY
If what worked actually worked, we would still be working it. Invest in the people already inside your walls before you pay a premium for people who will leave.

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Ep. 013: The Power of Storytelling in Leadership Aug 01, 2024

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CONTENT WITHOUT CONTEXT GIVES PEOPLE NO REASON TO CARE

Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs learned this from his mentor Tony Stevens Sr., who kept answering his questions with stories. Tell someone to sprint home from the office and they won't. Tell them their house is on fire with their family inside, and they are already running. In part three of the influence series, he shows why leaders who just "get straight to the point" end up with no connection.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Six reasons stories work, from making ideas memorable to building shared meaning across a team
• Reaching a sterile processing tech named John: would you trust this tray with your grandmother's surgery?
• A simple three-act structure: set up the challenge, walk through the struggle, share the resolution
• Why Jesus taught in parables (Matthew 13), and why "just talk to me straight" is the exception, not the rule

KEY TAKEAWAY
Start collecting stories from your own work and your organization. When people finally get it, they remember who gave it to them.

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Ep. 012: Part 2 - The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Jul 15, 2024

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IF YOU DON'T GRIP YOUR EMOTIONS, THEY WILL GRIP YOUR LIFE

On a new golf course, Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs sliced a ball into a homeowner's yard, went in to grab it, and had the owner sprinting out of the house cussing him out. Instead of assuming the worst, he centered himself, validated the man's frustration, and they parted with a handshake. Part two of the influence series breaks down emotional intelligence and ten ways to use it ethically.

IN THIS EPISODE
• The five parts of EQ: self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, social skills, and motivation
• Active listening with all your senses, and what picking up your phone mid-meeting tells your team
• Emotional mirroring at home: popcorn on the floor so his daughter feels seen
• Why "I can't control my face" signals low emotional intelligence, and building a richer emotional vocabulary

KEY TAKEAWAY
You are not striving for perfection. Be proud of how fast you catch yourself and fix it.

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Ep. 011: Part I - Mastering the Art of Influence and Persuasion Jul 02, 2024

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TO CREATE REAL URGENCY, YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO WALK AWAY

Season two opens with Bred To Lead reaching number 48 on the US business and leadership charts, and Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs starting a three-part series on influence and persuasion. His argument: influence is not manipulation when it starts from ethics and mutual benefit, and it is a skill every leader can learn.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Cialdini's seven principles of influence, from reciprocity and social proof to scarcity and unity
• Why he calls himself multilingual: shifting from his Texas twang to boardroom diction to meet people where they are
• Give a taste first: why people lose promotions waiting to get paid before they show their ability
• Handling objections by making people feel heard, felt, understood, and seen

KEY TAKEAWAY
All great things start with small commitments. Break big ideas into bite-size promises you can keep consistently, and people will trust you with the bigger ones.

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Ep. 010: Leading Through Change: Cultivating Resilience in a Fast-Paced World Jun 10, 2024

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THE $4.5 MILLION LOSS THAT TAUGHT HIM FAILURE IS FEEDBACK

Before joining SIPS, Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs watched the firm he founded lose $4.5 million in 45 days after a bad partnership and red flags he overlooked. He paid $30,000 for one hour with a mentor who runs a half billion dollar hedge fund, and walked away with perspective: try losing 40 million, then complain about your 4.

IN THIS EPISODE
• The five areas of resilient leadership: growth mindset, self-awareness, connection, purpose, and adaptability
• Consider the source: why his father built him on his failures, not his wins
• The root of "emotion" means to stir up, and why the leader who regulates it controls the room
• His rule "When facts change, so do I," and why you build your organization planning for the bad

KEY TAKEAWAY
Resilience is not a trait you either have or lack. It is a practice, and like a muscle, it only grows when you stretch it.

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Ep. 009: The Leadership Leap: Transforming Management into Purposeful Leadership Jun 03, 2024

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MANAGERS RUN WHAT WAS BUILT. LEADERS BUILD WHAT COMES NEXT.

Too many organizations promote people for hitting short-term targets and keeping the trains running, then wonder why nothing changes. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs uses John Kotter's line, management deals with complexity and leadership deals with change, to lay out the three shifts every manager has to make to actually lead.

IN THIS EPISODE
• From problem solving to problem finding, and how "How might we" questions surface what your team is missing
• From directing to empowering: David Marquet's turnaround of the USS Santa Fe through intent-based leadership
• From transactional to transformational, through James MacGregor Burns and Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision
• Why leadership is a capability you build with intention, not a trait you are born with

YOUR CHALLENGE
Ask yourself where you sit today between management and leadership, and name one small step you can take today to close that gap.

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