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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. 008: Setting Goals and Expectations May 27, 2024

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A GOAL IS JUST A DAYDREAM WITHOUT A TARGET

Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs made over thirty million dollars before he turned thirty, with the Rolls Royce and private planes to show for it, and still had to ask his team one question: to what end? This episode is about finding that higher reason and turning it into goals people can actually hit, starting with SIPS's own big goal to become the global standard for leadership in sterile processing.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Why the goal for a sterile processing team is a flawless surgery upstairs, not just turnaround time
• Getting "in your bag": the Big Hairy Audacious Goal, and why you stop moving it once it is set
• Turning the bag into OKRs: two to three objectives a quarter, three to five key results each
• Building a culture contract of five to seven commitments that holds "even when it's uncomfortable"

YOUR CHALLENGE
What is one specific action you can take this week to clarify, reinforce, or elevate the goals and expectations you set for your team?

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Ep. 007: Developing and Empowering Your Team May 23, 2024

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YOU CAN'T DELEGATE UNTIL YOU DUPLICATE AND REGULATE

Good leaders get results through their own heroics. Great leaders get results by making others the heroes. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs walks through what that takes, including the story of a leader who wanted to micromanage a struggling team member and instead asked, "Have I been too prescriptive?"

IN THIS EPISODE
• Self-determination theory: why autonomy, competence, and relatedness drive real motivation
• Moving people from telling to delegating with the Hersey and Blanchard situational leadership model
• "When facts change, so do I," and why stagnant leaders build stagnant organizations
• Weekly "proud moments" and skip-level lunches that build genuine connection

YOUR CHALLENGE
What's one conversation or action you can take this week to empower someone to step more fully into their potential?

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Ep. 006: Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution May 17, 2024

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STOP COMMITTING ASSUMICIDE ON YOUR BEST RELATIONSHIPS

Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs coined a word by accident: assumicide, killing off great relationships by assuming you know what someone means without the facts. In this episode he unpacks why so much workplace conflict starts with a quiet third party whispering in your ear, and why too many leaders want to be right so badly they become wrong in their approach.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Six active listening habits, including reflecting back what you heard in your own words
• The Ladder of Inference, and how one interruption from "Jim" spirals into a ruined working relationship
• Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication, and how it ended a sales vs. customer service standoff
• The courageous conversation that revealed a late employee's real story

YOUR CHALLENGE
Choose one communication or conflict skill and focus on it for the next couple of weeks. Don't try to do it all at once.

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Ep. 005: Prioritizing Employee Wellbeing May 13, 2024

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YOU'RE WORKING ON YOUR OFF TIME BECAUSE YOU WERE INEFFICIENT ON THE CLOCK

Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs gets honest about growing so fast that he and his team started burning out, and the coach's question that stopped him cold. He also shares the night he found his mom crying in the kitchen after his dad lost his job, and how a $150 loan from his grandfather turned into a candy business across four high schools.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Why wellbeing has to be a strategic priority, not a side project for HR
• How vulnerability shows your team exactly where they can support you
• Why he brought in a life coach and counselor whose only job was helping his team
• Running a meeting audit, forcing vacations, and planning around your on-season and off-season

YOUR CHALLENGE
What's one conversation you can have or one action you can take today to show your people their wellbeing matters?

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Ep. 004: Creating a Positive Work Culture May 08, 2024

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YOU ARE THE THERMOSTAT, NOT THE THERMOMETER

When Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs came on board at SIPS, he didn't start by overhauling systems. He stripped extra responsibilities off the sales team, had each person master one thing, and started daily meetings that opened with gratitude. In this episode he breaks down what a positive work culture really is: what people do when no one is looking.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Why a new leader's first 90 days should go to people, not policy changes
• His culture timeline: 90 days to set the temperature, 24 months for full adoption
• Why he stopped code switching, and how being authentic gives your team permission to do the same
• Ringing a bell, passing a wrestler's belt, and other simple ways to celebrate what's working

YOUR CHALLENGE
Ask yourself: what would it look like to truly put your people first in how you show up each day?

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Ep. 003: Building Trust And Cultivating Strong Relationships May 07, 2024

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EVERY KEPT PROMISE IS A DEPOSIT IN THE TRUST BANK

Early in his career, Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs got tough 360 feedback about his communication style, and his first instinct was to hide. Instead, he brought it to his next team meeting, owned it, and asked for their help. That moment of vulnerability became the foundation for this episode on building trust and strong relationships.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Why leading with vulnerability builds trust instead of weakening your authority
• The simple one-on-one opener he uses: "What was the highlight of your weekend?"
• Kim Scott's radical candor, with a real example of feedback that leads with care and ends with a plan
• His daily running list of commitments, and why closing the loop on small things matters

YOUR CHALLENGE
Pick one trust practice to lean into this week. Start small, stay consistent, and watch what it does to your team.

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Ep. 002: Redefining Leadership for the 21st Century May 06, 2024

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THE BEST TEAMS AREN'T THE SMARTEST. THEY'RE THE SAFEST.

Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs admits he once thought he was a great leader, until things went bad and everybody left. In this episode he redefines leadership for the 21st century, and shares the high-stakes project where he stopped trying to fix it himself and simply asked his team, "What are we missing?"

IN THIS EPISODE
• What Google's Project Aristotle found after studying about 180 teams: psychological safety beat raw talent
• Why vulnerability is strength, and what the Wiz could have learned about admitting he didn't have the answers
• How starting meetings with gratitude and sharing your own failures gets quiet people talking
• Teaching your team to back their feelings with data before bringing ideas to the table

YOUR CHALLENGE
Take an honest look at your leadership: are you more focused on having the answers, or on asking the right questions?

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Ep. 001: Intro to People-First Leadership May 06, 2024

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WHY THE LEADERS WHO LAST PUT THEIR PEOPLE FIRST

In the very first episode of Bred To Lead, Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs gets honest about the leader he used to be. He pushed hard, drove results at all costs, and believed being the smartest person in the room was the job. Then a 360 review came back with three words that stung: unapproachable, arrogant, and only cares about results.

IN THIS EPISODE
• The two wake-up calls that changed how Dr. Jake leads, including what he learned about his grandfather's real legacy
• Why top talent leaves: not for money, but because they stop being heard, developed, or given room to grow
• The idea behind his book People First, Results Second, and why people-first leadership is a competitive advantage, not a soft skill
• Why leaders aren't born. They're bred through environment, exposure, and being put through the fire

YOUR CHALLENGE
Start each day by asking: How can I put my people first today?

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