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The Good Leadership Podcast explores what leadership looks like today, and shares insights and success habits from featured guests, hosted by Good Leadership CEO, Paul Batz.
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How Hanley Foundation is Creating a Culture of Healthy Accountability with Allan Katz
March 24, 2026
Paul Batz welcomes Allan Katz, Chief Financial Officer at The Hanley Foundation in West Palm Beach, FL. At the suggestion of Good Leadership Senior Associate…
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How Hanley Foundation is Creating a Culture of Healthy Accountability with Allan Katz
March 24, 2026
Paul Batz welcomes Allan Katz, Chief Financial Officer at The Hanley Foundation in West Palm Beach, FL. At the suggestion of Good Leadership Senior Associate…
Our Team Coaches Your Team: the Good Leadership Approach with Angelique Obiri
March 10, 2026
Paul Batz welcomes Angelique Obiri, a Senior Coaching Associate at Good Leadership and founder of Angelique Obiri Coaching. Together, they discuss what makes the Good…
Finding the Goodness: A reflection on the Good Leadership Breakfast featuring Steve Grove
March 3, 2026
In this episode, Paul Batz is joined by Matt Swenson, Director of Corporate Communication at Cargill. Together they reflect on key insights from the February…
Healthy Accountability and the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) with Dan Mallin
February 24, 2026
Paul Batz, Founder and CEO of Good Leadership, welcomes Dan Mallin, entrepreneur and certified EOS Implementer with EOS Worldwide. Together, they discuss the intersections of…
Exploring Organizational Change with Dr. Mark Sannes and Cynthia Whitfield-Story
February 10, 2026
Paul Batz, Founder and CEO of Good Leadership, welcomes back Dr. Mark Sannes, Chief Medical Officer at HealthPartners, and Cynthia Whitfield-Story, his Good Leadership Executive…
How to Use the Healthy Accountability Book to Create Real Change
December 29, 2025
Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig share practical ways to apply the Healthy Accountability book—whether you're an individual contributor, a manager, or a senior executive. Learn how to…
The Vision Behind the HR THRIVE Awards
December 15, 2025
Paul Batz, Founder and CEO of Good Leadership, welcomes Gulsah Mattson, Area President at Gallagher, to discuss the vision behind the HR THRIVE Awards and…
Shining a Light on HR Excellence: The HR THRIVE Awards
December 1, 2025
In this episode, Paul Batz, Founder and CEO of Good Leadership, welcomes guest co-host Shawn Moren, Executive Partner at Gartner's CHRO Practice, to introduce the…
Healthy Accountability Takes Off: Debriefing the Breakfast with Jude Bricker
November 18, 2025
In this Good Leadership Podcast episode, Paul Batz (Founder and CEO of Good Leadership) and Kevin Sensenig (Senior Coaching Associate at Good Leadership) discuss the…
Accountability, ROI, and AI: What CIOs and CTOs Need Now
November 3, 2025
This episode recaps key insights from the recent CIO / CTO Luncheon, co-hosted with AvidEdge. Guests Monte Nuckols and Juliet Fox explore how IT leaders…
How Good Leaders Drive Accountability: Lessons from Shawn Moren
October 13, 2025
In this episode, Paul Batz and guest co-host Jim Horn reflect on key insights from the October Good Leadership Breakfast featuring Shawn Moren, Executive Partner…
How to Measure Healthy Accountability in Your Organization
October 6, 2025
In this podcast episode, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig discuss the power of a tool to measure healthy accountability in your organization: the Healthy Accountability…
The Importance of Physician Leadership: A Conversation with Troy Simonson
September 19, 2025
Listen in on this episode of the September 2025 Good Leadership Breakfast featuring Dr. John Pryor, President and Chairman of Proliance Surgeons. Joining the podcast…
The Power of Positive and Proactive Accountability
September 8, 2025
Accountability doesn’t have to feel like punishment. In this episode of The Good Leadership Podcast, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig unpack why so many teams experience…
A Researchers Perspective on Healthy Accountability
August 25, 2025
In this episode, Paul Batz and researcher Kevin Sensenig unpack one of the most misunderstood concepts in leadership: accountability. Drawing from new insights in the…
The Future of Healthcare Starts with Physicians
August 11, 2025
In this episode of the Good Leadership podcast, Paul Batz is joined by Dr. Ria Paul of Stanford University and Dr. Mark Sannes of HealthPartners to discuss…
What Motivates Physicians to Want to Become Leaders?
July 24, 2025
What motivates physicians to step into leadership, and what makes them successful when they do? Paul Batz sits down with Neill Marshall, Board Chairman of…
Find the Growing Edge
July 9, 2025
In this episode of the Good Leadership Podcast, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig explore “Find the Growing Edge,” a key element from the Pathway to Healthy…
Positive Role Modeling at the Top with Healthy Accountability
June 25, 2025
In this episode of The Good Leadership Podcast, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig explore the first organizational element of the Pathway to Healthy Accountability: Positive Role…
Is There a Better Way to Prepare Physician Leaders?
June 16, 2025
In this episode of the Good Leadership Podcast, Paul Batz is joined by Rachel Uzlik—clinical transformation expert and steering team member behind the new Physician…
A Spring Finale Fueled by Healthy Accountability with Ryan Poles
May 29, 2025
On this episode of the Good Leadership Podcast, Paul Batz is joined by Darin Lynch, Founder and CEO of Irish Titan, and Aaron Eggert, Chief…
The Talent Test of Healthy Accountability
May 6, 2025
What does healthy accountability really look like in a hiring process? In this episode, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig unpack one of the most influential…
Healthy Accountability: Writing the eBook Preview
April 22, 2025
In this episode, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig offer a first look at the Healthy Accountability preview eBook launching May 22. They explain why the preview eBook…
Healthy Accountability at Second Harvest Heartland: A Conversation with Sarah Waite, Chief People Officer
April 14, 2025
Just hours after the April 2025 Good Leadership Breakfast, Paul Batz sits down with Sarah Waite, Chief People Officer at Second Harvest Heartland, to reflect…
How Healthy Accountability Comes Alive in Teams
April 7, 2025
Accountability thrives when teams are clear, connected, and committed. In this episode, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig explore the “Teams Committed to Disciplined Follow-Through” element…
Why Do People Want Accountability but Struggle to Find It?
March 19, 2025
Accountability in the workplace is often seen as elusive—something leaders want but struggle to foster. The accountability research from Good Leadership has uncovered a critical…
Only One Pilot Lands the Plane
March 10, 2025
In this episode of The Good Leadership Podcast, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig explore a powerful leadership lesson: only one pilot lands the plane. When a billion-dollar company…
The Power of Organizational Healthy Accountability with Kristi Fox
March 3, 2025
In this episode of the Good Leadership Podcast, hosts Paul Batz and JC Lippold recap the February 28, 2025, Good Leadership Breakfast featuring Kristi Fox, EVP and Chief…
How Healthy Accountability Helps Teams Win Together
February 18, 2025
Goodness pays, and healthy accountability is the key to helping teams thrive. In this episode, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig discuss groundbreaking research on accountability…
Rethinking Accountability for Organizational Growth
January 20, 2025
In this episode of The Good Leadership Podcast, Paul Batz, Founder and CEO of Good Leadership, and senior coaching associate Kevin Sensenig discuss groundbreaking research…
The Research Behind the Pathway to Healthy Accountability
January 8, 2025
In this episode of The Good Leadership Podcast, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig share key findings from groundbreaking research on Healthy Accountability, redefining it as a…
The Good Leadership Conference: Building a Culture of Healthy Accountability
December 3, 2024
In today's episode of the Good Leadership Podcast, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig reflect upon the Good Leadership Conference that occurred on November 22, 2024.…
Building a Culture of Healthy Accountability: Non-profit accountability with Craig Warren
October 28, 2024
Join Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig on the Good Leadership Podcast as they recap the October 2024 Good Leadership Breakfast, featuring Craig Warren, CEO of…
4,000 Surveys Complete - an update on the Healthy Accountability Research Project
October 8, 2024
In today's episode of the Good Leadership Podcast, Chief Learning Officer, Kevin Sensenig, and Organizational Psychology Doctoral Intern, Matt Tappe, start to make sense of…
Building a Culture of Healthy Accountability: Winning on and off the court with Ethan Casson
September 24, 2024
Join Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig on the Good Leadership Podcast as they recap the September 2024 Good Leadership Breakfast, featuring Ethan Casson, CEO of…
Making the Switch to Quantitative Research
August 26, 2024
In today's episode, Paul Batz & Kevin Sensenig discuss an exciting milestone in the Accountability Research Project that has been reached. After completing nearly 200…
Proactive v. Reactive Accountability with Charles Thompson
August 13, 2024
Today episode of the Good Leadership Podcast feature Charles Thompson, one of the fifteen Accountability Research Steering Team Members. If you've been following along, you'll…
Visioning for Healthy Accountability with Becca Hagen
July 29, 2024
Paul Batz, CEO of Good Leadership, is joined in today's podcast by Becca Hagen, Vice President of Talent at Securian Financial. Based in Minnesota, Securian…
A Conversation on Accountability with Amy Cook
July 15, 2024
On today’s episode, Good Leadership CEO, Paul Batz discusses healthy accountability with another one of the Accountability Research Steering Team members. Amy Cook, Global Talent…
Changing Perspectives through Healthy Accountability with Darin Lynch
June 24, 2024
The Accountability Research Project is well underway. Good Leadership took the lead on coordinating the project, but the Steering Team of 15 executives from 15…
Manager Consistency: What we mean and why it matters.
June 10, 2024
The Spring 2024 Good Leadership Breakfast series was titled: Celebrating the Magic of Managers. In today’s podcast, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig reflect on what…
Celebrating the Magic of Managers: Uplifting Managers with Kristine Fortman
May 28, 2024
Join Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig on the Good Leadership Podcast as they recall the May 2024 Good Leadership Breakfast, featuring Kristine Fortman, CEO of…
Paul Batz featured on The Learn-It-All Podcast
May 20, 2024
Today, Good Leadership’s CEO, Paul Batz, shares a podcast in which he was the featured interview. The Learn-It-All Podcast is produced by Learnit, based in…
Psychological Safety
May 6, 2024
Psychological safety is a hot topic in workplaces right now. By definition, psychological safety is the belief that you won’t be punished or humiliated for…
Defining Accountability: What does it mean?
April 22, 2024
Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig use the data gathered from the Accountability Research Steering Team members to create a definition of accountability that feels accurate…
Celebrating the Magic of Managers: Understanding Your Managers with Jeff Augustin
April 8, 2024
Join Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig on the Good Leadership Podcast as they recall the April 2024 Good Leadership Breakfast, featuring Jeff Augustin, Senior Vice…
Discovery Data: Gathering insights from the Accountability Research Steering Team
April 2, 2024
Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig reflect on the meaningful and thought-provoking responses from the first set of interviews in the 2024 Accountability Research Project. Discovery…
Celebrating the Magic of Managers: Encouraging Teamwork with Rod Young
February 27, 2024
Join Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig on the Good Leadership Podcast as they recall the February 2024 Good Leadership Breakfast, featuring Rod Young, Chief Executive…
Exciting News: Accountability Research Project in 2024
November 22, 2023
In mid-November, Good Leadership announced a new and exciting shared research project. On this episode of The Good Leadership Podcast, Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig…
Good Leadership is a Team Sport: Winning with Archie Black
November 21, 2023
Join Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig on the Good Leadership Podcast as they recall the November Good Leadership Breakfast, featuring Archie Black, recently retired CEO…
Good Leadership is a Team Sport: Recognizing Goodness with Mai-Anh Tran
November 2, 2023
Join Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig on the Good Leadership Podcast as they recall the October Good Leadership Breakfast, featuring Mai-Anh Tran, Associate Vice President…
Good Leadership is a Team Sport: The Art of Healthy Tension with Michele Havens
September 18, 2023
Join Paul Batz and JC Lippold on the Good Leadership Podcast as they recall the September Good Leadership Breakfast, featuring Michele Havens, President of the…
Winning with a Goodness Culture: The Power of Positivity with Glen Gunderson
May 22, 2023
Join Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig on the Good Leadership Podcast as they recap the impactful May Good Leadership Breakfast, featuring Glen Gunderson, President and…
Winning with a Goodness Culture: The Power of Empathy with Christine Geissler
April 17, 2023
Join the Good Leadership Podcast as Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig debrief the April Good Leadership Breakfast featuring Christine Geissler, Global SVP Human Resources of…
Good Leadership Is a Team Sport
October 4, 2022
Good Leadership recently launched its newest book: Good Leadership Is a Team Sport. Paul and Kevin talk about the early drafts of the book and…
Understanding the Seven Fs
September 12, 2022
Faith, Family, Finances, Fitness, Friends, Fun, and Future. In this episode, Paul and Kevin discuss the Seven Fs, the concept of "blending", and how to…
What is Goodness and how does it pay?
August 29, 2022
Why is common sense not common practice? Paul and Kevin discuss the central mission of Good Leadership and explain how goodness pays in the workplace.
Taking time off to be a better leader
August 15, 2022
After a brief hiatus, The Good Leadership Podcast is back! This week Paul and Kevin discuss taking time off (both planned and unplanned) and how…
Is there a bigger topic than trust?
July 11, 2022
Trust is an outcome of how people behave and solve problems together. In this episode, Paul and Kevin discuss the importance for leaders to build…
Communication is the key
June 27, 2022
We are drawn to leaders who can make their ideas simple and compelling. Paul and Kevin discuss how you can measure the communication skills of…
Shared Commitments vs. Ground Rules
June 13, 2022
What is the difference between a shared commitments culture and a ground rules culture? Kevin and Paul explore how a shared commitments culture in organizations…
Blended Benefits: Supporting personal and professional growth
May 30, 2022
Lead with less stress and less fear by fostering an environment of care – both personally and professionally. Listen in as Paul and Kevin discuss…
Disciplined follow through, a cautionary tale
May 16, 2022
We all know what disciplined follow through is and why it's important. But what happens when it doesn't happen? Paul and Kevin explore what happens…
How transparent should your decision making be?
May 2, 2022
As a leader, you make a lot of decisions. How much transparency is expected these days? Listen as Paul and Kevin discuss their thoughts on…
Defining Clear Roles and Responsibilities
April 18, 2022
What does it mean to have clear roles and responsibilities? You might think you know, but how can you be sure? Paul and Kevin define…
Compelling Plans and Why You Should Have One
April 4, 2022
What's the difference between a compelling plan and a business plan? Paul and Kevin dive into what makes a compelling plan compelling, and why you…
Understanding Epoxy Theory
March 21, 2022
This isn't a science podcast, but epoxy theory is a relatively scientific concept. Paul and Kevin discuss why equal parts of relational capital and structural…
Healthy Tension...it's a good thing?
March 7, 2022
No more Minnesota Nice...Paul and Kevin discuss the concept of healthy tension and why it is vital for high-performing teams to master it.
We is Greater than Me
February 21, 2022
Nothing significant happens alone. Paul and Kevin dive into why leadership is a plural concept and how to “shed the superhero cape” and lead a…
Welcome to The Good Leadership Podcast
February 7, 2022
Welcome to the start of The Good Leadership Podcast, hosted by Paul Batz and Kevin Sensenig. In this episode, they will discuss the story of…