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UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders

Cohesion Culture

Hear real-time stories from leaders confessing their most crucial or recent "UH-OH" experiences in business. Learn what their "UH-OH" cost them, steps they took to fix it, and how they planned not to "do that one" again. Hosted by Dr. Troy and Ben-Jamin Toy.

business management

All Episodes

34:15

Using AI Without Losing Trust

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2026/01/13

What happens when integrity collides with convenience? In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and Trevor Crunelle chat with leadership coach, author, and podcaster Kathy Archer for a refreshingly honest conversation about confidence, competence, and the cost of leadership missteps. Kathy shares a pivotal UH-OH moment involving AI, trust, and a leadership value she holds deeply: integrity. What followed wasn’t a public disaster, but something quieter and mo...

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34:22

Not Everyone Wants the Next Promotion

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2026/01/06

What happens when a leader’s best intentions quietly become a burden? In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and guest host, Trevor Crunelle, chat with Chris Lorence for a candid conversation about ambition, assumptions, and an unexpected leadership blind spot. Chris shares a powerful UH-OH moment that emerged from a leadership 360 assessment. While he was widely seen as capable, reliable, and driven, one insight hit hard. His constant push for growth and ...

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40:37

Episode 0 Repost: Ground Zero

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2025/12/30

This Ground Zero episode sets the tone for UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders. Before the guests, our hosts made their fair share of mistakes. Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy kick things off by sharing their own leadership UH-OH moments. From a simple technical oversight that could have derailed a client experience, to career-limiting behaviors that quietly stalled advancement, this episode gets honest about what mistakes cost leaders and what growth requires. You’ll hear why this podc...

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33:46

Trying to Be Everyone’s Friend Cost Me Everything

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2025/12/23

What happens when a leader wants to be liked more than trusted? In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, John Little shares a pivotal leadership UH-OH from his early career at CNN. This mistake cost him credibility, confidence, and a leadership role. At just 27 years old, John stepped into leadership with good intentions and the wrong strategy: trying to be everyone’s friend. What followed was a lesson in accountability, trust, and the difference between being nice and be...

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40:40

The Promotion He Didn’t Want and the Price He Paid

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2025/12/16

What happens when success comes faster than wisdom? In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Donzel Leggett shares a powerful early-career UH-OH that many emerging leaders will recognize and few will admit. Thrust into management before he even wanted the role, Donzel felt the pressure to prove himself, deliver results, and not let anyone down. He did exactly that. And it nearly wrecked his health, his energy, and his life. Working 16 hour days, pursuing an MBA, and chasi...

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35:11

When Your Business Partner Buys a Car with Your Money

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2025/12/09

Regina Huber has lived in six countries, speaks multiple languages, knows dances from across Africa, and built businesses on two continents. But her biggest UH-OH didn’t happen on the dance floor. It happened in Brazil when a trusted business partner drained a joint account to buy himself a shiny new car, derailing their entire venture and leaving Regina with a $100,000 loss, an angry neighborhood, and a long road back to confidence. In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leade...

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33:03

The Weekend That Cost Millions

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2025/12/02

In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Ben-Jamin Toy chats with the endlessly energetic Dr. Danny Brassell, a man who’s lived enough careers to fill a mini-series and enough UH-OH moments to keep it interesting. Danny opens up about the weekend he and his wife bought ten investment properties across the country, from Phoenix, to Salt Lake City, Mississippi, Indianapolis, and Florida. The deal looked golden… right up until it evaporated into a multi-million-dollar catast...

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44:21

Navigating Growth Seasons

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2025/11/25

In this episode of Uh-Oh Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy and Ben-Jamin welcome the dynamic and deeply authentic Kenya Dunn. Known for her power, influence, and transparency, Kenya brings the kind of honesty leaders rarely show publicly. From plant lessons to business lessons, Kenya draws unexpected connections between growth, care, and the moments where everything nearly falls apart. You’ll hear the candid UH-OH that shaped Kenya’s leadership approach, the cost of the mistake, h...

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31:56

Why Women Must Advocate for Themselves

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2025/11/18

In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, hosts Dr. Troy and Ben-Jamin Toy welcome Rosie Zilinskas. Rosie is a Certified High Performance Coach, keynote speaker, and founder of No Woman Left Behind. Rosie shares her powerful journey from surviving a difficult divorce to thriving as a corporate executive and coach dedicated to empowering women in the workplace. Listeners will hear Rosie’s candid UH-OH moment: the realization that waiting to be noticed for her hard work was ...

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39:06

The Day Assumptions Broke the Budget

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2025/11/11

In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with Jeff Price, CEO of Communications Advisory Service. Jeff opens up about the costly UH-OH that hit his company for $47,000 and the even bigger impact it had on his confidence, delegation habits, and leadership mindset. From learning to ask the obvious questions to understanding how integrity sometimes comes with a price tag, Jeff walks through what happened, what it taught him, and how his team r...

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32:26

The One Where the HR Pro Learned Her Own Lesson

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2025/11/04

Even the best leaders have their UH-OH moments. For Danielle Shroyer, a seasoned HR leader turned coach, her big one came down to something deceptively simple: unclear expectations. In this episode, Dr. Troy and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with Danielle to unpack how a performance improvement plan turned into a lesson in communication, comprehension, and compassion. They talk accountability, silent toxicity, and why Brené Brown's “clear is kind” is a leadership survival skill. If you’ve ever thought, ...

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35:26

What Happens When You Set Big Goals… But Don’t Change...

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2025/10/28

In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with John Knowlton, a seasoned entrepreneur and C12 Coach, who shares the moment he realized that setting big goals without changing behavior is a recipe for frustration. John opens up about the year his wealth management firm set a $1 billion target... then stalled out. Through a candid discussion about time studies, misplaced priorities, and personal accountability, he reveals how the UH-OH tu...

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35:49

The UH-OH That Sparked a Movement

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2025/10/21

What happens when everything you’ve built—your reputation, your funding, your credibility—is rooted in the wrong story? Dr. Deborah Heiser, founder of The Mentor Project and author of The Mentorship Edge, joins Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy to share the UH-OH moment that completely changed her career. As a young researcher in the field of aging, Deborah realized she was studying only one side of the coin—frailty, decline, and disease—without ever asking what we have to look forward to as we...

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33:09

What I Learned from a Union Showdown

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2025/10/14

When leadership meets culture clash, lessons get learned the hard way. In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, host Ben-Jamin Toy chats with Kevin Wayne Johnson, founder of The Johnson Leadership Group, to unpack a defining leadership UH-OH. From his 34-year federal career to leading through union politics and organizational culture, Kevin shares what happens when you step into leadership without understanding the unwritten rules — and how character, respect, and integri...

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36:58

The Day Theory Sank and Leadership Learned to Swim

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2025/10/07

What happens when a leadership coach loses everything in one phone call? Dr. Andy Neillie joins hosts Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy for a candid, faith-filled conversation about what he learned when the 2008 crash forced him out of consulting and into an unexpected new career—running swim schools. Andy’s UH-OH moment was humbling. From keynote stages to cleaning up beer bottles by the pool, he learned what servant leadership really looks like when ego meets reality. In this episode of UH-...

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38:23

Finding Purpose After the Pivot

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2025/09/30

What happens when you spend nearly three decades ignoring the pull of entrepreneurship? In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with Yusef Marshall, a leader, coach, musician, author, and man of deep faith, who opens up about his biggest UH-OH — resisting the call to build something of his own. Yusef reveals how chasing stability cost him relationships, health, and nearly his marriage. He shares the breaking point that came during CO...

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36:18

The Power of #2: Why Great Leaders Need Great...

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2025/09/23

In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Ben-Jamin Toy chats with Jake Isaacs, a serial integrator, fixer, and behind-the-scenes operator who has made a career out of turning chaos into order. Jake shares his unlikely start working for the Chicago Bears as a teenager, his journey through hospitality, tech, and nonprofit leadership, and why he proudly embraces the role of “number two” in business. But the heart of this episode is Jake’s candid story of a career-defining UH...

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39:59

The $1.4 Million Lesson

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2025/09/16

In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Michelle Merritt, Chief Strategy Officer at D&S Executive Career Management, shares her UH-OH moment from early in her career. After accepting a role with an automatic “yes” and no negotiation, she later realized the long-term cost of leaving money on the table. Over time, that $10,000 gap added up to $1.4 million in lost earnings. Michelle discusses the lessons she learned from that experience, including the importance of nego...

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28:33

How to Lead When Everything Shuts Down

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2025/09/09

In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, hosts Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with Mathias Lemos Castillo, founder of MLC Consulting. Mathias shares his most recent UH-OH moment: leading a presentation for board members when his laptop suddenly shut down mid-session. With only seconds to react, he pivoted to a backup computer, reconnected, and carried on, proving that leadership often comes down to staying calm, moving quickly, and keeping the show going. The conver...

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34:44

When a “Sure Thing” Falls Flat

UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders ·

2025/09/02

In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, hosts Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with Will Crosswell, Chief Retail Officer at Ardent Credit Union. Will shares a pivotal career misstep when he walked into a credit union presentation underprepared and overconfident. Instead of gaining buy-in, he faced a hard reality check that became a turning point in his leadership journey. Through this candid conversation, Will unpacks what happens when trust is assumed rather than ea...

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