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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

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...

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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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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42:03

Promotion Isn’t the Finish Line

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2025/08/26

What happens when your first big leadership role turns into a reality check? In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, hosts Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy chat with Nick Wodogaza, a seasoned credit union executive and leadership advisor, to uncover the costly lesson he learned when he went from peer to manager overnight. Nick shares the UH-OH moment that reshaped his leadership philosophy, why feedback and self-awareness matter more than titles, and the steps he took to ...

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39:44

Kyle McDowell on Leading with 'We'

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2025/08/19

What happens when a leader realizes their team fears them? For bestselling author and speaker Kyle McDowell, that was the big UH-OH moment. In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Kyle shares how self-reflection and vulnerability transformed his leadership—from ego-driven “me” to purpose-driven “we.” Expect raw honesty, lessons on accountability, and a fresh perspective on why transparency alone isn’t enough. If you’ve ever wrestled with the gap between the leader you a...

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34:23

The Expensive Mistakes You Don’t Have to Make

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2025/08/12

In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Ben-Jamin Toy and Dr. Troy Hall sit down with marketing strategist and journalist Ellie White-Stevens to talk about the costly mistakes new business owners make and how to avoid them. Ellie shares her own “Double UH-OH” moments, from overlooking the value of a good bookkeeper and business attorney to discovering unexpected expenses that could have been prevented. With candor and humor, she walks us through the lessons learned, the...

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35:05

From Self-Focus to Selfless Fatherhood: A Leader’s...

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2025/08/05

What happens when your future plans get completely rerouted at 18? In this raw and reflective episode, Jon Clark sits down with Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy to share his biggest UH-OH—becoming a father as a teenager—and how that life-altering moment shaped everything that followed. From trading dorm rooms for diapers to discovering the power of presence, Jon opens up about how his identity evolved beyond just roles like “dad” and “business owner.” He unpacks the mindset shift from selfish ...

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34:44

Turning Uh-Ohs into Ah-Ha’s

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2025/07/29

In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Joe Caruso shares a moment that almost turned into an UH-OH, and the unexpected tool that helped him avoid it: a sticky note. Listen in as Joe reflects on: The power of emotional regulation in leadershipHow a simple pause can change your next moveWhy it’s better to respond than to react especially when trust is on the lineWhat it means to hold someone accountable without burning bridgesThrough a story about one unsent email and a ...

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40:23

The Cost of Assumptions

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2025/07/22

In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy welcome the insightful and refreshingly candid Kandi Gongora. She’s a leadership powerhouse with a sharp eye for operational gaps and a soft spot for reality TV. Kandi shares a recent UH-OH moment that hit where it hurts: employee compensation. What happens when a trusted leader is new, confident… and wrong? What’s the real cost of assuming someone’s got it covered? And more importantly, how do you r...

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36:49

The Cost of a Wrong Hire

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2025/07/15

What happens when the person you hire isn’t the right fit and the problem might actually be you? In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dan Rivers gets real about one of the costliest leadership mistakes he’s made: hiring without clarity. From setting poor expectations to skipping over KPIs, Dan walks us through what it cost him, how he owned the failure, and the systems he’s built to avoid it happening again. We also dig into how self-reflection, headspace, and intenti...

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35:23

When “That’s Not My Job” Costs You the Job

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2025/05/20

In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy sit down with Chris Bower, CEO of Endurance Federal Credit Union, for a candid, straight-shooting conversation about what it really takes to lead well. Chris opens up about his leadership evolution, from a task-first, empathy-later mindset to recognizing that truly effective leadership means caring about the whole person. He shares lessons learned the hard way, the value of embracing responsibility ...

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33:43

The Courage to Speak Up (Even When You’re Called...

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2025/05/13

What happens when your gut tells you something’s off but you don’t act on it? In this episode of UH-OH Conversations with Cohesive Leaders, Cynthia Campbell joins Dr. Troy Hall and Ben-Jamin Toy for a powerful and personal conversation on leadership, intuition, and the hard lessons that come from hesitating at the wrong time. With two decades of experience in the credit union world and a new chapter as founder of Soul Path Leadership, Cynthia unpacks a real-world “UH-OH” moment: a delayed sy...

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41:07

From Setbacks to Success: Michael Lounsbury on...

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2025/05/06

What happens when you realize you’re just another number in a company? How do you turn career setbacks into leadership breakthroughs? In this episode, Dr. Troy and Ben-Jamin Toy sit down with Michael Lounsbury, a published author, HR consultant, and former military professional, to explore self-confidence, career growth, and the power of knowing your value in the workplace. Michael shares two major "Uh-Oh" moments, one as an employee who accepted being overlooked and underpaid, and another as...

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