The Blind Spots Killing Your Leadership with Myra Hall
July 22, 2026
Leaders stop hearing the truth. Culture forms around whatever bad behavior gets ignored. Hard conversations get avoided until they explode. Three blind spots, one slow collapse. This episode shows you how to catch them before they catch you.
Nobody wakes up and decides to be a bad leader. That's exactly the problem. Blind spots don't announce themselves. They just sit there, quietly costing you trust, culture, and results while you assume everything's fine.
This episode breaks down three blind spots that build on each other like dominoes.
Blind Spot One: You Stop Hearing the Truth
The higher you climb, the more filtered your information gets. People stop telling you things not because they're hiding something, but because the cost of telling you feels too high. Silence isn't agreement. It's usually a sign you've made honesty expensive without realizing it.
The higher you climb, the more filtered your information gets. People stop telling you things not because they're hiding something, but because the cost of telling you feels too high. Silence isn't agreement. It's usually a sign you've made honesty expensive without realizing it.
Blind Spot Two: What You Tolerate Becomes Your Culture
You can put values on a wall all day long. Your actual culture gets built by whatever behavior you let slide. Culture happens by design or by default, and if you're not actively shaping it, you're getting the version you didn't ask for.
You can put values on a wall all day long. Your actual culture gets built by whatever behavior you let slide. Culture happens by design or by default, and if you're not actively shaping it, you're getting the version you didn't ask for.
Blind Spot Three: Avoiding Hard Conversations
This is where the first two blind spots collide. You're not hearing the truth, bad behavior is getting a pass, and now the hard conversation you've been avoiding is happening anyway. Just not with you. It's happening in everyone else's head.
This is where the first two blind spots collide. You're not hearing the truth, bad behavior is getting a pass, and now the hard conversation you've been avoiding is happening anyway. Just not with you. It's happening in everyone else's head.
The Bottom Line
Leadership responsibility doesn't mean doing everything yourself. It means owning what happens on your watch, including the stuff nobody told you about. If a conversation feels hard, that's not a reason to skip it. That's your signal it needs to happen now.
Leadership responsibility doesn't mean doing everything yourself. It means owning what happens on your watch, including the stuff nobody told you about. If a conversation feels hard, that's not a reason to skip it. That's your signal it needs to happen now.
Tune in for:
- Why "no news" from your team is rarely good news
- The real difference between a culture built on purpose and one built by accident
- A simple test for knowing when a conversation is worth having, even when it's uncomfortable
You can't fix what you can't see. This episode hands you the flashlight.
Have questions, suggestions or just a great story to tell about some Leadership BS you have experienced? Let us know by emailing us
Today's Featured Coach -
Have questions, suggestions or just a great story to tell about some Leadership BS you have experienced? Let us know by emailing us
Today's Featured Coach -
- Myra Hall - Individual and Team Coaching, Midlife Mentoring- Helping you get excited about life again as you overcome the things that keep you from living and loving a life that counts. - Owner/Founder Waypoint Coaching Group Reach Myra at Myra@WaypointCoachingGrp.com or 765-623-9711
The rest of the gang:The rest of the gang:
- Jeff Conroy - Organizational and Non-profit Expert, Motivational Speaker, Coach - Executive Leader | Difference Maker for nonprofits in strategic planning, operations, and fundraising and development. Owner/Founder of Conroy Leadership Consulting, LLC. Reach Jeff at jeff@ConroyleadershipConsulting.com or 208-215-6285
- Geoff McLachlan - Motivational Speaker, Trainer and Coach, Bringing Fun Back Into the Workplace, Owner/Founder of Professionals At Play Reach Geoff directly at geoff@professionalsatplay.com or 509-869-4506
- Jeffrey Geier - Motivational Speaker, Trainer, and Coach - Helping You Win in Work & Life Owner/Founder of Phoenix Coaching LLC Reach Jeffrey at Jeff@PhoenixCoachingLLC.com or 509-553-9248