The Harvest Doesn't Lie With Jeff Geier
August 19, 2026
Harvest doesn't create your results. It just reveals what you've been planting all year. This week's panel drags the wheat field metaphor straight into your leadership meetings and asks the question you've been dodging: if your team is growing exactly what you've been cultivating, are you actually proud of that crop?
Your Culture Isn't Broken. It's Just Showing You What You Planted.
Every year the wheat fields of southeast Washington turn from dark soil to green to gold, and then the combines roll in. But here's the thing nobody talks about at 5am in the coffee shop: harvest doesn't create the yield. It just reveals what was already growing. This week's panel takes that idea and runs it straight into your org chart.
Sowing Season Never Ends
The crew unpacks why business crises that feel sudden almost never are. That "malcontent" employee, that turnover spike, that culture that suddenly feels toxic? None of it showed up overnight. It's the harvest of decisions made months or years ago, whether anyone was paying attention or not.
The crew unpacks why business crises that feel sudden almost never are. That "malcontent" employee, that turnover spike, that culture that suddenly feels toxic? None of it showed up overnight. It's the harvest of decisions made months or years ago, whether anyone was paying attention or not.
You Can't Demand What You Didn't Plant
Leaders love asking for ownership, accountability, and initiative while quietly starving the conditions that grow them. The panel gets blunt about the gap between what execs say they want and what they're actually cultivating day to day.
Leaders love asking for ownership, accountability, and initiative while quietly starving the conditions that grow them. The panel gets blunt about the gap between what execs say they want and what they're actually cultivating day to day.
Know What You're Growing Before You Plant It
Steal a handful of seeds without checking the label and you'll get dandelions, not wheat. Same goes for culture. The group digs into why "begin with the end in mind" isn't just a Covey quote, it's the whole game.
Steal a handful of seeds without checking the label and you'll get dandelions, not wheat. Same goes for culture. The group digs into why "begin with the end in mind" isn't just a Covey quote, it's the whole game.
Scorched Earth Always Comes Due
One panelist lays out the two kinds of leaders: the ones who mortgage next year for this quarter's numbers, and the ones who play the long game. Spoiler: only one of them survives 60% turnover more than once.
One panelist lays out the two kinds of leaders: the ones who mortgage next year for this quarter's numbers, and the ones who play the long game. Spoiler: only one of them survives 60% turnover more than once.
The Bottom Line
If your team, your culture, or your bottom line looks disappointing right now, stop asking what went wrong this week. Start asking what you've been cultivating all year. The harvest doesn't lie, and neither does your leadership.
If your team, your culture, or your bottom line looks disappointing right now, stop asking what went wrong this week. Start asking what you've been cultivating all year. The harvest doesn't lie, and neither does your leadership.
Tune in for:
- Why "sudden" leadership crises are almost never actually sudden
- The uncomfortable difference between harvesting and planting (and why some leaders only know how to do one)
- A gut-check question to ask about your own team this week
- Why coaching exists for the stuff you literally cannot see from inside your own field
Go check your soil before you blame your crop.
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 -
- 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
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
- 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