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You built your business with passion, grit, and long nights.

Now you're asking:

“Why don’t my employees care like I do?”

In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt breaks down the real reason employee engagement drops — and it’s not laziness.

When teams feel:

• Unclear about direction
• Disconnected from meaningful goals
• Unrecognized for consistent performance

They disengage.

Kristina shares 3 leadership shifts that increase employee engagement immediately:

1️⃣ Provide consistent direction and communication
2️⃣ Connect individual roles to goals that truly matter
3️⃣ Recognize and reinforce consistent performers

She also explains the 10-80-10 principle and why the “watchers” in your organization determine your culture.

If you’re a business owner, founder, or team leader who wants a culture of ownership instead of quiet quitting — this episode is for you.

👉 Listen now and start building a team that cares.

👍 Like, comment, and subscribe for weekly leadership insights.

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Want to involve your team in decision making… without losing leadership control?

In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kristina Schmitt shares how leaders can invite team input while still maintaining clear direction for the business.

Because here’s the reality:

You can ask for feedback
You can listen to concerns
Your team can disagree

…and your leadership decision can still be right for the company.

In this leadership development episode, you’ll learn:

✔️ How to involve employees in decision making without losing authority
✔️ How to gain team buy-in during organizational change
✔️ The difference between collaboration vs. consensus
✔️ What should be open for discussion—and what shouldn’t
✔️ How to lead through emotional resistance to change
✔️ How to communicate leadership decisions with clarity and confidence

If you're navigating change management, team pushback, or leadership decision making challenges, this episode will help you lead with confidence—without compromising direction.

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📺 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/D-sTEaxKFjI
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🌐 Website: https://www.kristinaschmitt.ca
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Decision making under pressure for leaders is one of the hardest parts of leadership.
When you're making 100+ decisions a day, clarity matters before the stress hits.

This episode is for business owners, manufacturing leaders, and people managers who need to make aligned decisions — even when there’s no perfect answer.

In this conversation, you’ll learn how to:

• Make better leadership decisions under pressure
• Align choices with personal and company values
• Use strategic anchors to simplify tough calls
• Balance consequences when there is no good option
• Ask simple questions that improve decision-making in real time
• Communicate early to mitigate risk and stress

Strong leadership isn't about making perfect decisions.

It's about making intentional ones that align with your values, company strategy, and long-term goals — even in high-stress situations where every option feels wrong.

By gaining clarity in advance through:

• Personal values
• Company values
• Strategic anchors
• Long-term life alignment

…you can reduce decision fatigue and lead with confidence.

If you found this episode helpful, consider subscribing for more leadership development insights, or share it with a leader who makes tough decisions every day.

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Your team is capable.
Your strategy is sound.
So why does progress feel harder than it should?

In Episode 89 of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kristina Schmitt unpacks how team discord—both loud and quiet—can slowly damage performance, morale, and results.

You’ll learn:

• Why division distracts teams from real issues
• How ego and self-protection stall progress
• Why “agree to disagree” is a leadership red flag
• What aligned, high-performing teams actually look like

“A house divided cannot stand.”

🎧 This episode is for leaders who feel the tension—but aren’t sure how to address it yet.

👉 Listen now and learn how to move your team from division to direction.

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🌐 Website: https://www.kristinaschmitt.ca
📺 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@KristinaSchmittDevelopment
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Your business is growing.
Your team is expanding.
From the outside, everything looks successful.

So why are you exhausted, frustrated, and quietly miserable?

In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt addresses a truth many business owners and leaders are afraid to admit:

👉 Success without alignment leads to burnout.

Using real client stories—and her own leadership journey—Kristina breaks down:
- Why successful leaders feel trapped in their own businesses
- How Working Genius reveals hidden sources of frustration
- The unspoken expectations that quietly steal joy
- The systems and structures that create freedom, not pressure

This episode offers both immediate relief and long-term strategy for leaders who want success and a life.

🎧 If you’re building something meaningful but feel drained doing it—this episode is for you.

👉 Share this with a leader who needs to hear it.

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🌐 Website: https://www.kristinaschmitt.ca
📺 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@KristinaSchmittDevelopment
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Why won’t employees take responsibility—and why does it keep falling back on you?
If you’re working harder than everyone else and constantly fixing what your team should own, this episode is for you.

In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kristina Schmitt unpacks a question leaders ask behind closed doors:
“Why won’t my employees take responsibility?”

The answer may be uncomfortable—because it doesn’t start with your team.

Through real leadership examples, cultural patterns, and practical mindset shifts, Kristina explains how leaders unintentionally reinforce dependency instead of ownership.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why teams behave based on expected outcomes
• How leaders unknowingly train employees to wait instead of lead
• Why always having the “best solution” kills ownership
• The simple shift from telling to asking that builds confidence and initiative
• How to create a culture of responsibility without micromanaging

This episode is a wake-up call for leaders who are exhausted, overextended, and ready to stop carrying everything alone.

🎧 Listen now and start building a culture of ownership—not dependence.

📺 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FpvM3Z1mY2o
🚀 Direct Download: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2256331/episodes/18583094-why-employees-avoid-responsibility-and-how-leaders-fix-it.mp3?download=true

✨ Stay Connected with Kristina

🌐 Website: https://www.kristinaschmitt.ca
📺 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@KristinaSchmittDevelopment
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Struggling to move your goals—or your team’s goals—forward?
In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kristina Schmitt shares actionable strategies for leaders, managers, and business owners to set goals that actually work and follow up effectively to ensure results.

You’ll learn how to:

• Set SMART goals that actually work
• Stay focused on priorities without getting distracted
• Follow up with your team to move goals from plan to action
• Create accountability without micromanaging

Whether you’re leading a small business, managing a team, or driving organizational success, this episode gives practical tools to turn goals into measurable results.

📺 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eKSLhiZXWxg
🎧 Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/businessbuildingblocks/lfollowupongoals
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Leadership clarity is the difference between working hard and actually moving the business forward.

In this episode, we break down why many capable leaders still feel stuck—and how closing the clarity gap leads to stronger decisions, aligned teams, and sustainable growth.

This conversation is for:

• Business owners who feel stretched but not scaling
• Leaders and managers navigating complexity and competing priorities
• Executives who want clearer strategy without more noise

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why strategy is often mistaken for tactics
• How unclear markets, products, and messaging slow execution
• Why leadership isn’t about being the hero—but removing friction
• How clarity improves alignment, confidence, and momentum

If you’ve ever wondered, “How do I know the thing I’m doing my best at is actually the best thing to do?”—this episode will challenge and sharpen your thinking.

🎙️ About the Guest

Alexander Michael Gittens (AMG) is a managing partner at Rupert Rodney, where he helps leaders close the clarity gap to scale faster, sell better, and lead with confidence.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amgittens/
Rupert Rodney: https://www.rupertrodney.com/

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