You can be hitting every number and still be a bad leader. That was Robert Adams' wake-up call. Right after losing the VP role he thought was the peak of his career, a mentor told him bluntly: "You've left your people behind you."

In this episode, I sit down with behavioral leadership coach Robert Adams to unpack the important lessons behind his 40-year leadership journey. From working in his family's catering business as a kid to running a $400M division— he shares the moments that forced him to rebuild his leadership style from the ground up.

We talk about why being great at your job isn't enough once you're leading people, how to get honest feedback instead of the polite kind, and the leadership framework he built around something surprisingly simple: a table setting.

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