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Management Muse is a leadership and management podcast for professionals who want to improve communication, increase employee engagement, and build high-performing teams. Host Cindi Baldi and co-host Geoffrey Tumlin draw from organizational science, management research, and decades of experience to deliver actionable insights that improve workplace performance. Topics include leadership development, team dynamics, performance management, workplace culture, change leadership, and strategic communication. Whether you’re leading a team or working within one, Management Muse helps you strengthen your skills and drive meaningful results.

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  • Ep 129 - How to Build a Business That Outlasts You | Succession Planning with Elizabeth Ledoux

    Ep 129 - How to Build a Business That Outlasts You | Succession Planning with Elizabeth Ledoux
    6 Oct 2026

    Being the person everyone turns to can feel like the ultimate sign of success. But what happens when you’re no longer there? Cindi Baldi and Elizabeth Ledoux pose a tougher test of leadership: building a business that can thrive without you.

    Elizabeth, founder and CEO of The Transition Strategists, joins Cindi to explore what it takes to build a business that outlasts its founder. What makes a founder ready to let go…and a successor ready to lead? How do you start that conversation if one or both parties don’t feel ready? And could the best person to take over be someone very different from you?

    Drawing on more than 30 years of experience and her own business transition, Elizabeth explores the identity, trust, and uncertainty behind good succession planning. Whether you’re preparing to step back or hoping to step up, this conversation challenges how you think about leadership, legacy, and what comes next.

    *Elizabeth has her own podcast! Tune in to the Business Transition Roadmap here.

    Episode Highlights:

    • Why being indispensable can become a barrier to succession
    • The three-step progression that helps one leader let go and another step up
    • How to ask about becoming a successor without creating pressure
    • Why the next leader may need different strengths than the founder
    • The mindset shift that helps you step away with peace
    • How to identify a good successor and get them ready to lead
    • Why succession planning should begin before you feel ready to leave

    Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yJw_WFEx95E

    About Elizabeth Ledoux:

    Elizabeth started her career as a petroleum engineer before founding several businesses and moving into strategy consulting. She's a sought-after speaker on business succession and family business dynamics, host of the Business Transition Roadmap podcast, and co-author of three books, including the award-winning It's A Journey, The MUST-HAVE Roadmap to Successful Succession Planning. She's also part of Tiger 21, bringing her expertise to a network of high-net-worth entrepreneurs and investors.

    Currently, Elizabeth is living what she teaches—navigating her own family's ranch transition with her brother while also planning the long-term transition of her own consulting firm. She leads a team of trained Guides who help business owners build the strategic foundation for transition, making sure the people side is solid before bringing in lawyers and accountants.

    Connect with Elizabeth:

    The Business Transition Roadmap Podcast | Website | Book: It’s A Journey | Linkedin | Sister Podcast: Your Next Gen Friend

    The Uncertainty Playbook: 14 Strategies for Work Success in a Chaotic World:

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    Want to Go Deeper? Check Out Our Recommended Reading:

    • Hellauer, S., et al. “Leading After the Founder,” Harvard Business Review Magazine, Jan-Feb. 2026, https://hbr.org/2026/01/leading-after-the-founder
    • Chiesman, Laura and Elizabeth Ledoux. It’s A Journey, Sky to Sea Publishing, Feb. 2021, https://link.amazon/B036GLbje

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  • Ep 130 - Reddit’s AI Dilemma: When a Smart Business Decision Later Backfires

    Ep 130 - Reddit’s AI Dilemma: When a Smart Business Decision Later Backfires
    13 Oct 2026
    Reddit saw an opportunity to turn years of human conversation into valuable AI data. But the answers people once visited Reddit to find could now reach them without a visit, and now Reddit is trying to figure out how to undo the decision and bring people back to its platform. In this episode of Management Muse, Cindi Baldi and Geoffrey Tumlin use Reddit’s AI dilemma as a case study to explore how leaders make business decisions under uncertainty. A decision can make sense at the time and still create problems as circumstances change. The challenge is knowing when to revise your strategy, and how to leave yourself room to do so without walking away from a worthwhile opportunity. From cybersecurity staffing and travel planning to a graduate program’s approach to AI, Cindi and Geoff examine the consequences of acting on assumptions, why human discretion is actually becoming more important, and the difference between planning for disruption and overreacting to it. For founders, executives, and managers weighing their next AI decision, this conversation offers a useful question: Are you responding to what is happening…or to what you fear might happen? You’ll learn: How profiting early off of AI has left Reddit with fewer visitors nowWhy a smart business decision can become a problem without having been a mistakeWhen uncertainty is a reason to favor shorter commitments and preserve flexibilityThe jobs that are unexpectedly making a comeback with AIHow preparing for AI disruption can turn into sacrificing opportunities too soon Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qRQtiBCEkpE The Uncertainty Playbook: 14 Strategies for Work Success in a Chaotic World: → Get your copy here. Get Science-Backed Insights and Exclusive Perks Straight to Your Inbox: → Sign up for our newsletter and get a FREE chapter of The Uncertainty Playbook. Want to Go Deeper? Check Out Our Recommended Reading: Palumbo, A. “As Google Embraces AI, One Stock Is Losing Out. Others Are at Risk,” Barron’s, May 2025, https://www.barrons.com/articles/google-ai-reddit-stock-pinterest-5226f4eb Baldi, Cindi and Geoffrey Tumlin. The Uncertainty Playbook: 14 Strategies for Work Success in a Chaotic World, Egghead Press, Mar. 2025, https://a.co/d/0fsUl2zd Join Our Community & Follow Us: - Youtube Channel - LinkedIn - Instagram -Facebook -TikTok - Website Frequently Asked Questions: 1. Can a good business decision become a problem later? Yes. In this Management Muse episode, Cindi Baldi argues that a decision can be reasonable when made and still create problems as circumstances change. She uses Reddit’s AI data opportunity to distinguish the logic of the original decision from its later consequences. Her point is that leaders need to revisit decisions as new information emerges, rather than assume a difficult outcome proves the original choice was a mistake. Discussed at 07:20. 2. How should leaders structure commitments when AI’s impact is uncertain? Cindi Baldi suggests that high uncertainty is a reason to be cautious about long contracts. In the discussion on Management Muse, she argues that shorter commitments can leave businesses more room to adapt when they do not yet know how a technology will be used. While she doesn’t claim to know the specific length of Reddit’s agreements, the takeaway is a general principle about strategic flexibility. Discussed at 07:42. 3. How can leaders prepare for AI disruption without overreacting? Cindi Baldi and Geoffrey Tumlin distinguish planning for a possible threat from making decisions as though that threat has already arrived. Cindi recommends scenario planning: thinking through how your company would respond to different scenarios and setting “trigger points” for when to act. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing that a threat may be distant or may not materialize and not overreacting in anticipation. Geoff emphasizes taking time to understand what is happening and seeking second opinions before reacting. Together, their advice is to prepare a response, preserve flexibility, and avoid costly decisions based solely on a feared outcome. Discussed at 21:38. 4. What does real community offer beyond an AI-generated answer? Cindi Baldi and Geoffrey Tumlin describe Reddit’s value as more than retrieving information. Comments, ongoing exchanges, shared interests, and a sense of belonging can make participation valuable in its own right. Their distinction is between receiving an answer and connecting with people who understand your interests. They discuss how human connection is a potential advantage for communities whose information is also accessible through AI. Discussed at 05:43 and 19:02. Full Episode Transcript: MANAGEMENT MUSE — REDDIT, AI, AND DECISION-MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY Hosts: Cindi Baldi and Geoffrey Tumlin Geoff (00:00) I get what Reddit would have answered, but I never actually go to Reddit. What seemed smart two years ago now isn't. Cindi (...
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  • Ep 128 - A Company With No Managers? Morning Star’s Self-Management Model

    Ep 128 - A Company With No Managers? Morning Star’s Self-Management Model
    29 Sep 2026

    No bosses. Organizational utopia, or a recipe for chaos?

    This week on Management Muse, Cindi Baldi and Geoffrey Tumlin weigh in on the topic using the case study of Morning Star, a California tomato processor that has never had traditional managers.

    It sounds like freedom. It also raises some questions: when the work needs coordinating, or someone isn’t pulling their weight, who steps in? Cindi and Geoff explore how Morning Star uses agreements between colleagues to keep work moving, and why that same system could be much harder to manage in an organization where people’s work is more tightly intertwined.

    Drawing on their decades of management consulting, Cindi and Geoff examine what peers can see that a boss might miss, the biases they bring, and the difficult decisions that come with shared accountability.

    If you’re considering more autonomy for a team, Cindi and Geoff discuss how to test the idea on a small scale and learn from the results.

    Episode Highlights:

    • How Morning Star keeps work moving without traditional bosses
    • Why the degree of interdependence matters
    • What peers notice that a supervisor might miss
    • When peer feedback becomes more complicated than helpful
    • How to test a structural change before rolling it out

    Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/O-wHN587Jgw

    The Uncertainty Playbook: 14 Strategies for Work Success in a Chaotic World:

    → Get your copy here.

    Get Science-Backed Insights and Exclusive Perks Straight to Your Inbox:

    → Sign up for our newsletter and get a FREE chapter of The Uncertainty Playbook.

    Want to Go Deeper? Check Out Our Recommended Reading:

    • Bernstein, E. et al. ”Beyond the Holacracy Hype,” Harvard Business Review, 2016, https://hbr.org/2016/07/beyond-the-holacracy-hype
    • Lazear, E. et al. “The Value of Bosses,” National Bureau of Economic Research, Aug. 2012, https://www.nber.org/papers/w18317

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