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Real CEO Confidence in Uncertain Times | Leading Through Chaos with Rome Madison

What does real CEO confidence look like when the pressure is high, the answers aren’t clear, and uncertainty feels constant?

In this episode of The Frustrated CEO Podcast, Patrick and Patsy sit down with executive coach and leadership strategist Rome Madison to unpack how today’s CEOs and founders can stay grounded, decisive, and confident—even while navigating chaos, complexity, and rapid change.

Rome shares a practical leadership framework built on self-acceptance, competence, and strategy, and explains why humility, customer proximity, and embracing uncertainty are not weaknesses—but competitive advantages. This conversation offers real-world guidance for leaders who feel stretched thin, stuck in complexity, or overwhelmed by constant demands.

Whether you’re leading a fast-growing company or steering an organization through turbulent times, this episode delivers clarity, perspective, and actionable insights for leading with confidence when certainty is off the table.

🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• What real CEO confidence looks like during uncertainty
• How self-acceptance strengthens executive decision-making
• Why humility is a competitive advantage for leaders
• How staying close to customers sharpens strategy
• How to lead effectively when there are no clear answers

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🎧 About the Show

The Frustrated CEO Podcast helps founders and CEOs cut through the noise, gain perspective, and lead with clarity through growth, complexity, and uncertainty.

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Profitable but stressed about cash flow? You’re not alone.

This episode is a short segment from Episode 102 of The Frustrated CEO Podcast, titled “Let’s Get Practical.” In this focused clip, fractional CFO Brian Keyser joins Patrick and Patsy to explain why profitable businesses still struggle with cash flow—and what leaders can do right now to fix it.

You’ll hear a clear breakdown of profit vs. cash flow, how timing issues, poor forecasting, and bad financial datacreate cash shortages, and why even fast-growing companies can feel constantly cash-starved.

In this practical cash flow segment, you’ll learn how to:

• Free up trapped cash
• Tighten accounts receivable
• Improve cash flow management
• Build simple cash flow forecasts that actually work
• Replace guesswork with financial clarity

If you’re a CEO, founder, or small business owner dealing with cash flow problems despite being profitable on paper, this segment delivers actionable financial advice you can apply immediately. Strong cash flow fuels better decisions, stronger leadership, and healthier teams.

🎧 For the full conversation, listen to Episode 102 of The Frustrated CEO Podcast.
This “Let’s Get Practical” segment is a great starting point if cash flow stress is holding your business back.

About the Guest

Brian Keyser is a fractional CFO at Anthem Strategists, helping business owners gain control of cash flow and build smarter financial systems.

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Disconnected managers are quietly hurting performance, culture, and execution, and many leaders don’t realize it until retention, engagement, and results start slipping.

In Let’s Get Practical | Episode 101, we talk with Greg Roche, a retention and workplace connection expert, about why leadership disconnection is increasing, how hybrid work and technology are driving workplace loneliness, and why employee engagement and retention depend more on authentic human connection than perks, programs, or policies.

This episode is essential listening for leaders, managers, executives, and people leaders navigating today’s hybrid and remote work environments.

You’ll learn practical strategies to:
• Rebuild trust and connection across teams
• Reduce conflict and unnecessary escalations
• Improve execution and accountability
• Strengthen workplace culture and employee retention

If you care about leadership development, management effectiveness, workplace culture, employee engagement, and the future of work, this conversation will shift how you lead.

🎧 Tune in now and get practical.

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