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  • 5 New Year Resolutions Every CEO Should Make in 2026

    5 New Year Resolutions Every CEO Should Make in 2026
    Dec 30 2025

    Heading into a new year, most leadership resolutions never make it past the kickoff memo. In this episode, co‑CEOs Jeremy Eden and Terri Long share 5 specific resolutions for CEOs and senior leaders who want measurable change.

    You’ll hear a real‑world “pothole” from a customer journey gone wrong, why big companies struggle to act as one company, how to get employees saying “they listened to us and acted on our ideas,” and why it’s time to replace people who drive you nuts but don’t drive you forward.

    Highlights

    • Fixing customer journey “potholes” that erode trust
    • Making “one company” behavior a strategic and budgeting priority
    • Getting employees’ ideas first—before bringing in consultants
    • Replacing opinion‑driven decisions with fact‑driven decisions
    • Why keeping the wrong people drives out your best performers
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    7 min
  • Why Employees Stay Silent: 14 Barriers Killing Innovation at Work

    Why Employees Stay Silent: 14 Barriers Killing Innovation at Work
    Dec 2 2025

    If you think your people "don’t have ideas," you’re wrong. They have thousands—you’re just not hearing them. Jeremy Eden and Terri Long walk through 14 reasons employees stay silent, from fear of looking foolish to decision-makers playing corporate whack-a-mole. You’ll learn how to create incentives, safety, and processes that help great ideas surface before consultants have to dig them out.

    Highlights

    • Why leaders misjudge their employees’ creativity and commitment
    • The real risks employees see when they suggest changes
    • How lack of access, analysis help, and collaboration blocks ideas
    • Why habit and normalization hide obvious problems
    • The impact of "that’s not my job" and limited big-picture understanding
    • How to move beyond a small "go-to" group and involve more people

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    (00:00) Employees have ideas—so why hire consultants?

    (02:30) No upside, real risk: why people stay quiet

    (04:15) Fear of looking foolish or exposing the boss

    (05:10) No access to decision-makers

    (06:00) Ideas need analysis and collaboration

    (07:30) Disengagement and “not my problem”

    (08:40) Getting used to bad processes

    (09:55) No training or priority for ideas

    (10:30) Corporate “whack-a-mole” decision-making

    (11:20) “Nobody listens anyway”

    (12:10) “That’s not my job” and staying in your lane

    (13:10) Missing the big picture and process view

    (14:30) Only a few people own “continuous improvement”

    (16:10) How to design a process that unlocks ideas


    #Leadership #Innovation #EmployeeEngagement #ContinuousImprovement #CompanyCulture #Management
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    19 min
  • Too Busy Is Not A Strategy: 7 Reasons Leaders Say It And What To Do Instead

    Too Busy Is Not A Strategy: 7 Reasons Leaders Say It And What To Do Instead
    Nov 18 2025

    Leaders say “we’re too busy” when the real issues are prioritization, fear, or conflict avoidance. Jeremy Eden and Terri Long share practical ways to kill zombie projects, apply the Eisenhower Matrix, set boundaries, and turn vague pushback into honest trade‑offs with dates. Stop glorifying busyness. Start shipping what matters.

    Highlights

    • Prioritize with importance over false urgency
    • Replace “we’re too busy” with specific trade‑offs
    • Name the fear and make it safe to ask questions
    • Model healthy work‑life signals from the top

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    (00:00) Why “too busy” shows up

    (03:00) Prioritization failures and zombie projects

    (05:05) Eisenhower Matrix, urgency vs. importance

    (07:50) Conflict avoidance and disagreeing with the boss

    (10:35) Fear of the new and not understanding acronyms (TLAs)

    (12:20) The badge‑of‑busy culture

    (13:30) Polite “too busy” vs. honest no

    (16:55) Make real trade‑offs and commit to dates

    (18:50) If everything is a priority, nothing is a priority
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    21 min
  • Why Business “Guru Advice” Fails: 6 Practical Management Moves That Work

    Why Business “Guru Advice” Fails: 6 Practical Management Moves That Work
    Nov 4 2025

    Vague advice won’t fix your meetings or decisions. Terri Long and Jeremy Eden break down six practical moves leaders can implement right away: time‑boxed meetings with a visible countdown, asking “How do you know that?”, entrance interviews after 30–60 days, AARs after big projects, shorter meetings by default, and problem‑first brainstorming.

    Highlights

    • Countdown clocks that keep meetings on track
    • Evidence‑seeking questions that unblock decisions
    • Onboarding as a source of competitive insight
    • After‑Action Reports for learning and process change
    • 10–15 minute meetings when 30 isn’t needed
    • Brainstorming for problems to spark better solutions

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    21 min
  • 12 Proven Ways to Retain Talent and Reduce Employee Turnover

    12 Proven Ways to Retain Talent and Reduce Employee Turnover
    Oct 21 2025

    Exit interviews rarely reveal the truth. Jeremy Eden and Terri Long share practical, proven ways to reduce employee turnover and retain great talent, starting with manager training, smart pay strategy, and safer feedback loops. You’ll get concrete tactics you can implement now, from scheduling fixes to recognition habits and building non-manager career paths for top individual contributors.

    Highlights

    • Exit interviews vs. continuous, acted-upon feedback
    • Pay slightly above market the right way
    • Managers as the retention lever
    • Work-life boundaries that don’t punish high performers
    • Don’t tolerate poor performance—protect your best people
    • Internal mobility, equity, and career paths without promotions
    • Involve employees in process change and act on input

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    21 min
  • One Company Strategy: Break Silos and Move Faster

    One Company Strategy: Break Silos and Move Faster
    Oct 7 2025
    Run your organization as one company, not many. This episode shares a practical one-company strategy to break silos and move faster with real examples from Goldman Sachs, Heinz, Fidelity, Nordstrom, Walmart, Apple, Sony, Applebee’s, and TGI Fridays. You’ll learn how shorter, scannable artifacts unlock selling time at Goldman Sachs, how factory matchmaking at Heinz turns excess capacity into savings, why over‑servicing overnight support in retail destroys ROI, and how procurement and marketing misalignment leads to waste that companies like Walmart avoid with smarter vendor partnerships. We also discuss what Apple’s unified approach got right, why Sony’s division‑driven model struggled by comparison, and how brand collaborations like Applebee’s and TGI Fridays' product licensing demonstrate cross‑team wins that compound.What you’ll learnThe cost of silos and a repeatable one-company operating modelArtifact upgrades that speed decisions and reduce busyworkA 60‑minute “speed collaborating” format any team can runIncentives and recognition that make collaboration the defaultHow to align procurement, R&D, marketing, and operations around shared outcomesChapters: (00:00) Intro(00:32) Why companies don’t act as one company(01:26) Glassdoor example at Fidelity(02:30) Why silos happen and how they hurt execution(03:09) Goldman Sachs binder problem and the “Chinese wall” myth(04:25) Fix: shorter report formats approved by audit/legal(05:31) Heinz Europe: 30 factories, siloed awareness(07:07) Heinz US: cross-division collaboration and licensing idea(08:07) Applebee’s/TGI Fridays licensing to retail (Walmart pitch)(09:21) Heinz “dices in tomato sauce”: smaller dices reduce downtime, boost sales(12:06) Retail call center: overnight support analysis and right‑sizing(14:47) Service design notes and the Nordstrom piano anecdote(15:29) SKU chaos: frozen pizza pepperoni consolidation to cut costs(17:29) Procurement vs. product assumptions and vendor poster waste(18:52) Poster fix: custom counts beat blanket seven‑poster orders(19:23) Force multiplier: talk across divisions to find simple wins(20:25) Cross‑pollinate managers to break silo thinking(21:07) Apple vs. Sony: unified org vs. divisions (Walter Isaacson insight)(22:02) Speed collaborating: 10–20 minute cross‑team rotations(22:58) Budget challenge: make cost‑imposers justify requirements(23:33) Steering committee: shared visibility to spark collaboration(24:38) Incentives: align bonuses to shared goals, not divisions(26:03) Recognize cross‑team wins to reinforce behavior(26:38) Boots‑on‑the‑ground rule for new projectsThis episode is great for leaders and operators who want faster execution, fewer handoffs, and better customer experiences, especially at enterprise scale, where silos form easily#breaksilos #collaboration #incentives #operating #customerexperience , #costsavings #governance #steeringcommittee #speedcollaborating #goldmansachs #heinz #Fidelity #Nordstrom #Walmart #Apple #Sony #applebees #tgifridays Learn more at harvestearnings.comSubscribe for practical leadership episodes and templates. Share this with a teammate who owns reporting, service ops, or procurement; they’ll thank you later.
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    28 min
  • How to Train Your Boss: Become a Trusted Advisor

    How to Train Your Boss: Become a Trusted Advisor
    Sep 23 2025

    How to train your boss the right way so you become a trusted advisor at work. Learn how to pair positive feedback with fact‑based truth, teach your role, take initiative, offer half‑loaf solutions, and clarify communication so leaders decide faster.

    Takeaways

    • Positive feedback that keeps truth flowing
    • The “cold cup of coffee” (non‑judgmental hard truths)
    • Teach your boss your role; avoid TLAs
    • Take initiative and propose half‑loaf solutions
    • Clarify ambiguous directions in meetings
    • Show you care under pressure


    Chapters

    (00:00) Introduction

    (02:06) Why “train your boss” helps everyone

    (03:35) Positive feedback that keeps truth flowing

    (05:30) The “cold cup of coffee”: fact‑based tough news

    (08:00) Teach your boss your role; avoid TLAs

    (10:25) Praise yourself and your coworkers

    (12:10) Take initiative with real examples

    (15:25) Offer half‑loaf solutions that move forward

    (17:50) Help leaders clarify ambiguous directions

    (21:50) Understand priorities; show that you care

    (25:24) Recap and takeaways


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    24 min
  • Budget Process Killing Your ROI? 4 Hidden Problems Costing Millions (+ Solution)

    Budget Process Killing Your ROI? 4 Hidden Problems Costing Millions (+ Solution)
    Sep 9 2025

    Traditional budgeting DESTROYS shareholder value! This episode reveals how budget gaming leads companies to ship unfinished products, waste millions on "wooden nickels," and create toxic accountability problems.

    Discover how idea-based budgeting transforms 3-month budget battles into 3-week solutions with real accountability. Based on 25+ years helping Fortune 500 companies eliminate budget theater.


    Key Budgeting Topics:

    • The budget crime scene: Why traditional processes fail
    • Massive time waste and adversarial meetings
    • Gaming that destroys company culture
    • Meaningless allocation battles over "wooden nickels"
    • No accountability or early warning systems
    • Idea-based budgeting that works in real-time

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    #BudgetProcess #CorporateFinance #BusinessStrategy #OperationalExcellence
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    24 min