Leadership Huddle with Geoff Welch

Leadership Huddle with Geoff Welch

Leadership Huddle is a resource for developmental leaders who value communicating clearly, helping others smash limiting beliefs, and drawing the best work from themselves and those they lead. Covering topics related to personal and developmental leadership, self-management, delegation, and healthy mindsets, Geoff Welch uses each episode to help leaders like you enrich their people and build winning teams.

Episodes

The Power of Experiments in Work and Life with Steve Pratt

October 8, 2025 • 60 mins
I was two minutes into this interview when I knew it had completely gone off the rails.I want to introduce you to Steve Pratt.Steve’s response to my opening question, “what makes you weird,” was so good that I basically scrapped the rest of my questions and just enjoyed the ride.From producing offbeat kids’ shows to co-founding Pacific Content—the world’s first branded podcast agency—Steve has made a life out of leaning into the un...
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Every Impossibly Effective leader does this

October 5, 2025 • 13 mins
I was on the verge of a long night of peaceful sleep when this realization yanked me from my slumber and refused to let go of me.Every Major League Baseball player works on the fundamentals of baseball every day.They hit, they throw, and they catch. Before every single game.They are the best of the best. The top 1% of the top 1%.And every day they work on the basics.I find this fascinating because you would think the most elite pla...
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The Freedom of Not Sweating the Small Stuff with Meadow Riedel

October 1, 2025 • 57 mins
This conversation is so full of leadership gold.You wouldn’t believe how much didn’t make it into the final cut.Today I’m joined by Meadow Riedel, External Affairs Manager for Kinross Alaska, whose 25+ year communications career has intersected with some of Alaska’s most vital industries. From leading crisis response during the 2018 Anchorage earthquake to fostering trust-based partnerships in mining, Meadow shares candid insi...
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These words are leadership magic

September 28, 2025 • 15 mins
“You’re the first person to say ‘please’ today.”It was after 6PM and the guy behind the meat counter at my local grocery store hadn’t heard the word “please” yet during his nearly completed shift.“That’s a rough streak,” I replied.“I mean, I can’t say ‘no’ if they don’t say ‘please’, but, you know…”I translated his incomplete sentence to mean, “it’s still nice to hear, even if it is my job to provide a service.”We exchanged a few p...
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Helping Students Find Their Path with Amanda Langhorst

September 24, 2025 • 49 mins
Amanda Langhorst didn’t just find her career. She built a career around helping others find theirs.In this conversation, I talk with Amanda Langhorst, Program Director of the Applied Management program and Instructor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management. We talk about the power of self-advocacy, why listening is the most underrated management skill, and how purpose and impact can tr...
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Enjoy the rain!

September 21, 2025 • 15 mins
What she said was so backwards.And yet I couldn’t believe I had never heard it before.I was walking through Costco on a particularly rainy Saturday morning when I heard a worker conclude an interaction with a customer by saying, “enjoy the rain!”The person was being wholly genuine and my attention was immediately captured because I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone use that phrase before.The idea that a rainy day is something to b...
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HR Should Be a Partner, Not the Police with Nicole Welch

September 17, 2025 • 52 mins
When Nicole Welch first began her career in HR, she never imagined she’d one day be representing healthcare before legislators, leading in an organization with nearly 2,000 employees, or serving as Chief Human Resources Officer of Foundation Health Partners, an independent health system that didn’t yet exist.In this conversation, Nicole – who also happens to be my wife – opens up about her journey from “accidental leader” to execut...
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Why do I feel like somebody is watching me?

September 14, 2025 • 15 mins
I was at an event recently and ran into a former leadership student I hadn’t seen in ages.I was really excited to cross paths and I asked them how they were doing after all this time.They laughed, told me they were well, and said they feel like they “see me” all the time because they get these messages.It’s a worthy reminder that the people around you are paying attention, even if you don’t realize it.They know what you say and the...
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Why Simple Beats Complicated in Fitness with Caleb Whittle

September 10, 2025 • 51 mins
These eleven words stopped me in my tracks:“If fitness isn’t in your top three priorities, it won’t happen.”When Caleb Whittle left the CMO chair for the weight room, he had no idea he was about to reshape how high performers think about fitness. Caleb now helps executives and leaders cut through the noise—ditching fad diets and overcomplicated routines—in favor of simple, sustainable habits that actually work.In this conversa...
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There is no such thing as balance

September 7, 2025 • 14 mins
You’ve been lied to.For years you’ve been fed a message suggesting that the ideal relationship between your work life and your personal life is one of balance. An implied 1:1 ratio.This ratio is not only generally impossible, but it completely betrays your own preferred mix.I’ve talked to so many people who feel a strong sense of tension about this relationship. Not because they hate how much they are working, but because...
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Comfortable being uncomfortable with Mark Oldmixon

September 3, 2025 • 52 mins
When Mark Oldmixon first stepped into the Alaskan outdoors, he had no idea it would shape two decades of his life—and countless others. As Director of Nanook Recreation at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Mark has spent nearly 20 years helping students and community members stretch their comfort zones through rock climbing, rafting, ice climbing, and other adventures. In this episode, we talk about his journey from sub...
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The Litmus Test for Clarity

August 31, 2025 • 16 mins
I’m going to get plenty of hate in the comments, but here’s my take:Clarity is the most powerful lever leaders have to influence the success of their team.Ensuring your people have complete clarity about the desired outcome, their role in the work ahead, the timeline, and how their work interrelates to the work others are doing is the single most important thing a leader can do to help them win.And the best test for whether this cl...
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The Minutes Matter with Amber Zins

August 27, 2025 • 50 mins
When a COO admits she hates flying but plans the next trip before the wheels touch down, you know you’re in for a candid conversation. In this episode, I sit down with Amber Zins, Chief Operating Officer at Northrim Bank, to talk about building leaders by growing your own, setting clear guardrails, and giving people runway. Amber traces her path from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, south to KPMG in Anchorage, and onto...
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I know what's slowing you down

August 24, 2025 • 19 mins
I didn’t mean to eavesdrop. I really didn’t. But I just couldn’t help myself.On a recent camper trip, Nicole and I found ourselves across the path from a pair of couples with tents.On the morning of their departure it was fascinating to watch both couples go about dismantling their tents to pack everything into a pair of Jeep Wranglers.One couple was orderly and rehearsed. They had what appeared to be a checklist and were methodica...
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Leaving Your Ego at the Door with Heather Handyside

August 20, 2025 • 40 mins
Today’s episode features Heather Handyside, President and COO of Thompson & Co. Public Relations, who joins me to talk about leadership, culture, and making big career transitions. Heather’s career spans high-profile roles in government, corporate communications, and now agency leadership, and she brings a wealth of perspective on building strong teams and maintaining high standards while fostering genuine support for her ...
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Are you assuring your own failure?

August 17, 2025 • 15 mins
A friend of mine* has recently been waking around 4AM and struggling to fall back asleep.I’m no sleep expert, but we chatted about how he responded to this nocturnal frustration and something struck me.Every time he woke up unexpectedly, he grabbed his phone and scrolled social media in an attempt to settle his mind and return to sleep.And he scrolled and scrolled, night after night, unable to find rest.Regardless of how you rate t...
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Why Every Leader Needs to Think Like a Teacher with Luke Meinert

August 13, 2025 • 45 mins
In this episode of the Leadership Huddle, I sit down with Dr. Luke Meinert, Superintendent of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. With over two decades of experience in Alaska’s public schools, Luke brings both strategic clarity and a deep sense of humanity to a role that is equal parts challenge and opportunity. We talk about baseball as a metaphor for leadership, what leaders can learn from kindergarten teacher...
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Kelly Clarkson is my dream girl

August 10, 2025 • 14 mins
The other night I had this dream in which I realized I was married to Kelly Clarkson.There was a legitimate feeling of increased status and cachet in having such a direct connection to a rich, famous, superstar.Except there was one big problem.In addition to the fact that Dream Geoff had no recollection of ever having met Kelly, he was also married to our actual wife, Nicole, of whom we are both quite fond.Dream Geoff was trying to...
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Rethinking Publishing for Change-Makers with Jesse Finkelstein

August 6, 2025 • 56 mins
In this episode, I talk with Jesse Finkelstein, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Page Two Books, a publishing firm that’s redefining what it means to bring a book to life. Jesse shares her journey from bilingual camp counselor to publishing executive, and why she and her co-founder built a company that treats authors like CEOs—with a C-suite behind them. We dig into what makes Page Two’s hybrid model so compelling for thought leaders ...
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Think like David Bowie

August 3, 2025 • 17 mins
I can fall down a rabbit hole from time to time watching videos about music production.I love hearing about how a certain song uses a sample from a James Bond movie, but they reversed it and chopped it up and turned it into a hook that most people would never know wasn’t wholly original.And it’s wild to me to think that every song I’ve ever loved was built on a foundational palette of 12 tones.The piano sitting next to me has 88 ke...
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