# S7|G23 Liz Weber on the Leadership Lie That's Costing You Everything Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-will-nevr-work-podcast-518078/s7-g23-liz-weber-on-the-leadership-lie-that-s-costing-you-everything Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-will-nevr-work-podcast-518078/s7-g23-liz-weber-on-the-leadership-lie-that-s-costing-you-everything.md Podcast: [That Will Nevr Work Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-will-nevr-work-podcast-518078) Published: 2026-06-10T11:00:02+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s7-g23-liz-weber-on-the-leadership-lie-that-s-costing-you-everything--71957962 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71957962/s7_g23_liz_weber_on_the_leadership_lie_that_s_costing_you_everything.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/that-will-nevr-work-podcast-518078/episodes/s7-g23-liz-weber-on-the-leadership-lie-that-s-costing-you-everything Duration seconds: 1705 ## Resource What if the busyness you've been wearing as a badge of honor is actually the most expensive and most well-defended excuse you've been making for not doing the strategic leadership work your business most urgently needs? In this episode of That Will Nevr Work, host Maurice sits down with Liz Weber, CMC, CSP — one of fewer than 100 people in the United States to hold both the Certified Speaking Professional® and Certified Management Consultant® designations, founder and President of Weber Business Services, LLC, author of 10 leadership books, named a Top 30 Global Guru on Leadership and Global Top 100 Leadership Influencer, faculty at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown, and a consultant who has worked with organizations across more than 20 countries — for one of the most direct, credentialed, and immediately actionable conversations about leadership, busyness, and strategic clarity we have ever had on this show. Liz does not traffic in motivation or theory. She tells leaders the truth — and then gives them the specific, practical frameworks to act on it. Ace & Arrow In this episode, you'll discover: Why "I'm so busy" is the most expensive lie in business — and what it's actually covering for The most costly behaviors in Liz's Stop series — and the single Stop most business owners refuse to make The difference between operational planning and genuine strategic leadership — and why it changes everything about how a business grows Why succession planning is not an exit conversation but an urgent strategic priority for every business owner, right now How candid conversations — the ones most leaders systematically avoid — are the ones that change relationships and build the organizations that actually perform The Leadership E.A.S.Y. framework and why the complexity most leaders… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/that-will-nevr-work-podcast-518078/episodes/s7-g23-liz-weber-on-the-leadership-lie-that-s-costing-you-everything/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-will-nevr-work-podcast-518078/s7-g23-liz-weber-on-the-leadership-lie-that-s-costing-you-everything.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.