# Kristen McAlister: Building Effective Leadership Teams EP864 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-michael-brian-show-1175342/kristen-mcalister-building-effective-leadership-teams-ep864 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-michael-brian-show-1175342/kristen-mcalister-building-effective-leadership-teams-ep864.md Podcast: [The Michael Brian Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-michael-brian-show-1175342) Published: 2026-07-20T05:48:00+00:00 Episode link: https://BusinessOnTheBeach.podbean.com/e/finish-kristen-mcalister-building-effective-leadership-teams-ep864/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vwk2i3a7byxxeth5/EP864_READY_Kristen-McAlister-building-effective-leadership-teams_for_20th_July8fjjv.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-michael-brian-show-1175342/episodes/kristen-mcalister-building-effective-leadership-teams-ep864 Duration seconds: 2958 ## Resource Kristen McAlister (@kristenmcalister) is a leadership strategist, business owner, and co-owner of Cerius Executives, a leading firm in the interim and fractional executive marketplace. We discuss the idea that building the right team can mean all the difference between scaling and failure. We also discuss picking the right person as well as overcoming some of the pitfalls of integrating them into your business. You can find out more about the work Kristen does over at ceriusexecutives.com and kristenmcalister.com Join the FREE Facebook group for The Michael Brian Show at https://www.facebook.com/groups/themichaelbrianshow Follow Mike on Facebook Instagram & X ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-michael-brian-show-1175342/episodes/kristen-mcalister-building-effective-leadership-teams-ep864/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-michael-brian-show-1175342/kristen-mcalister-building-effective-leadership-teams-ep864.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.