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Sessions with System & Soul
Benj Miller, McKenzie Decker
262 episodes
9 hours ago
We made a bold marketing move to accelerate growth. It backfired. In this episode, Benj and McKenzie break down a failed startup marketing strategy and what it exposed about leadership, values, and growth misalignment. It's a real-world case study in what happens when your strategy outpaces your identity. If you're a founder, COO, or scaling a business, you'll learn how to recover from a misstep, realign with your core values, and build a more resilient growth plan. Sessions is hosted by Ben...
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We made a bold marketing move to accelerate growth. It backfired. In this episode, Benj and McKenzie break down a failed startup marketing strategy and what it exposed about leadership, values, and growth misalignment. It's a real-world case study in what happens when your strategy outpaces your identity. If you're a founder, COO, or scaling a business, you'll learn how to recover from a misstep, realign with your core values, and build a more resilient growth plan. Sessions is hosted by Ben...
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Sessions with System & Soul
Reflection: We Chased Growth, and Lost Ourselves Doing It
We made a bold marketing move to accelerate growth. It backfired. In this episode, Benj and McKenzie break down a failed startup marketing strategy and what it exposed about leadership, values, and growth misalignment. It's a real-world case study in what happens when your strategy outpaces your identity. If you're a founder, COO, or scaling a business, you'll learn how to recover from a misstep, realign with your core values, and build a more resilient growth plan. Sessions is hosted by Ben...
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5 days ago
22 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Soul Dive: You Can’t Lead Well Without Breathing Room
Most leaders don’t crash in a blaze of failure. They fade quietly, one decision at a time, as clarity drains and capacity shrinks. In this episode of Sessions with System & Soul, Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker explore leadership capacity. Not just productivity, but the mental clarity, relational energy, and strategic focus that fuel scalable growth, high-performance teams, and sustainable leadership. If you’re managing people, steering strategy, or feeling the friction of dec...
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1 week ago
22 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Hot Takes: Quiet Quitting Begins with Overachievement
Feeling the weight of leadership? You’re not alone. In this Soul Dive, Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker break down the 3 levels of leadership (leading yourself, leading others, and leading leaders) and why everything starts with being inwardly sound and others focused. They unpack the hidden costs of control, the tension between trust and accountability, and how real influence comes from becoming someone others want to follow. Perfect for founders, COOs, and growth-stage leaders ready to lead ...
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2 weeks ago
22 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Free Tools: From Overwhelmed to On Track With Just One Tool
Most leadership teams are busy. But are they aligned? In this Free Tools episode of Sessions with System & Soul, Benj and McKenzie share the one tool every founder, COO, and growth-stage leader needs to create clarity, focus, and execution. You'll learn how to set 90-day objectives that align your team, build real accountability, and drive business transformation—not just activity. If your strategy feels scattered or your team is stuck in the weeds, this episode is your ...
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3 weeks ago
24 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Reflection: When You Grow Your People, Revenue Follows
What if your company’s biggest goal had nothing to do with profit? In this Reflection Session, Benj and McKenzie share a client story where the team set a destination called 200 opportunities in three years — supporting personal milestones like paying off loans, running marathons, and taking dream trips. This people-first approach to leadership development strengthened workplace culture, built team alignment, and sparked the kind of clarity that drives real business growth.&...
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1 month ago
11 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Hot Takes: How Leaders Stay Relevant as Their Teams Grow
What keeps leaders relevant as their teams grow? In this Hot Take, Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker react to two very different insights: Scott Farquhar, Co-CEO of Atlassian, on the four core responsibilities of a CEO (from his conversation with Harry Stebbings on 20VC)Arthur Brooks on the shift from fluid intelligence to crystallized intelligence as leaders matureTogether, these ideas spark a bigger conversation about how managers become leaders and what it really takes to s...
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1 month ago
17 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Free Tools: Planning Season Shouldn’t Require Therapy (Just a Roadmap)
Planning season shouldn’t feel like chaos. In this Free Tools episode, Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker walk through the one-page roadmap that helps leadership teams align vision, strategy, culture, and execution. It's the tool System & Soul uses with every client to cut through the swirl and bring clarity to the table. Learn how to build your strategic plan on one page, make better decisions as a team, and turn long-term vision into focused execution. Want the roadmap? H...
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1 month ago
20 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Reflection: When Moving Too Slow Costs More Than Mistakes
In this Reflection episode of Sessions with System & Soul, Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker explore a challenge every leader faces: how do you balance progress with perfection? They unpack why moving too slow often costs more than mistakes, how hesitation drains culture and alignment, and why leaders learn faster by staying in motion. You will discover: Why momentum is a leader’s greatest growth toolThe hidden cost of slow decisions on team cultureHow perfectionism stalls clarity and execu...
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1 month ago
28 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Soul Dive: Reframe Your Story Before It Frames Your Leadership
Every leader carries stories. Some inspire, some wound, some quietly drive decisions without us noticing. The risk is simple: if you don’t reflect and reframe them, they frame you. In this Soul Dive, Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker explore three timelines of transformation: past experiences, pivotal shifts, and present choices. They share their own stories and invite you to uncover the moments that have shaped your leadership voice. Listen in and learn how to use your story with clarity, trus...
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2 months ago
21 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Hot Takes: Zuckerberg, AI, and the Ugly Truth About Delegation
Mark Zuckerberg recently said he doesn’t believe in delegation. In this Hot Takes episode of Sessions with System & Soul, Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker challenge that idea and explore what delegation really means for leaders scaling a business. They unpack: Why delegating only to “doers” limits innovation and growthThe difference between control and clarity in leadershipHow AI is teaching founders the power of better prompts and constraintsWhy true delegation develops thinkers, not just...
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2 months ago
37 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Free Tools: The 90-Day Tool Every Leadership Team Needs
Too many priorities. Constant firefighting. Feeling like you made progress in 25 different directions but did not actually move the business forward. Sound familiar? In this episode of Sessions with System & Soul, Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker share a simple but powerful tool for setting quarterly objectives and actually hitting them. You will learn how to: Identify the bets worth placing for the next 90 daysCut your “must-do” list down to the most strategic movesCreate alignment and cl...
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2 months ago
29 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Reflection: Execution, Strategy… or Leadership? What Actually Moves the Needle
In this Reflections episode of Sessions with System & Soul, Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker unpack a question that challenges leaders in every stage of growth: is it strategy, execution, or something else entirely that drives real progress? Pulling from candid conversations with CEOs and COOs, they explore why top performers do not always make great leaders, the hidden cost of relying too much on subject matter expertise, and how to navigate the long middle between today’s reality and you...
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2 months ago
22 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Soul Dive: Stop Letting a Dead Battery Lead Your Business
What if the way you manage your time, energy, and resources is shaping your entire company culture? In this soul-first conversation, Benj and McKenzie sit down to explore the hidden mindset behind great leadership: abundance vs. scarcity. This isn’t just a theory. It’s a lens that could reframe how you hire, delegate, invest, and even walk into your next meeting. Benj opens up about his lived experience as an Enneagram Five, where hoarding energy felt like a survival strategy. He shares how t...
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3 months ago
18 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Hot Takes: Only 5% Make It - Who Really Grows with the Business?
What if the two most important leadership lessons aren’t about strategy... but about how you show up in a room? In this Hot Takes episode of Sessions with System & Soul, Benj Miller and McKenzie Reeves Decker unpack two game-changing insights from leaders who have actually built legendary companies. 🔥 Bill Campbell, the trusted coach behind Apple and Google, believed success starts with something most leaders overlook: “Get your 1:1s and team meetings right, and everything else will f...
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3 months ago
27 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Free Tools: Your Scoreboard Might Be Killing Your Momentum
Free Tools: Your Scoreboard Might Be Killing Your Momentum You’ve got numbers. Maybe even dashboards. But here’s the real question: Does your team actually know if they’re winning? In this Free Tools Session, Benj Miller and McKenzie Reeves Decker unpack why most scoreboards fail to motivate and what it really takes to build one that fuels performance and culture. 🎯 What you’ll walk away with: 1️⃣ How “should” metrics quietly drain engagement 2️⃣ The scoreboard vs. report difference (and ...
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3 months ago
29 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Reflection: When People-First Becomes a Leadership Trap
You say you’re a people-first leader… but what happens when it gets hard? Budget cuts. Underperformance. Tough calls that impact real people. In this week’s Reflection Session, Benj Miller and McKenzie Reeves Decker pull back the curtain on what it really means to lead with a people-first mindset, especially when the pressure’s on. Forget the clichés. This is about more than being “nice.” It’s about having the courage to lead with clarity, honesty, and dignity. 🎧 Inside this episode: ✅ Wh...
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3 months ago
25 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Soul Dive: Lead from Within - The 3 Big Questions That Guide the Soul
The 3 Questions Every Leader Must Answer to Stay Grounded In this deeply personal Soul Dive episode of Sessions with System & Soul, Benj Miller takes us back to a pivotal moment that reshaped his identity and leadership. What started as a desperate quest for business answers transformed into a life-changing conversation about what truly grounds us as leaders and humans. Joined by McKenzie Reeves Decker, the conversation peels back the layers of external validation and digs into the s...
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4 months ago
19 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Hot Seat: Faith, Vision and the Missing Leader W/ Clint Emerson
Hot Seat: Faith, Vision and the Missing Leader W/ Clint Emerson In this Hot Seat Session, Benj Miller and McKenzie Reeves Decker sit down with Clint Emerson, CEO of CableQuest, to unpack a key challenge many faith-driven leaders face: How do you turn a God-given vision into meaningful, everyday action? Clint has cultivated a purpose-driven company where chaplaincy, discipleship, and community care are part of the culture. But the mission needs a leader someone who can connect the do...
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4 months ago
30 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Free Tools: End the Meeting Madness - A Weekly Sync That Actually Works
End the Meeting Madness with the Weekly Sync. Let’s be real, most meetings are messy, slow, and totally avoidable. But what if your weekly meeting became the most energizing hour of your workweek? In the next episode of Sessions with System & Soul, Benj Miller and McKenzie Reeves Decker drop one of their most-used tools: the Weekly Sync. This isn’t just a meeting agenda. It’s the system thousands of leaders use to align fast, stay focused, and actually get things done. What you’ll wal...
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4 months ago
29 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
Reflection: Trust First - The Real Work Behind Radical Candor
Benj Miller shares a powerful breakthrough from a real team session. What started as a light, energized morning turned into a raw, honest afternoon. The team finally said what needed to be said. Here’s what stood out: 🔹 Politeness Isn’t Health Surface harmony looks peaceful but hides real problems. Teams need safety to practice real candor. 🔹 Leaders Go First Trust doesn’t happen by accident. It starts when leaders model it with vulnerability. 🔹 Curiosity &g...
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4 months ago
31 minutes

Sessions with System & Soul
We made a bold marketing move to accelerate growth. It backfired. In this episode, Benj and McKenzie break down a failed startup marketing strategy and what it exposed about leadership, values, and growth misalignment. It's a real-world case study in what happens when your strategy outpaces your identity. If you're a founder, COO, or scaling a business, you'll learn how to recover from a misstep, realign with your core values, and build a more resilient growth plan. Sessions is hosted by Ben...