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My Favorite Mistake: Learning Without Blame in Business and LeadershipAuthor: Mark Graban
My Favorite Mistake is a podcast about learning without blame in business and leadership. Despite the name, its not just my favorite mistakeits yours, its ours, and its what we can all learn from when things dont go as planned. Hosted by author and consultant Mark Graban, each episode features honest conversations with leaders, executives, entrepreneurs, and changemakers about a meaningful mistake they madeand what they learned after things went wrong. How they responded. How they improved. How they grew as leaders. This isnt a show about failure theater, gotcha moments, or simplistic lessons learned. Its about how real people reflect, improve, and lead better in complex organizationswithout scapegoating, shame, or hindsight bias. What Youll Hear Leadership and management mistakes that reshaped careers, teams, and organizations How teams and leaders learn without blaming individuals Insights about culture, systems, decision-making, and psychological safety Practical lessons drawn from real experience, not abstract theory Guests come from business, healthcare, technology, sports, entertainment, government, and academia, sharing stories that reveal how learning actually happens. The Perspective Mark brings a systems-thinking lens grounded in Lean management, continuous improvement, and psychological safety. The focus is less on who messed up and more on what the system taught us. Who This Podcast Is For Leaders and managers who want to learn from mistakes without blame Executives working to build healthier, more resilient cultures Professionals who believe improvement starts with reflection, not punishment My Favorite Mistake: Learning Without Blame in Business and Leadership Language: en Genres: Business, Entrepreneurship, Management Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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The Tony Robbins Call He Rescheduled -- with Tyler McBroom
Episode 371
Monday, 19 October, 2026
In 2016, CPA Tyler McBroom had a call on the calendar to discuss partnering with Tony Robbins’ accounting alliance. It was set for 10:30 PM his time, because the other side was in Australia. The day before, Tyler and his father decided that was too late and asked to move it inside business hours. The reply was “Sure, no problem.” Then nothing, for three years. Tyler, now CEO of TRM CPA and author of Cash Flow and Grow, explains what that request taught him about how he treated a rare opportunity. He describes why he kept following up every month with evidence of progress, and what he concluded about whether a four-person firm was ready for the growth it was chasing. We also talk about how changing when his firm got paid, not what it charged, nearly eliminated accounts receivable and raised sales conversion. Tyler explains why big price increases lose fewer clients than owners fear, how he kept a social media bet alive through nine months of zero clients, and what his firm’s “grin test” for deductions is. For leaders, the lesson is practical. When an opportunity that size knocks, don’t ask it to work around your schedule. And build the capacity to handle what you’re asking for before it arrives. Episode page, full transcript, and show notes Follow My Favorite Mistake in your podcast app, and leave a rating or review if this episode was useful.
