Leading Without the BS

Lydia Lightner, Director of Sales & Marketing at Scalzo Hospitality, sits down to talk about the moment she stopped managing her team's problems and started building people who could solve their own. She walks through the internal shift from technical performance to behavioral leadership and the community crisis that put it all to the test, all while maintaining a healthy, high-performance culture.

Wingspan Performance leaders discuss navigating tough business decisions with no clear answers, the power of challenging ideas, receiving feedback, and building high-performing teams. Learn practical strategies from the Wingspan Performance System™ for better decision-making, cross-functional input, and leadership growth from real hospitality crises and everyday executive scenarios.

Wingspan Performance leadership advisors (and spouses!) Cathy Maday and Ivan Konermann discuss why accountability is essential for retention in today's tight labor market. Learn how to move past the fear of holding people accountable, strengthen relationships, and use the Wingspan Performance System™ to boost performance without sacrificing trust. Their real-world stories as spouses who lead together make this one worth your time.

If you're still telling yourself you "have to have all the answers," it's time to challenge that and unlock your leadership performance by releasing that pressure. Wingspan Performance experts explore the powerful shift from relying on technical expertise to mastering better questions, behavioral leadership, and deliberately co-creating with your team. These key shifts can help drive the performance results for teams and leaders ready to break through their current ceiling.

Discover the origins of the Wingspan Performance System™ with founder Cathy Maday. Shay Prosser, founder of North 12 Partners, flips the script and gets Cathy in the hot seat to share how she built a practical behavioral system for healthy high performance, Advancing Questions®, Activating Language®, and leader behaviors that drive results for technical and seasoned leaders. This no fluff conversation explores the real-world tools created for leaders desiring sustainable success, strong relationships, and personal ownership.

Discover how Ryan Haas, President of Scalzo Hospitality and frontman of The UnderGroove, applies rockstar stage presence to lead high-performing hospitality teams. In this Wingspan Performance episode, Ryan shares powerful lessons on creativity, energy management, crisis leadership in Minneapolis, the "inside game," and building cultures through Advancing Questions® and healthy conflict. Perfect for leaders seeking total performance that boosts both people and the P&L.

Discover how former business owner and counseling psychology expert Bruce Stankavage joined Wingspan Performance as a Leadership Performance Advisor. In this candid conversation with Cathy Maday, Wingspan Performance Founder + CEO, shares his powerful transition, the immediate impact of Wingspan’s behavioral performance system on leadership, communication, and family life, plus why mindset, accountability, and intentional leadership drive unstoppable results. Perfect for business owners, CEOs, and leaders seeking real performance breakthroughs beyond traditional coaching.

Discover powerful leadership lessons from today's episode with Wingspan Performance Advisor, Mike Johnson, and Taylor Stewart of Sandia National Labs. In this conversation, Taylor shares how she brings calm under pressure, humor, curiosity, and authentic personality to massive-scale national security operations. Learn practical strategies for challenging the status quo, measuring observable behaviors, influencing with data, and staying grounded as a high-level leader.