Lasso Lessons: Ted on Life, Leadership & Learning

Lasso Lessons: Ted on Life, Leadership & Learning

Cathy and Mike break down each episode of Ted Lasso with an eye towards what it can teach us about life, leadership, & learning.

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August 3, 2026 26 mins

Ted’s mother shows up unannounced, Jamie’s “lost his wings”, and the Richmond players want Nate to rejoin the team.  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down “Ted Lasso” S3E11, “Mom City” with an eye towards adult development and leadership.  How is “Ted Lasso” like “The Wizard of Oz” and what can we learn from Jamie about leveling up our complexity of ...

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While Richmond’s players join their national teams for international competition, Edwin Okufo dreams of a SuperLeague, Nate and Keely deal with leaving their job, and Roy sports a tie-died t-shirt. Join Cathy and Mike as they break down S3E10 of “Ted Lasso”, “International Break” with an eye towards adult development and leadership.  How to quit with intention and bounce back successfully after fa...

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June 17, 2026 23 mins

Can Colin reconcile with Issac? Will Nate join Rupert in a “boys night out”? And can Roy get out of his own way?  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down Season 3, Episode 9 of “Ted Lasso”, “La Lockeroom Aux Folles” with an eye towards adult development and leadership.

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April 14, 2026 29 mins

Ted worries that Dr. Jake plans to propose to Michele.  Nate wants Jade to label their relationship.  Keely deals with the fallout of a leaked video.  

Join Cathy and Mike as they break down Season 3, Episode 8 of “Ted Lasso”, “We’ll Never Have Paris” with an eye towards adult development and leadership.  How can you recognize whether your workplace has a culture of trust, and...

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March 4, 2026 35 mins

Keely &  Jack and Nate &  Jade navigate the ways of love.  Sam anxiously awaits the arrival of his father, and gets into an online fight with the British Home Secretary about the fate of stranded refugees. Ted, Beard, and Roy pursue “total football” using some unorthodox training techniques.  

Join Cathy and Mike as they break down S3E7, “The Strings that Bind Us” with an ey...

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November 12, 2025 28 mins

Coach announces, “No curfew”:  How will everyone spend their free night out in Amsterdam?  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down S3E6 of “Ted Lasso”, “Sunflowers”.  The team bogs down, Trent serves as mentor to Colin, Rebecca gets cozy with Gezellig, and Ted is inspired by Van Gogh and Tex Winters.

How can you use RAPID to make better decisions, and what would it mean to derive i...

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October 22, 2025 21 mins

 In the wake of their big loss to Nate and Rupert's Westham, Richmond is struggling to get a win.  Rebecca ponders maternity, Keely must fire a friend, and Ted deals with a (surprising) bully.  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down Ted Lass Season 3, Episode 5, “Signs” with an eye towards leadership and adult development.

They discuss: The Dunning Kruger Effect, Compliment Sandwiches, No Rules Rules (again),...

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October 7, 2025 30 mins

With the big game between Rebecca’s Richmond and Rupert’s West Ham looming, will Ted and Nate reconcile?  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down Season 3, Episode 4 of “Ted Lasso”, “Big Week” with an eye towards adult development.  How should you deal with a big mistake at work?  And what does it mean to rewrite a story that you hold about someone?

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Should they stay or should they go?  We finish out the second season of “Ted Lasso” with “Inverting the Pyramid of Success” in which it seems like almost everyone has to make a decision about parting:  Sam must decide if we will follow Edwin Akufo back to Africa or stay with Richmond–and Rebecca.  Keely must deal with how to tell Rebecca she will be moving on from Richmond to run her own...

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March 19, 2025 25 mins

Dr Sharon is on her way out, Sam may depart as well, Nate continues to stew, "Vanity Fair" is featuring Keeley as a business leader, and Trent reveals Ted’s big secret. Cathy and Mike return to break down S2E11 of “Ted Lasso”, “Last Train to Royston” with an eye towards lessons in adult development and leadership. Join them as they check out the Nigerian art and life lessons from the forest, and discus...

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July 19, 2023 29 mins

How do you solve a problem like Zava?  Join Cathy & Mike as they discuss lessons of leadership and adult development from S3E3 of “Ted Lasso”, “4-5-1”.   A brief history of literary prognosticationsMacGuffins. Jesus Christ, Eurostar.  Job shadowing and the necessity of supervision. The myths(?) of the 10x coder and the 80/20 rule

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Fresh starts abound:  Trent writes a book, Keely hires a friend, and Rebecca pursues a Euro-star.  Join Cathy and Mike as they discuss S3E2 of Ted Lasso “(I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea” with an eye towards lessons in leadership and adult development.

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April 27, 2023 40 mins

Newly promoted to the Premier League, Richmond AFC is picked to finish last by the press–while Rupert’s West Ham is picked to end up near the top!  Rebecca worries that Ted isn’t worried enough, but Keely advises to “let Ted be Ted”.  Ted, though, seems more concerned about while he’s still in London, far from his son. 

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After the death of Rebecca’s father, self-awareness burgeons.  Join Cathy and Mike as they discuss leadership lessons and adult development in "Ted Lasso".  The whole team dons dress shoes, and Nate worries about his suit. Rebecca and Ted share their fathers’ betrayals, and we discuss how they respond to trauma. Roy can’t stop joking about Keely’s ruminations on death.  Jami and Roy both pledg...

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March 22, 2023 22 mins

After the big loss, Beard battles his personal demons while exploring a different side of Richmond.   Join Cathy & Mike as they explore lessons in leadership and adult development in Ted Lasso. The original After Hours as part of a larger subgenre.  Scorsese meets Joe Frank.  A Blue Moon hangs over Wembley.  The haunting of Gary Lineker and Thierry Henri.  The downside of Cognitive Reframing. ...

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February 23, 2023 24 mins

With the big game looming, Dr. Sharon crashes, Jami knocks down a bully, Rebecca and Sam finally get together, and Ted makes a stunning (and yet maybe expected) revelation.  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down S2E8 of Ted Lasso, “Man City”.  

Brené Brown shows up again.  Different modes of coaching: Supervision, Management, & Leadership.  Admitting mistakes at work:  What does the T...

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January 11, 2023 22 mins

Keely needs space, Nate mocks Colin, and Ted isn’t quite ready to engage in therapy.  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down S2E7 of Ted Lasso:  “Headspace” with an eye towards lessons in leadership and learning.  We once again discuss how to have Difficult Conversations and Cathy provides an approach to deal with Immunity to Change:  What to do when you need to make an important change but som...

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November 30, 2022 28 mins

Everyone is stuck in a bad pattern; how can they escape?  Join Cathy and Mike as they break down S2E6 of "Ted Lasso, The Signal”, with an eye towards lessons in leadership and adult learning.  Esther Perel finally shows up, and Brene Brown reappears.  Ever more fathers and sons.  Birth of a “Wonder Kid”.  Difficult Conversations and curious questions. How do you deal with stress: Fight, fl...

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October 19, 2022 31 mins

Nate seeks status, Roy strives to discover where he belongs, and Rebecca seeks love. Join Cathy and Mike as they break down “Ted Lasso” S2E5, “Rainbow” with an eye towards lessons in leadership.    It’s Rom-Communism at its best at Richmond AFC when Ted provides the light in the Dark ForestCognitive Reframing, redux.  The Hero’s Journey–and branding!?!   Pow...

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August 17, 2022 20 mins

It’s Christmas time in Richmond.  The Higginses throw a party,  Roy & Keely go in search of a cure to a noisome problem, and Ted and Rebecca bear gifts. Join Cathy and Mike as they break down “Ted Lasso” S2E4, “Carol of Bells” with an eye towards lessons in leadership.  The “Trust Equation” returns, morale runs high, and how is and isn’t a workplace like a family?

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