The Frustrated CEO
Being a CEO is a balancing act. You carry the weight of big decisions, yet hold the power to shape your company’s future. How you lead matters just as much as what you do — and having a clear roadmap can make all the difference. The Frustrated CEO Podcast is your guide on that journey. Each episode dives into proven strategies, processes, and systems to help you boost influence, take confident action, and achieve meaningful success — both professionally and personally. We explore leadership challenges, share actionable insights, and offer practical tools to help you elevate your game while enhancing your well-being. Want to share your leadership experience as a guest? Email us at anya@thelyonsgroupconsulting.com — we’d love to have a friendly conversation and highlight your insights for our audience.
Episodes
In this episode of The Frustrated CEO, we continue our Hidden Dynamics Killing Execution series by unpacking a common, and often overlooked, organizational dynamic: “The Voice of the People.”
Who speaks for your team when leadership isn’t in the room?
Every organization has someone who takes it upon themselves to tell leadership what “everyone” is thinking, feeling, or say...
In Part 3 of our Hidden Dynamics That Are Killing Execution series, Patrick and Patsy uncover one of the most damaging relationship dynamics inside organizations: Divide and Conquer.
When leaders and team members build alliances instead of alignment, teams become fragmented, trust erodes, and execution slows down. Meetings happen before the meeting, and again after the meeting, while people take sides instead of movi...
In Part 2 of our series, Hidden Dynamics That Are Killing Execution, Patrick and Patsy unpack one of leadership's most overlooked patterns: The Rescuer.
While rescuing often comes from a place of genuine care, it can quietly create dependency, stifle growth, and leave leaders exhausted. In this episode, you'll learn how to recognize this hidden dynamic, shift from solving every problem yourself, and build the cap...
Why do great strategies so often fail in execution?
In this episode of The Frustrated CEO, Patrick and Patsy uncover the hidden dynamics that quietly derail teams, damage culture, and prevent organizations from achieving their goals. While many execution problems are blamed on processes or strategy, the real obstacles are often rooted in human behavior.
They explore how both intentional and unintention...
In this episode of The Frustrated CEO Podcast, Patrick and Patsy tackle a challenge they see in organizations of every size: leadership teams that are working hard together but aren't intentionally developing the leadership capacity needed for future growth.
As organizations grow, existing leadership structures are often stretched beyond their limits, exposing gaps that can slow momentum and create frustratio...
🎙️ The Frustrated CEO Podcast | Episode 107
Authentic Networking, AI & the Future of Leadership with Luis Carbo
In Episode 107 of The Frustrated CEO Podcast, Patrick and Patsy sit down with Luis Carbo of ProVisors to explore the growing disconnect in today’s hyperconnected world and why meaningful human connection is becoming the ultimate competitive advantage in business.
This conversation dives into au...
Welcome back to The Frustrated CEO with Patrick Lyons and Patsy Feeman—where we say the things leaders are thinking but don’t always say out loud.
In this second edition of “Frosting My Cookies,” Patrick and Patsy dive into one of the most common (and accepted) workplace habits… that might actually be doing serious damage:
👉 “Venting.”
It feels harmless. It even feels good in...
Welcome to The Frustrated CEO with Patrick Lyons and Patsy Feeman, where we explore the real workplace frustrations leaders don’t always say out loud.
In this episode, we unpack what’s really driving frustration in today’s workplace—from leaders who ask for fresh perspectives but shut them down, to the everyday communication breakdowns that quietly erode team performance.
If you’ve ever e...
Real CEO Confidence in Uncertain Times | Leading Through Chaos with Rome Madison
What does real CEO confidence look like when the pressure is high, the answers aren’t clear, and uncertainty feels constant?
In this episode of The Frustrated CEO Podcast, Patrick and Patsy sit down with executive coach and leadership strategist Rome Madison to unpack how today’s CEOs and founders can stay grounded, decisive, ...
Profitable but stressed about cash flow? You’re not alone.
This episode is a short segment from Episode 102 of The Frustrated CEO Podcast, titled “Let’s Get Practical.” In this focused clip, fractional CFO Brian Keyser joins Patrick and Patsy to explain why profitable businesses still struggle with cash flow—and what leaders can do right now to fix it.
You’ll hear a clear breakdown ...
Disconnected managers are quietly hurting performance, culture, and execution, and many leaders don’t realize it until retention, engagement, and results start slipping.
In Let’s Get Practical | Episode 101, we talk with Greg Roche, a retention and workplace connection expert, about why leadership disconnection is increasing, how hybrid work and technology are driving workplace loneliness, and why employe...
In this episode of The Frustrated CEO Podcast, hosts Patrick Lyons and Patsy Feeman sit down with Mohammad Anwar, CEO of Softway and co-founder of Culture+, for a candid conversation on leadership, company culture, and business transformation.
Mohammad shares his powerful origin story, how rapid success left him “power drunk,” and how Softway’s once-strong culture turned toxic—nearly driving t...
What does real CEO confidence look like when everything feels uncertain?
In this episode of The Frustrated CEO Podcast, Patrick and Patsy sit down with executive coach Rome Madison to explore how leaders can stay grounded, decisive, and confident while navigating chaos, pressure, and constant change. Rome shares a practical leadership framework built on self-acceptance, competence, and strategy, and explains why humi...
Profitable on paper but stressed about cash? You’re not alone. In Episode 102 of The Frustrated CEO Podcast, fractional CFO Brian Keyser joins Patrick and Patsy to break down the real reason profitable businesses still face cash crunches. Learn the critical difference between profit vs. cash, how timing issues and bad data create dangerous blind spots, and why simple forecasting beats guesswork every time.
This...
Disconnected managers are quietly wrecking performance, culture, and execution, and most CEOs don’t see it coming.
In this episode, we sit down with retention and connection expert Greg Roche to unpack why manager disconnection is on the rise, how hybrid work and technology are fueling unprecedented levels of loneliness, and why authentic relationships, not perks, are the real engine of engagement.
Greg ...
🎉 100 EPISODES!
For this milestone, we flipped the script. Instead of hosting, we jumped into the hot seat and handed the mic to Drew Harden, CEO of Blue Compass and one of our most engaging past guests.
In this episode, Drew guides us through a candid, behind-the-scenes conversation about our podcast journey—covering our biggest lessons, surprising moments, and humbling realities. We get real about why authent...
Thinking about selling your business? Learn what buyers really want and how to protect your company’s value, culture, and legacy in this eye-opening conversation with John Petrov and Peter Mistretta of Knight Investment Group.
🔗 Guest Links:
Knight Investment Group — [https://knightig.com]
🎙️ Subscribe to The Frustrated CEO Podcast for more conversations that help business leaders grow, lead, ...
She Beat Cancer, Then Redefined Leadership – with Dr. Cindy Howard
🧠 What if your health is the key to your leadership success?
In this inspiring episode of The Frustrated CEO Podcast, we're joined by Dr. Cindy Howard, functional medicine expert and author of "Positively Altered", who shares how surviving cancer transformed her leadership style—and why physical and emotional wellness is essential for ever...
Episode 97 – Stop Working In the Business: Start Leading It | The Frustrated CEO Podcast
Are YOU the bottleneck in your business?
In the final episode of our Growing Up Your Business series, Patrick and Patsy dive into one of the most critical (and most frustrating) leadership challenges: making the shift from working in the business to working on it.
If you're a CEO or leader who's constantly...
Are your leaders truly ready for growth — or are they the reason your business is stuck?
In Part 4 of our Growing Up Your Business series, Patrick and Patsy uncover a hidden growth killer: leadership immaturity. Too many companies promote top performers into leadership roles without preparing them for the very different work of coaching, delegating, and empowering others.
The result? Bottlenecks, stalled executi...
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