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Kestryl Sessions

Conversations on EQ, leadership, and what it actually takes to build teams that perform in high-consequence environments.

Ep. 01

May 2026

Why Self-Awareness Is the Foundation of Every Leadership Problem

Dan breaks down Tasha Eurich's research on self-awareness and why the gap between perceived and actual self-knowledge creates most of the dysfunction we see in high-consequence teams.

Ep. 02

May 2026

Conversational Capacity: What Most Teams Get Wrong About Hard Conversations

A deep dive into Craig Weber's framework and how to apply it in environments where avoiding conflict carries real operational costs, not just relational ones.

Ep. 03

May 2026

What High-Performing Teams in Aerospace and Defense Actually Look Like

The behavioral patterns that show up across high-consequence industries when teams are operating at their best, and the leadership behaviors that create those conditions.

Ep. 04

June 2026

Retention Is a Leadership Problem, Not an HR Problem

Why the teams that struggle most with turnover are often the ones where leadership behavior is the root cause, and what the research actually says about why technically excellent people leave.

Ep. 05

June 2026

Human Performance Improvement and the Emotional Variables Nobody Talks About

HPI frameworks assume people behave rationally under pressure. They do not. Dan unpacks the emotional variables that undercut even well-designed safety systems.