Bred To Lead | With Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs
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Bred to Lead” is a transformative podcast that delves into the heart of people-first leadership. Hosted by Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs, a seasoned entrepreneur, author, and leadership expert, this show explores the principles and practices that empower leaders to bring out the best in their teams and achieve extraordinary results. Through candid conversations, real-world examples, and expert insights, ”Bred to Lead” challenges conventional notions of leadership and offers a new paradigm for success in the 21st century. Dr. Jacobs shares his own hard-won lessons from over a decade of leadership experience, and invites other trailblazing leaders to share their stories and strategies for putting people first. Each episode tackles a different aspect of people-first leadership, from building trust and psychological safety, to communicating with empathy and transparency, to developing and empowering diverse teams. Listeners will gain practical tools and techniques for transforming their leadership style, and will be inspired to create workplaces where everyone can thrive and make their unique contribution. Whether you’re a seasoned executive or a first-time manager, ”Bred to Lead” will help you unlock your full potential as a leader and build a culture of engagement, innovation, and purpose. Join Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs on this transformative journey and discover how putting your people first can lead to game-changing results.
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Episodes(5)
Ep. 040 - Build a Championship Team on a Salary Cap: Healthcare Lessons from Sports
Episode 40 explores how healthcare leaders can build winning teams despite tight budgets and limited FTEs by using sports roster principles: system-first design, strategic deployment of talent, and targeted training. The host outlines a five-position framework (anchors, reliable core, developmental,
Ep. 039 The Dance Begins: Curing Operational Blindness in Healthcare
This episode launches the author’s new book, Operational Blindness, and reads key sections that show what transformation looks like when hospitals stop treating symptoms and fix systems. It paints a vision where sterile processing connects to OR outcomes, surgeons stop hoarding instruments, and exec
Ep. 038 -The 10,000-Pound Elephant: Why Old Beliefs Keep Hospitals Chained
This episode uses the baby-elephant metaphor to reveal four deeply held beliefs that trap health care operations—especially Sterile Processing Departments—in dysfunction: that reactivity is inevitable, SPD is merely a cost center, the OR will never be satisfied, and "we're doing the best we can". Dr
(BONUS) Operational Blindness: What’s Costing Hospitals Millions
Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs delivers a keynote on Operational Blindness™ at the ORMBC Summit 2026 in Austin, TX, showing how legacy beliefs, broken structures, and low visibility create the costly gaps hospitals keep calling “surprises” especially in the OR–Sterile Processing relationship. Through storie
EP.037 The Hidden Beliefs That Keep Healthcare Stuck
This episode exposes "operational blindness": invisible beliefs that feel like facts and drive poor decisions in healthcare, especially in sterile processing. Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs explains how activity-based metrics mask real outcomes, causing delays, costs, and eroded trust. He outlines four comm