{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Culture Focused Practice","title":"The Owner's Room: When You Realize Your Business Is Alive (and Not a Machine)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2492,"description":"In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper steps into the Owner’s Room — her unfiltered space for talking about the real, raw side of leadership. No polished playbooks. No bulletproof strategies. Just the messy truth of what it feels like to lead when your business isn’t a machine but a living, breathing organism.\n\nThrough five self-reflective questions and two honest scenarios, Tara explores what happens when you feel bogged down, disconnected, or stagnant in your leadership role. She digs into identity shifts, decision-making, team dynamics, and that gut-punch moment of wondering if the practice you built still feels like yours.\n\nThis episode is for every leader who’s ever thought, “What the hell am I even doing?” and needed a reminder that leadership isn’t about fixing all the time — sometimes it’s about listening, stepping back, and remembering your practice is alive.\nTimestamps\n00:00 Introduction and Welcome\n00:08 Owner's Room Special: Unfiltered Leadership Talk\n01:06 The Two-Part Structure of Owner's Room\n01:53 Question 1: Decisions That Feel Alive\n05:31 Question 2: Team Behavior Reflection\n11:04 Question 3: Leadership Frustrations\n13:41 Question 4: Business as a Living Organism\n16:08 Question 5: Fixing vs. Listening to Your Business\n23:21 Scenario 1: Disconnected Tasks and Vision\n31:24 Scenario 2: Leadership and Culture Alignment\n41:15 Conclusion and Final Thoughts\n\n👉 Don’t miss future episodes that go deep into leadership, culture, and the messy middle of practice ownership. Subscribe to the podcast now!","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/P5uMnMVyJYchWaP149qc06GsiCMNhe3xYghlUoWev1I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYjgx/OWI3ZGNiMDdlYTM0/ZGMyYTVhNmZjNzFl/MWRkMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}