{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Selling From the Heart Podcast","title":"Leadership Is Love with Standards featuring Nick Reich","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1755,"description":"Nick Reich is a leadership coach, author, and CEO of Abundant Empowerment and CoLab, where he helps leaders build high-trust, high-performance teams rooted in purpose, accountability, and human connection.\nWith more than two decades of experience across business, nonprofit, and social impact organizations, Nick specializes in turning complex leadership challenges into practical strategies for developing people and strengthening culture.\nHis upcoming book, Every Player Is Bigger Than the Program, combines storytelling, strategy, and systems thinking to challenge leaders to measure their legacy not only by what they build, but by who they build along the way.\nSHOW SUMMARY\n\nWhat if higher performance doesn't come from putting more pressure on people but from investing more intentionally in them?\nIn this episode of Selling from the Heart, Larry Levine and Darrell Amy welcome Nick Reich to explore why great sales and great leadership begin with seeing people as human beings, not titles, quotas, or sources of revenue.\nNick shares the remarkable story behind Every Player Is Bigger Than the Program. While coaching at a small charter school without a gym or established basketball program, he built a people-first culture that helped his team become the fastest in Indiana history to win a high school basketball state championship.\nThe conversation explores why organizations cannot demand elite performance without investing in coaching and development, why leaders must focus on the people and processes behind the numbers, and how purpose, values, and accountability shape lasting cultures.\nNick ultimately captures his philosophy in one powerful statement: “Leadership is love with standards.” Caring deeply about people doesn't mean lowering expectations. It means developing, challenging, and holding people accountable because you believe in who they can become.\nKEY TAKEAWAYSSelling is an act of leadership. Both require helping people believe something better is possible.See...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/n0ZRdDRG3wDfbthdUV_eFsMqptVAYkz5BxmFn3LZimI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xOTcw/NWMwNmUwYTM4MTNj/OTUwMTkzNzZkYzRj/NGEwMC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}