{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"SightShift with Chris McAlister","title":"Lunch with Chris: The Elizabeth Holmes Stare Is in Your Building Too","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d42dbf7f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":972,"description":"Elizabeth Holmes is back in the news and a documentary clip has gone viral. That stare. Chris has seen it before — not just from Theranos, but from board rooms he sat in early in his career. Today he breaks it down.\n\nChris McAlister goes live every Wednesday at noon Eastern. Insecure leaders show up two ways: they prove (manipulate, distort, stare people down, use the fine print to stay right) or they hide (withdraw, avoid, go quiet when they should speak). Most people have never worked directly under someone with that level of distortion. But they've seen the echoes: \"per my last email,\" \"we're a family here,\" the contract that was never meant to be honored. The fix is ancient and concrete: let your yes be yes and your no be no. Three steps to actually live that, starting today.\n\n🎯 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN\n\n🔍 Why Elizabeth Holmes' stare isn't shocking if you've ever worked for someone who leads from fear\n⚡ The two modes insecure leaders default to under pressure — proving and hiding — and how both ruin teams\n🌳 Corporate speak decoded: the phrases that tell you your leader is manipulating rather than leading\n💡 Why \"let your yes be yes\" is the hardest leadership standard — and what keeping your word builds in you\n🔧 The scarcity mindset behind every broken promise, and what it means to believe there's enough\n🧭 Three steps to build the kind of integrity that makes you a leader people don't need to second-guess\n\n⏱️ TIMESTAMPS\n\n00:00 — Opening: Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, and That Viral Stare\n01:21 — \"I've Seen That Stare Before\" — Welcome to Lunch with Chris\n02:35 — The Two Modes of Insecure Leadership: Prove and Hide\n03:08 — The Distortion Most Leaders Never Work Directly Under\n04:25 — Corporate Speak: The Language of Insecurity\n05:15 — \"We're a Family Here\": The Most Insidious Phrase\n05:53 — The Healthiest Leaders Don't Stare, Don't Manipulate\n06:54 — Fine Print, Loopholes, and the Insecure Leader's Playbook\n07:42 — The Three-Party Oath: When God Witnesses Your Word\n08:38...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QVOh3B-0PWIpbP4nVXVtRTiALsX789_gxLr87Er4yRc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNTc5/ZWQ2ZDVhZTQxZWQ2/ODVkNTcwNzkyMTg1/YWJkYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}