Host: Carrie Tuttle

Guest: Luticia Miller

Do you wait for permission before taking on something big or do you go for it? Today’s guest really goes for it!

Luticia Miller is President and Managing Partner of DRIVE Workforce Lodging, an award-winning camp company serving major projects across Canada. She started as a welding apprentice in northern Alberta, became a project controls leader on a billion-dollar industrial build, and moved into executive strategy, capital, and governance after completing her Executive MBA at Queen's University.

Luticia is a multi-startup founder and co-founder, an advisor in clean energy and Indigenous industry participation, and sits on the board of Alliance Trust Company. For more than 20 years, her answer to almost every opportunity has been the same: say yes, then figure it out.

This episode digs into shifting from high-context communication to being more direct, the discipline of over-communicating so people can act with confidence, and her two non-negotiable team rules.

Luticia is candid about the moment she had to raise her hand and stop a founder she was advising, even when she was the only one in the room with doubts.

This conversation holds great advice, contextual stories, and a reminder that trust is built when a team takes accountability together.

QUOTE-WORTHY MOMENTS

• “Much of what I’ve accomplished in my career is by virtue of not knowing that it wasn’t possible. So I did it.”
• “’It’s not my job’ does not belong in our vocabulary. We don’t get to say that.”
• “When we can all together as a team take accountability, that’s where the gold is at. That’s where we build trust.”

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Being direct delivers more value than high-contextcommunication when the stakes are high.
• Assuming best intent lowers defences and lets feedback actually land.
• The best advice comes from lived experience, not theory.
• Initiative and autonomy drive the biggest gains, but onlywith clear communication behind them.
• Leaders have to over-communicate so their teams can act with confidence.
• “It’s not my job” and blame-shifting have no place on ahigh-trust team.
• For women in male-dominated industries, focus on the work, not the gap.
• Shared accountability is where trust gets built and where the real gold is.
• Reframing the story, from recycling to green manufacturing, is what makes people’s eyes light up in her world.
• Adapting your style for team members who need more guidance is a growth opportunity, not a compromise.

LINKS FROM EPISODE

Luticia Miller on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luticia-miller-emba-2a160a36/

Drive Workforce Lodging - finalist, Emerging Scale Up of theYear (Mount Royal University - Scale Up program): http://www.drive-mod.com/

Atmos Renewable Recycling: https://atmosgroup.ca/

Mentioned in episode:

Atlas Shrugged — Ayn Rand

Brené Brown — referenced on standing your ground

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Host: Carrie Tuttle

Guest: Mike Cameron

Most leaders learn to manage tasks long before they learn to manage emotions, and some never really learn. Mike Cameron believes the gap is costing companies more than anyone realizes.

Mike is a three-time TEDx speaker, Canadian author, ultramarathoner, and a leader with more than 30 years of experience, including 16 years as a CEO. After the murder of his girlfriend in 2015, Mike walked away from the company he built to focus on what he now considers the most underestimated threat to organizational performance: the emotional disconnection of men in leadership.

Mike joins Carrie to talk about the difference between emotional intelligence and emotional competence, and why theory means little without practice. They dig into practical experiments any leader can try, like the two-word check-in, the SOAR framework, and asking people whether they want strategy or empathy.

As the founder of Connect'd Men, a community built around emotional connection and men's well-being, Mike has his own experience with burnout and what it really means to move from success to significance.

Whether you lead a team, a family, or just yourself, this conversation offers grounded frameworks, honest stories, and a reminder that connection starts with how you show up for yourself first.

QUOTE-WORTHY MOMENTS

• “If you want to support a dude who’s struggling, set him up to support somebody else.”
• "We’ve got artificial intelligence. We don’t need more intelligence. What we need is more competence."
• "The most powerful gift I can give to any audience is for them to look at me and say, he’s just like me."

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Emotional intelligence is theory; emotional competence is the practice that changes how leaders actually show up.
• The two-word check-ins give teams a release valve and give leaders a quick read on the room.
• SOAR — slow down, observe, accept, reconnect — is a simple way to ground a meeting before the work begins.
• Asking “do you want strategy or empathy?” stops leaders from fixing what people only want heard.
• Supporting your people rarely means fixing their problems; often it just means holding space.
• Men are not born emotionally disconnected; they are conditioned into it, and reconnection starts with self.
• Toughness worn as a badge is often fear in disguise, not courage.
• Admitting you don’t have all the answers is one of the biggest gifts a leader can give a team.
• AI should serve connection, not replace it, freeing people to spend more time with customers and each other.
• The shift from success to significance starts with asking why the work matters.

LINKS FROM EPISODE

Mike Cameron on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikecameron-ca/

Connect'd Men: https://connectdmen.com

Email Mike: mike@mikecameron.ca

Mike Cameron's website: https://mikecameron.ca/

Mentioned in episode:

Don't Change Much podcast: https://menshealthfoundation.ca/dont-change-much-podcast/Canadian Men's Health Foundation (Mike is co-host) June is Men's Health Month

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Host: Carrie Tuttle

Guest: Courtney Johnston-Naumann

Can you name someone who has mentored 10 or more people? I can.

Courtney Johnston-Naumann is the founder of Weave Strategy and a fractional chief marketing officer (CMO) who has led brand and marketing teams at Edmonton Economic Development, Service Credit Union, and CashCo Financial. She helps organizations move from scattered marketing efforts to focused, purpose-driven growth.

Some leaders treat marketing as an art form. Courtney has spent her career proving it's also math. Courtney explains how she built a bridge between marketing and sales, why she says every strategy starts with intention before it touches a spreadsheet, and what it really takes to lead a team through a founder-to-management transition.

The juiciest part of this episode is when Courtney shares her approach to mentorship, including the concept of a personal mentorship board. She sets the expectation that mentees own the relationship before they start and believes in having a framework.

You’ll walk away with a clearer picture of how to lead people through ambiguity without losing them, and why the words you choose at work matter more than you think.

QUOTE-WORTHY MOMENTS

• “I find mentees who want to work harder than I'm going to work for them.“
• “There’s a lot of math in marketing. When you really look at your pipeline and your growth objectives, you have to reverse engineer it and then connect it with what’s the story we’re trying to tell.”
• “If you’re on my team, I will train you to take my job. Because at some point that’s going to happen and that’s okay.”

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Marketing is both head and heart.
• Strategy starts with intention, then reverse-engineers tometrics.
• Build a strong sales–marketing partnership to align on shared organizational goals.
• “Words matter” and miscommunication often happens when we assume others share our definitions.
• Create a personal mentorship board: peers, seniors, experts, and people younger than you all have a role.
• How Courtney structures mentorship relationships: ground rules, a starting package, and the expectation that mentees own the pace.
• Trust and know how much “gray” each team member can handle.

LINKS FROM EPISODE

Courtney Johnston-Naumann on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjohnstonnaumann/

Brené Brown — brenebrown.com

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