Benj Miller shares a powerful breakthrough from a real team session.

What started as a light, energized morning turned into a raw, honest afternoon.

The team finally said what needed to be said.

Here’s what stood out:

🔹 Politeness Isn’t Health
Surface harmony looks peaceful but hides real problems.
Teams need safety to practice real candor.

🔹 Leaders Go First
Trust doesn’t happen by accident.
It starts when leaders model it with vulnerability.

🔹 Curiosity > Defensiveness
Your response sets the tone.
Stay curious instead of reactive to keep conversations open.

🔹 One Leader Holding Back = Slower Team
When high-capacity people dim their energy,
it limits the whole team’s momentum.

🔹 Trust Happens Between Meetings
You don’t build trust in the room.
You build it in the one-on-one moments between sessions.

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Are you leading from love or reacting out of fear?

In this Soul Dive, Benj Miller and McKenzie Reeves Decker reveal how your mindset creates a “frame” that shapes everything you see and do as a leader.

When you lead from love, coming from abundance and openness, your frame expands, unlocking creativity, calm, and connection.

But fear shrinks your frame, triggering reactivity and scarcity thinking.

Key takeaways:

• Your beliefs and stories build a mental “frame” that influences how you show up

• Love expands your frame; fear contracts it—changing your brain’s chemistry and decisions

• Leading from love means vulnerability and being comfortable in discomfort

• Fear is like a “check engine light” signaling what needs your attention, not a stop sign

• How leaders can shift from scarcity to abundance in real challenges like feedback and AI

This episode is a clear call to lead with openness, grow your frame, and step into abundance.

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How Do You Break Communication Silos in a Complex Organization?

In this Hot Seat session, Benj Miller and McKenzie Reeves Decker coach Sven Cowart, co-founder and CTO of ElastiFlow, through challenges in building effective remote team culture.

Sven’s core struggles revolve around how to create a “huddle culture” remotely, encourage agency in employees, and break down information silos that slow decision-making and progress.

They discuss the complexities of communication, collaboration, and organizational design in a remote, technical company.

The conversation reveals the tension between titles creating exclusion versus clarity, and the essential role of consistent behavioral change and leadership in driving culture.

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[Free Tools] - The Org Chart Fix: Eliminate Bottlenecks, Confusion & Burnout.

The org chart is one of the most underused yet powerful tools in business. In this Free Tools, Benj Miller and McKenzie Reeves Decker reveal 4 hidden dysfunctions caused by a weak org chart—and how to fix them.

💡 You’ll learn to:
• Spot bottlenecks + accountability gaps
• Redesign roles for clarity + speed
• Avoid leadership undermining
• Use CAR (Clarity, Autonomy, Results)
• Empower teams with missions + KPIs

Structure isn’t control—it’s freedom. Especially for founders and COOs.

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Protect, Perfect, or Scale: The Hidden Question Driving Your Business

Protect, Perfect, or Scale?
Every founder and leadership team is operating from one of these 3 mindsets, but most never name it. In this Reflection Session, Benj Miller and McKenzie Reeves Decker unpack how this unspoken tension shapes decisions, strategy, and alignment.

Learn to:
• Spot hidden misalignment in your team
• Ask “backdoor questions” that reveal what’s unsaid
• Align your capital, culture, and goals
• Lead up with clarity, not confusion

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SSS EP02 - The Cost of Carrying It All: A Soul Dive for Leaders

This Soul Dive Session is your wake-up call: 77% of exceptional leadership isn’t about what you do — it’s about who you are.

Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker peel back the layers of leadership to explore two often-overlooked traits that define the most impactful leaders: being inwardly sound and others focused.

No fluff, just raw insights, reflection, and real stories that hit home.

✔ Why most leadership advice focuses on the wrong 23%

✔ A 2-part framework that transforms how you show up

✔ McKenzie’s personal burnout moment and what it revealed

✔ Letter-grade check-in: Where do you need to grow?

✔ One small action to start leading from the inside out

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Why We’re Here: The Story Behind “Sessions with System & Soul”

In our kickoff episode, Benj Miller and McKenzie Reeves Decker share why they created Sessions with System & Soul—a space for founders, COOs, and leaders to work on their business and themselves, not just in it.

They explore the tension between growth and burnout, and how blending systems and soul leads to sustainable leadership.

Plus, a glimpse of what’s ahead: Hot Seat coaching, Soul Dives, Reflection Sessions, and actionable Tools & Concepts.

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