In this week’s episode of Lead It Like Lasso, Nick and Marnie tackle Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 7 — and it’s all about transformation, trust, and taking risks.

From x-rated string awareness drills to political courage, here’s what we unpack:

✅ The Lasso Way as a system of trust

✅ Nate’s risk: Why asking for connection might be the most courageous leadership move

✅ Total Football & Leadership: What happens when boxes (and roles) disappear

✅ Love bombing vs. generosity: When does a gift stop being a gift?

✅ Sam’s stand and one of the greatest lines in leadership: “Don’t fight back. Fight forward.”

We also answer:

💡 How do givers become better receivers?

💡 Why leaders need to stop admiring the problem and start solving for what the situation actually needs

It’s insightful, it’s hilarious, and it’s one of our favorite episodes so far.

🧡 Listen now, and keep leading it like Lasso.

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🌻 Episode 6: Sunflowers 🌻

Amsterdam. No curfew. One unforgettable night. ✨

This week on Lead It Like Lasso, we explore Ted Lasso’s fan-favorite episode, where the entire cast is set loose in Amsterdam — and from canals to jazz clubs, pillow fights to bike rides, total football to total vulnerability, every storyline unfolds into something deeper.

🚲 Roy learns to ride a bike — and more importantly, learns to apologize.

🎷 Higgins and Will turn a night in the Red Light District into a jazz pilgrimage.

🪞 Rebecca lets go — literally and emotionally — into the canal and into the unknown.

⚽ Ted gets lost, gets found, and finds total football.

🧠 Colin opens up about living two lives — and Trent listens.

🛏️ The team ends up in a pillow fight, because of course they do.

From authenticity and connection to flow and freedom, this episode is a leadership treasure chest.

🎧 Listen now and reflect with us on how loosening control, living authentically, and embracing vulnerability lead to transformation.

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🎧 NEW EPISODE: “SIGNS” IS LIVE!
In Season 3, Episode 5 of Ted Lasso, the signs are everywhere — falling from walls, whispered by psychics, and baked into baklava. This week on Lead It Like Lasso, we explore what it means to lead when the symbols start to crumble.

🎙️ In this episode, Marnie & Nick unpack:
✅ What panic attacks reveal — and what they hide
✅ When belief is real… and when it’s just a sign on the wall
✅ Why ghosting (à la Zava) is terrible leadership
✅ The truth about compliment sandwiches and tough conversations
✅ The connection between reflection, authenticity, and sheep (yes, sheep 🐑)

💥 Bonus moments:

• Ted finally swears?!
• Nate returns to Taste of Athens
• Keeley finds her voice
• Rebecca looks for answers… and finds heartbreak
• Roy & Jamie keep grinding

This one’s a deep cut. If you’ve ever faced burnout, indecision, or doubt, this episode is for you.