Make BIG Happen podcast with Mark Moses

How Losing Four Times Built a Survivor Champion with Aubry Bracco at CEO Coaching International

Make BIG Happen podcast with Mark Moses

Show Notes

CEO Coaching International's coaching frameworks just won “Survivor 50.”

Aubry Bracco, Strategic Marketing Consultant at CEO Coaching International, put those frameworks to the test. She shares how four “Survivor” seasons taught her to lead through uncertainty.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

00:00 Longevity in the game creates the conditions for a breakthrough 01:27 A perfect résumé was not enough to win “Survivor” 02:32 How you make people feel outweighs any strategic move 05:07 Control shifts from doing everything to shaping the environment 07:05 Decisions under uncertainty blend gut instinct, data, and reading people 10:23 Reframing uncertainty as opportunity creates a real advantage 14:18 Separating identity from performance takes deliberate practice, not willpower 17:38 Losing fast delivers the information needed to pivot faster 31:30 Persistence beats talent when nobody wants to do the reps 36:50 The next attempt could be the one that changes everything

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RESOURCES MENTIONED

CEO Coaching International https://ceocoachinginternational.com/

"Built to Win BIG," Mark Moses’s book co-developed with Aubry Bracco, drawing on the leadership interviews referenced in this episode: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Built-to-Win-BIG/Mark-Moses/9798891884304

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