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Foreign. Welcome to Leading Organizations that Matter, a podcast about leadership, whether that's of an organization or of yourself, and how we find impact, meaning and joy in our work. I'm Ray Spadoni and today's topic is Starting Season three About this Podcast A quick note here about Leading Organizations that Matter as I begin season three and record this, the 97th episode. At this point, I've already doubled the average run of most podcasts, and a quick look at the data suggests that I've already gotten over the biggest hump when it comes to podcasting, and that is, believe it or not, going beyond a mere three episodes. That's when 90% of podcasts Peter out and then of those that do go on from there, over 90% end before the 20th episode. Here I am at number 97. I've learned a lot along the way and the subscription download and other data points suggest a few things of note which I wanted to comment on here. First, I've learned that leaning into personal values, faith and meaning related topics get more listens, so expect more leaning in that direction in the future. Second, people are responding well to the shorter one topic episodes. I'll still include in depth interviews with interesting people on related topics, but it's good for me to know that 10 times the work doesn't result in 10 times the impact. Far from it, in fact. Third, people like audio. I constantly dabble with the idea of doing this via video because that does have some benefits, of course. But you all keep telling me that you listen when you drive, go for a walk, clean your house, work out, you know, do other things where video is just not an option. So audio it is. And finally, I am get a lot. I'm getting a lot of requests from individuals, PR firms, social media gurus, and marketing people asking me to interview somebody for this podcast. At first I was pretty flattered by all these pitches. Felt like good recognition of the effort that this takes and the fact that I have been gaining some measurable traction, some good metrics. And while that's all definitely true, I am also seeing another pattern. There's a lot of hardcore selling going on in these podcasts and I've been asked to interview people about things like compelling franchise opportunities, sure fire. The word sure fire, by the way, is in air quotes. Ways to accumulate wealth, methodologies that are designed to do things like increase productivity, improve success, and, you know, all the other things we want in life. There's a lot of the for just $4,999, you will learn from a master how you can fill in the blanks. A note to these folks. I'm not an infomercial platform that can be rented out. I'm trying to help people here to add to the conversation about impact, meaning and joy at work and in life. And for sure to promote my own leadership coaching and consulting business. I like working with colleagues and clients who are high in integrity and who are guided by a desire to make the world a better place for others. I'm hoping that this podcast and my other writing and speaking work will give people a sense of who I am, how I think, that sort of thing. I can tell you it's a great treat, as I'm sure you can imagine when a listener reaches out and wants to know more about my services, my approach, or, you know, will ask me to speak to a board or a leadership team, all based on this podcast. That certainly makes this all worthwhile. So I'm headed full speed ahead into Season three and I'll be back in a week with some thoughts and hopefully something interesting and helpful to you personally. Thank you for listening, for subscribing, for your positive reviews, for forwarding episodes to others, and for being willing to spend some of your valuable time with me. I'm very grateful. Leaving a positive review and letting others know about this podcast will help a great deal. My mission is to help empower organizations that matter by supporting those who lead them. I offer coaching, mentoring and consulting services. You can learn more about me and my work@racepadoni.com. Sam.