🎙️ Episode 8 – Is AI the New Middle Manager?

Choose to Be the Leader Your Job Needs!

In this walk-and-talk episode of the Vale and Mark Podcast, we explore how ChatGPT’s Agent Mode might just be your new secret weapon—or your surprise middle manager. ;)

Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, under-supported, or just trying to keep your career moving forward, this episode shows you how AI can help you prioritize, delegate, and lead with more clarity and less burnout.

💡 You’ll learn:

How Agent Mode helps you stay ahead instead of just keeping up

When to lean into AI assistance vs. when to step up as the decision-maker

Why this moment in your career calls for real leadership—not just task-juggling

✨ Inspired by Mark’s upcoming book, 'Collaborate Better: From Silos to Synergy — How to Build Unstoppable Teams', this episode is your call to action:

👉 Pre-order the book, claim exclusive bonuses, and become part of the movement at

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🎙️ Vale and Mark Podcast | Episode #7

🎙️ Are Natural Leaders Actually a Thing?

Spoiler: You don’t need to be born with it—you can build it.

In this episode of The Vale and Mark Podcast, we give you a step-by-step breakdown of how to advance your career by adopting real, actionable leadership behaviors—even if you're not in a formal leadership role (yet).🚀

What you’ll learn in this video:

✅ How to get noticed for promotions and leadership roles

✅ Side step the "natural leadership" is a myth—what actually matters

✅ How to get more training and mentorship opportunities at work

✅ Simple, everyday behaviors that build trust and influence

✅ How effective collaboration sets you apart from your peers💡 Whether you’re:

Gunning for your first promotion

Hoping to lead your own team someday

Or just tired of being overlooked...This conversation gives you the exact roadmap to become the kind of person others want to follow—and decision-makers want to invest in.

📘 Ready to level up?

This episode draws from Mark’s upcoming book, Collaborate Better: From Silos to Synergy – How to Build Unstoppable Teams🎯

https://CollaborateBetter.us

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🧠 Leadership isn’t a title—it’s a set of habits. Learn them. Practice them. Get promoted.

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🎙️ Vale and Mark Podcast | Episode #6

🔥 Collaborate Better: From Silos to Synergy — How to Build Unstoppable Teams. And the Lessons of Tubman, Improv, and Innovation

In this episode, Mark dives deep into his upcoming book, Collaborate Better: From Silos to Synergy — How to Build Unstoppable Teams, and shares insights from the PreSale campaign now live at https://CollaborateBetter.us!

We explore:

💡 Why great teams aren’t born — they’re built.

🎭 How improv comedy teaches trust, adaptability, and collaboration.

🚂 The relentless leadership of Harriet Tubman, and how she ran the ultimate agile network.

🚑 Clara Barton, battlefield resilience, and the origins of the Red Cross.

🚀 What today’s innovators can learn from history’s boldest collaborators.If you’re leading a team, dreaming of one, or tired of being stuck in silos — this is your blueprint for change.

📚 Preorder Collaborate Better now at: https://CollaborateBetter.us

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