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title: "SBA 437: Exploring Leadership and Employee Management"
description: In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast, our co-owner Rachel Zito and I discuss her efforts in leading our talent and culture initiatives.
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# [SBA 437: Exploring Leadership and Employee Management](https://podcast.smartbuildingsacademy.com/437)

 Written by [Smart Buildings Academy](https://podcast.smartbuildingsacademy.com/author/sba) | Sep 13, 2023 3:09:42 AM

Employee and leadership challenges are some of the most difficult issues business owners and managers face. Often times you advance in your career because of your skills in a specific area.

Your team or business grows and now you have people. People are awesome, they bring life to a team and business. But they are also complicated.

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast, our co-owner Rachel Zito and I discuss her efforts in leading our talent and culture initiatives at SBA.

 

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