Nic Bittle: Life and Leadership

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Jun 2026

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Nic and Tarina explore the ups, downs, dos, and don’ts of life and leadership. Each conversation gives a peak on life lessons they learned, some the hard way. This podcast is different because it's the story behind the stories Nic shares in his leadership keynotes and workshops, revealing many of his own missteps as well as the power of faith, family, love, and commitment along the way. Together, Nic and Tarina talk candidly about how to communicate with authority and empathy, the practice of servant leadership, and the importance of criticizing the work and not the person, among other topics. As Nic says, “Respect and trust aren’t built with a hammer.” This podcast is practical and honest. It is a way for men and women to learn how to judge less and listen more and become the leader they want to be at home and work.

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June 16, 202644 min

Special Guest: Brett Russell, Part 2

This is the second half of Nic’s interview with Brett Russell, retired Fire Chief for the City of Clinton, Oklahoma, and small business owner. What’s one of the biggest leadership lessons you’ve learned? Do you appreciate the power of presence and proximity as a leader? Are values something you just put on the wall or something you actively reinforce every day? As a true leader, what really matters to you? How do you inspire your team to want the same thing? Brett has learned and applied these lessons—and like a true leader, is still learning. If you enjoy Nic and Tarina’s podcast and get something from listening to “all this Nic Bittle Crap,” please hit the like button, share it with a friend, or both. Your recommendation goes a long way in helping us reach more people.Also if you have questions that you want Nic and Tarina to answer, email them at info@nicbittle.com. ---🛟 Click here to order your copy of Nic’s Life Ready Curriculum🧰 Check out Nic’s new solution for foremen: The Foreman's Inner Circle💬 To subscribe to Nic’s Leadership DRIP, please text the word “DRIP” to 866-998-4545 then follow the prompts.❓ If you have questions or comments for Nic & Tarina, please send an email to info@nicbittle.com.🎬 Check out Nic's Work Force Pro YouTube channel.📚 Nic has written 4 books. You can decide which one is best for you here.

June 9, 202635 min

Special Guest: Brett Russell

What are the desires of your heart? What’s next for you after a successful and fruitful career? Nic’s guest is Brett Russell, retired Fire Chief for the City of Clinton, Oklahoma, where he has served since 2017. How do you transition from one good thing to the next good thing? Are you, as a leader, ready to let go and let your people perform? Do you know what will be said for your eulogy? Will people speak about you as an intentional leader? If you enjoy Nic and Tarina’s podcast and get something from listening to “all this Nic Bittle Crap,” please hit the like button, share it with a friend, or both. Your recommendation goes a long way in helping us reach more people.Also if you have questions that you want Nic and Tarina to answer, email them at info@nicbittle.com. ---🛟 Click here to order your copy of Nic’s Life Ready Curriculum🧰 Check out Nic’s new solution for foremen: The Foreman's Inner Circle💬 To subscribe to Nic’s Leadership DRIP, please text the word “DRIP” to 866-998-4545 then follow the prompts.❓ If you have questions or comments for Nic & Tarina, please send an email to info@nicbittle.com.🎬 Check out Nic's Work Force Pro YouTube channel.📚 Nic has written 4 books. You can decide which one is best for you here.

June 2, 202630 min

The KLOVE Fan Awards | Grand Ole Oprey

It’s funny what happens when we don’t read the fine print. It’s also funny how ah-ha’s arrive when we least expect it. And men, do you feel you’re serving your wife because you joined in what she wanted? But did you complain the whole time? Are you really serving from the heart or making your wife pay emotionally for dragging you along to an event you didn’t really want to do? If you enjoy Nic and Tarina’s podcast and get something from listening to “all this Nic Bittle Crap,” please hit the like button, share it with a friend, or both. Your recommendation goes a long way in helping us reach more people.Also if you have questions that you want Nic and Tarina to answer, email them at info@nicbittle.com. ---🛟 Click here to order your copy of Nic’s Life Ready Curriculum🧰 Check out Nic’s new solution for foremen: The Foreman's Inner Circle💬 To subscribe to Nic’s Leadership DRIP, please text the word “DRIP” to 866-998-4545 then follow the prompts.❓ If you have questions or comments for Nic & Tarina, please send an email to info@nicbittle.com.🎬 Check out Nic's Work Force Pro YouTube channel.📚 Nic has written 4 books. You can decide which one is best for you here.

May 26, 202622 min

REPLAY | EP10: Be Curious, Not Judgmental

This episode originally aired on April 22, 2024.How do you as a leader develop your men and women to become problem solvers? Or will you remain frustrated rather than get curious about how to lead differently? Good foremen recognize that for many of the people they lead, this is their first real job. Do you remember your first job and all the mistakes you made? When we remember our own growth we begin to appreciate the difference between being curious versus judgmental.Also if you have questions that you want Nic and Tarina to answer, email them at info@nicbittle.com. ---🛟 Click here to order your copy of Nic’s Life Ready Curriculum🧰 Check out Nic’s new solution for foremen: The Foreman's Inner Circle💬 To subscribe to Nic’s Leadership DRIP, please text the word “DRIP” to 866-998-4545 then follow the prompts.❓ If you have questions or comments for Nic & Tarina, please send an email to info@nicbittle.com.🎬 Check out Nic's Work Force Pro YouTube channel.📚 Nic has written 4 books. You can decide which one is best for you here.

May 19, 202624 min

The Commencement Address: Class of 2026

In this episode, Nic delivers the commencement address to the Corn Bible Academy Class of 2026. After being “warmly” introduced by his son, Cruze, Nic asks an important question: What do you do when you see your neighbor suffering?If you enjoy Nic and Tarina’s podcast and get something from listening to “all this Nic Bittle Crap,” please hit the like button, share it with a friend, or both. Your recommendation goes a long way in helping us reach more people.Also if you have questions that you want Nic and Tarina to answer, email them at info@nicbittle.com.---🛟 Click here to order your copy of Nic’s Life Ready Curriculum🧰 Check out Nic’s new solution for foremen: The Foreman's Inner Circle💬 To subscribe to Nic’s Leadership DRIP, please text the word “DRIP” to 866-998-4545 then follow the prompts.❓ If you have questions or comments for Nic & Tarina, please send an email to info@nicbittle.com.🎬 Check out Nic's Work Force Pro YouTube channel.📚 Nic has written 4 books. You can decide which one is best for you here.

May 12, 202618 min

The Delegation Ladder

Are you frustrating yourself or your people or even your kids with your inability to delegate well? Does the way you delegate actually set your people up to succeed? Do you know why you’re delegating or not delegating? Unfortunately some people delegate too much and others not enough. Where do those you lead land on the Delegation Ladder? What mind traps keep you from putting in the time to train and develop your people to do the work in the right way?To delegate well is a critical leadership skill and separates great leaders (and great parents) from bad ones. If you enjoy Nic and Tarina’s podcast and get something from listening to “all this Nic Bittle Crap,” please hit the like button, share it with a friend, or both. Your recommendation goes a long way in helping us reach more people.Also if you have questions that you want Nic and Tarina to answer, email them at info@nicbittle.com. ---🛟 Click here to order your copy of Nic’s Life Ready Curriculum🧰 Check out Nic’s new solution for foremen: The Foreman's Inner Circle💬 To subscribe to Nic’s Leadership DRIP, please text the word “DRIP” to 866-998-4545 then follow the prompts.❓ If you have questions or comments for Nic & Tarina, please send an email to info@nicbittle.com.🎬 Check out Nic's Work Force Pro YouTube channel.📚 Nic has written 4 books. You can decide which one is best for you here.

May 5, 202618 min

The Four Levels of Ownership: The Builder

The Builder connects the dots. The question leaders must ask: What does the builder need from you to keep them from leaving? Are you ignoring your Builder or taking them for granted? Do you recognize the Builders on your team—if not, you may be too late and lose them.Watch for the book Nic is writing on the The Four Levels of Ownership.If you enjoy Nic and Tarina’s podcast and get something from listening to “all this Nic Bittle Crap,” please hit the like button, share it with a friend, or both. Your recommendation goes a long way in helping us reach more people.Also if you have questions that you want Nic and Tarina to answer, email them at info@nicbittle.com. ---🛟 Click here to order your copy of Nic’s Life Ready Curriculum🧰 Check out Nic’s new solution for foremen: The Foreman's Inner Circle💬 To subscribe to Nic’s Leadership DRIP, please text the word “DRIP” to 866-998-4545 then follow the prompts.❓ If you have questions or comments for Nic & Tarina, please send an email to info@nicbittle.com.🎬 Check out Nic's Work Force Pro YouTube channel.📚 Nic has written 4 books. You can decide which one is best for you here.

April 28, 202616 min

The Four Levels of Ownership: The Cowboy

Every job site has Cowboys and you will know them by their wake. But the challenge for every leader is how every Cowboy is different. Do you know which version of Cowboy you are leading? Do you know whether the Cowboys on your team are unaware or indifferent? The difference is frustrating and often highly consequential. What do they need from you and what are the consequences if you don't deliver?Check out the previous two episodes: The Passenger (EP113) and The Worker (EP114).If you enjoy Nic and Tarina’s podcast and get something from listening to “all this Nic Bittle Crap,” please hit the like button, share it with a friend, or both. Your recommendation goes a long way in helping us reach more people.Also if you have questions that you want Nic and Tarina to answer, email them at info@nicbittle.com. ---🛟 Click here to order your copy of Nic’s Life Ready Curriculum🧰 Check out Nic’s new solution for foremen: The Foreman's Inner Circle💬 To subscribe to Nic’s Leadership DRIP, please text the word “DRIP” to 866-998-4545 then follow the prompts.❓ If you have questions or comments for Nic & Tarina, please send an email to info@nicbittle.com.🎬 Check out Nic's Work Force Pro YouTube channel.📚 Nic has written 4 books. You can decide which one is best for you here.

April 21, 202622 min

The Four Levels of Ownership: The Worker

The goal as leaders is to move our people from level to the next. Do you know what The Worker needs or what they want? Are they good at taking direction, getting work done, but not thinking for themselves? How do you develop someone who has been trained to believe: “I’m not paid to think?” What is your strategy for empowering them to take initiative—to see-a-need-fill-a-need?As the leader, how are you creating a safe place for your workers to fail? If you enjoy Nic and Tarina’s podcast and get something from listening to “all this Nic Bittle Crap,” please hit the like button, share it with a friend, or both. Your recommendation goes a long way in helping us reach more people.Also if you have questions that you want Nic and Tarina to answer, email them at info@nicbittle.com. ---🛟 Click here to order your copy of Nic’s Life Ready Curriculum🧰 Check out Nic’s new solution for foremen: The Foreman's Inner Circle💬 To subscribe to Nic’s Leadership DRIP, please text the word “DRIP” to 866-998-4545 then follow the prompts.❓ If you have questions or comments for Nic & Tarina, please send an email to info@nicbittle.com.🎬 Check out Nic's Work Force Pro YouTube channel.📚 Nic has written 4 books. You can decide which one is best for you here.

April 14, 202635 min

The Four Levels of Ownership: The Passenger

If you’re a leader, your work is to develop your people. The answer is not to do more or work longer or harder. What would it take for you to put that time and effort into people development? As a GM or leader, are you trying to do everything? Who on the worksite is just there for the ride-along while you carry more? Do you feel like you’re the only one thinking on your job? If you enjoy Nic and Tarina’s podcast and get something from listening to “all this Nic Bittle Crap,” please hit the like button, share it with a friend, or both. Your recommendation goes a long way in helping us reach more people.Also if you have questions that you want Nic and Tarina to answer, email them at info@nicbittle.com. ---🛟 Click here to order your copy of Nic’s Life Ready Curriculum🧰 Check out Nic’s new solution for foremen: The Foreman's Inner Circle💬 To subscribe to Nic’s Leadership DRIP, please text the word “DRIP” to 866-998-4545 then follow the prompts.❓ If you have questions or comments for Nic & Tarina, please send an email to info@nicbittle.com.🎬 Check out Nic's Work Force Pro YouTube channel.📚 Nic has written 4 books. You can decide which one is best for you here.