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Andrea Samadi and Greg Hill discuss the importance of trust as the foundation for learning, growth, and high performance in leadership.

In episode 401 Andrea Samadi welcomes Greg Hill to explore why trust is the essential foundation for learning, growth, and high performance. They discuss how trust creates psychological safety, encourages risk-taking and creativity, and acts as a multiplier for organizational results. Greg shares practical leadership practices—truthfulness, consistency, competence, and genuine care—and personal stories about marathon training to show how movement builds confidence and supports clear thinking, resilience, and sustained motivation. This episode launches Phase 3: Movement, Adaptation, and Learning in the podcast's brain operating system series. Welcome back to Season 16 of the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast. I'm Andrea Samadi, and on this podcast, we bridge the science behind social and emotional learning, emotional intelligence, and practical neuroscience so we can create measurable improvements in well-being, achievement, productivity, and results. Watch the full YouTube interview here https://youtu.be/kfvSFMQZ3dk On EP 401, You Will Learn: ✔ Why trust is the foundation of learning, growth, and high performance. ✔ How psychological safety changes the…

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Host: Andrea Samadi

Guest: Greg Hill

Topics covered

• trust
• leadership
• psychological safety
• learning
• growth
• performance
• movement

Keywords

• trust
• psychological safety
• leadership practices
• movement
• confidence
• resilience
• motivation

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