Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry Randall Stutman – Giving Feedback, Followership, and Admired Leadership (EP.497)
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Apr 13, 2026 
Randall Stutman, founder of Admired Leadership and longtime executive coach for Wall Street, sports, and government. He explains a behavior-first approach to leadership. He shares how he studied 3,500 admired leaders and practical steps to build habits. He breaks down feedback as low-power advice, timing, and questions that create ownership. He also discusses followership, scaling coaching with ALEX, and advice for investment leaders.
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Tom Izzo Walks To Class To Build Trust
- Tom Izzo walks players from their dorms to class to reduce status and create informal conversations.
- Randall uses this NCAA coach story to show leaders who show up at others' places lower status and deepen disclosure.
Lower Power With Observations
- Lower power further by simply making observations rather than prescribing change for highly resistant people.
- Randall shows an observation like "I saw you do this" forces the recipient to self-generate meaning without feeling attacked.
Elicit Self Feedback Through Third Party Questions
- Get people to give themselves feedback by asking open third‑party questions like "What would the customer say?".
- Randall explains this creates internalized feedback that people own and act on longer term.