The Ross Simmonds Show

RSS 21: Lead with Purpose: Unlocking Leadership Potential with Dusty Holcomb

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Oct 4, 2025
Dusty Holcomb, a seasoned executive and founder of Arcus Group, dives into modern leadership challenges. He emphasizes the importance of vulnerability and decision-making anchored in core values. Dusty shares fascinating stories, including turning down big clients to preserve brand integrity. He discusses frameworks for prioritizing choices in an age brimming with distractions, and he advocates for self-leadership as a path to integrity. With practical tools and reflections, Dusty presents a roadmap to cultivating effective and transformative leadership.
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ANECDOTE

Early Builder Roots

  • Dusty traced his entrepreneurial itch back to building a newspaper at eight in a town of 250 people.
  • That early builder instinct later manifested as intrapreneurship and led him to start Arcus Group.
INSIGHT

Leadership As A Learned Practice

  • Leadership is not an innate trait but an active, learnable behavior that requires practice.
  • Vulnerability was learned by Dusty through modeled behavior and repeated exposure in forums.
ADVICE

Embrace Vulnerability Gradually

  • Invest time to build trust in small groups and skate on the edge of discomfort to grow.
  • Ask yourself why you're in a forum and commit to being there to get better, not just check a box.
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