The Business Owner's Journey · 2026-06-23 · 17 min
Full Episode Page: The Middle Is Gone: 5 Leadership Moves Top Experts Are Making in 2026 This is a solo episode of The Business Owner's Journey with host Nick Berry , pulling together insights from six Season 3 guests to map out the leadership moves expert business owners need to make right now. Six months into 2026, AI handles average work and expertise is being commoditized faster than ever. The middle 60% of experts can't coast on credentials or effort anymore. Nick pulls clips from Joe Gannon, Dr. Benjamin Hardy, Katelyn Bourgoin, Natasha Walstra, Debbie Oster, and Jordan DiPietro to lay out five leadership moves for expert business owners. If your positioning, content, or value proposition sounds like something AI could generate, you're already invisible to the people who don't know you yet.
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