If you lead people, you’ve been in this moment.
Someone’s “off.” Performance slips. Reactions get sharper. Mistakes pile up.
And everyone does the same thing: they normalize it, joke about it, or avoid it, because naming it feels risky.
But the longer you don’t address it, the more expensive it gets.
Most leaders are trained to hit numbers, manage conflict, and drive results.
Almost nobody is trained to spot impairment early, or to handle it without turning into the bad guy.
In this episode, Divya talks with Chuck Marting, author of Mastering the Impairment Code and a leadership performance strategist with over 30 years of experience across law enforcement, drug recognition training, schools, and corporate environments.
They explore why impairment is often misread as laziness, attitude, burnout, or “personal drama,” and how leaders get trapped between two fears: overreacting and doing nothing. He breaks down what to watch for, how to separate impairment from medical events, and how to intervene in a way that protects dignity, trust, and safety.
This conversation flips the script from punishment to prevention. You’ll learn how to have the hard conversation sooner, how to document and respond with clarity, and how to protect your team before a quiet risk becomes a headline.
If you want to lead with fewer blind spots and more backbone, start here.
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