ScaleX Insider Podcast

[ScaleX Bite-Size] Why the Best Leaders Don't Need to Dominate with Dr Benjamin Granger

September 4, 2026ยท5 min
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Eighty percent of employees are disengaged. Benjamin Granger, organisational psychologist and author, tells Brendan McGurgan on the ScaleX Insider podcast that dominance and prestige are the only two strategies humans use to achieve social status, and only one of them builds a business worth scaling. Dominance works in the short term. Every social animal uses it, from crickets to chimps to boardrooms. But the alpha never stays the alpha. Prestige is different. It is a uniquely human strategy built on knowledge, skill and talent applied for the betterment of the group, and it is the only leadership strategy that compounds over time. Full episode link in the description. Connect with Benjamin Granger: ๐ŸŒ Website: benjamingranger.com ๐Ÿ’ผ LinkedIn: Benjamin Granger ๐Ÿ“˜ Book: Simple Scaling: 10 Proven Principles to 10x Your Business ๐Ÿš€ ScaleX Elevate (under ยฃ3M revenue): https://simplescaling.com/solutions/scalex-elevate โšก ScaleX Accelerator (over ยฃ3M revenue): https://simplescaling.com/solutions/accelerator ๐ŸŒ Website: https://simplescaling.com โœ‰๏ธ Email: hello@simplescaling.com ๐Ÿ’ผ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/simple-scaling ๐Ÿ“ธ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_scaling Host: Brendan McGurgan, Co-Founder Simple Scaling Guest: Benjamin Granger, Author A Leader Worth Following

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