Episodes

  • Encore Leading with Gratitude - Chester Elton

    Encore Leading with Gratitude - Chester Elton
    Jul 4 2022
    After surveying more than one million employees at a wide range of companies, New York Times bestselling authors Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton found that gratitude—when done right—is the easiest, fastest, cheapest way that managers can boost performance and employee engagement. Yet it’s also one of the most misunderstood and misapplied skills in business. Gostick and Elton solve the mystery of this “gratitude gap” in their new book LEADING WITH GRATITUDE: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results (March 3, 2020; HarperBusiness). Their research shows that very few bosses intentionally bully. The problem is usually misperception or lack of awareness. These leaders have no idea how hard their people work, what challenges they face, or how much they would benefit from sincere and explicit gratitude. They also don’t know how to show gratitude effectively or sincerely.
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    53 mins
  • Mastering Your Emotions with Emotional Brilliance

    Mastering Your Emotions with Emotional Brilliance
    Jun 6 2022
    Today we have more intense emotions and a sense of overwhelm causing all of us stress. Leaders are dealing with so much more than they have in the past. Stress in America study tells us 47% of people are experiencing Anxiety, 44% are sad, 39% are angry, while 75% of us feel we could use more emotional support. For much of that support, they are turning to their leaders who now need more counseling and coaching skills. What are they and we to do with this abundance of emotions and feelings? Today Drs. Greenberg and Nadler will take a deeper look at how you manage these feelings. In our Emotional Brilliance book, we presented a model of dealing with them called NAME. Notice and Name, Accept, Manage and Express. We will look at the M for Manage, Managing your thoughts and actions which will help regulate these feelings. What is causing the most stress today from a recent American Psychological Association study is: • Inflation (e.g., gas prices, energy bills, grocery costs): 87% • Supply chain issues: 81% • Global uncertainty: 81% • Potential retaliation from Russia (e.g., cyberattacks, nuclear threats): 80% • Russian invasion of Ukraine: 80% For more leadership tools go to: www.emotionalbrilliance.com
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    55 mins
  • Renew, Reorient, and Rewire Your Focus

    Renew, Reorient, and Rewire Your Focus
    Jan 11 2021
    The first full week of the New Year has sent all of us spinning with the unthinkable DC riots and the breaking in of the Capital with our leaders hiding for their life in lockdown. Government officials have called it an “unprecedented terrorist attack.” Five people have died and many people are in disbelief that this is happening in the United States. What are some of the key virtues leaders can renew to center themselves and their direct reports and their organizations? We always say the leader is the “emotional thermostat” for others. How do you reset yourself so the temperature, culture, and environment can regulate to deal with external chaos, a pandemic on fire, and the uncertainties of your people? As a leader what do we know about the behaviors and values that leaders can use to navigate the most trying time for most of us in our careers. Emotions are teeming for all of us and your people are relying on you for some sanity and hope.
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    55 mins
  • Encore: EQ Expert Speaks - Dr. Dana C. Ackley

    Encore: EQ Expert Speaks - Dr. Dana C. Ackley
    Jan 6 2020
    Dr Ackley is a leader in using Emotional Intelligence with Executives. He has created one of the first programs to help coaches and leaders utilize the EQi and has documented tools and strategies to raise EQ.He received his doctorate in Psychology from the Florida State University in 1973. His services include executive coaching, group coaching, leadership skill assessment, the development and improvement of leadership teams, and helping organizations create solutions to longstanding, intractable organizational problems. He is a sought after program developer, presenter, and facilitator, skilled in listening for what matters, organizing, troubleshooting, problem solving, and conflict resolution. Dr. Ackley helps senior executives build the skills needed for success, including constructive influence, political savvy, negotiating, breaking down silos, emotional intelligence, and reframing issues to reveal unexpected solutions.
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    54 mins
  • Dead on Arrival: How High Achievers Lose Themselves in Success

    Dead on Arrival: How High Achievers Lose Themselves in Success
    Oct 27 2025

    Kendra Dahlstrom is a highly sought-after Growth Activator and Executive Advisor who has worked with some of the biggest names in high tech and global brands—including Amazon, VMware, and multiple Fortune 50 companies. Known as "the face behind the leader," she has been the trusted partner behind executives driving billion-dollar transformations, cultural shifts, and leadership breakthroughs.

    As host of The High Achieving Leader Podcast™, the creator of the AIM TRUE Method™, and the Un-Corporating™ process, Kendra brings both boardroom credibility and deeply human wisdom. Her own near-death experience awakened her to the silent lies driving high achievers into burnout, unworthiness, and misalignment. Today, she delivers the truth-arrows leaders need but are often afraid to confront:

    • You can't achieve your way out of emptiness.
    • You can't prove your way into freedom.
    • The life you built for success may be the very thing suffocating your aliveness.

    Through her keynotes, interviews, and VIP client sessions, Kendra guides visionaries through a rite of passage that frees them from performance and perfection, equipping them instead to experiment, embody presence, and finally lead from aliveness.

    What audiences walk away with:

    • A new compass to navigate success without losing themselves.
    • The tools to reclaim peace, presence, and purpose.
    • Permission to step out of survival mode and into authentic alignment.

    For more information, kendra@kendradahlstrom.com, and https://kendradahlstrom.com

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    56 mins
  • Engaging and Leading with Honor

    Engaging and Leading with Honor
    Oct 20 2025

    Lee Ellis is Founder and President of Leadership Freedom® LLC and FreedomStar Media®. He is an award-winning author, leadership consultant, and expert presenter in the areas of leadership, teambuilding, and human performance. His past clients include senior executives from Fortune 500 companies and C-level leaders in telecommunications, healthcare, the military, and other business sectors.

    WHAT IS THE MISSION OF LEADING WITH HONOR®? The goal isn't perfect leadership, but it's agreeing that we all want to authentically lead with honor. We help leaders grow in character, courage, and commitment and learn new skills based on their natural behavior that will help them develop the next generation in the areas of responsibility, accountability, and resilience. His latest book is entitled Engage with Honor: Building a Culture of Courageous Accountability.
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    57 mins
  • The Advice Trap

    The Advice Trap
    Oct 13 2025

    Michael Bungay Stanier is at the forefront of making coaching an everyday leadership behavior. He is the author of The Coaching Habit ... the best-selling coaching book of this century with over 700,000 copies sold and 1,000+ five-star reviews on Amazon. His new book, The Advice Trap, focus on what it takes to stay curious a little bit longer and tame your Advice Monster. “Michael Bungay Stanier has done for curiosity what Brené Brown did for vulnerability. The Advice Trap is superbly written, a very quick and enjoyable read, but most importantly it will develop you into a far more influential leader.” -Thomas A. Kolditz, PhD; Brigadier General, US Army (ret); Director, Doerr Institute at Rice University. In 2019, he was named the #1 thought leader in coaching, and was shortlisted for the coaching prize by Thinkers50, the “Oscars of management”. He was a Rhodes Scholar. Michael is also the founder of Box of Crayons.
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    57 mins
  • Invest in Yourself

    Invest in Yourself
    Oct 6 2025

    Luke Owings is the Vice President of Product at Abilitie, a leadership development company that offers virtual mini-MBAs and business simulations that help senior executives from companies around the world build leadership skills and improve strategy execution.

    Since 2015, they have taught 25,000+ executives in over 50+ countries, and their clients include Fortune 500 companies such as PayPal, Marriott, Coca-Cola, GE, and Southwest Airlines.

    In 2020, Abilitie was recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies and Inc. Best Work-Places In America.

    Luke is also an Advisory Board Member of Haymakers 4 Hope, a nonprofit that has raised 20M+ for cancer cure research.

    Before joining Abilitie, Luke was an Expert Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm that is a trusted advisor to two-thirds of the Fortune 1000 businesses and governments around the world.

    He holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School and was also a Teaching Fellow for Harvard University’s undergrad economics class.
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    55 mins