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MPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#37: Leadership Hot Seat: Eric Answers Your Top Questions About Influence & CultureExecutive Q&A: Leading with Trust, Clarity, and Strategic Coaching In this executive-focused Q&A session, Eric Pfeiffer, CEO of MPWR Coaching, and Dawn Neldon, Director of Content, address some of the most pressing challenges facing today's senior leaders: earning trust, strengthening team alignment, and developing people to perform at a higher level. Together, they deliver an elevated conversation designed for CEOs, founders, and executives who are responsible for driving culture, shaping organizational performance, and leading through complexity. This episode provides strategic insight for leaders who understand that sustainable performance is created through people—not pressure. Eric an...
2025-12-1552 minMPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#34: Inspiration Is Cheap: Why Most Leaders Never Transform (Until They Learn This)Every leader loves the rush of inspiration — the conference high, the fresh vision, the notebook overflowing with ideas... But there's a reason most leaders never turn that spark into lasting transformation. In this powerful episode of the MPWR Podcast, Eric Pfeiffer and Dawn Neldon reveal the uncomfortable truth: Inspiration feels like progress, but without the right system, it changes nothing. If you've ever wondered why brilliant ideas never make it past Monday, why teams experience "idea fatigue," or why the motivation that felt electric on Day 1 disappears by Day 5, th...
2025-11-2538 minMPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#33: The Silent Contract: The Hidden Agreements That Undermine Great Leaders🎙️ The Silent Contract: How Unspoken Expectations Derail Leadership Every leader has signed a contract they never knew existed. It's not written on paper or sealed with ink — it's written in assumptions, expectations, and silent frustrations. This week on the MPWR Podcast, Eric Pfeiffer and Director of Content, Dawn Neldon dive deep into one of the most overlooked dynamics in leadership: the silent contract — those unspoken agreements we subconsciously make with our teams, colleagues, and even ourselves that quietly shape every interaction and often lead to miscommunication, disappointment, and burnout. We call them "contracts" because that's exactly w...
2025-11-1747 minMPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#32: Leading Under Pressure: Staying Grounded When Everything Around You Isn't"Pressure doesn't create character — it exposes it." Those eight words set the tone for one of the most powerful conversations of the season. In this episode of the MPWR Podcast, Dawn Neldon and Eric Pfeiffer unpack what it truly means to lead when everything around you feels like it's falling apart. We've all been there — the deadlines are stacking, the people around you are burning out, and the world feels louder and heavier than ever. Most people can lead when things are calm, but real leadership is revealed in the moments when the nois...
2025-11-1049 minMPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#28: When Your Role Outpaces Your Support System: Five Rules That Strengthen LeadershipThe Hidden Cost of Success Leadership can be crowded — yet isolating. You can be surrounded by people all day and still feel completely alone. It's one of the most overlooked truths in leadership: the higher you rise, the fewer true peers you have. Decisions get heavier. The stakes get higher. And the space for authenticity gets smaller. In this episode of The MPWR Podcast, Eric Pfeiffer, CEO of MPWR Coaching, and co-host Dawn Neldon explore the unseen cost of leadership success — isolation — and how to overcome it through trust, vulnerability, and connection. "We...
2025-10-1033 minMPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#12: Why Teams Drift Without Clear Expectations: The Power of the Radical Minimum StandardIs your team underperforming but you're not sure why? If you've ever felt like your people are capable but still missing the mark, this episode may offer the leadership lens you didn't know you needed. In this episode, host Eric Pfeiffer is joined once again by Director of Content, Dawn Neldon to explore one of the most misunderstood gaps in team performance: the gap between assumed expectations and actual clarity. The culprit? A lack of what they call the Radical Minimum Standard or RMS. What is the Radical Minimum Standard? It's a practical...
2025-06-2340 minMPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#9: The Real Reason Your Team Feels Stuck (And How to Move Them Forward)The Real Reason Your Team Feels Stuck (And How to Move Them Forward) It's one of the most frustrating experiences for any leader: your team isn't progressing the way you hoped. Deadlines are missed. Initiative is lacking. Team members seem stuck—spinning their wheels, underdelivering, or repeatedly asking for help. And you start to wonder, Are they just not cut out for this? But what if the real problem isn't a lack of talent or motivation… but a misalignment in how they're being led? In this game-changing episode, Eric Pfeiffer teams up w...
2025-06-0251 minMPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#8: Leadership Isn't One-Size-Fits-All—Here's What Actually WorksLeadership Isn't One-Size-Fits-All: How to Adapt Your Style to Develop Others It may come as a surprise, but the way most leaders show up is more habitual than intentional. They lead the way they were led. They rely on instinct, default patterns, or inherited behaviors—often without realizing it. They lean into what's comfortable, not always what's effective. But here's the reality: leadership is not one-size-fits-all—especially in today's fast-evolving, multigenerational, and values-driven workplace. If you're leading everyone the same way, chances are you're not actually leading them at all. In this transformative epis...
2025-05-2637 minMPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#7: The Leadership Blindspot Killing Your Culture: Lack of TrustThe Leadership Blindspot Killing Your Culture: Lack of Trust You can have a flawless strategy, polished systems, and clearly defined roles—but if your team doesn't trust you, none of it matters. Trust is the oxygen of leadership. Without it, culture suffocates, engagement plummets, and performance flatlines. In this eye-opening episode, Eric Pfeiffer is joined once again by Director of Content, Dawn Neldon to explore a crisis that's often overlooked—especially in high-performing organizations: the slow erosion of trust. Beneath the surface of strong KPIs and fast growth, many leaders unknowingly lead teams that...
2025-05-1935 minMPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#6: The #1 Mistake Companies Make—Planning Products Over PeopleThe #1 Mistake Companies Make—Planning Products Over People It's a painful truth: most organizations spend more time planning their next product launch than they do preparing their next generation of leaders. And the cost? Burnout. High turnover. Stalled growth. Talented team members walking out the door because they feel unseen, unsupported, and underdeveloped. In this powerful episode, Eric Pfeiffer is joined by our Director of Content, Dawn Neldon to uncover the silent crisis happening inside boardrooms and breakrooms alike. Together, they reveal the biggest mistake companies make—prioritizing deliverables over development—and how this o...
2025-05-1231 minMPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#4: The Kairos Circle: A New Blueprint for Resilient Leadership The Kairos Circle: A New Blueprint for Resilient Leadership In a world where 65% of leaders report experiencing burnout symptoms, leading to decreased productivity and higher turnover rates, and with global employee engagement declining from 23% to 21% in 2024, the need for effective leadership frameworks has never been more critical. In this episode, hosts Eric Pfeiffer and Dawn Neldon delve into the Kairos Circle—a transformative framework designed to help leaders pause, process, and pivot during defining moments. They explore how this approach can turn obstacles into opportunities for growth, fostering resilience and adaptability in leadership.
2025-04-2834 minMPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#2: The Ownership Shift: How To Stop Blaming and Start LeadingBlame is easy. Ownership is transformational What separates good leaders from great ones? It's not charisma, intelligence, or even experience. It's ownership. In this episode of the MPWR Podcast, host Eric Pfeiffer, CEO of MPWR Coaching, is joined by Dawn Neldon, Director of Content, to explore the crucial shift from blame to responsibility—why it's hard, how it changes everything, and what tools you need to lead with confidence under pressure. Most people don't naturally start with ownership. When things go wrong, the default response is to blame circumstances, systems, or pe...
2025-04-2222 minMPWR Podcast | Become The Leader YOU Want To Follow#1: Upgrade Your Leadership Operating System: The Secret to Leading Under PressureThe best leaders don't just learn, they upgrade how they lead! Welcome to the MPWR Podcast, where leadership is redefined—not as a title or position, but as your daily influence and impact. I'm your host, Eric Pfeiffer, CEO of MPWR Coaching. In this episode, I'm joined by Dawn Neldon, our Director of Content as we explore what truly separates thriving leaders from those who crumble under pressure. We're pulling back the curtain on why traditional leadership development often falls short—and what to do about it. You'll learn why simply reading books and...
2025-04-2217 min
The Life You're Made For with Dr. Heather Penny073 From Scarcity to Hope with Dawn NeldonHave you ever known a person that has the ability to be totally honest with themselves and doesn’t flinch at the uncomfortable truths surfacing? This is who I know Dawn Neldon to be. Which is why I asked her to join me in my Beliefs series to talk about going from scarcity to hope. I have watched Dawn over the years face some hard truths– no matter how unsettling– and most importantly, do something about it. Her transformation from a mindset of scarcity to hope has been a joy to witness. The reason I know this so wel...
2025-01-0850 min
The Life You're Made For with Dr. Heather Penny037 "Coaching Works!" A Live Coaching Session with Dawn NeldonToday on the show I sit down with my dear friend Dawn Neldon for a live coaching session. There is so much value in seeing others work through the process of transformation. Dawn explains how focusing on her clarity, confidence, and courage (3C Living) helped her step into the life she was made for. I think her journey is going to be a great inspiration to you. So let's dive in!Dawn wears many hats. She is a StoryBrand certified content creator (and my social media manager) She is one of the owners of UNCMN Creative Works...
2023-04-0531 min
Spiritual Life and Leadership22. Wine and Words (and Nuggets), with the Uncommon Good TeamUncommon Good is an experimental church bringing in the kingdom of God by bringing people together in "uncommon" ways.What happens when a group of church leaders stop asking “How do we get people to come to church?” And instead start asking, “How do we create spaces people want to be?”Today we hear from a team that has spent the last year wandering outside the church walls trying to answer that question. And along the way they have discovered a huge gap between church and culture.Call them a church, or a faith co...
2019-02-0457 min
NERDWatchNERDWatch Episode 130: Nintendo Switch This!In this episode of the #NERDWatch podcast; join G Money, Phormat, Gannon, Todd, & Swan as they give their inital impressions of #Nintendo's newest gaming console, the Nintendo Switch. The boys for the first time take a couple of on air calls about the Switch, the new Zelda launch title and the all new PS4 title, Horizon: Zero Dawn.
2017-03-0951 min
NERDWatchNERDWatch Episode 128: New Hair, Who Dis?In this episode of the #NERDWatch podcast, Gannon and Phormat are out and Lyndsay A.K.A. #NightDarlingCosplay sits in! Join G Money, Alika, Todd, Swan. & Lyndsay as they discuss the Oscars, new movie trailers, the new movie "Get Out", and the new PS4 exclusive game, Horizon: Zero Dawn. Finally, G Money discusses his disdain for some Japanese Anime while Lyndsay, the ultimate anime fan, tries to set him straight.
2017-03-011h 00
NERDWatchNERDWatch Episode 71: Mr. Walken Wow!In this episode of the NERDWatch podcast, join G Money, Phormat, Gannon, Alika, Todd, & Hennessey as they speak on all things NERD. The boys react to the CW network special on the "Dawn of the Justice League", the new "Suicide Squad" trailer, Tarantino's shared universe, and the "Cloverfield" sequel. Finally, Todd shares his impression of Christopher Walken and the NERDS even think about doing a commentary for the Bill Cosby classic, "Leonard part 6. All this and more only on the NERDWatch podcast. #NERDWatch
2016-01-201h 39