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MPWR 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...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 P...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...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 team...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...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 circu...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...2025-04-2217 min
The Life You're Made For with Dr. Heather PennyBeliefs Part 5 - 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 Penny"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 TeamSend me a text! I’d love to know what you're thinking!Uncommon 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 b...2019-02-0456 min