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Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarScaling Your Business Starts with Scaling YourselfDoug Barra is the owner of Action Coach Business Success, a long-time business coach, speaker, and passionate advocate for business re-education. He joins Access Your Leadership to share his incredible journey from software engineer to seasoned coach and now owner of his own (and second) ActionCOACH franchise. With nearly two decades of experience, Doug dives into the mindset shifts, pivotal choices, and leadership philosophies that have shaped his career.What happens when you move from “doing the work” to empowering others to grow their business? How do you know when it's time to pivot from a path that...2025-05-0644 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarLeading with Care: How to Build a Culture That ThrivesRachel Platt is the Founder and CEO of PLATTinum Consulting, where she partners with small and mid-sized businesses to strengthen leadership, culture, and people strategy. She joins Access Your Leadership to share her leadership journey, from early management experiences to launching her own consulting firm focused on people-first strategies. Rachel dives into the powerful lessons learned from helping employees grow (even in cases where they may need to move on), recognizing untapped talent, and building cultures where learning and development thrive. What does it mean to treat employees as “gifts on loan”? How can leaders transform difficult conversations into oppo...2025-04-2848 min

Built For The Game with Rob Cressy75 Hard x Hakim LakhdarWhat is the mindset, challenges, and results of completing 75 Hard? In this episode of Built For The Game, Rob Cressy is joined by Hakim Lakhdar as he shares his experience and feelings of being on Day 75 of the mental toughness program.Interested in doing 75 Hard? Here's some tips that will help: https://robcressy.com/75-hard/ Ways I can Help: AI Coaching For High Performing Leaders. Apply Today: https://robcressy.ai/ #1 AI Community For Entrepreneurs - Join Us: https://www.weareunlimited.ai 5 Days To C...2025-04-0940 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarFrom Music to Marketing: Owning Your Leadership JourneyTali Hasanov is the CEO and Founder of WSI Digital Path Marketing, a leader in digital strategy and online brand growth. She joins Access Your Leadership to share her journey from a background in classical piano performance to becoming a successful entrepreneur in the digital marketing world. Tali dives into the mindset shifts, personal habits, and leadership strategies that have fueled her success. What role does self-leadership play in business growth? How does establishing a powerful morning routine impact leadership effectiveness? Why is independent thinking just as critical as critical thinking for modern leaders? What lessons from the arts...2025-03-0436 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarLeading Strategy: People, Profits and PromisesIn this episode of Access Your Leadership, host Hakim A. Lakhdar sits down with Shireen Halal, CEO of Maior Strategic Consulting. Shireen brings a wealth of experience in helping professional service firms that feel stuck…whether facing stagnant revenue, outdated strategies, or operational bottlenecks. With a background in law, operations, and strategic consulting, she shares powerful insights on leadership, talent recognition, thought leadership, and the vital connection between people and profits. Together, Hakim and Shireen dive into the nuances of leadership, scaling businesses, and fostering a culture that prioritizes both operational excellence and human capital. They explore the...2025-02-0346 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarLeading Beyond Limits: Understanding and Embracing ADHDIn this episode of Access Your Leadership, Hakim has the pleasure of speaking with Ian Tennenbaum, the founder and executive coach at Accountable Live. Ian’s work focuses on helping clients with ADHD navigate the challenges of overthinking, building follow-through, and taking meaningful action in their lives and careers.Ian shares his personal journey of resilience and transformation, highlighting how understanding his own ADHD has been pivotal not only in reshaping his life but also in shaping the work he does with his clients. He recounts his early struggles, from dropping out of college to facing ups an...2025-01-2042 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarSelf-Leadership into a Bold 2025 & the 75 Hard ChallengeWelcome to the first episode of 2025! As I reflect on the start of this new year, I opted to share some personal insights and lessons that have already shaped my journey.The year began unexpectedly - I came down with an illness that forced me to slow down. Instead of powering through, as I might have done in the past, I chose to prioritize rest and recovery. It was a different way to start the year, but it felt right. That decision to pause was a reminder that showing up authentically means honoring where I am in...2025-01-1418 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarReflect, Reconnect, Renew: A Year-End Reflection for LeadersAs 2024 draws to a close, host and coach Hakim A. Lakhdar, shares a heartfelt invitation to reflect on the past year and prepare for what lies ahead. This special episode encourages leaders, professionals, and anyone on a journey of growth to pause, reflect, and reconnect with their purpose. Hakim reflects on his own ups and downs of 2024, sharing personal stories about learning to navigate challenges, embrace gratitude, and realign with what truly matters. He invites listeners to consider their own defining moments from the year—both triumphs and trials—and ask, “If this year were a book, what would its ti...2024-12-3114 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThe 7-Figure Leadership Leap and the Story Behind ItDustin Riechmann, the Founder of 7-Figure Leap, joins Access Your Leadership to share his unconventional career journey, moving from a stable 17-year engineering career to becoming a thriving entrepreneur. He discusses how his entrepreneurial journey evolved from online marriage ministry to launching a digital marketing consultancy, to creating a successful physical product business, and ultimately founding 7-Figure Leap. As Dustin begins his story, he shares a recent leadership win: speaking to high school seniors in a program called CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities), where he highlighted the importance of storytelling, adaptability, and how embracing uncertainty can lead to growth. How...2024-12-2351 min

7-Figure Leap with Dustin RiechmannWhy Every Entrepreneur Needs Leadership Coaching Now with Hakim A. LakhdarLeadership coach Hakim A. Lakhdar joins Dustin for an eye-opening conversation about leadership in all its forms. Sharing stories from a journey that spans Harvard Law, global reform projects, stunt work, and bartending in Vegas, Hakim explains how clarity, confidence, and compassion shape transformational leadership. He also discusses the surprising twists of his career, the critical role of self-leadership, and why values should guide every decision. If you're an entrepreneur feeling stuck or a leader wanting to grow, Hakim’s insights will inspire and challenge you to reimagine how you lead.Chapters00:00:00 The Comfortable Cat vs. Th...2024-12-1045 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarLeading to the Finish: Building a Team for a Successful Business ExitBob Tankesley, M&A Advisor, Principal at Neri Capital Partners, and Author of the new book, Exit Teams: Build a Team of Advisors for Your Business Sale to Get a Higher Price. In this episode, Bob shares his expertise in helping business owners prepare for and execute successful exits while building value in their companies. He goes on to explain the complexities of selling a business, emphasizing the importance of leadership, optimization, and assembling the right team of advisors to maximize results. Bob’s wealth of experience in mergers and acquisitions, along with his passion for helping business owners, sh...2024-12-0944 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarFrom Wall Street to AllRise: Leading a Law Firm with EmpathyLeslee Cohen, founder and managing partner of All Rise Legal Counsel, joins Access Your Leadership to share her incredible journey as a leader in the legal profession. From Wall Street to building her own boutique law firm, Leslee has redefined what leadership looks like in her industry by prioritizing empathy, flexibility, and authenticity. In this inspiring conversation, Leslee takes us through the twists and turns of her career, from navigating high-pressure roles in corporate law to creating a firm where lawyers can thrive both professionally and personally. She shares how she built a culture of trust and flexibility at...2024-12-0348 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThanksgiving Episode: The Power of Gratitude in LeadershipIn this solo Thanksgiving Week episode of Access Your Leadership, Hakim dives into the transformative power of gratitude and how it can elevate your leadership game—both in leading yourself and others. Gratitude isn’t just a feel-good practice; it’s a leadership tool that fosters trust, inspires engagement, and drives impactful results. In this episode, Hakim shares a short story about coaching a leader who discovered how gratitude could revolutionize their connection with their team. He also provides practical insights into how gratitude helps leaders shift their focus from problems to possibilities, strengthen relationships, and how to cultivate clarit...2024-11-2506 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarSales Leadership Rooted in Possibility and PositivityDan Lubic is a Fractional V.P. of Sales, as a member of the Sales XCeleration network, which allows him to partner with small-to-medium sized businesses to help them drive sales growth. Dan joins Access Your Leadership to talk about his 36 amazing years building a career at FedEx, where he started as a delivery driver, and where that’s led him today. As Dan begins to tell the story of his inspiring professional journey, he shares a personal win from his mid-thirties that he’s still celebrating today - overcoming a health issue that left him paralyzed and likely unab...2024-11-1946 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarLearning, Leadership and PR: A Conversation with a CEO (Chief Education Officer)Evan Nierman, the Founder and CEO of Red Banyan PR, a strategic communications firm specializing in public relations and crisis-management, joins Access Your Leadership for a conversation about how important life-long learning is to becoming and being a CEO. In this episode, Evan shares how valuable it is to “just show up” as a leader and business owner. He explains how celebrating the little wins along the way is as powerful, if not more powerful than waiting for some big event to occur. Evan not only talks about but demonstrates what vulnerability looks like in leadership and the significant impa...2024-11-131h 01

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarPromoting the Collaborative Process Through Law & LeadershipRobert Merlin is the immediate-past President of the Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals, former President of the Collaborative Family Law Institute and a Senior Partner and the Founder of Robert J. Merlin, P.A., where he represents clients in divorces through the Collaborative Process. In this episode, Bob gives a detailed and inspiring explanation of exactly what the Collaborative Practice is, how it works and why it’s such a valuable approach to divorce and other (often legal) matters. Bob shares what it was like to be a hard-nosed litigator for so much of his legal career and how he...2024-11-0444 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarLeading with Heart: A PR Success StoryMichelle Mekky is the CEO and Founder of Mekky Media Relations, Inc., a member of the Strategic Advancement Committee, on the Executive Council for the International Public Relations Network (IPRN) and most recently a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council. She is based in Chicago, which is where she and Hakim met at an Exit Success Lab two-day conference event. Michelle joins Access Your Leadership to share her incredible story and journey of becoming the leader of an award-winning PR firm and all that it took to get there. She shares personal and professional...2024-10-2844 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThought Leadership: Celebrating One Year of PodcastingRob Cressy is an AI & Self Development Coach, Entrepreneur, Podcast Host, Speaker and the Co-founder of the Unlimited Coach community. Rob and Hakim have run in similar circles for some time now and really connected when they attended a virtual conference for a coaching community, where they each helped elevate the virtual space for those not attending the London event in-person. From there, their connection grew and Hakim ended up engaging Rob in podcast coaching in order to launch Access Your Leadership. From there, they met up in Santa Monica and have become close friends and co-creators, meeting up...2024-10-2144 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarCreation Vacation: The Space Where 'The Work' Gets DoneA lot has happened since my last published episode, which I did with my father. Unfortunately, days after publishing that episode, my father was admitted to the hospital and ended up being there for 2 weeks. I am happy to report that he got some good medical attention and has been home now for a few weeks regaining his strength and getting himself back on track. Additionally, my 93 year old grandmother was experiencing some issues related to her assisted living situation, which the whole family responded to in a beautiful way to resolve. She remains in her beautiful apt and...2024-10-1414 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarFrom Morocco to the American Dream: Special Education, Leadership and FamilyDr. Sidi M. Lakhdar (aka “Lakhdar,” “Papa” and “Grand-pere”) is a retired Professor of Special Education. Before retiring in 2019, he spent 44 years of his career developing and designing programs, as well as teaching and training teachers of special education in multiple languages and multiple countries around the world. He is a dedicated husband, grandfather and…father to my brother, Samir, and me. After taking a break for some summer travel, I decided that my father was the perfect guest to have on and feature in my return episode. In this episode, Dr. Lakhdar shares his amazing and inspiring story of growing up...2024-09-0447 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThe Power of Your Brand: Strategy, Design and Leadership for Business GrowthLaura Sauter is a speaker, fractional CMO and the Owner and Senior Brand Strategist with Agency Bel, a boutique agency that develops identities and visual elements for print and digital communications focused on conscientious organization with a strong sense of corporate responsibility. She joins Access Your Leadership to share how she’s spent the last 23 years successfully building her agency and serving clients in such a valuable way. In this episode, Laura reflects on the path she was on prior to launching her own business and what she learned about herself, and continued to reflect on, along the way. Th...2024-08-0647 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarCommunity, Connection and Leadership in the Craft Beer IndustryAndrew Coplon is the Founder of Craft Beer Professionals, a national network dedicated to the growth and betterment of the Craft Beer industry and Founder of Secret Hopper, a mystery shopping and consulting company for craft beer businesses. Andrew joins Access Your Leadership to talk about his journey that’s led him to developing a community of over 17,000 craft beer industry professionals. He shares his take on the current state of the industry, what experiences he’s had and created for his craft beer peers and how leadership plays into any and all careers in this industry. For instance, what...2024-07-0853 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThe Winning Formula: Corporate and Sports Leadership CoachingKathleen E.R. Murphy, an Executive Sports Coach and CEO of her company Market Me Too out of Boston, Massachusetts, joins Access Your Leadership to talk about her transition from corporate to coaching. Kathy shares how throughout her career she had a feeling that there was more she could be doing to align with her purpose. She initially explored providing coaching in a business/leadership context and later blended her experience and passion into working with sports teams and their coaching staff. Kathy has worked with athletes and teams at all levels of sport and has researched and written...2024-07-0152 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarLife and Leadership Through CollaborationDr. Heidi K. Gardner, an old friend and Harvard colleague, joins Access Your Leadership to share her incredible journey around the world, leading her to being an expert in the area of collaboration. Dr. Gardner is a Distinguished Fellow and Lecturer at Harvard Law School, a Co-founder of Smarter Collaboration International and CEO of Gardner & Co., a research and consulting firm that provides collaboration focused solutions with boards and senior leadership teams to transform their organizations. From her early years of growing up in/near Amish Country Pennsylvania, Heidi later ventured out to make her mark on the world...2024-06-2451 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThriving Beyond Cancer: A Realtor's Inspiring Leadership JourneyRhonda Kohn, a Real Estate Advisor with Keller Williams Realty, joins Access Your Leadership to share her inspiring story about life after cancer and serving her clients. Rhonda helps buyers and sellers in both the Florida and California markets and she is also a three-time cancer survivor. In this episode, Rhonda shares what it was like finding out that she would be fighting cancer (and fight she did) and what impact each of those experiences had on her life and business of serving her clients. She talks about how she got started, what brought her to Florida and how...2024-06-1037 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarRealizing Your Leadership Potential: Embracing Choice and Transformation, Part 2 (The Journey)Al Kenny, an internationally respected coach, joins Access Your Leadership again for Part Two of his story of transformation that he shared back in March 2024. As you may recall, Al works to help people achieve their goals and dreams without stress and pressure. In Part One of this conversation, Al shared how he received some rather sobering feedback from a potential hire he was considering for a role on this team. Upon hearing that, Al embarked on a journey that had him learning a ton about performance culture, leadership and most importantly, a great deal about himself. In this...2024-06-0334 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarPermission to Evolve: Supporting Business Success Through LeadershipRuss Katzman, a Strategist, Coach, Mentor, Author and International Speaker and the Founder and CEO of Progeny Coaching and Consulting LLC, joins Access Your Leadership to talk about how purpose and evolution are two key ingredients for success in leadership and business. Russ shares some of the details on his own journey, starting from his early years in Wisconsin all the way to where he is now as a husband, father and business owner living in the Tampa area. He explains one of his superpowers, which he discovered early on in his career, that allows him to bridge communication...2024-05-2048 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim Lakhdar5 Minute Guided Meditation for Inspiring LeadersIn this special Mental Health Awareness Month episode of Access Your Leadership, Hakim guides you through a brief 5-minute medidation dedicated to creating peace, power and passion in who you are as a leader. Hakim wants ever leader to absolutely love their leadership journey, both for what that creates for the life and career of the individual as well as for those they lead. This guided meditation is designed specifically for leaders to highlight the importance of mental health, especially in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month. As leaders, the pressures and responsibilities can often lead to st...2024-05-1404 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarLeadership and the Family Business: Putting Relationships FirstAngel Gonzalez, the CEO of Millennium Benefits, joins Access Your Leadership to share his journey learning about and then ultimately leading his family insurance practice. Starting in the business in 1996, Angel worked closely with his mother and (then) step-father to support them in building the business. Never expecting to stay in the business long-term, he evolved not only as a professional but as a relationship-focused leader of their family owned and operated insurance brokerage focused on employee group benefits. In this episode, Angel shares what it was like to learn the business at a young age from his experienced...2024-05-0636 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarBald Really IS Beautiful: Leadership, Advocacy and AuthencityDeirdre Nero, an immigration attorney and owner of Nero Immigration Law, P.L., joins Access Your Leadership to share her incredibly inspiring story about her life and career after being diagnosed with alopecia at the young age of twenty-one. In this episode, Deirdre shares how you came to learn of her disease and how it impacted and also didn’t impact her success as a law student, young attorney and eventually law firm owner. Deirdre describes the unique circumstances and the self-leadership that was required to venture into immigration law in her first year as a practicing attorney and ho...2024-04-2953 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarCorporate Exec. to Franchise Owner/Consultant: Caring About People as a Common ThreadJim McEleney, a franchise consultant with FranNet who helps people look at their options for business ownership in the franchise model, joins Access Your Leadership to share some of his amazing stories and lessons from his international work and how that all led him to what he’s doing now. In this episode, Jim explains what it was like and what he learned working in the U.K. and India for a combined nine years! He spent three years in London, then two in India and then another four years back in London before moving to Florida and embarking on...2024-04-2250 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarFrom Sales to Coaching: 25 Years of Elevating Lawyers and their BusinessPhyllis Sisenwine, aka The Lawyers Coach, joins Access Your Leadership to share how she got into coaching over 25 years ago and how she has successfully led herself and her clients during that time. Phyllis is a Certified Master Coach, a speaker and author and she works with clients (mostly lawyers) to help them develop themselves and build their business. She is a frequent guest at conferences, on radio and TV talking about not only the ways she supports her coaching clients, but also how other coaches out in the world can build their own practices. In this episode, Phyllis...2024-04-0840 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarMastering Self-Leadership: Quieting Your Inner CriticIn this solo episode, Hakim shares some food for thought pertaining to the harsh voice that sometimes shows up in all of our heads - our inner critic! In our younger years, our inner voice was much less critical and there to truly keep us safe. However, as we get older, gain experience and collect our stories, that inner voice turns into our inner critic and can really show up loudly at times, assuming that it’s still keeping us safe. Instead, that inner critic often has us playing small, avoiding any and all risk, overlooking opportunity and much mo...2024-04-0207 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThe Power Within: Self-Awareness, Leadership and Law EnforcementDan Truex is a military veteran, a Lexington, KY law enforcement officer and the CEO of GuardLogic, a security company that provides top-notch security by pairing great people with real analytics to build out a custom program that focuses on constantly improving. He is also a devoted and loving husband and father. In this episode, Dan shares how, while touring college campuses at the young age of nineteen, he made a big life decision that set him on a path of learning and leadership. Dan shares the ways in which his commitment to self-awareness has served him throughout his...2024-03-2538 min

Live Into Your BrillianceThe Power of Leading from Emotional Openness with Hakim LakhdarJoin us as we welcome the extraordinary Hakim Laktar to the podcast, where he sheds light on the transformative impact of emotional openness as a leader. Hakim brings his unique blend of experiences—from musical performances to a seasoned career in legal education and executive coaching—to the table, as we explore the crucial role of happiness in the workplace. Listen in as Hakim shares his insights on the intuitive art of leading with clarity, confidence, and compassion, and the profound influence it can have on both personal and professional realms.We dissect the struggles many face in a...2024-03-191h 08

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThe Leadership Blueprint for a Thriving Law Firm: People, Culture, and ValuesJeff Bast, a well-respected bankruptcy lawyer and cofounder of Bast Amron, joins Access Your Leadership to share his story and the leadership insights that allow him, his partner and their employees to thrive! Since launching the firm in 2008, Jeff and his partner, Brett Amron, have grown the firm to 25 employees and have a total of 6 partners at the firm. Last year, Hakim joined Jeff and Brett on their podcast, The Practice, and over time Hakim has had the privilege of seeing Jeff’s leadership in action. In this episode, Jeff kindly shares some details about what led him to co...2024-03-1843 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarRealizing Your Leadership Potential: Embracing Choice and Transformation, Part 1Al Kenny, an internationally known coach, joins Access Your Leadership to share his story and insights that he incorporates into his work with clients to help people achieve their goals and dreams without stress and pressure. Last year, Hakim had the opportunity to spend time with Al at a coaching intensive in Santa Monica, California, and that is where Al shared some of his experiences as a leader in the corporate world. In this episode, Al talks about his early professional years that ultimately led him to his corporate career and what he found when he learned about himself...2024-03-1152 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarUnlocking Your Inner Leader: Embracing Self-Love and CompassionIn this short solo episode, Hakim reflects on his own start to 2024, the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday and how both of those relate to self-love or self-compassion. In this episode, he talks broadly about how the challenging start to the year made him feel about and care for himself. Hakim shares why Compassion is not only one of his 3 Cs in terms of coaching leaders (the other two being Clarity and Confidence), but also talks about how Compassion is one of his top 3 core values (the other two are Awareness and Joy). He explains the difference between empathy an...2024-02-1205 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThe Power of Desire: Finding Harmony in Motherhood, Business, and LeadershipKim Auker, a Transformational Coach for revolutionary mothers, joins Access Your Leadership to share how deeply connected she is to supporting women (and men) who are juggling the roles of powerful parent and ambitious entrepreneur. In this episode, Kim talks about the power of desire and how what we personally want to create in our lives and in this world can be a drive for incredible success. She shares stories of her past where she felt powerless and how that impacted how she saw herself as a parent and entrepreneur. Kim talks about feeling and playing it safe and...2024-02-0529 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarFinding Your Path of Purpose Through A Strong Sense of SelfNicole Miller is the Founder & CEO of WERRK Creative Brand Strategy, a strategic branding and marketing agency supporting businesses in brand awareness resulting in significant sales growth. Nicole joins Access Your Leadership to share her own story as well as her recent and exciting updates regarding her business and new personal/professional focus. She shares how these new amazing developments were the result of some not-so-amazing events that have occurred in her life recently and how your mindset, self-leadership and outlook have served her. Nicole shares insights from her second book that she’s currently working on and how he...2024-01-2926 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarHeart-Driven Leadership: Elevating Legal Recruiting to New HeightsAida C. Rodriguez, CEDS, the CEO and Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer of Ascension Global Staffing and Executive Search, joins Access Your Leadership to share her amazing style of leadership that has allowed her to build a world-class team of professionals and a thriving business. In this episode, Aida talks about how her people truly are her company’s biggest asset. She talks about her early years working in the legal services industry and how a couple pivotal moves and opportunities taught her so much about what it meant to be a valued employee. Aida shares how her experiences al...2024-01-1736 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarUnleashing Courage: The Key to Exceptional Leadership (and Self-Leadership)In this episode, Hakim briefly shares what courage has meant to him in the context of leading himself, his family and his business. He shares the difference between bravery and courage and discusses the various ways harnessing our courage within can make us more effective as leaders of teams and/or our own business. There have been numerous events in Hakim’s life where courage has been a necessity and results in extraordinary results. It involved calculated risk-taking and trust in his ability to persevere without always knowing how things would ultimately pan out. So, then what’s the diff...2024-01-0909 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThe Legacy of Mr. Rogers: Love and Leadership for the New YearIn this episode, Hakim carves out some time on NYE 2023 to share a deeply moving and powerful quote from Mr. Rogers’ that has always made such a big impression on him. He talks about the impact of such a quote on the way in which we lead ourselves and others and why it’s not talked about more often. Hakim offers up a few areas where embracing the message behind such a quote could transform your team and your own leadership philosophy. What does helping others know they’re loved and know they can love mean for leadership? Why is lov...2024-01-0109 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarCEO to Chief Everything Officer: Lessons from 20 Years of Business LeadershipKevin “The Title King” Tacher, CEO & Founder of Independence Title, Inc., joins Access Your Leadership to share his amazing comeback story and he has secured his success 20 years into running his business. In this episode, Kevin talks about the power of relationships and how not only making them, but nurturing them over time has been such a key element to his growth as a leader and his success in business. He shares what it means to not quit and to play “all out” in everything that he does, both professionally and personally, and what that creates in his world. Kevin re...2023-12-2530 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThe Santa Effect: How Believing Can Enhance Your Leadership AbilitiesIn this episode, Hakim reflects on the spirit of the holidays, specifically what it means to believe in Santa and how believing in Santa may unlock a powerful approach to leadership and self-development. He examines and explains approaches he’s adopted from working with his own coach that address creating/manifesting as a part of leadership. While the short episode doesn’t talk entirely about creating, it does address how much more valuable and limitless it is to think that believing creates our seeing, rather than needing to see something to believe (in) it. This perspective is also discussed in t...2023-12-1809 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarLeading with Heart: Friendship, Business and Compassionate LeadershipIan Blei, the founder and CEO of Moonshine Media Group and Executive Producer at Moonshine Pictures (not to mention a childhood friend and the co-best man at my wedding), joins Access Your Leadership to share the ups and downs of his journey that’s taken him to where he is today. Ian talks about his time at Florida State University studying under an Oscar-winning special effects icon. He talks in detail about the various employment experiences he’s had and what kinds of leaders he encountered along the way. Ian shares stories about what inspired him to become the lead...2023-12-1140 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarBeyond LinkedIn: Early Chapters of My Life and Leadership JourneyIn this episode, Hakim openly shares some less widely-known stories that helped shape him into the professsional, leader and coach he is today. From an early age, he's felt a sense of connection and purpose when it comes to helping others. Hakim shares some of the activities, clubs, priorities, etc. that he chose to focus on to develop himself as a servant leader and coach. He speakes about his experience living in Morocco, not knowing the languages, and what that experience taught him about his resilence and commitment to not only doing hard things, but fully maximizing the experience...2023-12-0430 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarUnderstanding Your Animal Influencers to Transform LeadershipJo Andrews, a Leadership Transformer and Co-Founder of The Training Rock, joins Access Your Leadership to share some details about the twists and turns she navigated in her own career that ultimately led her to building a business aimed at transforming leaders globally. Jo talks briefly about her early days as a pianist turned professional and the different leadership styles she encountered that really cemented her commitment to designing and offering fun, engaging and high-impact training for leaders. In our conversation we discuss what really stood out to her about great leaders and what she learned from the not-so-great...2023-11-2741 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThe Power of Ego: Navigating Leadership with AwarenessIn this episode, Hakim discusses ego and the way in which it impacts leadership. He highlights what ego is, where it comes from, how to identify and manage it and its effect on how we lead ourselves and others. Hakim shares some personal stories about his own experience managing his own ego and working in an industry and at institutions that create professionals with some of the biggest egos out there. In this episode, he challenges you to explore how your own ego has been created and what its impact has been on your own life and career. Are...2023-11-2017 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarA Journey of Food, Family and LeadershipFil Ip, Restaurateur/Owner of Golden Marquess and Baoshi, a new Asian food hall in South Florida, joins Access Your Leadership to share some details about his family’s background and journey into the restaurant industry, his transition from corporate to restaurant ownership, personal challenges he and his wife had to overcome after the loss of their first daughter, and how he’s managed to be a devoted husband and father while expanding his family business. Fil owns and operates six restaurants locations in South Florida with a new Asian food hall opening up at the end of 2023. In o...2023-11-1338 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThe Network Effect: Leading a Community of LeadersErika Buenoventura, the South Florida Regional Director at ProVisors, joins Access Your Leadership to share her journey from Peru to the U.S. and from strong individual contributor to being a leader of leaders. She talks about her move to the U.S. at the age of 12, her parents’ work ethic and her own leadership development that’s led her to where she is today. In our conversation we talk about the leaders that have supported and inspired her along the way and what about their leadership made the impact that it made. What was it like coming to the...2023-11-0627 min

Built For The Game with Rob CressyBeing A Powerful Creator with Hakim LakhdarWhat do you need to believe about yourself to be the best in the world? In this episode of Built For The Game, Rob Cressy is joined by Hakim Lakhdar as they jam about the process of self creation, how to coach yourself, and the power of language in creating anything you want in life.If what I talk about resonates with you reach out to me on Instagram or LinkedIn @RobCressy and let's set up time to chat.-Ways...2023-11-0231 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarUnlocking Leadership: The Importance of Self-AwarenessIn this episode, Hakim helps to define exactly what self-awareness is and what it is not, differentiating it from self-confidence and self-esteem. In addition to sharing some of the benefits of self-awareness, Hakim talks about how important emotional intelligence is as a building block to creating greater self-awareness. Lastly, he gives some examples of what might get in your way or ways in which you can create a practice around increased self-awareness. Being that this is where a lot of the work of leading self and others begins, this felt like a natural place to start. As you...2023-10-3026 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarThe Journey from Selling Underwear to Leading MenJoel Gandara, Life & Business Coach and author of the 31 Days to Being a Better Man, joins Access Your Leadership to share some details about his background and journey to becoming the successful businessman, husband, father and leader of men that he is now. Joel built an empire buying and selling underwear, creating his own brand and selling his successful business before going all in on his men’s work. In our conversation we weave through how his family life, upbringing, environment and strong self of self helped propel him forward to become the leader he is today. What do...2023-10-2138 min

Access Your Leadership with Hakim LakhdarWelcome to Access Your LeadershipWelcome to Access Your Leadership with Hakim A. Lakhdar! In this intro episode, he gives you an overview of what you can come to expect and how this podcast will help you elevate your leadership. Feedback (I want to hear from you):You can connect with Hakim at https://lakhdarcoaching.com/ Did this podcast spark something in you or get you to take action in some way? I’d love your thoughts and feedback on our conversation. You can hit me up on I...2023-10-1801 min

THE PRACTICE PODCAST108. Who Needs Coaching? Lawyers!Meet Hakim Lakhdar, an Executive Career and Leadership Coach and the founder of Lakhdar Coaching. He discusses with Brett and Jeff why working in the legal profession suits him to coaching lawyers and other professionals. They discuss the numerous benefits of coaching and a variety of other topics, including conversational hypnosis, mirroring, stepping outside your comfort zone, and Hakim’s early path to coaching. If you have ever considered coaching or thought maybe you didn’t need it, we recommend you check out this episode.If you enjoyed the show, please subscribe, share, and leave a review. Subs...2023-07-1233 min

The Construction Influencer with Nicole MillerEmpowering Leaders with Self-Awareness and Emotional Intelligence with Hakim LakhdarI'm not sure who needs to hear this but it's ok if you are an individual that needs to work on being vulnerable to empower your self-awareness and emotional intelligence. These qualities may come naturally to others the way you drive business naturally based on analytics and your goals!My guest, Hakim Lakhdar, coaches business professionals to unlock their abilities to better connect emotionally with others. He offered some tips on how to better access those rarely utilized "skills. " At the end of the day too, we agreed these qualities are easier accessed when you are where you are...2023-06-2026 min

3%ers Business CoachingS2 E15 Interview With Hakim Lakhdar 👥🌎📚Welcome to Season 2, Episode 15 of the 3%ers Business Coaching podcast. This week’s episode is an interview with Hakim Lakhdar My biggest takeaways from talking with Hakim were; 👇 · The obstacle is the way! · How his love of people and serving people is his driving factor This is how Hakim describes himself; Hakim A. Lakhdar, M.A., M.B.A. is an NLP-certified executive career and leadership coach who has been working in the profession as a "non-lawyer" for nearly 15...2022-10-1844 min