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The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE142: When Doing More Stops WorkingThere comes a moment in many leadership journeys when all the behaviors that once drove success—working harder, stepping in faster, proving competence—suddenly stop delivering the same results. You’re still capable. Still committed. Still responsible. And yet, something feels off. In this episode, Janet explores that often-unspoken turning point and why it’s not a failure, but a call to a deeper kind of leadership.This conversation is about the inner shift required as leaders move into higher levels of responsibility. Janet unpacks why leadership effectiveness evolves from visible execution to discernment, presence, and judgm...
2026-02-1209 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE141. Communication Under Stress: Finding Your Voice Under PressureWhen the pressure is on and emotions run high, even the most articulate leaders can find their voice disappears. In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet explores what really happens to our communication under stress and how to stay grounded, clear, and intentional when it matters most.This conversation goes beyond communication tips and into the deeper work of self-leadership. Janet breaks down the biology of pressure, explains why clarity vanishes in high-stakes moments, and shares practical tools to help you regulate your nervous system, anchor your presence, and speak from intention rather than r...
2026-02-0510 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE140: Clear Articulation Is One of the Most Underrated Life SkillsThe ability to articulate your thoughts clearly is not just a leadership skill, it’s a life skill. In this solo episode, Janet explores why so many intelligent and capable people struggle to be heard, even when they have powerful ideas and deep experience. If you’ve ever walked away from a conversation thinking, “That’s not what I meant,” this episode will resonate deeply.Janet unpacks how clarity is shaped not only by language, but by presence, emotional regulation, and self-trust. In a world of constant noise, rushed meetings, and fragmented attention, learning to...
2026-01-2915 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE139: Facing a Layoff, Career Exit, or Feeling Like It’s Time for Change? Reinventing Identity, Purpose & Work After 50Many accomplished leaders reach a moment where the career that once defined them suddenly falls away—through a layoff, an exit, or a quiet inner knowing that it’s time for something more. What follows can feel disorienting, humbling, and deeply personal. In this episode, Janet Ioli and Jack Calhoun explore what happens when a professional identity dissolves and how to rebuild a meaningful next chapter rooted in wisdom, not ego.Jack Calhoun is a former wealth management partner turned founder of Encore Career Lab. Drawing from lived experience and years of working with career-invested profe...
2026-01-2235 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE138: Align Your Personal Style With Your Future SelfThere’s a moment in your life when you realize that style isn’t really about clothes at all. It's about identity. It’s about energy. It’s about the quiet imprint you leave on a room before you speak a single word. In this episode, Janet explores personal style as an extension of your inner evolution rather than a superficial aesthetic.If you’ve ever outgrown a version of yourself, or felt your outside no longer reflects who you are becoming, this conversation offers a thoughtful reset. Janet shares a grounded, story-rich look at how...
2026-01-1516 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE137: Rewriting Your Relationship with Food and Your BodyEvery new year, the pressure gets louder—the ads, the diets, the “new you” messaging that insists we wake up on January 1st smaller, stricter, and somehow more worthy. But this episode isn’t about resolutions or willpower. It’s about the deeper inner story so many of us, especially women, carry about our bodies, our weight, and what we believe we need to fix.In this deeply personal and story-driven episode, Janet shares her own history with dieting, body shame, and the harmful messages that shaped her relationship with food from a young age. S...
2026-01-0816 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE136: Create a Mind Vision and Step Into Your Future SelfMost of us start the new year thinking about goals, resolutions, and vision boards. But the kind of transformation we talk about on The Inner Edge doesn’t happen on a poster board—it happens inside of you. In this episode, Janet guides you through a powerful internal practice she calls a mind vision, a mental image of your future self that becomes the compass for how you show up, lead, and live this year. Instead of describing the concept alone, Janet takes you through a grounding, experiential exercise that helps you embody this future versio...
2026-01-0112 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE135: Leading Through Adversity with Strength, Purpose, and HeartWhen life brings you to your knees, how do you rise and lead from a deeper, truer place?In this powerful and intimate conversation, Robbe Pearson shares the moment his world shifted with an unexpected cancer diagnosis—and how the journey that followed transformed not only his health but his leadership, mindset, and sense of purpose. His story is a reminder of how quickly life can change, and how much inner strength we discover when we’re forced to face our own humanity.Robbe talks openly about navigating fear, building resilience, finding meaning in u...
2025-12-2526 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE134: Recognizing Misalignment and Letting Go with ClarityThere comes a moment — sometimes quiet, sometimes painfully loud — when something in your life that once felt effortless begins to feel heavy. Maybe it’s the sinking feeling as Sunday night arrives, the subtle dread before opening your laptop, or the growing awareness that you no longer feel like yourself. In today’s episode, Janet explores these moments not as inconveniences, but as invitations, signals from within that something in your life is no longer aligned with who you are becoming.This conversation is about the real, grounded work of letting go. Not the inspirational-quote version...
2025-12-1818 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE133: Accessing Your “Higher Wisdom”Have you ever noticed that your biggest insights rarely show up when you’re forcing yourself to figure something out? They arrive in the shower, on a walk, in the quiet moments between all the doing. They come when your mind finally slows down enough for something deeper to surface. In today’s episode of The Inner Edge, Janet explores this “higher wisdom” we all have access to but rarely create space to hear.Drawing from neuroscience, decades of leadership coaching, and personal stories, Janet reveals why relying solely on rational analysis leaves our decisions incomplet...
2025-12-1119 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE132: Choose Curiosity Over Judgment to Transform How You Lead and RelateSo often in our daily interactions—at work, at home, and even with strangers—we slip into automatic judgment without even noticing it. In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet invites you to pause before reacting and explore one of the most quietly transformative leadership practices available to all of us: choosing curiosity instead of judgment.Drawing from her bicultural upbringing in Greece and the United States, Janet shares how being immersed in multiple cultural worlds from a young age shaped her understanding that there is never just one “right” way to see things. Through w...
2025-12-0414 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE131: Leadership Lessons from the Special Somebodies We’ve LostWhat can the people we’ve lost teach us about who we become? And how do their everyday choices—often unnoticed in the moment—shape our leadership, our values, and the way we show up in the world?In this heartfelt conversation, Ian Ziskin returns to The Inner Edge to share the deeply personal journey that inspired his new collaborative book, Lives Lost and Leadership Found: Lessons from Special Somebodies. After losing both his brother and his mother only months apart, Ian began reflecting on the lessons they left behind.As we talk, you’ll...
2025-11-2718 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE130: Seeing Beyond Difference and Leading with HumanityWhen was the last time you truly saw someone, not for what made them different, but for the human being underneath?In this deeply personal solo episode, Janet shares a childhood story that shaped her lifelong perspective on inclusion, empathy, and what it really means to lead with humanity.Janet explores how neuroscience forms the lens through which we see others—and how, as adults and leaders, we can either perpetuate exclusion or embody compassion and courage.This episode is an invitation to remember our shared humanness and to lead not from ego, bu...
2025-11-2011 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE129: Be the Beacon: Leading Through Change and UncertaintyIn this solo episode, Janet Ioli explores what it really means to lead when everything around you feels like it’s shifting and uncertain. Instead of trying to eliminate the storm, she invites you to learn how to become the beacon—steady, grounded, and intentional—so others can orient themselves by your light.Drawing from real coaching conversations, leadership psychology, and her signature grounded wisdom, Janet offers a powerful reframe: Change isn’t the exception, it’s the environment we live in. Through her story-driven guidance, you’ll discover how to stop waiting for “normal” to return and sta...
2025-11-1315 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE128: How to Lead with Calm and Presence in a Chaotic WorldWhen everything around us feels uncertain, divided, and loud, true leadership doesn’t come from reacting; it comes from grounding. In this solo episode, Janet explores what it really means to cultivate presence and self-mastery when the world feels incomprehensible and brittle.She shares how our human wiring pulls us toward defensiveness and chaos, and why our greatest act of leadership is to choose steadiness instead. Through practical insights and reflective stories, Janet offers a guide to returning to that “grounded middle” we can all stand on.This episode is an invitation to become...
2025-11-0610 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE127: Why “Mattering” Is the Missing Link in LeadershipWe all crave to be seen, valued, and needed. And yet, so many people in today’s workplaces feel invisible. In this deeply human conversation, Janet talks with Dr. Zach Mercurio, author of The Power of Mattering, about why the greatest crisis in leadership isn’t disengagement or burnout, it’s a mattering deficit. Zach shares research-backed insights on how leaders can help others feel significant through small, intentional interactions that affirm their unique value. You’ll learn how to transform your daily leadership moments into acts that regenerate human energy, deepen connection, and create...
2025-10-3026 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE126: Why Character Still Matters in LeadershipWe often talk about strategy, charisma, and competence when we talk about leadership. But what about character? In this powerful solo episode, Janet Ioli dives into the often-ignored foundation of true leadership—character—and why it’s time we bring it back into focus.Through honest reflection and real-world observation, Janet explores how our collective erosion of respect, honesty, and decency has created a crisis of leadership. She challenges us to look inward and asks a question every leader should sit with: Who are we becoming?This conversation is an invitation to pause, recalib...
2025-10-2310 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE125: Rethinking Women’s Leadership Archetypes | Integrating Athena and AphroditeWhat if the real work of women in leadership isn’t about playing the part, but rewriting the entire script?In this solo episode, Janet explores the deep inner tension that women leaders experience as they navigate cultural expectations of femininity and leadership strength. Through her own story of being cast as Aphrodite instead of Athena in a childhood play, Janet uncovers how these archetypes still shape women’s experiences at work today.Drawing from her decades of research and personal reflection, she invites us to question the archetypes we’ve inherited, and to imagine new mo...
2025-10-1616 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE124: How to Build an Authentic Personal Brand That Attracts the Right PeopleWe’ve all heard the advice: “You need to build your brand.” But what happens when branding feels fake—or worse, like a performance? In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet shares a deeply personal story about her own journey with “branding” advice that clashed with her values, and how it led her to redefine what a personal brand truly is.This episode will challenge you to think beyond polished images and formulaic marketing strategies and instead focus on what truly magnetizes people: authenticity. Janet explores how your personal brand is not something you manufacture b...
2025-10-0913 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE123: Leading Teams Through Grief and Finding Authentic StrengthWhen life delivers unimaginable heartbreak, how do you keep leading, showing up, and holding on to yourself?In this tender and deeply human episode, Janet speaks with Lauren Stevens, a respected executive and former client, who lost her husband Chuck to glioblastoma after 19 months of courageous fighting. In the midst of grief and devastation, Lauren has had to keep leading her organization, caring for her daughter, and learning how to live in the “after” of loss.This conversation isn’t about fixing grief. Grief cannot be fixed. It’s about holding space for what it means to...
2025-10-0232 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE122: Take Care of Your Body: Your True Leadership FoundationIf your body could hand you a report card right now, what grade would you get?In this solo episode, Janet shines a light on a truth we often push to the bottom of our priority lists: our health. High-achievers may believe their brilliance and productivity keep them in the game, but the reality is that the body—the container carrying it all—is what makes that brilliance possible.With her signature warmth and honesty, Janet shares both personal stories and client experiences to show why delaying attention to health eventually catches up with us, ofte...
2025-09-2518 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE121: Why Leadership Presence Is Essential to Overcoming OverwhelmDo you ever feel like you’re running on fumes? Too exhausted, busy, and overwhelmed to even think about how you’re showing up as a leader? In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet Ioli explores why your leadership presence isn’t something to “get to later,” but rather the very thing that transforms how you spend your time, your energy, and your life.Through a powerful story from a recent executive program, Janet shares the all-too-familiar refrain of leaders who feel “too tired to focus on presence.” Then she flips that thinking on its head, showi...
2025-09-1815 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE120: The Courage to Let Go of an Old IdentityAt some point in life, every one of us faces a moment of reckoning, the quiet knock inside that tells us we’ve outgrown a role, a title, or even an identity we’ve carried for years. In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet explores the courage it takes to let go of who you’ve been to step into the person you’re becoming.Janet shares her own deeply personal story of moving from a successful corporate career into a new chapter as a creator, coach, and entrepreneur. Through her journey, she invites you to reflect...
2025-09-1116 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE119. Breaking The Golden Handcuffs: A Mid-Life Career (And Identity) ReinventionWhat happens when you step away from a senior corporate title and go out on your own? Ian Ziskin shares the emotional inner‑work and tough questions behind making the transition from CHRO to Executive Advisor and Consultant.In this episode, Janet and Ian explore what it really takes to move beyond the “golden handcuffs” of corporate life into a self-led, flexible, and purpose-driven chapter. From building credibility in a crowded space to learning how to slow down without guilt, this is an insightful episode for anyone reimagining the next act of their life and career.
2025-09-0430 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE118. Leadership After 50: Reclaiming Your Voice and Leveraging Your WisdomWhat happens when decades of experience no longer seem to be valued? When you're quietly dismissed, overlooked, or labeled a "blocker"—despite still having the fire, brilliance, and drive? In this powerful solo episode, Janet Ioli names what so many leaders over 50 are silently feeling: the creeping sense of invisibility in organizations that prize what's new and shiny over what’s wise and seasoned.You’ll hear real stories from seasoned leaders who’ve faced the sting of being sidelined, and a call to stop chasing relevance and instead stand firmly in your deep, cultivated wisdom. Remembe...
2025-08-2813 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE117. Begin Again: The Life-Changing Lesson a 96-Year-Old Taught MeIf you’ve ever thought about making a change—starting something new, going back to school, or following a dream you’ve quietly tucked away—only to hear the voice in your head say, “Nah… It’s too late,” this episode is for you.In this deeply personal and inspiring conversation, Janet shares a story that shook her out of that ‘It’s too late’ mindset. In this story, you’ll meet a remarkable 96-year-old man whose life choices challenged every assumption about age, timing, and possibility. He reminded Janet (and will remind you) that we decide when we stop growing, no...
2025-08-2117 min
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE116: Leadership Advice? No. What We Need Is SpaceWe live in a world that bombards us with advice, hacks, tips, and strategies for doing life and leadership “better.” But what if the real answer isn’t more information, but more space?In this raw and soul-touching solo episode, Janet opens a new chapter of The Inner Edge podcast. She invites us into a more honest conversation about what it means to lead and live with our whole selves, especially when the outer performance doesn’t reflect the inner truth.Drawing from her deeply human experiences with executive clients navigating everything from leadership pressure to divor...
2025-08-1419 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE87: Self-Mastery - The Inner Work of Leadership“Great leadership begins with mastering the inner work.”Welcome to the first episode of the new season of Leadership Presence | Mastering the Inner Work of Leadership.In this episode, we're going to dive into the foundation of self-mastery: the inner work of leadership. We'll discuss why the most important work you'll ever do isn't about becoming smarter, more accomplished, or having more achievements, but about mastering yourself.If you're ready to stop just leading and start transforming, keep listening.In this episode:The make-or-break qualities of great leadershipWhat inner work...
2025-01-0912 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE86: Power Talks Recap: Mastering the Voice Within and Overcoming Self-doubt“Every great leader begins by mastering the voice within.” - Janet IoliWelcome to this special and last episode of the season. In this episode, we're tackling a challenge even the most successful leaders face: self-doubt. We’ll revisit important lessons from my Power Talks interview series from the very early episodes of this podcast.You'll hear excerpts with relatable wisdom from interviews with two powerhouse women executives: Donna Diederich, the Chief Human Resources Officer at LMI, and Nicole Burdette, President of Southern California Land & Housing at Brookfield Properties. They share their own, real experiences with self-doubt and im...
2024-12-1126 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE84: What to Do When You’re Underestimated as a Woman in Leadership“He said, ‘Well, Janet. I'll say what I really thought of you when I first saw you. The first thing I thought is, “Oh, here's blonde bimbo. And what is she going to say?”’ [...] Then he goes, ‘You talked and I thought, Wow, Barbie has a brain.’”In this episode, I talk about something women leaders are unfortunately no strangers to: being underestimated or stereotyped because of their appearance or simply because they are women. If you’ve ever had the experience of being pigeon-holed or underestimated because of judgments people make based on unconscious biases they may have, you’ll want...
2024-11-1315 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE73: Emotional Contagion and 3 Practices to Help You Manage Your Energy“You carry a virus that spreads to your co-workers. It spreads wherever you are, but it definitely spreads at work. So, what is the result of the virus you carry?”In this episode, I talk about emotional contagion and how our emotional and energetic tones are picked up by those around us. Emotions are contagious. Do you ever find yourself energized and inspired when you're listening to an upbeat and uplifting story? Do you notice that you suddenly feel depressed or anxious when you are around someone who is negative, complaining, and unhappy?Thoughts, attitudes, and b...
2024-06-1209 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE72: The Impact of Trauma on Leadership with Kelly CampbellDoes childhood trauma impact leadership in organizations? Rarely is this topic discussed, which is why I'm eager to bring this episode to you today. To discuss this complex topic, I invited Kelly Campbell, trauma-informed leadership coach and author of the book "Heal to Lead". Kelly shares her personal journey of healing from childhood trauma and how that inspired her to do the work she does now.Trauma is something we've all encountered in one form or another.These past experiences of trauma can, and will, influence our behavior, emotions, and decision-making in our current leadership roles.
2024-05-2940 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE71: How to Lead with Respect: 4 Subtle Habits That Signal Disrespect“Respecting others may be your intention. But your actual words and actions demonstrate intentions to others.” In this episode, I discuss the difference between your intentions and your actual actions as a leader, particularly in the context of showing respect to others. "She may be smart, but she doesn't respect others." This was an actual comment written on a feedback assessment a senior leader received. The feedback was jolting, as the woman receiving the feedback did not intend to show anyone disrespect. But comment after...
2024-05-1513 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE70: Overcoming the Paralyzing Fear of Failure“When we fail, we learn what doesn't work, we learn to adjust, we learn to bounce back and try a different approach. If we avoid failure, we can't learn.”In this episode on the Power Presence Academy podcast, I want to dive deep into a topic that resonates with so many, the fear of failure. Through my work as an executive coach I've heard countless stories of individuals struggling with the fear of failure, especially in high-pressure leadership or executive roles.Rather than seeing failure as personal inadequacy, I challenge you to view it as a na...
2024-05-0110 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE69: What's Power Presence and Leadership Presence in Action?“Presence is the energy you embody. We are energetic beings, and we all embody a presence.”How powerful is your presence?I received a question from a listener recently asking me about the meaning of the name of the podcast. Specifically, what is Power Presence? I decided to address his question in this episode.To do this I start by defining what I consider presence to be and sharing two examples of the impact of your presence as a leader. I then explain how to access your own Power...
2024-04-1717 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE68: Fostering Inclusion in the Workplace with Kelly McDonald“The best teams and the best leaders are the ones who will say: please tell me more about that.” What is inclusion? How do we practice it in organizational life? In this episode, I talk with Kelly McDonald, a speaker and author on the topic with an extensive background researching consumer trends and changing demographics. We discuss how to create an inclusive workplace with practical strategies like acknowledging discomfort, understanding different perspectives, and overcoming unconscious biases. While we often talk about diversity and inclusion, Kelly insists that many leaders aren’t comfortable having the conversations that wil...
2024-04-0332 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE67: What to Look for Instead of Happiness to Feel More Alive And Fulfilled?“What can you do today to feel more alive and fulfilled with meaning and purpose?” Our pop culture and the media is flooded with methods and strategies to help us become happy, or at least happier. Today, let’s discuss this happiness trap and reconsider and reframe this relentless pursuit of happiness. Instead of searching for happiness, I suggest we pursue deeper meaning, purpose, significance and fulfillment in our lives. Feeling happy is a temporary state. Being driven by meaning and purpose is a lasting state, regardless of circumstance.In this episode of Power Prese...
2024-03-2710 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE66: So You Want To Be A Leadership Coach?“You've got to decide whether this is going to be a hobby, or if it's going to be a business. And those are two very different things.”Have you been thinking about becoming a leadership coach ? Are you already a leadership coach, but struggling with turning your passion and aspirations into a successful business?In this episode, I address the growing interest in executive coaching as a career transition, especially among former executives, HR professionals, and leadership development experts. I discuss the need for a clear understanding of whether their coaching endeavor is intended as a ho...
2024-03-2021 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE65: Learning to Listen to Yourself (Even When You Don't Like What You Hear)“Listening to yourself takes courage, because sometimes you may not like what you hear.”Have you ever had something happen to you that feels like a signal from the universe, but you just dismiss it as meaningless?In this episode, I want to talk about the notion of listening, but listening from a very different vantage point than you'd expect. As leaders, we often talk about listening to others, but today we are talking about the art of listening to yourself. Your own deep wisdom is talking to you all the time, you just need to t...
2024-03-1313 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE64: Can We Learn To Be More Empathetic? The Role of Empathy in Leadership with Dr. Helen Riess“When you have walked in the shoes of other people, empathy comes much easier.”Can you learn to be more empathetic?There’s no better person to garner an informed opinion from about this question than Dr. Helen Riess, founder and CEO of Empathetics, Inc., a company that provides empathy training to hospitals and doctors.And her answer is yes.Dr. Riess and I discuss why empathy is important in leadership and how you can learn to develop more empathy.Since empathy is a critical skill for leaders, we discuss what it is and th...
2024-03-0627 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE63: Deep Leadership Development Work: Healing Childhood Adversity“If you want to lead transformational change, you have to do the work on yourself first.”What makes a leader great?This question is a hard one to answer, even after my 25+ years studying and working in the field of human and leadership development.As I think more deeply about that question, I am convinced after all this experience working with leaders that a great leader is someone who spends the time to do the deeper work on themselves. Greatness is sourced from the inside-out. The leader who works on their own tendency to g...
2024-02-2110 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE62: Leadership Development Through the Unconscious Mind with Dr. Daniel Z. Lieberman“The most important things in this world are the products of the human mind”Your conscious mind is responsible for only a tiny sliver of what science says is going on inside your brain. Most of what you experience, your moods and the things you like and dislike come from a much more mysterious, unknown part of your mind, the unconscious.That’s what we’re talking about in this episode, with psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Z. Lieberman. We discuss the psychology of the unconscious mind, accessing your intuition, and how it all influences our behavior and our...
2024-02-0743 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE61: Building a Workplace Culture around Humanity And Heart with Claude SilverIf you're a leader trying to create a more engaged culture, where there's a sense of belonging and purpose, then you're not going to want to miss this episode. My guest today is Claude Silver, the Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia. You may recognize VaynerMedia by the name of its owner, Gary Vaynerchuk, known as Gary Vee, a wildly popular entrepreneur and social media influencer regarding topics related to career advice, entrepreneurship, and marketing.So many of you are constantly creating initiatives to improve company cultures. The common ones are initiatives for diversity, engagement, or leadership. After l...
2024-01-2438 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE60: 4 Leadership Habits to Get Your Groove Back in The New Year“Your soul needs nurturing and care too, and that nurturing comes from alignment with meaning and purpose. Whatever else you are placing before your physical and spiritual self-care rituals will only cause you to be reactive and out of the flow.”You know what it feels like when you're at your best, you're in the flow, and you're just rocking it on all cylinders. Those days when you look forward to getting out of bed in the morning. You know that feeling? Now, I'll bet if you're like most of the coaching clients and the leade...
2024-01-1018 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE59: Developing Warriors for the Human Spirit with Margaret Wheatley (Part 2)“A warrior for the human spirit is the sane human being wanting to serve an insane, inhumane time.”Welcome back to the rest of my conversation with Dr. Margaret Wheatley. If you missed the last episode where we started our conversation, I really encourage you to go back and listen to it before you start this one.If you're not familiar with Dr. Margaret Wheatley, you're missing out. She is the author of the classic and iconic book “Leadership and the New Science”. I was exposed to that book early on in my career, and she was o...
2023-12-1323 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE58: Developing Warriors for the Human Spirit with Margaret Wheatley (Part 1 )“Where we are now, compared to where we were 30 years ago is an entirely new, startlingly destructive time.”One of the things that I like to do on this podcast is have deeper conversations about issues regarding leadership, and what type of leader and person we need to become to lead effectively. That’s why I’m delighted to have Margaret Wheatley as my guest today. As a consultant, senior-level advisor, teacher, speaker, and formal leader, she has worked on all continents (except Antarctica) with all levels, ages, and types of organizations, leaders, and activists. Her work now focu...
2023-11-2921 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE57: The Search for Spiritual Intelligence as a Leader with Agapi Stassinopoulos“Trust your life force. Trust that there is something bigger than you.”We talk so much about developing IQ and emotional intelligence, but I think we shy away from conversations about our shared spiritual essence and the search for meaning and purpose. Today's guest opens up the door for us to think about connecting with our spirit, our soul’s essence, and operating with less ego and more soul.Agapi Stassinopoulos is a best-selling author and speaker who inspires audiences around the world. She aims to help change the way we work and live.In...
2023-11-1543 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE56: The Principles of Creative Thinking with Best-Selling Author Michael Gelb (How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci)“The world's become so complex that you have to think creatively. You have to learn how to cultivate your intuition. You have to understand intuition.”My guest today is Michael Gelb, the best-selling author of the acclaimed book, “How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci” and expert on how to think more creatively. Michael speaks about creativity, connection, healing, and intuition and how it can make you a better leader. I’m thrilled that I got to have this conversation with him.Michael is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, and innovative leadership. He's the a...
2023-11-0137 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE55: How to Establish a Culture of Conversation And Connection to Foster Professional Development with Susan Taylor“Dialogue is not about a conversation. It involves conversation. [...] Dialogue is actually a way or a state of being.”In this episode, it's my pleasure to have Susan Taylor with us. She is a leader, professional facilitator, coach, and CEO of Generon International - a company that focuses on high-level leadership development and particularly on facilitating the process of real dialogue in organizations. The process of real dialogue allows creative conflict to emerge while the people participating remain respectful, in listening mode, creative, and connected even when in disagreement. Sounds like something most organizations can benefi...
2023-10-1833 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE54: Creating an Organizational Culture That Minimizes Burnout with Christina Maslach“It's this trifecta of burnout. The exhaustion of stress, the cynicism toward the job, and a negative sense of your effectiveness in the job itself.”Do you think you're suffering from burnout? What about your employees? Are they suffering from burnout? Do you know the difference between burnout and exhaustion? How do we identify burnout in ourselves and others? What can leaders do to create systemic cultures that minimize burnout? In this enlightening episode Dr. Christina Maslach, a renowned expert on the topic and co-author of the book, The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relation...
2023-10-0436 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE53: Leading with Love and Laughter with Patrick Malone and Zina Sutch“Your joy doesn't come from filling out the paperwork, your joy doesn't come from meeting that priority goal, your joy comes from the people that you lead”How can we create workplaces where we lead with love and laughter? Whether you're working in a corporation, a nonprofit, or a government organization, think about the climate and think about the culture that you're creating as a leader. Is it fear-based, risk-averse, serious, and riddled with judgment? Or is it an environment where people feel connected to each other and the mission, and love coming to work? The...
2023-09-2025 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE52: The Power of Conscious Use of Self in Leadership To Model Desired Behaviors“If you're going to help others, you are the instrument. Your presence, how you come across, what you say, your composure, the quality and tone of your energy, how you respond to the group, and what you model—That presence is the tool.”Today we're going to be diving into a topic that is absolutely essential for effective leadership. It is commonly called “conscious use of self”.How you show up every moment matters more than you think.In this episode:The power of using yourself consciously to model desired behaviorsWhy how you show u...
2023-09-0619 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE51: Building Relationships as a Leader with Anthony Wysocki“A key thing that I've learned along the way is that as leaders, we're always in the spotlight. And you need to always lead by example.”In this episode, I talk to Anthony Wysocki. Anthony has over 25 years of service with the US federal government. He currently serves as a director in the Office of the Inspector General in the US Department of Transportation.I invited him on the show today because he has a unique leadership challenge, and I think it's an intriguing one. Providing an internal oversight audit role, yet maintaining a service and rela...
2023-08-2341 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE50: Leaving a Safe Career to Pursue a Vision with Dimitra Kolotoura“I can't explain the amount of energy and time and resources we had to display in order to get all these people to come on board and work for us and with us. It was the biggest lesson of my life. And it looks like it worked."I'm thrilled to have Dimitra Kolotoura as my guest today. She is a former PR and communications agency owner, turned fashion entrepreneur. Dimitra is the co-founder of the upscale Greek fashion brand, Zeus+Dione. The brand has a cult-like international following and is being expanded into Asia and the United St...
2023-07-1826 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE48: Too Busy to Prioritize Fitness, Health & Nutrition? The Minimum Method with Joey Thurman“We look at all these things that we shouldn't do, and we punish ourselves. Let's add the positive and naturally, these negative things will go away.”In this episode, I talk to Joey Thurman, a health, fitness, and nutrition expert and a trainer for celebrities, A-listers, and millionaires. He has appeared on numerous television shows as a fitness expert and his advice has been featured in a host of well-known publications including People Magazine. He's a well-known adviser on all things related to fitness. I am a big believer that our overall health and...
2023-07-0539 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE46: Reinvention At Any Age with Lesley Seymour, CEO of CoveyClub, Former Senior Editor of Vogue, And Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire, Redbook, And More Magazine!“Everybody can learn to reinvent whatever it is you want to do. You just have to learn how to go about it.”Gendered ageism is the intersection of age and gender bias in the workplace. This is a growing concern for professional women. I talk to so many women about wanting to reinvent themselves and start a new career or get a new job. They’re hesitant because they feel as if they're dismissed in the job market due to their age.In the workplace, this form of bias impacts their job security and their financ...
2023-06-2045 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE45: The Power Code for Women with Katty Kay and Claire Shipman“The women who get to the top of the existing power structures have the ability to make the most change.”Today’s episode is all about women and power. We explore the question, “How do we move away from the old notion of what constitutes power and redefine it to meet the needs of the future?” That question leads to a deeper discussion about how women leaders can embody and model this new type of power.I was introduced to my guests, Katty Kay and Claire Shipman, when I read their book, “The Confidence Code”. I recommend tha...
2023-06-1332 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE43: Emotional Intelligence, Coaching, & Leadership with Richard Boyatzis“When you create relationships where people feel listened to, cared for, a part of something, and they feel like they belong, you're doing something really human. And that's where we unleash our talent.”In this episode, I talk to Dr. Richard Boyatzis, one of the world's leading experts in leadership development and emotional intelligence. A senior executive I was working with in 2008 handed out the book “Primal Leadership” to his entire executive leadership team. We then facilitated discussions about emotional intelligence and leadership that greatly impacted leadership expectations and ultimately the culture of the company....
2023-05-3051 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE42: Reinventing Yourself with Joanne Lipman“It is all about being open to where your experiences might take you. I think we all have skills that are transferable. And so you need to open your mind.”Are you seeking to make a career change, but aren’t sure how to proceed?In this episode, I talk to Joanne Lipman, best-selling author, speaker, and media executive about the process of reinventing yourself.A theme in my coaching and advising work with executive clients is a secret desire to find more meaning and fulfillment in their lives. I often hear confessions of inne...
2023-05-2337 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE40: Embracing Creativity as a Leader with Noah Askin“I think creativity really is a function of trying to solve a problem from a new and different perspective. And that new and different perspective does not have to be new or different to the world. In fact, it most likely won't be..”In this episode, I talk to Noah Askin, a professor at the University of California’s Merage School of Business. Noah has spent nearly a decade teaching and directing executive development programs at the INSEAD Business School in France, which has been heralded as the business school for the world. In the past m...
2023-05-0941 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE39: Simplifying the Paradoxes of Leadership with Dave Ulrich“Leadership is not about you. It's about how people interpret what you do. It's what somebody gets. Leaders have a job of inspiring and helping the next generation of leadership”In this episode, I talk to the legendary Dave Ulrich. Dave is a well-known, highly acclaimed speaker, author, and professor. Dave has been ranked as the #1 management guru by Business Week and has a passion for ideas with impact. His bestselling books and popular speeches have helped shape the corporate agenda, and his work has completely revolutionized the way human resources is practiced and viewed in companies toda...
2023-05-0244 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE38: Building More Inclusive Workplaces with Sally Helgesen“When I hear leaders say, diversity is our goal, I think, nope, you're missing it, you're missing it. Diversity is the reality and finding a way to lead your diverse workforce inclusively is your task.”In this episode, I talk to Sally Helgesen, a renowned expert on women's leadership and internationally best-selling author who has been inducted into the Thinker's 50 Hall of Fame. You'll hear Sally share her wisdom about all things leadership, women's leadership, and how we can build more inclusive workplaces, which is the topic of her new book, “Rising Together”.In t...
2023-04-2531 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE37: Navigating Career Transitions with Vice President Candace GivensIn this episode, I talk to Dr. Candace Givens. Candace is a systems engineer and a vice president at Northrop Grumman who has over 25 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry. You'll hear Candace talk about the unique opportunities she has had and how she has navigated the challenges she has faced as a woman and a woman of color. Candace emphasizes the importance of taking chances and risks and learning from different people to become the best leader possible.In this episode:The willingness to take chances and risks i...
2023-04-1825 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE36: Making Lasting Impactful Change as a Leader with Lisa LaheyWhy is making long-lasting, meaningful change so difficult even if you have both the desire and motivation to do so? Did you know that you have a natural immunity to change? In this episode, I talk with Dr. Lisa Lahey to find out more about why making desired changes is so difficult. Dr. Lahey explains what she calls “Immunity to Change™” and we talk about how we can bypass this built-in immunity and become more successful in making the lasting changes we desire.Dr. Lahey is the co-founder of Minds at Work and co-author of the boo...
2023-04-1157 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE35: The Essence of Leadership with Joseph Jaworski, Part 2 of 2“There is a source of new knowledge that can help you create and discover solutions to intractable problems that you're facing personally or in the organization.”Welcome back to my amazing conversation with Joseph Jarowski, in the final episode of this special two-part series.Joseph Jaworski has devoted much of his life to exploring the deeper dimensions of transformational leadership. As founder and chairman of both Generon International and the Global Leadership Initiative, Joseph advises CEOs and senior executives in Fortune 500 companies. He is well-known in the field of leadership development and worked with...
2023-04-0423 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE34: The Essence of Leadership with Joseph Jaworski, Part 1 of 2“I mean, there are thousands of books on leadership, but this is my view of it. If you ask me, ‘Well, what is leadership? What is embodied leadership or generative leadership? I would say it's the capacity to create new realities.”Join me and Joseph Jaworski today in the first episode of a special two-part series. We talk about the new kind of leadership that is needed in this future that lies ahead of us, and how to cultivate the qualities and leadership presence required to shape the future instead of just reacting to it.Joseph...
2023-03-2830 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE33: From Reactive to Creative Leadership with Bob Anderson, Part 2 of 2“Our backs are against the wall. What we're witnessing is the failure, the implosion of the current order, which is run by the current order of mind. There's an emergence that's happening. So, the kind of leadership that I'm describing as Integral is required now. Creative leadership is necessary, but not sufficient. We need the next generation of leadership if we're going to see this through.”Welcome back to my incredible conversation with Bob Anderson, in the final episode of this special two-part series.Bob Anderson has been a pacesetter and thou...
2023-03-2134 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE32: From Reactive to Creative Leadership with Bob Anderson, Part 1 of 2“The world is facing a leadership crisis. We need leaders of greater effectiveness and integrity, mastery and maturity, courage and compassion, competence and character, consciousness and wisdom. Our collective welfare organizationally and globally depends on our ability to develop leaders that are up to the challenge of creating a thriving future for everyone.”Join me and Bob Anderson today in the first episode of a special two-part series as we explore leadership development, intuition, higher levels of consciousness, and what it takes for leaders to thrive and re-invent themselves and their organizations amid volatile, ever-changing cond...
2023-03-1424 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE31: How To Be a More Objective Leader“While many of us describe and see ourselves as objective and non-judgmental, the reality is probably closer to the opposite.”The assumptions and resulting judgments you make about any given person or situation may be fundamentally flawed and you probably don't realize it. This drives you to take leadership actions that are less impactful than you would like and may lead to significant conflict or communication issues. Why? The reasoning process we use to make decisions is fundamentally flawed, and in this episode we’ll discuss why.In this episode, I am goi...
2023-03-0719 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE30: 5 Tips to Help You Connect And Build Rapport with Your Remote Team“Becoming more intentional about building rapport and deeper relationships when people are not in front of you takes a bit more thoughtful planning on your part. I'm here to tell you the potential results are worth the effort.”With the growing acceptance of flexible working outside of the office, leaders have to learn to lead a remote workforce effectively.As leaders, we traditionally emphasized connecting with teams by walking around or impromptu meetings in the office. These leadership habits work best when you're co-located and in-person. But how can leaders build rapport and connection when all...
2023-02-2821 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE29: The Kind of Leader We're Going To Need in The Future with Blake Bullock“No matter how technical or how extremely complex a role or an organization might be, it just never seems to fail that such a huge fraction of your day and your career in leadership is about people.”In this episode, you’re in for a treat as I talk to Blake Bullock, Vice President at Northrop Grumman in the company’s space sector. Blake has held leadership roles leading key projects, including NASA's James Webb telescope project, for over 15 years.Blake’s brilliant astrophysicist and astronomer's brain coupled with her extensive leadership experience both in the govern...
2023-02-2138 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE28: Winning Leadership Strategies of Successful Women Leaders with Julia Boorstin“We are in a moment of transition right now from a business leadership standpoint. I think that the pandemic really shed a light on the importance of the skills and strengths that women leaders tend to have.”In this power-packed episode, I talk to Julia Boorstin, CNBC’s Senior Media & Technology Reporter and creator of CNBC’s ‘Disruptor 50’. Julia has over two decades of experience as a business reporter and has interviewed thousands of successful and well-known executives, CEOs, and founders. From this experience and exposure, Julia has become a staunch advocate for gender equity in leadership positions.
2023-02-1428 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE27: The Impostor Phenomenon and 3 Strategies to Overcome It“Even people at the highest levels of authority and success experience self-doubt, feelings of inadequacy, and feeling like a fraud.”These feelings can serve as obstacles to grounded self-confidence and continuous learning for many of my executive coaching clients. These feelings and thoughts often show up as flickering internal power outages where insecurity, questioning your own worthiness to be in a role, and fear of looking incompetent, run rampant inside your own head. I hear about these feelings and ruminating thoughts from powerful, confident people every single day in my one-on-one coaching and advising work. I hav...
2023-02-0727 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE26: Lessons For a Better Life with Dr. Marshall Goldsmith“Never place your value as a human being on achievement. Why? For two reasons, one, you do not control all the outcomes and, two, how much lasting satisfaction does it bring anyway?”In this episode, I talk to Dr. Marshall Goldsmith. Marshall Goldsmith has been ranked as the #1 Executive Coach in the world as well as the #1 Leadership Thinker in the world.This lesson-packed conversation will not only help you become a better leader, but also help you have a better life. You’ll hear Dr. Goldsmith share some of the lessons he learned from workin...
2023-01-3132 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE25: Fundamental Leadership Lessons from a CEO with Shawn Purvis“You are enough. You have what it takes to go do that job, this role, that position. You have all that you need and what you don't have, you have enough wisdom to go find it.”In this episode, I talk to Shawn Purvis. She is the Chief Executive Officer of QinetiQ US and has over 25 years of senior leadership experience at major aerospace and defense companies.You’ll hear Shawn share some of the fundamental lessons she learned throughout her career that are key to becoming a better...
2023-01-2427 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE24: How to Think Like a Successful Entrepreneur with Candace Nelson“What we know about people at the end of their lives is they regret the things they didn't do much more than the things that they tried and failed at. So, at the end of the day, the litmus test is ‘Will you always regret it if you don't try it?’”In this episode, I have a great conversation with Candace Nelson. She is a Serial Entrepreneur, NYT Bestselling Author, WSJ Contributor, Angel Investor, TV Personality, Executive Producer, and the Founder of Sprinkles, the world’s first cupcake bakery. Today’s leaders must learn to navigate cha...
2023-01-1736 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE23: The Authenticity Trap: How to Really Become a More Authentic Leader“If the word authentic means being the real you, who are you?”While many of us have the noble intention of being authentic, I'm not so sure we really know what it means to be our authentic selves. There's a lot more work that we need to do if we indeed want to be more authentic. In this episode, I talk about authenticity and what it means to be an authentic leader. I provoke you to think about what I call the authenticity trap and direct you to some resources and questions that c...
2023-01-1026 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE22: Leadership Lessons for Continuous Improvement with Carrie Coen“All people want to be heard, respected, and trusted. And if you can do that for people as a leader, I think you're going to be able to meet your goals.” Carrie CoenWe can learn a lot about how to be a better leader by listening to other executives share their lessons of experience. They share their leadership journeys and what works, what doesn’t work, and the challenges and triumphs they encounter as they navigate the complexities of leading. In this episode, I talk to Carrie Coen. She is the Chi...
2022-12-2722 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE21: Leading with a Growth Mindset with Carolyn Muir“Admit when you've made a mistake. Because it's so important to not try to cover up or hide. As you're learning, you're expected to make mistakes. So, don't be afraid of making mistakes, admit your mistakes and you really will be respected for that.”In this episode, I talk to Carolyn Muir, the General Counsel and Senior Vice President of contracts at Steampunk, a growing IT services and consulting firm in the Washington DC area. You'll hear Carolyn talk about her story of growth, learning, and seizing opportunities to achieve her goal of b...
2022-12-1327 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE20: Navigating Self-Doubt And Imposter Syndrome as A Leader with Marketing Executive, Shannon O’Meara Smith“Coming from a position of love and happiness, I always do a better job, I'm always a better leader, I'm a better mother, a better wife, or partner, I'm better at everything.”In this episode, I talk to Shannon O'Meara Smith, the Vice-President and Deputy Chief Marketing Officer at Viasat, a global telecommunications company. You'll hear Shannon talk about her leadership origins in the military and how that affects in her leadership in her current role. She’ll surely surprise you with her thoughts about women and the imposter syndrome, and she’ll offer...
2022-11-2917 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE19: Overcoming Stereotypes and Maximizing Your Power with Carita Walker“I was watching myself doing these behaviors and I thought: [...] ‘do I ever have to act like that? And who could I be, if I'm not acting like that? What could I create? How much energy am I expending?” In this episode of Power Presence Academy, I talk to Carita Walker, the Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, and Head of Legal for Shell Recharge Solutions Americas and Asia. Carita shares some of the truly valuable lessons she has learned along her leadership journey. She reminds us how stereotypes can make us feel diminished and hold us back. Carita e...
2022-11-1527 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE18: Advice for Women Leaders in Tech with Aimee CatalanoIn this episode, I talk to Aimee Catalano, Marketing Executive at Google Cloud with nearly 20 years of experience in enterprise marketing. You'll hear Aimee Catalano discuss her leadership career journey, the challenges that women leaders face working in tech companies, and the important lessons she has learned along the way. She’ll also share career advice and how to achieve results in a leadership role you love! In this episode:Aimee shares the journey to her current leadership role as a marketing executive at Google CloudThe uni...
2022-11-0122 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE17: How To Increase Your Leadership Charisma Immediately“Often, we think [charisma is] this elusive quality that you are born with. But what we think is an elusive magical gift is actually something that research tells us can be learned.”If you long to be more charismatic, you won’t want to miss this episode. I’m going to talk about some research that has broken leadership charisma down into specific behaviors anyone can adopt.You can learn to practice these strategies in your communication with others to be perceived as more charismatic.In this episode:We’ll...
2022-10-1823 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE16: Insider Advice for Women Leaders Interested in Running for Public Office with Elena Christopoulos“Even though more women are getting into politics, it's still not an even playing field.”In this episode of Power Presence Academy, I talk to Elena Christopoulos, a commissioner in the city of Santa Monica, California whose goal is to get more women in politics. Elena shares some truly wise words and lessons she’s learned throughout her journey that will help you be a better and happier leader, whether you’re in politics or not. In this episode:Elena’s journey and...
2022-10-0429 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE15: The “Inspiration Factor” in Leadership And Aristotle’s 3 Elements of Persuasion“What I know for sure from working with organizations for the past two decades is that we have overlooked the importance of selecting leaders who have the ability to inspire others.”Inspiring others is a big part of a leader’s job. If you haven’t been thinking about inspiration, I would argue you haven’t really been leading at your best. To help you become a more inspiring leader, in this episode I offer some ancient wisdom from a Greek philosopher and break down three elements that make up the ability to persuade and inspir...
2022-09-2015 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE14: Leading Yourself: 4 Strategies To Get Your Groove BackIf you're like me and most of the leadership coaching clients I work with, you know too well what it feels like to lose your groove and to feel so overwhelmed and burnt out that you're no longer excited about what you're doing.In this episode, I’ll share with you 4 simple strategies that I offer to my clients (and that I use myself) to help you get your groove back, regain your flow, and operate at your best.In this episode:#1 Identify your groove-destroying triggers and plan a counter-trigger#2 Pr...
2022-09-0622 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE13: Leadership Lessons from an Engineer turned Executive with Katie Selbe“Leadership skills are not something that you're born with. You really have to learn and grow into that field.”According to my guest on this episode, no- one is born a leader. We learn, we grow, and we earn the privilege to lead. In this episode, I talk to Katie Selbe, the Chief Operating Officer at Blue Halo. She's a systems engineer turned COO with over two decades of experience in the space and defense industry.We talk about:Katie’s journey – how an engineer became an executive leaderTr...
2022-08-2321 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE12: Leadership Presence Starts With Being Fully Present Everywhere You AreDo you aspire to be more fully present, but find it a challenge to actually do so?You may try your best to be a better listener, but find yourself talking to someone in your office distractedly thinking about the next meeting on your calendar. You may even acknowledge the person with the words, “I'm listening” as you continue to type on your computer. You divide your attention and half-participate in meetings or events while you think about your to-do list. You look down at your phone while having a meal. And the list goes on…
2022-08-0913 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE11: What Women in Leadership Need to Know About Pursuing Board Positions with Dita ShemkeAs a female executive—what do you need to know about corporate board positions? And how do you go about pursuing one?In this episode of Power Presence Academy, I talk to Dita Shemke about what women in leadership need to know about pursuing board positions.Dita is the Chair of the 50/50 Women on Boards’ “Global Conversation on Women on Boards” in Orange County, CA. She offers her perspective about increasing the representation of women on Boards, and 3 practical tips for women seeking a board position.In this episode:...
2022-07-2619 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE10: Mastering Difficult Conversations with Executive Vice President Emily DebeniotisDo you feel uncomfortable when you are faced with having a “difficult” conversation with someone at work?You are not alone. According to Bravely’s composition of workplace surveys, 70% of employees are avoiding difficult conversations at work. The implications of avoiding these conversations are evident.So how do we get more comfortable having these conversations with our own team members?In this episode, I talk to Emily Debeniotis, the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Burke & Herbert Bank. She has decades of experience leading the Human Resources function. Having what others may view as...
2022-07-1216 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE9: Revealing The Secret to Build a Powerful Network with Zoey DeWolf“Networking really isn't about selling yourself. It's about making connections.”Do you hate networking? If you think of networking as selling yourself and meeting people to “get” something, it can certainly feel inauthentic and uncomfortable.In this episode, I talk to Zoey DeWolf, the Director of Government Affairs of the Midwest and Rocky Mountain Region at Sanofi. Zoey has a powerhouse network from her extensive background as a lobbyist and working on political campaigns. You'll hear her talk about her inspiring leadership journey, what she does to continuously learn and to grow, and what she believes...
2022-06-2818 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE8: Didn't Get the Big Promotion? How to Rebound GracefullyYou've paid your dues and you've worked grueling 60-hour weeks. You have all the skills and qualifications for the next level job you were up for but you still didn’t get that promotion.This unexpected disappointment happens to many of us sometime in our careers. When it does, you may feel angry and betrayed. Understandably, your immediate gut reaction might be to polish your resume and start looking for a new job where you feel appreciated and valued.As a coach to executives, I’ve seen this script play out more times than I can c...
2022-06-1418 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE7: Create a Powerful Personal Brand with Chief Marketing Officer Colleen CampbellWhat does it mean to have a personal brand?Every single moment people are watching what you say and do and making up a story about who you are, what you stand for, and what it is like to be in your presence. You can leave that story to chance, or you can control the narrative in that story. Being intentional about how you present yourself in a way that highlights your expertise and strengths is an important part of creating a personal brand. In this episode of Power Presence Academy, I talk to...
2022-05-3127 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE6: Attention Leaders! 3 Things to Do When You Have a Self-Doubt AttackRegardless of how confident or accomplished you are, you are not immune to self-doubt. My most accomplished and senior-level executive clients regularly describe to me the bouts of self-doubt that invade their minds and impact their effectiveness in the moment. Whether you experience it regularly or occasionally, a self-doubt attack can be paralyzing when you have one. So what do you do when one strikes?In this episode, I’ll talk about self-doubt and share:My own self-doubt attack experience3 practical things you can do when a self-doubt attack strikes...
2022-05-1718 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE5: Make Regular Self-Care Your Number One Priority with Vice-President of Recruiting, Pashon MannIf you continuously neglect your own self-care to get more done at work, you're going to want to listen to this episode of Power Presence Academy.I talk to Pashon Mann about how chronic stress can accumulate in our bodies and manifest as illness. She shares her own experience as a busy executive going about her high-achieving, superwoman ways until a thunderbolt diagnosis took her by total surprise. Pashon discusses the key elements that have helped her overcome adversity and maintain a newly balanced mindset. Pashon is the Vice-President of Recruiting at Comcast an...
2022-05-0317 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE4: Leadership Advice from The Accidental CEO with Stephanie StuckeyAre you thinking of reinventing your career? My guest today entirely changed her career course from a lucrative career in politics to becoming the CEO of Stuckey’s Corporation–and did it at the age of 53!In this episode, I talk to Stephanie Stuckey, the CEO of Stuckey’s Corporation. Stephanie’s powerhouse energy will inspire you to push aside your self-doubt and self-limiting beliefs and make the changes you may be thinking about. You'll hear this “accidental CEO” as she calls herself share her unique leadership journey and wise career reinvention advice. She is out to reinven...
2022-04-1920 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE3: From Entry-level to President: Lessons from the Leadership Journey to the Top with Nicole BurdetteHow did Nicole Burdette, President of Southern California Land & Housing at Brookfield Properties, go from her entry-level position as the receptionist in her organization to her current position as a President?In this episode of Power Presence Academy: Practical Wisdom for Women Leaders, Nicole shares her career success secrets as she recounts her leadership journey and offers her lessons of experience with you.In this episode:How self-awareness can help you become a better leaderHer experience with imposter syndrome and how to gain more confidence as you progress...
2022-04-0519 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE2: What To Ask Yourself NOW to Create Real Change in The Way You LeadI had a leadership interview ready to post for this episode of Power Presence Academy. Instead, I decided to use the episode to offer you a leadership challenge.In light of everything that's going on right now in Russia and Ukraine, I think it's time to pause, step back, and have a different type of conversation. A somber, reflective one. I wanted to share some of my thoughts about what I see as our presenting leadership challenge and a turning point in these unsettling times. If we want to create a different leadership story in a...
2022-03-2215 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraE1: The Challenges of Being a Woman Leader with Top-Level HR Executive Donna DiederichTake it from a Chief Human Resources Officer. The best career paths are not linear, and they're usually not planned out. In this episode, I talk to Donna Diederich, the Chief Human Resources Officer at LMI, a defense contracting company located in the Washington DC area. You'll hear Donna recount her career journey as she moved from aspiring to be a clinical psychologist to working at NASA and then becoming a top-level HR executive in top-tier aerospace and defense companies. In this episode:...
2022-03-0822 minThe Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New EraLeadership Presence: Mastering the Inner Work of LeadershipLeadership Presence: Mastering the Inner Work of Leadership with Less Ego And More Soul with Janet Ioli. The go-to podcast for anyone who leads. If you are looking for leadership advice, a new perspective, or just a dose of inspiration, this show has you covered.Rockstar executives and experts at the top of their game share their wisdom and lessons of experience with you. Because our collective wisdom is power. It’s time to stop proving, pleasing, and seeking validation in leadership roles and show up with your most powe...
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