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Leadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipTaming Your Inner Critic: A Leader's Guide to Self-CompassionEver stood at your own success party and talked people OUT of celebrating you? That's exactly what I did at my own book launch, paralyzed by a merciless inner critic that had me rewriting the same book SIX times over SEVEN years. In this raw and revealing episode, I pull back the curtain on my battle with self-criticism and share the exact moment I realized my inner critic (whom I named "Esmeralda") was sabotaging my leadership and creative voice. Even after coaching C-suite executives at Fortune 200 companies, that voice telling me "I'm not good enough" still tried to drown...2025-05-0113 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE102: Defy Ageism and Find a More Fulfilling Career Path in Your 50s and Beyond with John Tarnoff“You probably have the skills you need to take it to the next level because you've gotten this far. So, at least believe in yourself enough based on the evidence to know that you're gonna make it through. ” - John TarnoffIn this episode, I talk to John Tarnoff, executive and career transition coach, speaker, and author, who helps mid-career professionals land better jobs and build more meaningful, sustainable careers. We talk about the realities of ageism in the workplace and practical strategies for career reinvention when you are 50+.You'll hear John talk about how to fi...2025-04-2432 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE101: Expand Your Leadership by Expanding Your Awareness Quotient with Brian Cunningham“It all starts and ends with our awareness.” - Brian CunninghamYou’ve heard of IQ. Maybe EQ. But have you considered the importance of your AQ?In this episode, I talk to Brian Cunningham, an author who went from working as a parking lot attendant at a hospital to being the hospital’s CEO for over 10 years. You'll hear Brian talk about why IQ and EQ are not enough–he introduces what he calls the Awareness Quotient (AQ) and its importance to our success.In this episode:How Brian...2025-04-1724 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE100: How to Work With Someone You Don’t Like“ The reality is you're going to work with people you don't like, it's inevitable. But you always have a choice. You can let those relationships drain your energy. You can let them impact your reputation and how you're seen by your boss, or you can be strategic about how you navigate them.”In this episode, I talk about the complicated yet unavoidable times when you need to work with someone you don’t like or trust. I share five things that will help you better navigate these tricky situations so you can maintain a positive leadership presence.The...2025-04-1013 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE99: Become a Better Leader by Becoming a Better Human with Manfred Kets de Vries“ They come to my courses, usually they want to be better leaders. They want to have better and more effective teams. They want to change the corporate culture, but in the end they talk about their mothers, their fathers, their spouses, their children, their life.”In this episode, I talk to Manfred Kets de Vries; executive coach, psychoanalyst, and Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change at INSEAD. You'll hear Manfred discuss the human condition, how to bring up the best in people and in yourself, what it takes to be a good and ful...2025-04-0340 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE98: How Leaders Can Handle Mistakes with Grace“Mistakes are inevitable, but they don't have to define you. What does define you is how you handle them.”In this episode, I talk about how to navigate the times you make a big mistake that impacts you and others in your organization.We’ll cover how to take responsibility with clarity and confidence instead of reacting emotionally; and how to own your mistake, fix it, and move forward instead of spiraling into self-doubt and panic.In this episode:The time I accidentally blindsided a group of senior e...2025-03-2711 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE97: 5 Tools to Handle Tough Feedback From Your Boss“ The truth is feedback isn't supposed to feel comfortable. Growth is never comfortable. If you can learn to take feedback without letting it throw you and if you can hear it, process it, and take what's useful without getting defensive, you'll rise faster than you ever imagined.”In this episode, I talk about getting feedback from your boss, especially when it’s a tough pill to swallow. Every leader will face this no matter where they are in their career, so I’m sharing some tools to help you navigate this situation when it arises without getting defensive...2025-03-2011 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE96: Are You Unintentionally Eroding Your Leadership? Here’s How To Stop It“ Your leadership presence is built not just on what you say or how good you are at your job, but on how you show up consistently.”In this episode, I talk about professionalism and etiquette, because the subtle ways you communicate respect, credibility, and authority without even realizing it can make or break you as a leader. You’ll learn what these intangible signals are and how to sharpen your leadership presence.In this episode:Why professionalism and etiquette are crucial for leadershipWhen Mark’s leadership presence crumbledRespecting other people’s time an...2025-03-1316 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE95: Ignite! Find Purpose and Meaning Within Yourself and Your Organization with Dr. Alise Cortez“ I have been a card carrying member of the Walking Dead myself. I know what that is like. That's why I do the work that I do today, which is to awaken people to their passion and purpose and then inspire them to make a contribution worthy of their one precious life.” - Dr. Alise CortezIn this episode, I talk to Dr. Alise Cortez, the Chief Ignition Officer at Gusto, NOW!, an inspirational speaker, organizational logotherapist, social scientist, author, and podcast host. You'll hear Dr. Alise talk about how we can go about finding more meaning in our l...2025-03-0624 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE94: How to Navigate Workplace Politics as a Leader While Staying True to Yourself“ Leadership isn't just about doing great work. It's about building relationships, understanding the dynamics around you, and strategically positioning yourself and your ideas.”In this episode, I talk about something lots of people dread: workplace politics. To help you better navigate workplace dynamics with integrity, I’m sharing the story of a client who faced the challenge of engaging in workplace politics, as well as 3 practical tips so you, too, can face it while staying true to yourself. In this episode:Workplace politics is a reality in every organizationHow James and...2025-02-2711 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE93: Lead Through Uncertainty with These 3 Strategies to Help You Become a Better Leader“ Uncertainty is part of the journey, but it doesn't have to derail you. When you do the inner work to remain centered and grounded, you lead with courage, clarity, and calm, even in the face of the unknown.”Nothing in our world is certain. While we like to believe we have things under “control”, our environment is filled with unexpected influences that topple even the best intended plans, strategies, and projections. In this episode, I talk about one of the most important skills a leader can have: the ability to navigate uncertainty. We’ll explore what it takes to lead t...2025-02-2010 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE92: How to Lead With Integrity When Your Organization’s Values Are Not Aligned With Yours ”You still believe in your bones that this work matters. This is what you have been advocating for. You've been sponsoring these [programs]. So what do you do [when they’re axed]? Do you stay silent to keep your job? Do you push back and risk being fired, risk your position, and then your livelihood? Or is there another way?”In this episode, I talk about something that almost every leader will face at some point in their career: how to stay true to what you stand for without losing your job or influence when the direction of your orga...2025-02-1311 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE91: Why Being a “Likeable Badass” Will Increase Your Status And Effectiveness as a Leader with Alison Fragale“ If there's a starting line of status, women are not starting at the same place. We're starting several steps back because people ascribe more respect to one category [men] than another.” - Alison Fragale If you're a woman leading an organization, you cannot miss this episode. Today, I talk to Alison Fragale, an organizational psychologist, professor, international keynote speaker, and best-selling author who writes and speaks about the challenges women face in organizations. You'll hear Alison talk about how why being a “likeable badass” will help you increase your status and effectiveness as a leader. W...2025-02-0627 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE90: Can You Stay Calm Under Pressure? 3 Strategies to Regulate Your Emotions“ Staying calm under pressure isn't about being emotionless. It's about being intentional. When you regulate your emotions, you create an environment where trust and collaboration can thrive.”In this episode, I talk about the ability to regulate your emotions, which is a life skill that can make or break your effectiveness as a leader. I share the real story of a woman leader I worked with who needed to learn this skill, and did. Lastly, I provide 3 strategies to help you start regulating your emotions.In this episode:What emot...2025-01-3011 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE89: Are You a Reactive Leader? Leveraging the Power of the Pause to Lead with Clarity, Empathy & Purpose.“Leadership is full of moments where your first reaction is not your best reaction. And I know you know what I mean. But when you pause, you create space to lead with clarity, empathy, and purpose.”In this episode, I talk about why pausing is so powerful, how it can transform the way you lead, and practical ways you can start using it right away.In this episode:A moment when my inability to pause nearly cost me the trust of my teamWhy pausing matters in leadership3 things you can do to help...2025-01-2309 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE88: Using Storytelling to Elevate Your Leadership And Influence with Annette Simmons“Storytelling is, of course, the best way to influence someone. People don't care about your facts. They don't want any more of your damn information. They’ve got too much to deal with right now. But what they need and what they crave in you is faith.”In this episode, I talk to Annette Simmons, an expert on the power of storytelling, public speaker, trainer, and author. You'll hear Annette talking about the different types of stories you need to know how to tell to get a group to work together, what you can expect when you us...2025-01-1625 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE87: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE86: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE85: The Secret Sauce for Leading Transformational Change with Ian Ziskin“People and organizations collectively can waste a lot of time being in denial and not facing reality, or explaining away why things are the way they are, rather than dealing with reality and taking action.”If you are leading change and transformation in any organization, today’s conversation is full of tips and ideas on how to be sure you are doing it successfully. In this episode, I talk to Ian Ziskin, board member, former CHRO of a multi-billion dollar corporation, President of EXec EXcel Group LLC, and the lead author of the book, The Secret Sauce for Le...2024-11-2726 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE84: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE83: Be Convincing! Get Better at Influencing Others with Adele Gambardella & Chip Massey“The research shows that many of us do not develop new convincing techniques past the age of six. So, wherever your set point is in kindergarten or first grade, that's pretty much what you're going to do from a convincing strategy as an adult because most of us are too scared to try something new. We're only going to do what worked in the past.” - Adele GambardellaIf you want to have greater influence at work and in your life, this is an episode you won’t want to miss!I talk to Adele Gambardella and Chip Ma...2024-10-3023 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE82: Bridging the Generational Gap an Interview with Gen Z“That 90-year-old woman was once 9 years old. I think people forget that they were once that age.”In this episode, I talk to my goddaughter, Ariel Debeniotis, a 16-year old high schooler, to get her thoughts about what Gen Z is expecting from the world of work. As someone who is working in her first job, you’ll learn about what Generation Z is thinking about the workplace and get a window into their daily struggles and thoughts.In this episode:The experience of a first jobWhat makes a good and bad manage...2024-10-1626 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE81: Exploring Human Development and Humanity with Dr. Susanne Cook-Greuter“Look for the extraordinary, the simple, delicate extraordinary. But to see, to find it in nature and in other people and in situations, and in organization state, there's almost always something you can find that is precious, but you have to look.”When I first started studying human development, I encountered Dr. Cook-Greuter’s books and theory of ego development. I was enlightened by her in a way that is difficult to explain. Her work on how we develop as adults is foundational to understanding ourselves and many of the issues we encounter as we naviga...2024-10-0240 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE80: Balancing Ego and Soul as a Leader“It's not about completely eliminating ego, but about recognizing when it's taking over and consciously choosing to realign with a soul-driven purpose.“In this episode, I talk about the delicate balance between ego and soul in leadership. Let’s explore when ego may be beneficial and when it may get in the way, as well as how we can lead from a place of soul instead.In this episode:Ego-driven leadershipWhat it means to lead with soulHow to balance ego and soulAnd more!Power Presence Academy | Leadership with Less Ego And Mo...2024-09-1809 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE79: Navigating Leadership in a Complex and Uncertain World with Dr. Jennifer Garvey Berger“I know that right now leading is tough, and that there is a pathway to more ease and more joy along with more success. We just need to forge a different way of leading.”In this episode, I talk to Dr. Jennifer Garvey Berger, one of the leading experts in the world on human development and leadership, and the co-founder and CEO of Cultivating Leadership. Dr. Garvey Berger works with leaders to help them develop the ability to navigate complexity in the world and she’ll be sharing some of her wise insights with us today.This...2024-09-0422 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE78: Up Your Game: Personal Mastery Tips and Insights with Dre Baldwin“Can you show yourself the same respect that you show your parents, your teachers and military leaders, your coaches, and your bosses? That's the biggest challenge that most people have.”If you're trying to up your game in work and in life, you definitely don't want to miss this episode.I talk to Dre Baldwin, a former professional athlete turned author, speaker, and CEO and founder of Work On Your Game Inc. He brings practical tips and insights for personal mastery in an inspirational style that will help you with discipline, confidence, mental toughness, and more.Our di...2024-08-2134 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE77: Winning Leadership Strategies of Successful Women Leaders with Julia BoorstinI’m excited to bring back one of our most popular episodes from last year. Whether you're hearing it for the first time, or you're giving it a second listen, I hope you enjoy this insightful conversation.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.You'll h...2024-08-0728 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE75: Leadership Lessons from a Successful Entrepreneur with Candace NelsonI know many of you might have missed some of our earlier episodes. So today I’m excited to bring back one of our most popular episodes from last year. Whether you're hearing it for the first time, or you're giving it a second listen, I hope you enjoy this insightful conversation.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 nav...2024-07-1036 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE74: The Mother Wound, Relationships, and Leadership with Mari Grande“Part of the work of becoming a better leader is doing inner work.”Since great leadership starts from the inside-out, I have been inviting therapists and mental health experts on the podcast to talk about deeper issues that may impact the way we lead. While building leadership skills and competence is important, how we show up every day is driven largely by factors that are unconscious to us. The more we cultivate greater self-awareness about the drivers that cause us to react defensively or trigger negative emotions, the more we can learn to manage them and lead with...2024-06-2634 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE73: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE72: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE71: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE70: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE69: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE68: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE67: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE66: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE65: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE64: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE63: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE62: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE61: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE60: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE59: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE58: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE57: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE56: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE55: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE54: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE53: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE52: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE51: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE50: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE48: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE46: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE45: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE43: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE42: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE41: Leading with Intuition with Julie Hill “You have to get the basics, you have to have the tools, but the heart will lead you into places that you can't necessarily explain linearly that will help guide you. It took a long time for me to realize that was okay.”In this episode, I talk to Julie Hill, a corporate board member, thought leader, former CEO, and all-around superwoman.Julie has a history of firsts. First female CEO of the US operations of a London-based international development, construction, mining, and engineering company. First woman board member for Anthem. And the first woman chair of the U...2023-05-1651 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE40: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE39: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE38: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE37: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE36: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE35: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE34: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE33: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE32: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE31: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE30: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE29: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE28: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE27: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE26: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE25: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE24: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE23: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE22: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE21: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE20: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE19: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE18: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE17: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE16: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE15: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE14: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE13: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE12: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE11: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE10: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE9: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE8: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE7: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE6: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE5: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE4: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE3: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE2: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipE1: 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 minLeadership Presence | Mastering The Inner Work Of LeadershipLeadership 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...2022-02-2804 min