The Enlightened Executive

Maybe you recognize yourself or another leader you know in this common but ineffective leadership pattern:  A leader wants to scale their organization, so they start working even harder, adding more hours to their workday and everyone else’s, pursuing results at the...

There are countless fitness training programs to optimize your physical health. But what about training programs to optimize your emotional and mental health?    Many leaders have wellness routines that include activities like going to a spin class, lifting...

Launching a company without a clear mission statement is a recipe for disaster.    Yet, so many of us walk around as individuals without a clear “mission statement” for our lives… and then wonder why we don’t feel fulfilled or motivated.    This lack of...

Have you ever considered how your nutrition and exercise habits impact your abilities as a leader?   Just as you schedule meetings to speak with members of your team, it is imperative to schedule meetings for your well-being.   This week’s guest Lisa...

If you’re not embodying your authentic self, your team will sense that and begin to lose trust in you as a leader.    Dina Kaplan learned this lesson in her former career as the co-founder and COO of tech startup Blip.tv.   In the male-dominated world of...

Often the best companies to do business with are also likely the best companies to work for.    There is a direct connection between employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX) and the most successful senior leaders know this. Studies show that happy...

If you’ve ever been told to “just relax!” during a high-stress situation, you know exactly how unhelpful that advice is.  Where we are right now — on the cusp of post-pandemic life — is the definition of a high-stress situation for many leaders, as we navigate the...

Ever feel like there’s some annoying thing holding you back? Something that’s inhibiting your success in business or your personal life?   Maybe it’s related to mental health, such as depression, anxiety, or panic attacks. Maybe it’s actual physical pain, such as...

You can run and you can hide, but AI is coming to our workplaces whether we like it or not.   What kind of impact will it have on you?   Although AI has already been implemented into the workforce in factory or repetitive work, it hasn’t previously been...

Here’s a question you may not have asked yourself, but should: How do your past wounds impact your leadership today? Most leaders, if they haven’t done the work to heal them, are carrying core wounds from childhood into their professional life and not realizing their...

Are you or your employees feeling “so over it” and overwhelmed? After a year of change, isolation and upheaval from the impacts of COVID, I’m hearing from almost every CEO that I coach the deep concern that they have about the overbearing stress employees are...

If you are in contract negotiations with a Chinese-owned business, and there are more than three people on the other side of the room, chances are one of them is a face reader, says my guest, Eric Standop, who is a facial diagnostics expert. So, what is face reading?...