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Leadership Starts Here with Steve Lishansky | This week we’re peeling back another layer of the leadership onion. In episode 49, we asked this fundamental question: What do leaders do?  We explored how building trust is mission critical and then got stellar communication strategies that do just that from Allison Shapira, leadership communication expert.  This time around on the Business...

Top Talent, Leaders & Trust with Allison Shapira | Let’s start with a fundamental question:  What do leaders really do? In the words of the legendary John P. Kotter: “They don’t make plans. They don’t solve problems. They don’t even organize people. What leaders do is prepare organizations for change and help them cope as they struggle through it.” So that’s what leaders really do. They d...

Presenteeism, Headaches and Your Bottom Line with Dr. Stasha Gominak | In this episode of The Counterfeit Sleep® Podcast, we talk about something all too common: the headache.  It’s a topic we need to talk about because the negative impact of headache is huge. Now, I don’t mean the “Honey, I have a headache” kind of situation, although I’m sure that has huge impact on anyone hearing it. ...

How to Lead Remote, Office or Hybrid Employees for Massive Success | Remember when we used to ask each other this simple question: “Where do you work?” Nowadays, it’s a more complicated question: “Where do you DO your work?” So what’s your answer? Are you home working remotely thanks to zoom and a good VPN? Are you trekking into the office because you have a strong in-person component to...

Leadership Succession Planning with Mary Kelly | You know how we say, “The more things change, the more they stay the same?” Well, business is no stranger to that truism, especially when it comes to leadership succession planning. Even now, while changes from human capital migration are a top concern, the rate of successful leadership succession planning stays surprisingly low.  And that...

Achieve Financial Alignment with Judi Otton | To say we’re in a time of change would be an understatement—perhaps the understatement of the year. The pandemic has had—and continues to have—comprehensive effects on our lives, including our economic lives. Business owners have been especially hard hit, which may not be surprising to you. After all, even in good times, running a successful business i...

 Leverage Your Board's Power with Julie Garland McLellan -- We’ve all heard the saying, “It’s lonely at the top” and that’s true for CEOs, too. According to research by the Harvard Business Review, half of CEOs struggle with feelings of isolation. And of those, a whopping 61% feel it’s hurting their job performance. After all, having a trusted sounding board is critical to success in just abo...

TCSP 43 -- Process Over Innovation with Julie Holmes -- If you’ve nailed down your plan for revenue generation and business growth in the coming year, and you’re sleeping like a baby at night, you can stop listening now. But if you’re like many CEOs and business leaders, you’re still losing sleep over how to make the coming year a success. And so, we bring you the next installment of our our Q4 Bu...

Chaos Tolerance with Dr. Rachel MK Headley Here are two questions for you: One, do you know anyone on the planet who doesn’t want success in the coming year? And two, do you know anyone who isn’t worried about achieving success in the coming year? Whether is labor shortages, supply line disruptions, or just the impact of inflation, success in 2022 is an uncertainty. And worrying about that can kee...

Ruthless Prioritization with Jennifer Eggers | If you talk to enough CEOs these days, you’ll hear one common sentiment: There’s a lot to lose sleep over!  And you don’t have to be a sleep strategist to know that losing sleep isn’t good for any body or any business. And so we bring you our Quarter 4 Business Impact Series. We’ve invited the best of the best in corporate leadership—thought lead...

Healthy Baby Strategies with Dr. Kevin Boyd - Here it is! This is part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Kevin Boyd in honor of SIDS Awareness month. In part 1, we talked about SIDS and how royal chins, anthropology and the work of pioneers like Dr. Christian Guilleminault and Dr. David Gozal have furthered our understanding of what we used to call crib death or cot death. You can check out part 1 in...

How SIDS Inspired a Young Doctor with Dr. David Gozal “Things can happen in sleep. In this case, bad things.” These are the words of Dr. David Gozal as he tells the heart-breaking story of how he was introduced to sleep medicine. We featured this sleep medicine pioneer in episode 35 where he talked about kids and school problems in honor of ADHD Awareness. In this bonus episode, you’ll hear Dr. Go...

SIDS, Royal Chins and Anthropology with Dr. Kevin Boyd In this episode, we go beyond the workplace and look into something that impacts us on a profound level: the death of an infant. October is PREGNANCY & INFANT LOSS AWARENESS month and we’re focusing on SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome—or what we used to call Crib Death. Each year, there are about 3,400 sudden unexpected infant deaths (SU...

Too Hot to Sleep? Think Outside the Socks! When the hot temperatures disrupt your sleep, it's time to think outside the "socks" and use this uncommon strategy for a quick fix! It works wonders for nasal congestion and related post-nasal drip. If you have chronic post-nasal drip, check out episode 10 with Dr. Minna Kim. (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tcsp-10-post-nasal-drip-reflux-and-infla...

Tonsils, Tongues & Sleep Problems with Chris Zombek, BSDH, COM We’re bringing you this episode during ADHD Awareness month. If you listened to episode 35, you heard the very compelling conversation I had with Dr. David Gozal about kids with behavioral and learning problems—two things which often go hand-in-hand with ADHD. Dr. Gozal shared an amazing story about how he came to uncover the under...

End School Problems with Dr. David Gozal The first step in solving any problem is this: identify the correct problem. It can be harder than you think--especially when it comes to kids and problems in school. And it requires real commitment and outside-the-box thinking. Dr. David Gozal brings both commitment and innovative thinking to solving the problem of academic and behavioral problems in schoo...

The MUST DO Sleep Hack for Fall In this bonus episode, you'll get the MUST DO Sleep Hack to avoid sleep problems this fall! If you implement The Fall Five to avoid sleep problems this fall, and you're still not feeling great, it's time to look at your sleep performance. Follow the links below to get started, and we'll take care of the rest! Sleep Performance For you: Find out your risk of Counterf...

Teens, Suicide Prevention & Sleep with Dr. Steve Carstensen Teen mental health challenges--and suicides--have been a growing problem. And as a result of the pandemic, teen suicides have become an epidemic. Today, with some key insights from Dr. Steve Carstensen of Premier Sleep Associates in Washington State, we: look at what's going on with our teens explore the eye-opening role of sleep in m...

Strategy #5 to Avoid Fall Sleep Problems Fall brings real challenges that create sleep problems for many people. In this bonus episode, we give you strategy #5 to avoid fall sleep problems. Find out: why strategy #5 is so challenging in the fall the surprising reason strategy #5 is critical to your well being how to achieve the benefits of strategy #5 even if you can't do it! Then get strategies #...

Top Talent Attraction with Bill Humbert If you’ve been listening to the business reports—or even the nightly news—you’ve heard there’s a labor shortage. Interestingly, in the Quarterly Economics Briefing for Q2*, it is noted that it is a “perceived labor shortage” — really just a reflection of COVID-related changes in two areas: 1) the labor supply and 2) the labor market re-equilibration fro...

Strategy #4 to Avoid Fall Sleep Problems Fall brings real challenges that create sleep problems for many people. In this bonus episode, we give you strategy #4 to avoid fall sleep problems. Find out: why strategy #4 is so challenging in the fall the surprising reason strategy #4 is critical to your physical, mental and emotional health how strategy #4 helps us stay well despite the challenges of l...

Managing the Dueling Dragons This one’s for those of you that are tired…really tired. And not just “sleepy tired” like we talk about so often here on the Counterfeit sleep® podcast. No, those of you who are tired…worn out…and weary. And who isn’t feeling tired like that these days—exhausted really—exhausted from the load we’re carrying as we live through all that’s going on these days. We’re feeli...

Strategy #3 to Avoid Fall Sleep Problems Fall brings real challenges that create sleep problems for many people. In this bonus episode, we give you strategy #3 to avoid fall sleep problems. Find out: why strategy #3 is so challenging in the fall the surprising reason strategy #3 is critical to your physical, mental and emotional health how it helps us stay well during this "dual pandemic" Then get...

How To Avoid Sleep Problems in the Fall The fall season brings unique challenges that lead to sleep problems--unless you take action! Find out what the challenges are and get the strategies you need to avoid sleep problems this fall. As we head into this cold weather season, your best friend is your sleep. Protect it! Listen now and learn: the top 3 fall challenges that lead to sleep problems THE...

The Sleep Apnea Controversy Now is the time to talk about sleep apnea because it weakens your immune system, and there is nothing more important today than a healthy immune system. Listen and learn what sleep apnea is, what sleep apnea isn’t and when you need to think beyond sleep apnea to avoid harm to you, your loved ones and your colleagues. Get answers to these questions: Is it better to have...