Eye of Power

At the heart of organizational excellence, a Chief of Staff stands as a key orchestrator, weaving together the intricate threads of leadership, strategy, and operations. Join Tom Dardick as he sits down with Emily Sander, a leadership coach and founder of Next Level Coaching, to further discuss the significance of the Chief of Staff position in an organization. Emily sheds light on the pivotal res...

Abuse comes in many forms, often concealed beyond our immediate perception. The effects are just as debilitating. Today’s guest has had a life-long experience with narcissistic abuse, beginning in childhood. Today, she is a proud voice for fellow victims who are unable, afraid, or ashamed to share their experiences. Tom Dardick is with Dana Diaz—a wife, mother, and author of the best-selling book,...

Getting older is often associated getting inflexible and calcified in our ways, but it doesn’t have to be this way. In this Eye of Power episode, Gabrielle Pimstone joins Tom Dardick in a conversation about the impact of age on decision making and personal growth, emphasizing the importance of maintaining energy, curiosity, and a willingness to explore. They discuss the concept of energy blocks, w...

Due to rapid evolution in today’s fast-paced world, humanity now has to live with instinct mismatch. We do not know how to feel, act, or behave since everything is moving and changing too fast. Tom Dardick attempts to address this issue with George Hutton, a prolific writer and a persuasion expert. They discuss how to look within and unlock your full potential to navigate the instincts that no lon...

This is a special, insiders look at the Eye of Power - it's development and the plans for the future, both for the podcast and the business side of sharing the system. The intention is that you'll see how the model and system will be especially helpful for two specific client mindsets. One, leaders who wish to elevate their cultures, future-proof their organizations, and want the best outcomes for...

Behind every journey to success is unwavering determination and the resilience to transform setbacks into stepping stones. Never one to quit on a bad day, Phebe Trotman joins Tom Dardick to discuss her journey from her sports career to becoming an entrepreneur. In this insightful discussion, Phebe opens up about the challenges and lessons she encountered, including the disappointment of not making...

How do we know who we are? Is it something we can change? If so, what are the things we can do to move ourselves in a positive direction? Classic questions. In today's episode, we explore ways to approach them and give you specific actions you can take to systematically make your life, and the world, a better place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If change is the only constant thing in the world, is it possible to embrace and harness the power of consistency? This episode’s guest says it is and he has the success story to tell us. In today’s Eye of Power Podcast, Tom Dardick speaks with Kevin Palmieri, the CFO, Founder, and Co-Host of Next Level University—a Global Top 100 Podcast with more than 1500 episodes and over 900K listens in 160 c...

How do you feel about New Year's resolutions? About setting goals in general? If you're like most people, you've felt frustration in setting and achieving goals at points in your life's journey. Part of our personal agency includes the ability to manifest that which we choose to make happen. And there are skills in this ability. The more we can avoid the pitfalls that steer us off course, the high...

Looking at other successful people, it can be so easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the only way to succeed is to want what others want. This episode’s guest reels us back and makes us confront what matters most: the core of who we are. Michigan-born lifelong entrepreneur Rodric Lenhart sits down with Tom Dardick to talk about his inspiring view around entrepreneurship, riding the WAVES t...

How rapidly is AI changing society? Will most of us soon be obsolete in the world of work? What happens then? More importantly, what are we to do now, while we have time to act? In this week's episode, we go to the heart of the beast itself for possible answers - ChatGPT 4.0. We see what it has to say to guide us forward. Sneak peek: it agrees with what we're all about in the Eye of Power communit...

I had a dream. It wasn't a good dream. But it was an important one. It led me to some decisions that are already changing my life for the better. I'm learning to stop robbing myself. In this episode, we look at the ways not only that I steal from the full version of myself, but some of the main ways people (you!) take that which is most important from themselves. This might be one of the most powe...

Life is just a bunch of lessons and teaching moments following one another. Whether you learn from them depends on how hard you’re paying attention. We talk about life lessons today with Joel Bouchard, a modern renaissance man who has wide range of pursuits, including music, philosophy and business. Our discussion ranged from the importance of the two primary mentors that shaped his life's journey...

Navigating the world of modern healthcare is a growing challenge. With more treatments and solutions come more choices. Determining which choices are right for us is not always straightforward. The whole thing captures, in dramatic fashion, the importance of developing our decision-making acumen. Today, we look at what that is and why it's such a good idea to cultivate discipline in this vital are...

To what degree are our thoughts, beliefs, even our emotions our own? We are all influenced by outside forces, to one degree or another. If we are to maximize our agency, our personal power, we must be adept at discerning original from adopted thoughts. How do we do this? In today’s episode, we get into that very question. You’ll even get exercises to help you! Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Sustainable change is achieved through the smallest improvements, despite their imperfect appearance at first. In this first video interview of the Eye of Power Podcast, Tom Dardick welcomes his friend Adam Lawrence. Adam's company, Process Improvement Partners, helps organizations permanently raise productivity, efficiency, and safety through a Kaizen-based approach that he has innovated over his...

Critical thinking. It takes time. It takes effort. And that's why there's less of it in the world than would be preferable, if we value high quality decisions and higher value outcomes. In this episode, we look at the basics of critical thinking so that we can begin to build that important discipline, skill, and habit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Impending doom. Upcoming disaster. Whether it's takeover by a Super AI overlord, disaster from weapons of mass destruction, dangerous depletion of the earth's ability to sustain our lifestyles. our complex economic or social systems spinning out of control, there are plenty of potential ways our lives could be dramatically upended. And it's natural to fear such threats. When we're afraid, we're vu...

Wait a minute. Evil has advantages? Darn right. Otherwise, it wouldn't exist. To maximize our personal power, we need not only know them, but know how they suck us in. Why? So we can improve the decisions we make in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're all the heroes of our own life stories. No getting around it. The question is: what story do you want it to tell? We can be batted around by impersonal forces within us and without us. But we also have the choice to tell the story we decide to tell. In this episode, we explore powerful ways we can do exactly that. Enjoy! But more than that, be your own hero! Learn more about your ad choices....

Don't things go better when you're surrounded by people who understand and appreciate what it is you're trying to get done? Conversely, does it end well when the opposite is true - when the people around us seem to be going in every direction but forward? How do we put ourselves in more of the former situations and fewer of the latter? Listen to this week's episode, where we'll give you precise gu...

Today is a little departure. No script. Just me talking about what this first year of the Eye of Power podcast meant and what I aspire to in the year to come. More importantly, what awaits you in the year to come! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Curiosity killed the cat." Maybe. And maybe that's why we say cat's have nine lives. The human spirit of curiosity is transformative. It's how we go from the wild-eyed innocent and ignorant state of childhood into the wizened state of maturity. But, too often, we calcify and stop being curious. We let the business of our daily responsibilities crowd out the pursuit of the possible. And in so doin...

Many people took the time to remember the significance of yesterday, the anniversary of 9/11. Regrettably, fewer do the same for today. Because the silver lining in the heinous destruction of that infamous day was the inspirational, near universal reaction of solidarity. And that’s worth remembering. In today’s podcast, we tie the universal experience to the personal. Because that’s what we do - w...

How well do you believe you know yourself? According to the prevailing psychological research, it’s not as well as you think. We are complicated beings, with multifaceted, often competing interests and values. It’s a lifelong task to bring these into the light and into alignment. And that’s exactly what the Eye of Power model is for. In this episode, we talk about the process and what it looks lik...