Leadership and Team Health guided by the Enneagram: Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams

Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams Episode:   The 5 Biggest Mistakes New Managers Make in Their First 6 Months Host:   Stephanie Freeth Episode Overview The first six months as a manager can feel disorienting, overwhelming, and quietly high-pressure. In this episode, Stephanie Freeth unpacks the most common mistakes new managers make during this critical transition and what to do instea...

What if the way you run your company could make your life as a leader easier, not harder? In this episode of Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams , I sit down with my friend and EOS Implementer, Jeremy Lopatin , for a deep and honest conversation about what truly drives healthy, high-performing teams. Jeremy and I share a belief that performance means very little without team health . Many organiza...

Episode 12: Courageous Insights – Restoring Worth Beyond Work as an Enneagram Type 3 In this deeply personal episode of Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams , I’m opening up about the unconscious patterns, beliefs, and behaviors that shaped my journey as an Enneagram Type 3 (The Competitive Achiever). For much of my life, achievement felt like oxygen. Productivity, performance, and pushing through...

Shownotes & Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction: Why teams don’t start at high performance 00:49 – The 5 stages of team development (Tuckman model) 01:39 – What happens when teams get stuck in “storming” 03:11 – Why setting team norms builds trust and alignment 05:26 – The shortcut: Using the Enneagram to collapse the timeline 08:04 – Adjourning: Reflecting and celebrating progress 09:28 – How Enn...

Courageous Insights: Facts vs Stories As leaders, our perspective matters more than we realize. Too often, we get caught up in the stories we tell ourselves rather than the actual facts in front of us. In this video, I share a simple but powerful tool I first learned from The Conscious Leadership Group—the practice of separating facts from stories. 👉 Facts = what a video camera could record. 👉 S...

What do new managers need most to succeed? In this episode, Stephanie Freeth sits down with Amy Cell — entrepreneur, speaker, and founder of Amy Cell Talent (now Yeo & Yeo HR Advisory Solutions). With over a decade of experience helping organizations scale people-first strategies, Amy brings a wealth of insights on what it really takes for new managers to thrive. Together, they explore: The es...

In this episode of Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams, host Stephanie Freeth welcomes her friend and accomplished leader Christie Wong Barrett—former CEO, board director, and lecturer at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Christie shares her career journey from MIT chemical engineer to McKinsey consultant, manufacturing company owner-operator, and now educator, revealing the le...

In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Stephanie Freeth sits down with Aubrey Macfarlane , President & CEO of Volunteers of America Michigan, to explore how conscious leadership, recovery, and the Enneagram have shaped her leadership journey. Aubrey shares how leading from the heart—and with vulnerability—has helped her transform both herself and her organization. This is a must-listen...

In this soulful episode of Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams, Stephanie Freeth is joined by the incredible Brothers Koren — Isaac and Thorald — to explore what it truly means to reclaim your voice, embrace vulnerability, and ignite your creative expression. From overcoming childhood silencing to daring to suck, this conversation dives deep into: ✅ The internal “small voices” that hold us back...

What does it truly mean to lead with humility, curiosity, and courage? In this inspiring episode of Courageous Leaders Connected Teams, Stephanie Freeth is joined by Paul Blatt, CEO of Gesher Human Services, for a candid conversation on the transformational power of conscious leadership. Paul shares real-world lessons from leading through a pandemic, navigating a merger, and cultivating a culture...

In this episode of Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams, host Stephanie Freeth reveals how your Enneagram type can profoundly shape your leadership decisions — often in ways you don’t even realize. You’ll learn how to: ✅ Use the Enneagram as a lens for understanding decision-making patterns ✅ Recognize how each type’s core motivations impact choices ✅ Shift from fear-based to curiosity-driven de...

What if your body held the key to courageous, grounded leadership? In this transformative episode of Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams, leadership strategist Stephanie Freeth sits down with Mark Gerow, creator of My Daily Dose Practice, to explore why regulating your nervous system is not optional — it’s essential. You’ll discover how powerful somatic tools like TRE (Tension & Trauma Releasi...

🌟 Episode Overview In this deeply insightful episode, Stephanie Freeth welcomes longtime friend and client Brian Smith, a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for impact. Together, they explore Brian’s personal and professional journey through leadership, conscious self-awareness, the Enneagram, and building purpose-driven ventures. Brian’s evolution from tech marketer to founder of a social ente...

🌟 Episode Overview Welcome to the very first episode of Courageous Leaders Connected Teams ! Host Stephanie Freeth invites you into a heartfelt and powerful conversation about what it truly means to lead with courage and foster connected, thriving teams. In this premiere episode, Stephanie shares her own leadership journey—from ballet and burnout to becoming a leadership coach and recording artis...