The Transformational Leader

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses a variety of topics such as talks his book, Who Do You Think You Are, with regards to your niche, and what to do when we know what to do, but can't seem to do it.

People say, "People will follow not what you say as a leader but what you do." I'm not saying it isn't accurate, but it's incomplete. It is more of, "People will follow not only what you do, but they will follow who you are underneath what you are doing." It is the art of modeling --- Modeling something is the act of showing people through your being and what you're doing. The art of modeling is b...

What do you stand for? Do you stand for something safe, easy, and comfortable? Your stand supports you. It is why you go in a different direction. It might be somewhat comfortable, easy, fun, or safe. --- this is the nature of a stand. Leadership often works with your stand, and without a stand, you will turn into the so-called "default stand." Listen as you learn the definition of a "created stan...

As a leader, you are either having people be attracted to you or you're enrolling them in something. The former will create fast yet short-term results while the latter will create long-term and lasting transformational results. In addition, while attraction feels good and appeals to your ego, it's actually enrolment that really causes people to want to travel forward with you. So how do you make...

Part of a leader's job is to be impeccable. Unfortunately, even some of the most brilliant leaders equate impeccability to perfection. And nothing can be further from the truth. On the contrary, impeccability does not mean you are perfect. In essence, it means you are responsible for your edges, you recognise them when they show up, and you address them accordingly. Of course, this is all better s...

On the surface, cults and leaderships can seem very similar. However, when examined closely, it's easy to see one couldn't be more different from the other. What's interesting is many cults often start out well-intentioned. Unfortunately, they often end up sinister because their leaders end up believing they have everything sorted and does not need anyone else to guide them. Truly powerful leaders...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses a variety of topics such as Sneaky strategies for avoidance, Creating more powerful inquiries for yourself, What it means to look at something ontologically, EQ and how it grows, You vs. You, Responsibility as a Stand, rather than a Fact, Flow vs. Resistance, Identity and how we relate to ourselves, and more!

At one point or another in their leadership, leaders will most likely encounter the phrase "just the way you are." While seemingly harmless, this phrase is actually the antithesis of a really powerful and transformative leadership. If you're a leader who hides behind the excuse it's just the way you are, you'll create a leadership that's dictated by the past rather than the transformative leadersh...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses a variety of topics such as Polarity and the fundamental tension in life, Being in Flow vs. Pushing Beyond Your Comfort Zone, How to Communicate Artfully, Getting Your Services Known, Looking at the World Ontologically, The Imago Lens, and more!

Have you experienced doing something because you are unwilling not to do it? It is not the same thing as doing something because you want to. It is challenging to choose what you want because you are trained to do what you should do first. So much of leadership has chosen from being something that you should do. As soon as you have something you should do, you don't have much choice for your 'No.'...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam talks with special guest Fayzan Rab about his journey into medicine and ontology, as well as (hot) takes on the coaching profession and the work of a leader.

Why is the shit sandwich shitty? If you do not know, a shit sandwich is a technique of providing feedback when you give people two pieces of bread. It's an idea of couching the true feedback you want to give someone by giving them some complementary feedback, so they don't feel bad. Shit sandwich happens when you relate to what's happening, like a deficiency or something they need to fix. All of t...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses a variety of topics such as Freewill, Living in a Simulation, and other Philosophical musings, Structures that support him, Staying in connection and conversation, Practising vs Finishing, Generation vs Stimulation, and more!

According to the dictionary, collusion is a secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy to cheat or deceive others. In transformational leadership, collusion happens between two human beings when one agrees and buys into the other's story. It is getting into the story with them. Collusion is the human tendency to seek agreement with each other, but did you know that it stops you from creating a br...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses a variety of topics such as Closing Your Heart in Service of Good, Having the Courage to be Dumb, Raising Rates, Preparing for something the right way, and more!

The practice of leadership is the practice of leaning into the unknown and being with what is confronting. Being confronted is challenging, and we close, and then as we do our work, we learn to open in the face of the unknown. Imperviousness is becoming detached, disconnecting from reality emotionally and spiritually. You are physically present, but you can't feel anything there. It is a natural a...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses a variety of topics such as p utting things on scales, loving the fall, strategies vs. discoveries, everyone is always doing good, and more!

There is a commonly held belief that you are a spiritual being having a human experience. The truth is there is a physical plane of existence with different layers of dimension. These are the physical realm or what we call reality, the bridge realm, which is more like the emotional realm, and the highest is the spiritual realm. Each realm has particular needs or requirements. The closer you are to...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses a variety of topics such as   overwhelm, overcoming apathy, projects and the tangibles you want to create in your life, being okay with the way life is vs. being open to possibility, ownership vs. surrender, living through or for your children, obvious fixes, and more!

Most of you focus on productivity, success, efficiency, and being good at things. You are moving quickly even if you are not relaxed but did you know that our innate pace tends to be measured relax? You have a natural speed at which you can move from closure to openness. Tempo is about the rate at which you are moving through life and is the speed at which you operate. If your body becomes tensed...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses a variety of topics such as Tattoos and full-expression, Medicine vs. Drug, Hallucinations vs. Spirit, The Purge, What is Acknowledgement For, Insights through the Medicine, the challenges of integration, detachment and impervious vs. Unattachment and sovereignty, Passion and Apathy, generating people's backstory, and more!

Why and what's next have huge distinctions not just in leadership in organizations but leadership in yourself. "Why" is where you, as a human, put all your focus and attention whenever you are stuck. We want to know why and it is very human to seek understanding. It's a gift, but the trouble is that you use "why" as a reason to stop moving forward. There's nothing wrong with asking "why" as long a...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses a variety of topics such as Transformation and our Family of Origin, Generosity and Martyrdom, Proving points and honouring confidences, Being with other people's sermons, What I bring to my coach, What he learned from writing a book, and more!

Most of the leadership advice provides you with the obvious thing to do. It's obvious what you need to do, yet it doesn't seem to work. That's the trap of the obvious fix, it is like clear solutions, but it doesn't seem to change things. It feeds your ego that you feel like having progress and protect you from work that will set you free. Because of this, you receive short-term solutions, but it p...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses a variety of topics such as when things aren't working, right action and right being, becoming the medicine you give, his book launch and journey, and more!