The Transformational Leader

While very subtle, there is a distinction between leadership and the mere performance of leadership. Most people want to do leadership right, they want to look good, do right, and be inspiring as leaders. However, many don't know the distinction between the two. In this episode, I'll discuss how one is different from the other and how it impacts both your leadership and personal life. If you want...

In this episode, I talked about a shadow many people possess but aren't usually aware of—presence and radiance. People with this shadow have the tendency to either over or under compensate. This makes working with them tricky at times. So how should we lead and work with people of presence and radiance? How do we recognize them? And how do people end up with this shadow to begin with? I'll answer...

This leadership sandtrap is common among leaders with a disempowering relationship with their judgments. This is created when people grow up hearing things like "judging people is wrong," or "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." Unfortunately, leaders with this sandtrap end up getting owned by their judgments rather than owning them. So how do you work with this sandtrap? An...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Bryan Tarr live, around knowing what he doesn't know to attract and connect with ideal clients effortlessly.

Typically, leadership progresses through three main stages—the first, second, and third stages. However, most leaders relate to what they see externally as a reflection of the same stage of leadership they are currently operating from. In other words, someone in the second stage might look at what a third stage practitioner is doing and see it as no different from what he is doing. In this episode...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Aaron Quinn live, around getting clarity on what he's doing in Greece, his vision for his business and his stuckness.

Simply put, brilliance is the quality of a sharp and fast mind. Individuals who grow up as brilliance are typically exceptional in school and are given access to multiple experiences. However, people can have dual experiences with their brilliance. They either consider it essential and love it or they are burdened by expectations because of it. From there, they can end up over-compensating or unde...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam leads a Creating Clients Q&A. If you've got questions about the art of creating clients simply as a reflection of yourself and building a relationship with someone, be sure to listen in to this episode.

In a nutshell, connection is the quality of being connected with everything and everyone. Since connection will require vulnerability, connection is not always straightforward and comfortable. To overcome the discomfort and fear, overcompensating occurs and manifests in various ways. In this episode, get to know the different ways this shadow gets formed and how it manifests itself. I'll also talk...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Alex Campbell live, around charging money as someone in the helping professions (coach in training/tantrik practitioner in training) or as a musician.

In this episode, I'll be introducing a new series called "Along the Spectrum." In essence, spectrums of being are the ontological model I have created over the decade I have trained, led, and developed leadership. I'll explain how the model works and why people wound up being the way they are. I'll also get into the strategies people use to hold themselves out of alignment and how at times it beco...

When you're a leader providing support to your members, are you doing it to truly help them or are you doing it to meet your needs? This can be one blindspot many leaders don't often distinguish as there are various ways this can show up. This also becomes even more challenging when you truly believe you are serving others but you are actually serving your own needs. So how do you figure out what...

Simply put, declarations not only move leaders forward, it is also one of the most significant ways they can create possibilities. Leaders that can't or won't make declarations very rarely create breakthroughs. Even if they talk about what they are committed to creating, without declaration, they won't be able to create anything beyond the predictable. Since the hallmark of a leader is creating an...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Hannah Taylor live, around energetic boundaries and how to handle it when someone doesn't respect them.

This is another sandtrap that shows up out of the need to not fall behind or seem stupid. This sandtrap also develops when a person has no capacity to be mundane or mediocre. In other words, everything has to be profound for them. The problem with this kind of mindset is it feeds the ego more than it can help leaders (or those under them) create breakthroughs and move forward. So how do you distin...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Brooke Kalan live, around her desire to speak to/market to/date/network with the RIGHT people versus her old habit of dimming or dumbing down.

How people react to feedback is a huge factor in determining how much growth they'll have both as professionals and individuals. Feedbacks are usually directed by the leadership to point out how you're doing this and that while having improvement in mind. In this episode, Adam Quiney tackles receiving and reacting to feedback as a sandtrap in leadership. He discusses the different methods you can...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Sandra Possing live, around breaking through to her next level of visibility, impact, and leadership as well as how to facilitate a quantum leap.

To develop leadership and create breakthroughs, you have to be willing to let problems sit and allow yourself to sit along with them. Unfortunately, this leadership sandtrap robs you of the opportunity to sit with the problem as focus is placed on resolving the problem as opposed to understanding what is happening. So how is this sandtrap created? More importantly, how do you distinguish this sand...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Karen Scott Ozeri live, around creating what her and her husbandneed in order to take parental leave, which is $90K in three months.

At the heart of leadership is forging into the unknown, which by its very definition is unsafe. This leadership sandtrap is created when individuals raised in places where there was not a lot of safety develop this internal need for ever present safety. While it would seem like there is nothing wrong with seeking safety, it is the opposite of what transformative leadership truly requires. So how s...

At first glance, generosity in spades can seem like a great thing. After all, generous people are massively reliable. They are also incredible team players and are always taking care of the struggles everyone else is having. However, these people can also get overwhelmed easily when it comes to their own projects. This tendency robs them of their own breakthroughs. As a leader, how do you effectiv...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Mia Kielty-Bande live, around how she is sold on the idea she can create more but tells herself she doesn't know what.

In this episode, I talked about the first leadership sandtrap, TIMWATDIZZCRY, which stands for "Tell me what to do, so I can resist/resent you for it." If you are operating in this leadership sandtrap, you tend to be incredibly reliable in terms of what needs to be done and how to do it. However, there is also the tendency that you won't know what to do unless you are told. Also, if you have the T...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Ernest Barbaric live, around reconciling his role as a dad with the drive to rebuild his business.