The Transformational Leader

Many leaders tend to avoid being impacted by others because of a variety of reasons. For instance, they get the impression that if they allow others to impact them, it makes them vulnerable. However, it is important to keep in mind that you will never be able to encourage people to also be vulnerable to your impact if you don't model the same kind of vulnerability. While not allowing yourself to b...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Toku McCree live, around creating an empowering project. Ideally one that will give the experience of doing JUST THE RIGHT amount of work, no more, no less.

Society in general is not always kind and forgiving to those who make mistakes. Understandably, most people, including powerful leaders, are afraid to make mistakes. It is especially hard for leaders since people expect them to not struggle or make mistakes to begin with. However, if anything, struggling and making mistakes is part and parcel of being a leader. Without making any mistakes, you'll...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Priyanka Dutta live, around being stuck in building deeper connections and intimacy in every aspect of her life.

Most people (powerful leaders included), have their intentions collapsed with their impact. However, unless these two are separated, it would be hard for leaders to take complete ownership of their leadership and to be responsible for their impact. So how do you separate your intention from your impact? And how do you get responsible for your impact regardless of your intention? How will your inab...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Heather Beaton live, around being at choice with how this conversation goes, being at choice with how her life goes and being at choice with what she wants.

To lead powerfully, it is crucial that you are able to allow your emotional range to just be and exist while still being mindful of its impact on your leadership and the people under you. Understandably, this is no easy feat. After all, most people's emotional range is limited, even powerful leaders. So how do you get responsible for your emotional range? What are the challenges you're likely to e...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Kryssie Thomson live, around challenges that she faces as a high performer (which may be challenges that most people are not aware people who perform at such a high level experience).

Disagreements among people can occur any time and even the most powerful of leaders have to deal with them at one point or another. Admittedly, resolving disagreements in a way that creates harmony is no easy feat. However, it is an art worth learning. So how do you create harmony when opinions and ideas are clashing? How do you address disagreements masterfully? What pitfalls do you have to look...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Timothée Frydman live, around commitment in his business and his relationship with his partner.

The idea of using one's breath as a tool for leadership can be confusing for many. Understandably, not many can see the connection between breathing and leadership. While you can't see the subtle and magical effects breathing can have in your leadership at first glance, you'll be able to truly appreciate breathing once you discover what it can do for your leadership. So how can you help people cre...

While rarely used as a metric to judge leadership, well-being plays a crucial role in how a leader shows up. Come to think of it, leaders who put their well-being in the back burner will flame out sooner or later. Creating great results as the expense of one's well-being might seem like a sign of commitment for some. However, it is actually counterproductive. Leaders who take their well-being for...

Many people (leaders included) often associate cheerleading with injecting positivity. At first glance, it would seem like any leadership can benefit from cheerleading. However, while a little cheerleading won't hurt, too much cheerleading can be counterproductive. Why? It won't allow people to experience anything labelled as negative. Repressing negative emotions will create resentment and contem...

While the ability of a leader to see the bright side in everyone is important in creating a powerful leadership, it is only half of the equation. Equally as important is their ability to bring love and see fear as a function of people's greatness as opposed to a deficiency in their character. If truth be told, that's one of the traits that will separate great leaders from the mediocre ones. There'...

Leaders, even the masterful ones have a tendency to believe they should be perfect. In line with this, they also convince themselves they have totally eliminated judgment, contempt, and resentment. While operating from a place of perfection is deemed ideal by many, it is not possible. And contrary to popular belief, it's also not ideal. When leaders don't allow themselves to be human, they'd expec...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Emmy Druesne live, around managing her energy in her discussions with her partner and avoiding being very ovewhelmed.

Whether they like it or not, most leaders operate over top of what is already there. While seemingly harmless, this can actually get in the way of their leadership. For instance, when there is negativity in the space, rather than getting clear and addressing what's there, some leaders tend to just adopt solutions on top of what is present. When this happens, they'll have a leadership that's dictat...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Sanja Vicentijevic live, around her commitment to writing, publishing, and being seen.

For many people, occupying a position of leadership and being a leader are one and the same. If you examine closely however, you will realise they are two different things. For starters, those occupying leadership positions have the tendency to only want their image to be bright and shiny. Effective leaders on the other hand need to have access to all ways of being including foolishness, embarrass...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Kacey Cardin live, around working through her signature "stuff" to make progress on her book.

Contrary to popular belief, a truly powerful leader does not have to have all the answers. Masterful leaders should also possess the ability to hold silence. However, holding silence can be very challenging as most people equate it to being unproductive, inefficient, not moving forward. Understandably, that's not always true. So why is the ability to hold silence a key component in a truly powerfu...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Ben Clarke live, around staying with or leaving the executive coaching company he works for.

Leadership is ultimately an act of language. However, underneath all of the speaking, there is a foundational element many leaders tend to overlook: listening. While unfortunate to note, many leaders tend to be poor listeners, listening only with very specific intentions in mind. Also, in most cases, many leaders only listen to hear whatever is needed so they will arrive at a conclusion they have...

Part of the job of any leader is to enroll themselves as well as others in possibility. In fact, it is often considered the first step leaders (and people under them) take when they embark on a transformational journey. However, while seemingly simple, continuously seeing possibilities can be challenging. Why? For starters, most people's ability to hang on to possibility is both fragile and fleeti...

Whether leaders are aware of it or not, wrong can show up all the time in leaderships. Oftentimes, when blindspots are exposed, the tendency of many leaders is to make themselves wrong. That means rather than giving themselves permission to show up however they show up and face the consequences and clean up the mess, they simply opt to admit what they did was wrong and not to do it again. What imp...