The Transformational Leader

Transformational leadership takes more than leading people and inspiring others to cross their own boundaries and step into the unknown. It also consists of the leaders being supported, resourced, and nourished by taking breaks and feeling acknowledged for their own work. Why is this important? In order to achieve breakthroughs. It may not look like it but the more you take on as a leader, the gre...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam does live coaching, review and feedback in the moment with special guests Andrew and David. Our coach, Andrew, will be coaching his guest David, and Adam will be breaking down what's happening and providing feedback to Andrew as he works.  

Life can be way more fun than it originally seemed. No matter how blunt or boring you think life is, you'll quickly realize that fun and excellent results could be in the same space once you've shifted your context and perspective. Our role as transformational leaders is to cultivate a kind of culture and experience wherein it becomes an invitation for other people to fully express themselves. Lis...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses reciprocity, when people don't want support, surrender, good ideas to do, and conceptual goals.

The saying "forgive and forget" rings true when it comes to being the better versions of ourselves. There is no such thing as perfect leaders - only those who are constantly improving. In this episode, I would be talking about using performance as a means to overcome an inability to forgive ourselves. It's normal to improve our performance by continuously learning from our mistakes, but having the...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses leadership and corporations, politics, visibility, productivity and emotional intelligence.

The capacity for transformation gets lost when we resign ourselves and simply accept things the way they are. Believe it or not, the truth of leadership is supporting them in creating their breakthrough by inviting breakdowns and working with them to find the right stretch point - the challenge that will help them grow in their process but would not completely shatter them. Listen to this episode...

It may be common knowledge but the responsibility is the source and access to a leader's power. Having that power of responsibility allows the leader to have more influence to create change around them - which is both an advantage and a challenge. What most leaders don't realize is that the true path of leadership is through taking responsibility for where we are willing to do so - not when it's e...

When we have self-doubt and believe that we are not good nor smart enough, fear tends to step up and our defense mechanism kicks in to ensure that our fear is not visible. Contrary to popular belief, transformational leadership is not being able to be powerful by hiding your weaknesses but rather putting our own fears and vulnerability in those moments. In this episode, I'll talk about how fear is...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses one of the most important topics in leadership: Responsibility.

Pursuing transformational leadership takes more than inspirational talks and compliments. It takes honest feedback and confrontations in order to break through to your existing paradigm. To be able to genuinely model leadership, you must be able to overcome the biggest challenge in leadership: overcoming superficial relationships and creating genuine intimacy and real responsibility. Learn what it...

People tend to assume that they have already overcome their fears by hiding it or by being reactive to it. But the truth about the purpose of fear is to keep you from venturing into the unknown and to let you stay within your own boundaries. Although it may not seem like it, the reasonableness of fear loses our ability to lead effectively. As transformational leaders, how can you support other peo...

Many people have this belief that difficult conversations become less challenging given you can figure out how to do them the right way. What many do not realise however is that when it comes to difficult conversations, the real challenges are creating a degree of intimacy and avoiding the tendency to control the outcome. In today's show, we'll examine why having difficult conversations matter to...

This might come as a surprise to many but pursuing a leadership that truly transforms will entail more than just giving up the negative tendencies, strategies, etc. that are getting in the way of your leadership. The truth is transformational leadership will also require giving up your sacred cows—the things and attributes that you hold dear and consider indispensable in your leadership. Why is co...

Contrary to what many people believe, powerful leaderships do not rely on love or power alone. If truth be told, your ability to bring the two together—love and rigour—is the key to a truly powerful leadership. But how do you go about bringing the two together? What happens if you only exercise one and neglect the other? I'll tackle the answers to those questions and more in this episode so don't...

In this episode, I talked about the brilliance of not knowing. While leaders are typically expected to have everything sorted out, in a leadership that truly transforms such is not the case. Why? If you are the kind of leader who waits until you know all the answers before making a decision, you are not only hindering yourself from moving forward, you are also robbing yourself of the opportunity t...

You are it! No matter how hard you try to zoom in, magnify or look into your company's culture, you'll realize that understanding or defining what it is can be a problem. After all, your company's culture cannot be seen through magnification – we can only see it through a broader scope. A bigger picture, if you will. You see, company culture is an outer expression of your organization's inner work...

Who we think we are today is not who we actually are underneath the surface. We were born with distinct characteristics of being. However, we don't often show them off to their best potential due to how we were raised when growing up. As transformative leaders, it is our role to fully express our innate qualities and not the identity we tend to relate ourselves to. More of this can be explored in...

In the grand scheme of life, breakthroughs are the shining moments where we find ourselves enlightened. But, before a breakthrough occurs, we'll find ourselves in a multitude of binaries that may hinder our passage to life's answers. But, what are these binaries? How do you know if you're caught in one? This episode aims to provide you with a comprehensive pre-breakthrough of instances you might f...

Living life to the fullest means graciously accepting and confronting our personal transformation. It can be overwhelming or it can be terrifying, to say the least, but, without the act of transformation, we wouldn't be experiencing total embodiment and total expression. Transformation, in itself, is the act of becoming who we've always been - becoming who we are meant to be. It's not to be downsi...

"You are able to receive something precisely to the extent you were able to give it. You are able to give something precisely to the extent you were able to receive it." Communication is the bloodline of life. Whether it's through verbal, written or non-verbal cues, navigating through life is made easier with communication. But, what about energy? Apparently, it plays an integral part to your bein...

Belief is a function of your identity. It guides your actions and intentions. Whether it's personal life, relationships, career, or transformational leadership, one's identity shouldn't be restricted with a label. In a modern world guided with science and an evidence-based approach, adapting beliefs from certain archetypes, labels, names or skills will only cage your potential. These what-nots are...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as two members of the Forge, David Medina and Maximilian Hachtmann, do a live training of coaching and developing leadership. If you'd like to deepen your skills and hone your blade when it comes to being with people, supporting others, and developing leadership, don't miss this episode.

In this episode, we will be talking about some of the everyday experiences people can have as they welcome leadership into their lives—the willingness to step into the light and courageously practice it in the real world. Furthermore, in terms of leadership, we deep dive into the topics of depression, the lack of joy, anxiety, boredom, perfectionism and micromanagement. Gain value from this episod...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam live coaches special guest Tibi Sator around the first step of the client creation - connection.