The Transformational Leader

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party. Hitler did horrible things and ultimately was a horrible person.    Adam's challenge question for this episode is, "How would you coach Hitler?"   The starting point for working with anyone is to see the light in the face of whatever is currently showing up at the moment.    In this episode, Adam...

In the second episode of the Anatomy of a Retreat by Adam Quiney, he discussed the topic 'Finalizing with the Leadership Team.' He talks about what happens during the retreat proper and the nature of the transformational container.   The nature of a transformational container is that it almost doesn't matter what conversation you are having. If you are holding a container transformationally, you a...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam live coaches special guest Sherry Shannon-Vanstone around funding for her company.

Adam Quiney, who is fresh from Costa Rica, will discuss things about a transformational retreat. In this episode of The Transformational Leader, you will learn about the things that are required to lead a transformational retreat and the idea of what goes into causing transformation. The transformational process isn't really about teaching. Teaching doesn't cause transformation, teaching causes ed...

Adam Quiney covered two topics in this episode of The Transformational Leader. These two topics have a lot of commonalities. The questions that, "When do I no longer need coaching?" and a feeling that some people have that "Coaching is a cult."  No one needs coaching. Not a single person needs a coach. As soon as you impose this idea upon them that they need a coach, it's going to be harder for th...

In this episode of The Transformational Leader with Adam Quiney, he talks about narcissism. The trait of narcissism. It is what people are referring to when they say, "Oh, he was a narcissist." Typically, one of the ways that this trait shows up is when someone always talks about themselves or someone who is always trying to give recognition to themselves. In addition, these are the people who ste...

How you relate to life is just like an event that has happened, and there's nothing you can do about that event. It's either good or bad.  You are not aware of what's going on below the surface of our immediacy and emotionality. Because you don't have access below that, you end up being a victim of that fact. Anything that you can't have any control over, you are a victim of it.  The truth is, the...

While unknown to many, vulnerability is an integral ingredient in any transformational leadership. When you as a leader is not willing to be vulnerable, you cannot expect to create any transformation. And since you also can't model vulnerability for others, you won't be able to encourage them to be vulnerable as well. While your inability to be vulnerable will not destroy your leadership, it will...

While trust is an integral part of powerful leaderships, many leaders (including the smartest people in the room) tend to get it wrong. In fact, many leaders primarily trust only themselves. So what happens is they micromanage everything and find it really hard to delegate. The result? They end up exhausted, burdened, and overwhelmed. So how do you as a leader learn to trust others? And what happe...

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 discusses Trust vs. Committed Action, Competition, Selling what you do, Coaching couples, and more!

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 live coaches special guest Rebekah Zimmerman around her ownership of the family aviation business with her brothers that they inherited from her dad's death, and how she'd like to operate{or not} within it moving forward.

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...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam live coaches special guest Sharon Lavant around transformational work (meditation, breathwork, silent retreats, Rythmia (ayahuasca), and how she can bring this work to the uninformed sector.

After a fresh trip from Costa Rica, Adam Quiney talks about Benevolent Manipulation. Benevolent manipulation is a subtle way in which we reject people. We say, "I know better than you what you need." It's common in leadership and our lives. What it does is suddenly, as I manipulate other people, it also creates dissatisfaction in ourselves about how the world is going or the people around us. List...

Possibility is the conversation about all the stuff you already precluded as unavailable.  It sounds like, "We'd love to raise our profits but then we would have to do this, and therefore we can't do it." Why is possibility important? Because that's where all transformation lies. In order to cause transformation in the lives of yourselves, you have to play out in a world of possibility.  In this e...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches special guest Katie Joy Duke around the topic of growing and promoting her coaching business in a way that aligns with her core business values of authenticity, courage, creativity, responsibility, and inner harmony, as well as and finding the ideal clients who align with her mission.

How to deal with roadblocks and belligerence? In your leadership, you might encounter a lot of roadblocks and belligerence. These are situations where you aim to develop someone's leadership, coach someone, or you have a team where you encounter roadblocks that stop you. These are statements like, "Why should I have to do that?"  "The problem is not me."  "The problem is them." "This isn't the way...

In this episode of The Transformational Leader by Adam Quiney, you will learn about the red flag phrases in leadership. Here are some of these phrases:   "It's not just the way I am."  The first problem of this phrase is that the way you are is a fabrication. There's no such thing as "the way you are."    "This has to change." This phrase is sort of like a lack of choice that you can do. If you ne...

As a leader, you are not called to simply do a job. You are called to lead, to step into the unknown.  Doing so requires a lot of generation. You have to create that direction from within. But the struggle is that there are moments when you don't feel inspired to do so. You don't feel like you are called to a particular direction and aren't sure of what to do. Listen as you will know the two sides...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches special guest Mary Dee around the topic of being more clear on how to not confuse the market with my offers when they're so different (spiritually led vs business).

Communication skills refer to soft skills. These are the things you can see people constantly share about, talk about, ask about, and insist on that leaders need. These skills tend to be the ability to communicate in an effective way, to have people feel listened and have a flow of the conversation work. There are different areas in which we can gauge someone's effectiveness. More than communicati...

"Filling Your Cup." It is a common theme in leadership. When you talk about filling your cup, you are talking about leadership and taking on leadership in a way that leaves you sourced and resourced rather than being drained. It may be for a job, family, or leadership, but where would I want the fun to exist? Just look for what you want and what feels good in what you are doing.  It is just one of...

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses topics such as AI and Coaching, Choosing out of the Wagon Rut, Forgiveness and Why it's Challenging, International calamity (Israel, Palestine, Ukraine, Russia, Etc.), Aggressiveness (Yours and Others), Supporting People in the Breakdown, Commitment and Surrender, and more!