Leading From The Edge Podcast

Summary:
In this first episode of Take 5 with Me, leadership coach Liz Murray shares how to have the conversations most leaders avoid – the difficult ones.
You’ll learn why silence doesn’t protect relationships, how fear drives avoidance, and the one line that instantly builds trust, courage, and clarity.

What You’ll Learn:

Featured Quote:

“Heart-centred communication doesn’t mean being nice. It means being honest – with empathy.”

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💙 The Heart-Centred Communication Playbook – Templates & Scripts for Difficult Conversations
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00 : 00 – Welcome to Take 5 with Me: Growing leadership from the inside out
00 : 18 – October Theme Overview: Heart-Centred Communication
00 : 36 – Why We Avoid Difficult Conversations (and what it costs us)
01 : 15 – How Avoidance Erodes Trust and Creates Confusion
02 : 00 – The Ego’s Role in Avoidance: Fear disguised as kindness
02 : 30 – The Shift to Heart-Centred Leadership: Honesty + Empathy
03 : 10 – The One Line That Changes Everything
03 : 50 – Your Leadership Challenge for the Week
04 : 20 – Free Resource & Next Episode Preview (Active Listening)

📢 Next Steps and Resources

👉 Subscribe on YouTube for more episodes of Take 5 With Me and watch my latest episode on this topic-https://youtu.be/4QE_FqFoKnA 

👉Download The Heart-Centred Communication Playbook – Real scripts to help you have the conversations you’ve been avoiding.

👉Join Be Exceptional — Liz’s online course to master stamina, influence, and energy. 

👉 Subscribe to Leadership Edge on LinkedIn for weekly insights on leading with heart and clarity. 

🎧 Listen to Take 5 with Me – short episodes to grow your leadership from the inside out.

Work With Liz Murray

Liz Murray helps leaders protect their energy, sharpen their influence, and lead with emotional stamina through her online course Be Exceptional, one-to-one coaching, and high-impact workshops.

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Emotional Stamina: The Secret to Lasting Leadership Energy

I remember sitting in a meeting, completely absorbed in the fine details of a problem. The more I focused on what was going wrong, the heavier the room felt. My team looked to me for clarity, but instead of lifting them up, I was pulling them into my overwhelm.

At the time, I thought this was leadership, carrying the weight, solving the problems, making sure nothing slipped through the cracks. But what I didn’t realise was that I was leading from reactivity, not vision.

My energy was scattered, my perspective was narrow, and my team mirrored that energy back to me. It wasn’t until I learned to process my emotions, build stamina, and shift my focus to the bigger picture that everything changed. I stopped spiralling in the moment and started holding steady for my team. That’s when I truly understood the power of emotional stamina.

Why Emotional Stamina Matters.

Skills fade, strategies evolve. But emotional stamina is what keeps leaders exceptional. It’s the capacity to stay steady under pressure, to absorb challenges without losing momentum, and to sustain leadership energy for the long term.

Here’s the difference: Reactive leaders get blown off course by setbacks, stuck in details, and consumed by urgency.

Visionary leaders hold steady, reframe challenges, and guide others with clarity and purpose.

Your stamina doesn’t just affect you — it sets the emotional tone for your entire organisation.

3 Ways to Build Emotional Stamina

Here are three practices I now teach my clients (and use myself) to sustain long-term leadership performance:

1️⃣ Awareness: Name your emotions Instead of suppressing feelings, name them: “I’m frustrated.” Naming emotions reduces their grip and keeps you clear-headed.

2️⃣ Reframing setbacks A lost client becomes valuable data. An underperforming quarter becomes a reset opportunity. One leader I coached turned a “failure” into a case study that won the next big client.

3️⃣ Resilience habits Daily practices like breath work, journaling, or gratitude rituals shift your baseline. Even starting meetings with one “win” can lift both your team’s energy and your own stamina.

Spotting a Stamina Gap

In my Emotional Energy Reset Diagnostic, I call this Zone 4: The Stamina Gap and Zone 5: Leadership Legacy.

If you avoid emotions because you “don’t have time,” lose creativity under pressure, or lead from urgency instead of vision — your stamina may not be strong enough to sustain exceptional leadership.

👉 Download the Emotional Energy Reset Diagnostic to see where you stand. 

👉 Watch the YouTube Episode Here 

Final Thought

Emotional stamina isn’t about avoiding challenges. It’s about absorbing them, holding steady, and inspiring your team with vision and resilience. When you strengthen your emotional stamina, you don’t just perform better — you create a culture where others can thrive for the long term.

If you’re ready to go deeper, my course Be Exceptional gives you the full framework to master stamina, influence, and energy so you can burn bright, not out. 👉 Explore Be Exceptional 

Peak Performance = Energy, Not Hours High performance isn’t about doing more, it’s about sustaining energy over time.

In this Take 5 With Me episode, Liz Murray, leadership coach and founder of Edge of Possibilities, busts the myth that hustle equals performance.

You’ll discover why energy is the true currency of performance, how top leaders mirror athletes in their focus on recovery, and three strategies you can use immediately to sustain peak performance without burning out.

This isn’t about grinding longer hours, it’s about building habits that protect your energy, sharpen your focus, and help you show up at your best.

👉 Download the Emotional Energy Reset Diagnostic to identify your energy leaks and protect your performance. https://www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au/pl/2148703467

⏱️ Timestamps

0:00 — High performance isn’t about doing more

0:20 — Welcome to Take 5 With Me

0:50 — Myth Bust: Hustle ≠ Performance

2:00 — The Energy Equation: Energy is the true currency

3:00 — Three strategies for sustaining performance

4:30 — Zone 2: Energy Leaks in the Diagnostic

5:00 — Next episode preview: Emotional Stamina

📌 Key Teaching Points

✅ Hustle ≠ performance — more hours often mean more mistakes

✅ Energy is the true currency of performance

✅ Three sustaining strategies: sleep + recovery, boundaries + focus, emotional regulation

✅ Zone 2: Energy leaks sabotage long-term impact

Most leaders think motivation is enough.

Wrong.

Motivation fades. Energy sustains.

In this Take 5 With Me episode, Liz Murray, leadership coach and founder of Edge of Possibilities, shares how to build energised teams that last. You’ll discover the difference between motivation and energy, why your team mirrors your energy, and three overlooked energisers leaders often miss.

This is practical, people-focused leadership you can use right away. No hype, just sustainable habits that keep your team inspired and resilient.

👉 Download the Emotional Energy Reset Diagnostic to see where your team might be picking up on your energy leaks.

👀 Key Points Covered

✅ Motivation vs energy: why hype fizzles but habits sustain

✅ The mirror effect: how your energy sets the tone

✅ Three overlooked energisers: recovery, pulse checks, celebrating wins

✅ Why energised teams protect performance and morale

⏱️ Timestamps

0:00 — Most leaders think motivation is enough

0:20 — Welcome + intro to Take 5 With Me

0:40 — Connection to previous episode: Leadership Burnout

1:00 — Key 1: Motivation vs Energy

2:00 — Key 2: The Mirror Effect

3:00 — Key 3: Three Overlooked Energisers

4:30 — The Emotional Energy Reset Diagnostic (Zone 3: Team Drain)

5:00 — Next episode preview: Sustaining Peak Performance

Next Steps + Resources

👉 Subscribe on YouTube or your favourite podcast app for more episodes of Take 5 With Me. / @lizmurray_leadership

👉 Download the Emotional Energy Reset Diagnostic to find your burnout blindspots. https://www.edgeofpossibilities.com.a...

👉 Join Be Exceptional — Liz’s online course to master stamina, influence, and energy. https://www.edgeofpossibilities.com.a...

Work With Liz Murray

Liz Murray helps leaders protect their energy, sharpen their influence, and lead with emotional stamina through her online course Be Exceptional, one-to-one coaching, and high-impact workshops.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eopossibilities/#

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edgeofpossibilities#

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizmurrayedgeofpossibilities/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/eopossibilities#

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.edgeofpossibilities.com.au/

Burnout doesn’t happen overnight. It starts small — with subtle energy leaks most leaders miss until it’s too late. In this Take 5 With Me episode, Liz Murray reveals the 3 warning signs of leadership burnout, the hidden costs of pushing through exhaustion, and a simple reset ritual to protect your stamina and leadership legacy. 👉 Download the free Emotional Energy Reset Diagnostic to discover your burnout blindspots.

Summary

In this episode of Leading from the Edge, host Liz Murray, a Leadership and Executive Coach, explores the transformative power of "above the line" thinking for leaders. She demonstrates how shifting from blame to accountability can break negative cycles, foster team growth, and create a thriving workplace culture where everyone operates from their best self.

Key Points

⏰ Timecodes ⏰

0:00 Introduction: Breaking the Cycle of Blame and Negativity

0:45 What is Above the Line Thinking?

1:30 Own Your Role: From Blame to Accountability

2:15 Foster Open Solution-Focused Conversations

3:00 Model Emotional Resilience and Growth

4:00 Below the Line Leadership: The Headspace Trap

5:30 Impact of Below the Line Leadership on Teams

6:45 Above the Line Leadership: Operating from Heart Space

8:00 Benefits of Heart-Centered Leadership

9:15 Leading as Your Best Self 10:30 Call to Action and Resources

11:15 Closing and Next Steps

Resources Mentioned

What to do next

Download the PDF The Leadership Edge mindset in the episode and use it as a discussion tool with your team to explore what above and below the line behaviors look like in your workplace. Start implementing one small shift toward above the line leadership today.

This video/podcast is for you if you're interested in: Leadership development, team management, accountability culture, emotional intelligence, workplace psychology, executive coaching, team transformation

Work with Liz Murray

Be Exceptional Online Course

Transform your leadership approach with Liz's comprehensive online course designed to help you feel less overwhelmed and find more confidence and certainty in your role. Learn practical strategies to lead from above the line consistently.

1:1 Executive Coaching

Get personalised coaching tailored to your specific situation and individual needs. Work directly with Liz to develop your above the line leadership skills and create lasting change in your leadership style.

Team Workshops

Realign your team with your mission and vision through interactive workshops that help team members support one another to achieve their KPIs while fostering a culture of accountability and growth.

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What if the ONE thing sabotaging your team’s performance isn’t skill or strategy… but your habit of constantly putting out spot fires?

Leadership coach Liz Murray reveals why even the most experienced leaders end up firefighting, and how to break free with practical steps to build genuine team harmony.

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KEY POINTS 👀 In this episode, Liz Murray explains:

✅ Why “spot fire” leadership drains your energy and keeps your team stuck in silos

✅ The hidden costs of disunity: wasted resources, lost productivity, and leader burnout

✅ The power of a three-minute huddle to boost transparency and alignment

✅ How to shift from reactive to proactive leadership with a simple monthly ritual

✅ Using the Team Harmony Matrix to visualise alignment and make harmony a shared responsibility

⚠️ Caution: Leaders who stay in firefighting mode risk burnout and missed opportunities, while those who invest in team harmony unlock higher productivity, engagement, and lasting results!

⏰ Timestamps ⏰

1:10 The secret is about creating a structure

1:43 first one is in recognising the costs

3:09 A simple tip to have a look at

3:44 The next step I would recommend is you look at proactive and reactive

4:40 have a solid monthly meeting

5:11 team harmony matrix

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Whether you are new to a leadership role or a seasoned professional, the key to consistently great leadership is continuous self reflection, learning and development.

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