Your energy and the emotional frequency you bring to your role as a leader impacts your work and your team every day. Music also has a frequency, and it has the power to shift our energetic state.

And so, music has the power to make you a better leader, and it starts by creating a new playlist.

Joining me for episode six of our special seven-episode series on The Leader’s Playlist book, is the Remote Selling Rockstar himself, Todd Hartley! As the CEO of WireBuzz and one of Tony Robbins’ Business Mastery faculty speakers, Todd brings a new approach to our discussion on music and how your past is actually running your ability to lead today.

Are you curious about the playlist you currently have running in the background of your mind? Wondering how to change that playlist to drive different results in your life? Then don’t miss this new episode.

There is no denying that music has the power to transform us. We often listen to music that matches our emotional state, but can we also leverage music to alter our state to the level of happiness we seek?

For episode five of our seven-episode series on The Leader’s Playlist, I am thrilled to welcome John Ruhlin, founder of the Ruhlin Group and author of Giftology, to talk about how and why music can heal us, and even make us a more generous leader as well.

Music directly connects with your brain and your memories. It helps us recall and relive particular emotions, connects both sides of our brains, and inspires us to move our bodies. This is why the new playlist we create allows us to shift our actions and our reactions.

Music really does have the power to make you a better leader. Tune into this episode to learn more.

Regardless of how major or minor your wounds and experiences from childhood were, we all went through something that helped shape us into who we are today.

Those experiences shaped neural pathways in your brain that are the reason you act and react the way you do today. Music can help redefine those pathways and train your brain to react in healthier, more thoughtful ways.

Today in our seven-episode series on The Leader’s Playlist, I am excited to have Shep Hyken, NYT best selling author, speaker, and CAO (Chief Amazement Officer) of Shepard Presentations, join me as we navigate how our childhood wounds appear in our leadership and steps we can take to heal ourselves and improve our leadership.

Curious about how music can shift those pathways? Then don’t miss this episode.

What if I told you that the impact you have as a leader is limited by an internal story that replays itself over and over in the background of your life.

That story is a repeating record imprinted with a playlist of songs that you can't hear, but it influences everything you do.

In our seven-episode series on The Leader’s Playlist, I am excited to have Justin Donald, Host and Author of The Lifestyle Investor, as we explore how this playlist could impact someone’s ability to create true “wealth” — a life well lived.

How you view wealth, and what you define as wealth, will be influenced by your early life experiences. We discuss some of the neuroscience behind how music can shift your state of mind, your perception of abundance or scarcity, and how anyone could amplify their impact as a leader simply by redefining their playlists in life, including you.

Curious about how music has the ability to do all that? Then don’t miss this next episode.

Is your team overwhelmed by the pace of change?

Are you feeling a sense of burn out?

Or maybe you feel that you can’t delegate or trust your team to deliver. Or perhaps you are having trouble retaining or engaging your people…

The impact of your current playlist shows up in insidious ways. But there is a way to change that.

In the second episode of our Leader’s Playlist book series, I invited John Rampton, Entrepreneur and Connector who was named #2 on Top 50 Online Influencers in the World by Entrepreneur Magazine, to talk about improving leadership from the top down, how the pandemic has impacted everything and why I wrote this book.

Tune in to uncover the playlist that’s running YOU!

How do you accelerate change?

We all have this playlist running in the background of our lives that—whether we know it or not—acts as a ceiling on our leadership effectiveness. And the good news, as I write about in my new book The Leader’s Playlist (River Grove Books, October 18, 2022), is you can change it.

The process uses the power of music in two ways. First, it allows you to clearly see when an old neural pathway, one that we have determined no longer works for you, is activated. Second, it helps you strengthen a new neural pathway, one we want to switch out with your old playlist.

This week kicks off our seven-episode series of interviews where we get to explore these concepts! I’ve invited Amber Vilhauer, CEO & Founder of NGNG Enterprises and online digital marketing expert, to join me to talk about why I wrote the book, and why music is one of the most powerful tools you can use to help rewire neural pathways.

Leadership looks pretty nice for the Tim Cook and Warren Buffet’s of the world. They’re widely recognized for their contributions, and by every account, they’ve attained success.

But what about the leaders who aren’t making headlines? What about the leaders climbing the leadership ladder and making a conscious impact, albeit away from the public eye?

These are the leaders Dorie Clark thinks should be in the spotlight. She believes that in today’s world, unfortunately the loudest voices are the ones that win, and not the people who actually are the best leaders or have the best ideas.

To correct this injustice, Dorie wants to teach people the skills they need to ensure they’re recognized for their expertise. She helps individuals and companies get their best ideas heard, “rather than being the tree that falls in the forest because it’s so crowded and so noisy.”

In the latest episode of The Enlightened Executive podcast, best-selling author and professional speaker, Dorie Clark, shares how she teaches unsung leaders to make their voices heard and the steps you can take to be recognized for the effective leader you are.

As you rise through the ranks of leadership, experiencing setbacks and failure is inevitable. But as many successful leaders will share, what we often judge as failures are merely opportunities to grow and learn.

How you respond to the tests you face will make the difference in your ability to lead successfully. Instead of looking to place blame, you have to look for your opportunity to gain insight from every experience. Take the responsibility of approaching the situation with neutrality.

What actions caused you to get to this point? What angles could it have been approached from differently?

By stepping back and collecting the facts without emotion, the shortcomings become evident, and you can then plan out how to make more strategic action.

In the latest episode of The Enlightened Executive podcast, co-founder and CEO of WebinarNinja, and host of the $100 MBA show, Omar Zenhom, shares valuable lessons on what we can learn from undesirable outcomes to become better entrepreneurs.

What does it mean to be a leader? By shifting the mindset that you alone have the answers, you can create a space for employees to find their own solutions and take pride in enriching the company.

As a result, you can become a leader that does more than lead but also scales the capacity and capability of others.

In this week’s episode of The Enlightened Executive, we spoke with Dr. ​​Louise van Rhyn, winner of the prestigious Thinker’s 50 award in 2021, and designer of the innovative Partners for Possibility program.

If you’re looking to create a company culture that encourages and motivates your workers while also making transformational changes within your community, then you can’t settle for being a “leader.” You have to become a conscious leader.

Tune into this episode to learn how to lead in a way that develops the capabilities of others with less effort from you "leading."

The benefits of hiring remote workers are many—lower overhead, higher morale, better productivity, and efficiency. Thus, we see more and more organizations are shifting to, and growing, their remote workforce.

As the leader of a remote team, you may feel like you’re still adapting, and learning how best to manage your remote team members.

So, what do you need to do differently to effectively lead your remote team, and keep them happy?

Your job is to guide and support your team members, by managing communication, trust, efficiency, and keeping them aligned on tasks and priorities as the team works remotely.

In this Leadership Insights episode of The Enlightened Executive podcast, I am going to share six of my best, learned-the-hard-way tips, for managing a remote team.