The Eric Schleien Podcast

In today's episode, Eric Schleien sits down with interview guest, writer, and registered yoga teacher Lara Hocheiser. They talk about the need for gender conversations, the concept of Sushumna Nadi, the relation between political identity and people’s reality, and Lara’s experience as a transformational coach.

In this episode, Lara also emphasizes inclusivity and how the privileged can and should support the marginalized by changing the system along with them. While being married to a trans woman, she saw with her own eyes how trans people often struggled through the years and how important it is for them to be comfortable in their skin and share their experiences. Hence, Lara advocates for other cis-gendered people to support the trans community by bringing them from the margins into the majority, hearing them out when no one else will, and giving them a chance to speak when they can.

As you listen further, tune in to Eric and Lara’s discussion about the different realities people face and how it affects their political identity. For Lara, we need to facilitate an environment where people can see what their capable of, be proud of it, and help others do the same. She also believes that through sharing our experiences, we bridge the different realities we all experience, come to an understanding and take a stand for each other.

Lara Hocheiser is the founder of Flow and Grow Kids Yoga, a registered children’s yoga school which aims to instill lifelong healthy habits in children. Lara has worked in the early childhood education sector for 19 years. She began her career as a Spanish Immersion teacher, and during that time, she integrated yoga, social-emotional learning, and mindfulness into circle time.

Now, Lara has over 15 years of experience studying, teaching, and living the yoga path. She has also taught more than 9,000 hours of early childhood yoga and mindfulness classes to date. She continues to speak at university early childhood education departments.

After receiving certification as a Registered Yoga Teacher, she started her own business, Flow and Grow Kids Yoga. She even garnered notoriety for her training programs, professional development, and student programming, offered globally and virtually. Now, Lara has trained more than 300 people in the career track of children’s yoga and mindfulness. She has also worked with hundreds of educators, parents, and mental health professionals.

• [03:21] How the pandemic and technology changed how we connect with people worldwide.

Website: https://flowandgrowkidsyoga.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lara-hocheiser

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laraellenh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larayogini

Mindfulness for Beginners in 10 Minutes a Day by Lara Hocheiser: https://amzn.to/3mQWng3

Over the past decade, Eric has trained thousands of individuals, including board members of public companies and several Fortune 500 CEOs. Eric specializes in organizational culture and has become a leading authority on corporate culture in the investment industry.

Eric has been investing for 15 years and has been using breakthrough coaching methodologies for over a decade. Eric had the insight to combine proven coaching methodologies with shareholder activism techniques to create an entirely new model for shareholder activism that was more reliable and created greater sustainable results in a short period. On average, Tribal Leadership produces a 3-5x increase in profits of culturally troubled companies within an average of 24 months or less. Eric currently resides in Philadelphia, PA.

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In today's episode, Eric Schleien sits down with interview guest and organizational culture expert John King. They talk about the systems and culture in workplaces, the types of personalities and communities, and his experience of teaching leadership to a generation of exceptional young leaders in Central Eurasia.

In this episode, John highlights former Tony Hsieh's sociability and genius that contributed to the whole legacy of Zappos. In Tony's lifetime, he was recognized for the impact that the company made on the community and the tribe he cultivated within their work environment. As an expert, John prizes Tony's ability to drive people to want to be around through acknowledgment and care – something visibly lacking in most brick and mortar companies that hang on to authority to found hierarchy and work system.

As you listen further, tune in to Eric and John's discussion about tolerance and appreciation towards varying points of view and how the whole cancel and soundbite culture plays in with everyone's roles on a government and individual level. For John, If you book somebody and want to hear what they want to say but have to get it in 20 or 30 minutes, it's just all going to be soundbites. It's going to be personality-driven. What is then taken out of that 20 minutes will make the case that one is this and one is that and everything else controversial.

John is in demand as a keynote speaker and is nationally recognized as a senior teacher, coach, and program leader. Clients of John's coaching practice have been featured on all major television networks and in The Wall Street Journal.

John is part of the leadership development team at Sierra Health Foundation and is on faculty at Collier's University, CB Richard Ellis University, and The California Leadership Institute. John is also a frequent guest lecturer in the Marshall School of Business and the School of Public Policy, Planning, and Development at USC.

• [01:42] Tony Hsieh was a genius!

• One Million Acts Of Innovation

Over the past decade, Eric has trained thousands of individuals, including board members of public companies as well as several Fortune 500 CEOs. Eric specializes in organizational culture and has become a leading authority on organizational culture in the investment industry.

Eric has been investing for 15 years and has been using breakthrough coaching methodologies for over a decade. Eric had the insight to combine proven coaching methodologies with shareholder activism techniques to create an entirely new model for shareholder activism that was more reliable and created greater sustainable results in a rapid period of time. On average, Tribal Leadership produces a 3-5x increase in profits of culturally troubled companies within an average of 24 months or less.

Eric currently resides in Philadelphia, PA.

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Eric Schleien narrates the introduction for his book, "Principles of Power: The Art & Wisdom of Badassery" as part of his podcast audio series.

"Principles of Power can be related to as an advanced Coaching Handbook for Leaders. If you are a leader, an aspiring leader, a coach, consultant, or program facilitator, this book is designed for you. The material is delivered inside of a modern leadership context of service and contribution. Eric features many partnerships in Principles of Power. His inclusion of useful quotes from Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Werner Erhard, Nassim Taleb, Seth Godin, and many other leaders attests to the thinking and the research that went into the writing of this book. It is now undeniable that the understanding and implementation of powerful Listening, authentic Relationship, and a recognizable Permission to Lead, are cardinal distinctions of effective leadership. The word, ’cardinal’ has a Latin root and means ‘hinge’ – like a hinge on a gate. So, like a hinge, cardinal distinctions are connected to every nuance of leadership. You will see these distinctions in action in the background of Eric’s many leadership conversations. Authentic Relationship, for example, is essential to the effectiveness and empowerment of the participants and the leader. If authentic Relationship is missing, any outcome or result devolves to the result of domination or force, and is not an outcome of effective leadership. Consider this: Leadership is granted by the permission of those being led. Take a moment and allow that to sink in. The job of the leader is that of an environmentalist, providing the space for people to collaborate, flourish, and create. These two different activities, management and leadership are often commingled, especially in business schools and in the workplace. They are distinct and operate under different rules and measures. It’s like Checkers and Chess – Same game board, different games with different rules and outcomes. Disentangling and distinguishing the two arenas of activity grants power to both managers and leaders. So, the fundamental exercise of listening for people’s greatness is in the background of every sentence in this book. And there is much more…Principles of Power is strongly influenced by the transformational work of Werner Erhard. Much of the author’s thinking is also grounded in the classic distinctions of Tribal Leadership and the thinking of Warren Buffett and his partner, Charlie Munger. Those, plus Eric’s own extensive practical experience renders Principles of Power to be an extremely useful ‘go-to’ resource, filled with useful, implementable information, sprinkled liberally with memorable quotations from intelligent diverse sources – all apt and worth adding to YOUR leadership lexicon." - John King, co-author of Tribal Leadership

Buy Principles Of Power: The Art & Wisdom Of Badassery on Kindle & Paperback. (Amazon Link)

Over the past decade, Eric has trained thousands of individuals, including board members of public companies as well as several Fortune 500 CEOs. Eric specializes in organizational culture and has become a leading authority on organizational culture in the investment industry.

Eric has been investing for 15 years and has been using breakthrough coaching methodologies for over a decade. Eric had the insight to combine proven coaching methodologies with shareholder activism techniques to create an entirely new model for shareholder activism that was more reliable and created greater sustainable results in a rapid period of time. On average, Tribal Leadership produces a 3-5x increase in profits of culturally troubled companies within an average of 24 months or less.

Eric currently resides in Philadelphia, PA.

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Eric Schleien narrates the introduction for his book, "Principles of Power: The Art & Wisdom of Badassery" as part of his podcast audio series.

"Principles of Power can be related to as an advanced Coaching Handbook for Leaders. If you are a leader, an aspiring leader, a coach, consultant, or program facilitator, this book is designed for you. The material is delivered inside of a modern leadership context of service and contribution. Eric features many partnerships in Principles of Power. His inclusion of useful quotes from Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Werner Erhard, Nassim Taleb, Seth Godin, and many other leaders attests to the thinking and the research that went into the writing of this book. It is now undeniable that the understanding and implementation of powerful Listening, authentic Relationship, and a recognizable Permission to Lead, are cardinal distinctions of effective leadership. The word, ’cardinal’ has a Latin root and means ‘hinge’ – like a hinge on a gate. So, like a hinge, cardinal distinctions are connected to every nuance of leadership. You will see these distinctions in action in the background of Eric’s many leadership conversations. Authentic Relationship, for example, is essential to the effectiveness and empowerment of the participants and the leader. If authentic Relationship is missing, any outcome or result devolves to the result of domination or force, and is not an outcome of effective leadership. Consider this: Leadership is granted by the permission of those being led. Take a moment and allow that to sink in. The job of the leader is that of an environmentalist, providing the space for people to collaborate, flourish, and create. These two different activities, management and leadership are often commingled, especially in business schools and in the workplace. They are distinct and operate under different rules and measures. It’s like Checkers and Chess – Same game board, different games with different rules and outcomes. Disentangling and distinguishing the two arenas of activity grants power to both managers and leaders. So, the fundamental exercise of listening for people’s greatness is in the background of every sentence in this book. And there is much more…Principles of Power is strongly influenced by the transformational work of Werner Erhard. Much of the author’s thinking is also grounded in the classic distinctions of Tribal Leadership and the thinking of Warren Buffett and his partner, Charlie Munger. Those, plus Eric’s own extensive practical experience renders Principles of Power to be an extremely useful ‘go-to’ resource, filled with useful, implementable information, sprinkled liberally with memorable quotations from intelligent diverse sources – all apt and worth adding to YOUR leadership lexicon." - John King, co-author of Tribal Leadership

Buy Principles Of Power: The Art & Wisdom Of Badassery on Kindle & Paperback. (Amazon Link)

Over the past decade, Eric has trained thousands of individuals, including board members of public companies as well as several Fortune 500 CEOs. Eric specializes in organizational culture and has become a leading authority on organizational culture in the investment industry.

Eric has been investing for 15 years and has been using breakthrough coaching methodologies for over a decade. Eric had the insight to combine proven coaching methodologies with shareholder activism techniques to create an entirely new model for shareholder activism that was more reliable and created greater sustainable results in a rapid period of time. On average, Tribal Leadership produces a 3-5x increase in profits of culturally troubled companies within an average of 24 months or less.

Eric currently resides in Philadelphia, PA.

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In today's episode, Eric Schleien sits down with guest Mollie McGlocklin, the creator of the company Sleep Is A Skill. They'll be talking everything about sleep, the parts of a modern-day lifestyle that damage sleep, and all the natural contributing elements of our body that help understand our accountability to our own sleeping behavior, and plenty more.

By learning how to solve her own problems with sleep, Mollie talks about one facet of the approach needed for better sleep that includes our glucose levels, manners of eating and sleeping, and the sun that, unknown to many, affects our body's circadian rhythms. Circadian rhythm is the sleep-wake cycle and repeats on each rotation of the Earth roughly every 24 hours.

As you tune in deeper, listen to what Mollie explains about chronobiology, blue and red light exposure, sleep technologies, the ample amount of accessible resources from her Sleep Is A Skill site, and the easy as cake habit changes that she suggests everyone try in order to better address sleep deprivation with little to zero cost and effort.

About Mollie McGlocklin:

Mollie McGlocklin is the creator of Sleep Is A Skill, a company that optimizes people's sleep through a unique blend of technology, accountability, and behavioral change. The company was born from "scratching her own itch" after a lifetime of poor sleep habits culminated into a mega-challenging bout of insomnia for months without end.

With a background in behavioral change, she went down the rabbit hole to solve her sleep disturbances without sleeping aids. She became fascinated with chronobiology, and by extension, its practical applications to restore a state of homeostasis not only to her sleep but also to her life as a whole. Knowing the difference between a life with sleep and without, she's now dedicated her life to sharing the forgotten skill set of sleep.

Outline of the episode: 

• [04:59] "It started by solving my own problem."

Resources:

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Skype:             mollie.mcglocklin

Email:              [email protected]

Cell:                 917-613-6841

Check out The Sleep Is A Skill Podcast with Mollie McGlocklin on these platforms:

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Visit Mollie's Linktree for more exciting and useful information:

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Experience Designed to Change the Way You Sleep Forever:

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art Book by James Nestor:

How Our Ancestors Formed Full Faces and Straight Teeth by Weston Price

The Circadian Code - Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy,

and Transform Your Health from Morning to Midnight Book by Satchin Panda Ph.D.:

Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life Book by

Suhas Kshirsagar, Michelle D. Seaton, Deepak Chopra:

Photon Infrared Therapy Light from Sauna Space

The better you sleep, the better you. – Oura Ring

About Eric Schleien:

Over the past decade, Eric has trained thousands of individuals, including board members of public companies as well as several Fortune 500 CEOs. Eric specializes in organizational culture and has become a leading authority on organizational culture in the investment industry.

Eric has been investing for 15 years and has been using breakthrough coaching methodologies for over a decade. Eric had the insight to combine proven coaching methodologies with shareholder activism techniques to create an entirely new model for shareholder activism that was more reliable and created greater sustainable results in a rapid period of time. On average, Tribal Leadership produces a 3-5x increase in profits of culturally troubled companies within an average of 24 months or less.

Eric currently resides in Philadelphia, PA.

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Join Eric Schleien with his guest Kyra King as they talk about building chained links with people and the essence of triading that has something similar to chess. To successfully initiate a triad, it is oftentimes more about what you should not do than what you need to do. 

In this discussion, Kyra highlights the practice that gets one to reach an organic approach to triading, with Eric agreeing and complementing the idea with what we can learn from the saying, “play the game, then learn the rules.” 

Make sure to tune in and catch more of what Kyra and Eric have to say about triading in this discussion.

About Kyra King:

Kyra is an AADP board-certified health and wellness expert, performing artist, fashion model, and the current Miss Arizona for America 2021. She is committed to creating equity in education through her non-profit work as VP of Outreach and Chair of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee for Scottsdale Parent Council.

Vibe Healthy is her Wellness and Lifestyle coaching program, helping individuals and groups live healthier, more fulfilled lives through fitness, nutrition, mindfulness, and daily practices.

She is a professional modern dancer and choreographer, recipient of the Fellowship Scholarship with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater School. She has performed at countless venues, including the City Center in NYC.

Outline of the episode:

• [01:10] The Chess-like Dynamics to Triadic Relationships

Resources:

Website | Instagram | Instagram

About Eric Schleien:

Over the past decade, Eric has trained thousands of individuals, including board members of public companies as well as several Fortune 500 CEOs. Eric specializes in organizational culture and has become a leading authority on organizational culture in the investment industry.

Eric has been investing for 15 years and has been using breakthrough coaching methodologies for over a decade. Eric had the insight to combine proven coaching methodologies with shareholder activism techniques to create an entirely new model for shareholder activism that was more reliable and created greater sustainable results in a rapid period of time. On average, Tribal Leadership produces a 3-5x increase in profits of culturally troubled companies within an average of 24 months or less.

Eric currently resides in Philadelphia, PA.

Connect with Eric Schleien on:

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In today’s episode of The Eric Schleien Podcast, I sit down with Scott Forgey, the Principal Consultant of Being Un, as we talk about Ontological Coaching and the mistakes most business coaches make. Scott launched Un in 2006, based in Silicon Valley, with a current team of 8 talented and brilliant individuals working with companies under 300 to impact business, process, and cultural transformations internationally – including executive, management, team coaching, and Agile/Scrum processes. 

Be Un offers many great offerings, such as workshops, coaching, and seminars that you can find on their website. One of the incredible Be Un team leaders, Heejin Baik, leads their 2-10 session webinars centered on Shadow Work.  Whereas, Discover your Genius, 10 sessions guided by Scott and the team, is about discovering your own genius, unique process, and documenting your expertise to achieve greater success. In addition, they provide a business accelerator service called the Money: Power of Business and Entrepreneurship, 3 months of intense work, promises, results, and coaching in distinctions from Lean Startup and Scaling Lean Metrics.

He also shares with us in the episode the importance of shadow work, agile coaching, recognizing your reactions, sequence of steps, different strategies for every company, and so on! To find out more about these life-changing offers, watch the episode now and get in contact with Scott Forgey!

About Scott Forgey:

Scott has had the honor of leading transformational programs all over the world, touching over 100,000 people. He is likewise an expert in the application of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean methodologies as applied to tech and other businesses. 

His coaching clients have been award-winning architects and designers, athletes from the NBA, NFL, and Formula One, tech startup geniuses, renowned chefs, Oscar, Tony, and Grammy Award winners, and top executives. Organizations that partner with him to lead internal transformation include LinkedIn, Google, PayPal, Lululemon, as well as thriving startups like Plenty, FaustLevito, SteelCraft, and Orchid. 

His commitment to every client is that they have a breakthrough in expressing their passion and expertise in the business world, leaving them with power, freedom, and the job/business and life of their dreams. He helps teams have breakthroughs in working together more effectively and collaboratively, fulfilling their shared horizon. 

Outline of the episode:

• [00:02:29] Helping people perform inside and outside of businesses.

Resources:

• Scott Forgey’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottforgey/ 

• An enlightened and intentional community of Creatives and Business people committed to sharing their genius to create a world that works for everyone, with nothing and no one left out -   Invite only, no Facebook overload, ads, completely secure and dangerous to the unthinking and uncaring mind.

Some of Un’s Partnerships and Projects:

• Cutclass - Business 101 Training Company in London and LA with our Leslie Levito

• A brilliant legal program subscription and curated info. for the creative firms, artists, and entertainment industry at $99 per month.

• Recent mention for contribution to book and business community:

• Author Charles Vogl - Building Brand Communities

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Mike Likier, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice and is certified by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT) as a diplomate in Cognitive Therapy and completed advanced training in Complicated Grief Therapy at the Center of Complicated Grief at Columbia University.

He earned a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Temple University, and a dual degree (M.A. & Ed.M.) in Psychological Counseling from Columbia University, Teachers College. His experience of taking a Racial Identity and Mental Health course taught by Robert Carter, Ph.D. at Teachers College was a catalyst for his racial justice activism.

With 25 years of experience working within a variety of clinical, corporate, and educational settings, he has worked with individuals of different age, race, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. He has provided short-term and long-term individual and group psychotherapy, to treat anxiety and depressive disorders, addiction, insomnia, grief and issues related to other life transitions.

Mike has also provided multicultural consultation and training to organizations and other mental health professionals. He has taught many psychology courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.  Since 2016, he has been a facilitator of the White People Confronting Racism workshop held in Philadelphia 3-4 times annually.

Summary

I sit down with the wonderful and talented Sara Howanski who is the CEO & Founder of White Label Consulting. You can also watch this episode on YouTube.

Show Notes

1:33 - #75hard

3:17 - The trap of personal growth

7:11 - Why most leadership programs suck

11:13 - Management vs Leadership

11:46 - The art of leadership

12:40 - Can you be a good manager without being a good leader?

13:22 - Power vs force

13:28 - "Management is granted by authority, Leadership is granted by permission"

20:10 - Bringing out the best in others

22:00 - Process development

22:37 - "I started off in the career world in hair and makeup."

23:20 - What is business development?

25:39 - Transforming the coaching industry

26:49 - "you have to learn how to create an inquiry."

28:09 - Sara's morning routine

31:24 - Sara's love life

32:41 - The philosophy of self-described 'vanilla people'

34:57 - Crazy vs Psycho Crazy

36:33 - Social feedback loops re: 'emotional expression'

39:28 - Authentically expressing masculine and feminine energy

42:21 - The hot/crazy matrix and why comedians are so important in our PC culture

53:42 - Why giving advice is a horrible way to change disempowering behavior

58:22 - 'mastery is the letting go of techniques and tactics'

1:06:45 - Tony Robbins, Landmark Forum, Discomfort vs The Box Of Awareness

1:20:42 - Nit-picking what you don't like to avoid responsibility

Heather Parillo is the Founder/CEO of IFLY Integrative Leadership. Bringing more than 20 years of experience in the Service, Fitness and Hospitality industries, she is a multifaceted visionary senior executive, integrator, coach, trainer, facilitator, relationship expert and turnaround artist with a solid track record of leading individuals, teams and companies to their stated goals.

She is seasoned at leading transformation through a range of personal and business experiences as well as facilitating at the Middle East Leadership Academy (MELA) and Central Eurasia Leadership Academy (CELA), and Society Of International Fellows Leadership Academy (SIBFLA). Heather is known to lead by example by not only implementing the practices she coaches in her personal life but also in her professional life.

She is a firm believer that a master leads the way for others by living a life of consistent practices, aligned with one's core values and commitments, not by merely sharing theory and principles of how to achieve desired results. One must personally break through to the realms of self actualization and self transcendence to guide others on their own personal and professional journey to fulfillment.

Ms. Parillo held previous positions as Chief Experience Officer of The Live Well Brand, a vacation rental, concierge service and lifestyle brand with headquarters in Florida. Prior to her move to Florida, she was the Chief People Officer for a restaurant group in Texas for nearly a decade. The core of her work is centered around identifying and championing brand values and culture, leadership development, stakeholder relations, streamlining operations, reducing costs and maximizing profits by communicating a consistent vision, producing a high performance culture and developing strong teams and individuals based on trust, communication and meaningful relationships.

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01:39 - The Unbeatable Mind Program

02:49 - SEALFIT

10:33 - Morning Rituals

12:36 - Five Mountain Training

15:19 - Dissociating From Pain

18:19 - Dealing With Injuries

19:58 - Navy SEAL Training

21:57 - Accessing Flow

24:07 - Family Life

26:35 - The SEAL Community

27:49 - Mental Toughness

28:11 - The Box Breathing Technique

29:09 - Visualization Practices

30:10 - Tapping Into Your Intuition

32:28 - The Three P's

32:48 - An Empowering Context for Boundary Setting

34:35 - Mentally Unhealthy Boundary Setting

39:42 - Communication Without Responsibility

40:46 - The Misuse of Texting & Email

43:13 - Managing The Psychological Expectations Of Others

47:26 - The Disempowering Cultural Conversation Around Comfort

48:28 - Transcending Temporary Dopamine Hits

49:33 - Safe Spaces

57:54 - Psychologically Sustainable Structures

58:57 - The Bullshit of "I'm glad it works for you."

1:01:29 - Veganism

1:03:35 - Fake Olive Oil

1:06:30 - The Connection We Have With Our Pets

1:10:36 - Integrated Training Facilities

1:11:51 - Incorporating Adventure Into Your Work

1:12:29 - Why Most Life Coaches Are Garbage