The Evolved Leader

Dr. Stephanie Lopez joins us to discuss everything SELF; self-improvement, self-awareness, self-accountability and most importantly, SELF-ACCEPTANCE.

She shares her personal struggles with a never-ending desire for self-improvement - always trying to accomplish the next thing and never taking time to acknowledge and celebrate achievements along the way. We hear about how she overcame insecurities surrounding the practice of self-acceptance and how it is the antidote to so many of life's challenges.

Tune in to find out how to spot signs that you are struggling with accepting yourself exactly as you are, right now, and ways to practice self-acceptance to truly harness the power of it.

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Cultural translator, storyteller, and activist, Tayo Rockson, gets real with us about racism. He discusses the importance of seeing it as a whole and not simply looking at it through our own individual lens. Push outside your comfort zone as we talk about self-reflection, tone policing, and approaching differing opinions, the power of choice, and more!

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In this episode, we talk to Dr. Stephanie Lopez about the first time she experienced The Human Element®. She shares stories and examples with us about her journey of self-awareness. She describes the process of discovering that it was her own insecurity that would sometimes trigger behaviors she wanted to change, like being unknowingly passive-aggressive or thinking critical thoughts about others. Her courage and vulnerability are admirable – listen now to hear for yourself!

I interview Dr. Tasha Eurich, a fellow organizational psychologist, best-selling author, and multiple TEDx speaker.

Dr. Eurich's research focuses on self-awareness, and what I love about her is how she takes her research and makes it pragmatic and accessible for those of you who want to understand yourselves better. We talk about some of the powerful take-aways from her book, Insight, which I highly recommend, how to introspect more effectively, what daily practices you can do to create real transformation, and we also talk about whether we really can make the unconscious conscious.

Tasha has been named one of the top 30 emerging management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, her TEDx's, that's right – multiple TEDx talks, have been viewed by more than four and a half million times, and she was also just recently ranked as Global Gurus #1 in the category of organizational culture research.

On this episode, I interview Dr. Benjamin Hardy about his book, Personality Isn't Permanent. We talk about the importance of letting go of who you think you are, and focusing instead on who you want to be. We talk about how you can work through trauma and break through whatever barriers hold you back today.

On this episode, Kayla Wonisch and I talk about the history of the United States and how racism has become part of the subconscious of The United States. When we, as humans, can combine psychology, human behavior, and history we can better understand how systemic racism has come to be. Understanding why frees us up to have the conversations that matter.

On this episode, I interview Dr. Radley Griffin, CEO of Griffin Concierge Medical in Tampa, FL. Originally, Dr. Griffin was looking for leadership training. But he discovered that to really create an amazing culture, it all starts from the Inside Out.

Don't shoot for the stars. In this episode, I speak with Matt Johnson, Founder and CEO of Pursuing Results. We talk about what self-awareness means to him, and specifically, we get in to why it's best to look at goals as minimums and not maximums. He explains a method for productivity, accountability, and self-awareness reflection that gave me pause, even though conceptually, I've heard it before. He also described how this method of setting goals creates more freedom in his life, while still driving productivity.

On this episode, I speak with William Hung, who you all probably know as the guy who sang "She Bangs" for his American Idol audition back in 2004. Today William is focused on helping others feel like and become champions by choice. He talks about his own attitude towards "failure" and looking at the bright side of life. Truly an inspiration and somebody who knows how to make lemons out of lemonade!

Matt Dunsmoor is an Igniter at Start with Why – Simon Sinek's company. He was introduced to Simon's work while working at Zappo's, and today he is an Igniter. We talk about the importance of starting with why, Matt's proudest moment at Zappos and why direction is more important than destination.