The Transformational Leader

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 communication skills, there is also a need to know who they're being underneath the skills of listening.

Listen as we discuss more of these topics on your leadership journey! Enjoy the show!

"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 the few examples mentioned in this episode. Listen and enjoy as you will learn what "filling your cup" means, and how you fill your cup successfully.

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!

Great job!

It is an easy phrase to say to people if they are doing a great job. Society has a high bar for what a great job is. It is a never-ending set of goalposts you never really get quiet for. Most of the time, you are very stingy with yourself to the great work that you are doing. You become very hesitant to receive praise and acknowledgment.

This episode will remind you that when you practice leadership or step forward into the practice of leadership, you are doing a great job! Listen and enjoy the show!

There is a distinction between projection and being.

In leadership, you see a lot of projection of confidence, and the projection of confidence is radically different from confidence.

How would you know a projection of confidence? It has no room for things like, "I am not afraid because being afraid would mean I'm not confident."

However, to be confident, it must have room for fear. You can show up in a room and say, "I'm terrified."

Listen and know more about the difference between projecting something versus being. Enjoy the show!

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses topics such as Ontology's origins, Taking support as needed vs. Committing to being supported, working with cynicism, somatic work, how to become accountable, when you don't achieve your result, learning to learn, and more!

Agreeing or disagreeing on something is a situation that arises when you meet feedback that causes a degree of dissonance.

Dissonance is an experience where you have a perspective about the world, and how you are about everything, and then you receive feedback that does not align with that perspective.

This moment of dissonance is interesting because it represents the moment where transformation is available. These also represent the moment that you must flee from.

Listen as you will also learn the distinction of agree, and disagree, and how to work with this. Enjoy the show!

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses A lack of desire to take responsibility, Learning to use rigour, Bad trips, Gaslighting, Narcissism and Imposter Syndrome, Magnetism and Relationships, Staying in the Conversation, Studying NXIVM and more!

"How could I bring the being of leader more in a situation?"

In a traditional hierarchy, leadership is a uni-directional relationship. If you are having your leadership developed by someone, for you to turn back and point to what they are doing, that won't work.

As soon as you point to their stuff and tell them to take on that work, it fouls everything out. It also breaks the understanding that we have in leadership hierarchy, and it creates a lot of confusion.

Listen and know the right way of leading up, and bring confidence to you even if you feel unnoticed. Enjoy the show!

On this week's mid-week episode, tune in as Adam discusses sharing goals vs. keeping them private, calming your nervous system before big moments, resilience, how Who Do Think You Are was created, coaching mastery vs. leadership mastery, the importance of fun, understanding why we feel as we do, magnetism in relationship, and more!