The Transformational Leader

On this week's mid-week episode, join Adam Quiney along with his wife and partner in this work, Bay, for an honest conversation about transformation - what it truly looks like, the very real challenges, and the immense rewards on the other side. They'll also dive into The Forge (https://evergrowthcoaching.com/the-forge/), their signature container designed to support people in doing this deep, life-shifting work.

Most people say they want transformation, but when it's time to take action, resistance shows up. In this episode, Adam Quiney explores why the path to real change always feels tilted against us, and how our strategies to avoid discomfort often make perfect sense but keep us stuck. Listen as we explore the hidden role fear plays, why you can't outrun it, and what it takes to move forward. If you're serious about creating something new, this one's for you.

Accountability: a common term yet essential for a company and leader. But really, what does it means for leaders, and how can it be developed? What does it mean if someone is held accountable? Let's find out.

In this episode, the talk will focus on accountability and developing it in your people -- what accountability is, the relationship towards it and people, what we think of when we have to develop it, what we want to do, how do you practice the quality of yourself and more of that.

In this episode, listeners are encouraged to join The Forge. It runs from September through May that comes with a four-day retreat and is mostly immersive. It has limited virtual seats to fill. These are the expected takeaways from the training: how to be a leader, the art and skill of coaching, and the art and skill of enrollment.

It is undeniable that accountability is part of being a leader. Learn more about it in this episode. Listen and enjoy!

Today's show opens up a new series called Leadership Sandtrap. These are ways to get people to show up in their leadership, as the sticky quicksand traps, providing short-term results, compelling for leaders or those practicing leadership. These short-term results make it hard to reflect on what they lack or their breakdown or next-edge leadership, brought about by the fear of what they created when they stopped doing the things they have always done, hindering them from making breakthroughs, leaving them stuck in the Sandtrap.

This episode is the debut of the Leadership Sandtrap series, entitled I Just Need To Grind. It is a common Sandtrap for leaders with a great deal of passion in their being. These leaders tend to swing into a hardcore work mode and a hardcore play mode and cycle back to hardcore work mode after playing hard. How it came to be, and more, will be discussed to know more about this kind of Sandtrap.

In this episode, listeners are encouraged to join The Forge. It is a coaching and leadership group that runs from September through May. It has limited virtual seats to fill. This opportunity will train joiners on the art of coaching, seeing the being, seeing who is present and showing up, stuff that gets on the way, or leading the light from within and drawing it out of people to step into the leadership.

Our hands are full of valuable inputs from this episode. Learn about Leadership Sandtrap through this series. Make sure not to skip a part of it. Enjoy while learning!

While the zone of genius seems like a straightforward thing, there's more to it than meets the eye. For instance, it's easy to mistake your zone of excellence for your zone of genius. What occurs when this happens? For starters, you get to work more and more with whatever it is that you're already comfortable with. This means you are stuck. There is no expansion. So how do you go about stepping into your zone of genius as opposed to shying away from it? I'll cover all you need to know about the zone of genius in this episode, so please don't forget to join me!

In most cases, the conversations people have with each other revolve around content as opposed to context. Simply put, context is what lies beneath the content. Most people spot the content but miss the context. In this episode, I'll tackle what context really is, how to spot it, and why it is challenging to create any significant shift when you can't see it. I'll also tackle how it impacts your teams and your leadership as well as your personal life. This is another discussion that will let you to see things from a totally different perspective so I hope you won't miss it!

While very subtle, there is a distinction between leadership and the mere performance of leadership. Most people want to do leadership right, they want to look good, do right, and be inspiring as leaders. However, many don't know the distinction between the two. In this episode, I'll discuss how one is different from the other and how it impacts both your leadership and personal life. If you want to become a better leader and do leadership right, this is one episode you shouldn't miss!

A gradient is the steepness with which we confront you and present whatever work there is for you to do. It's like going into a gym and picking up a 6,000-pound weight. That rate is going to be a high gradient for your muscles to adapt to, while a low-pound weight might be too low of a gradient. In transformational work, we seek to find the gradient that is going to support you. In this thought-provoking episode, Adam Quiney explores the trap of the high gradient—the often misguided belief that transformation must be intense, difficult, or dramatic to be effective. Listen and enjoy the show!

An ontological leader can bring the being of a leader to whatever they are doing. One of the things that an ontological leader does is to perpetually be at choice for what is happening.

What we mean by we are choice is that we are choosing what is going on, which allows us to be empowered by what we are up to.

In this episode of The Transformational Leader, Adam Quiney dives into the profound concept of choice and its role in authentic leadership. He distinguishes between traditional, circumstantial thinking and a deeper ontological approach, where leadership is about who you are being, not just what you are doing. Enjoy the show!

It is an exciting episode to get to know more about Adam Quiney. Today, he shared his story of how he came to be here, his journey through transformation and ontological work, and how he arrived at this point.

Adam Quiney as a kid loves to read and the library represents freedom to him. He is very reliable in reading things that will make him better about things. This sets him off on a path early on of reading to create shifts.

Listen and know more about his story of how he came to be here in this episode. Enjoy the show!