Unshakeable Influence Podcast

PG&E's public safety power shutoffs in California - what does it mean from a leadership perspective? With $30B in lawsuits from fires started by their equipment, what incentives does PG&E have and are those incentives best serving the public? What can we learn from this situation about the conflicting short term vs. long term pressures that public companies are often faced with?

In episode 10 we detail:

• Executive Presence, what it is and how to get more of it.
• How "I don't know" can be the three most important words in a leaders vocabulary.
• How devastating it can be to put others on a pedestal, and why.
• How critical it is to surround yourself with people who are smarter and better than you.
• Apple's near bankruptcy and miraculous turnaround in the late 1990's.

In episode 9, we touch on:

• Self-care and how it's crucial to leadership
• The importance of saying "no" and pushing back as a leader
• Cultivating self-awareness in order to uncover the ways in which we might be unconsciously manipulating others
• Practicing discernment instead of judgment, in how we communicate with others
• How we are the product of the people we are closest to, so we better choose wisely if we want to be our best leadership self

Ever wondered what an executive coaching session is like? Episodes seven & eight of the Unshakable Influence Podcast give you a very rare opportunity to listen in on an executive coaching session, with my co-host Joseph Baker as my client. Give it a listen if you're curious to learn more about how executive coaching works, or if you want to get a better sense for my style of coaching. And of course, the session delves into some of the Heartset concepts and tools from my book Unshakeable Influence.

Ever wondered what an executive coaching session is like? Episodes seven & eight of the Unshakable Influence Podcast give you a very rare opportunity to listen in on an executive coaching session, with my co-host Joseph Baker as my client. Give it a listen if you're curious to learn more about how executive coaching works, or if you want to get a better sense for my style of coaching. And of course, the session delves into some of the Heartset concepts and tools from my book Unshakeable Influence.

In this episode we detail:

• Why people don't share openly, what it costs organizations, and what to do about it
• Importance of a psychologically safe business environment
• Best decisions come from open and transparent culture, and we need psychological safety
• Business costs of expressing anger inappropriately
• The importance of the emotional mind in our decision making
• We're manipulating each other all the time
• How to lead in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) world
• The crisis of disconnection in our society and why business leaders need to care

In this episode, we discuss:

• Leadership, like racing, is not a solo sport
• Parallels between leadership and Formula 1 racing
• Romanticized version of leadership, versus the reality of leadership
• 60-80% of our influence on others is non-verbal, maximizing our Heartset is about maximizing that other 60-80%
• Emotions are contagious. Great leaders learn to get their own emotions in hand, and use them wisely.
• Emotional climate alone is highly predictive of profits, and the emotional climate of all organizations is set by its leadership
• Letting go of the need for control

In this week's episode:

• Chapter five (Advanced Mindset skills) of Unshakeable Influence, including:
• How to recover back to your best leadership self when things go awry
• The empowerment paradigm vs. the drama paradigm

This episode:

• Reveals a never before told motorcycle racing story where Daniel selfishly put everyone on the racetrack in danger.
• Describes how important – and difficult – it is to let go of control as a leader
• Provides specific tips on how to recognize and counteract any overly controlling tendencies you may have
• Talks about how our brains are wired with a negativity bias, and what to do about it
• Discusses the tangible leadership benefits of both meditation and gratitude