The Enlightened Executive
Episodes
Building Deep Trust as a Foundation of Team Effectiveness (feat. Christopher Michel)
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Without mutual trust, how can your team members be open to receiving important feedback? Building a strong and collaborative team for your company ...
4 Reasons Why Emotional Intelligence is Important in the Workplace [Leadership Insight]
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why is emotional intelligence so important in the workplace? EQ is one of the key ingredients in better business relationships, smoother meetings, and...
How a Gratitude Process Can Improve Employee Retention (feat. Chris Schembra)
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can a Gratitude Process Improve Employee Retention? Every single company wants to work with the best employees, because talented people are the rea...
How To Run Incredibly Effective Virtual Meetings [Leadership Insight]
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you run virtual meetings that are impactful and keep your employees feeling connected? With so many people working remotely nowadays, it’s mo...
How to Improve Your Time Wealth (feat. Justin Donald)
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does having true wealth mean? For most executives and entrepreneurs, wealth means having more money. But true wealth is so much more than a numbe...
How To Improve Employee Well Being (feat. Gaurav Bhatnagar)
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Want to improve employee well-being in your workplace? Leaders can sense the anxiety rippling through their teams as the impact of the pandemic linger...
How to Keep Your Employees Motivated [Leadership Insight]
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Want to know how to keep your employees motivated? If you think money is the main reason for motivation, you would be wrong. People are motivated by d...
How to Inspire Employee Loyalty to Create Superfans (feat. Brittany Hodak)
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brittany Hodak, superfan expert, shares ways to inspire employee loyalty. Showing employees how their work matters is the first step to creating super...
How To Deal With Emotions At Work [Leadership Insight]
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Workplace emotions are inevitable. Rather than trying to control them, effective leaders learn to recognize their emotions and work with them producti...
Cameron Herold CEO Whisperer Interview
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cameron Herold, the CEO Whisperer, shares his business executive insight with Enlightened Executive Susan Drumm. He shares the problems he sees many c...
What Is An Enneagram? [Leadership Insight]
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Enneagram is a typology system that describes the 9 human personalities as a number of interconnected personality types. The Enneagram is used for...
Embracing Corporate Sustainability for Long-Term Success (feat. Andrew Behar)
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As leaders, it can be tough to make corporate decisions that align with big issues because the shift in operations would create a disruption to busine...
How to Get Honest Feedback from Your Team [Leadership Insight]
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you think you can get your team to give you honest feedback? Like no-holds-barred honest? Many of my clients tell me they struggle to get real f...
Hitting the “Reset” Button on Your Life and Creating Change (feat. Matt Brannagan)
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What would happen if you stepped away from your routine for a full week… to focus on crafting your future? In today’s episode of The Enlightene...
Benefits of Adopting a Hybrid-Work Model (feat. Robert Glazer)
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Without knowing how the current health crisis will progress, leaders are scrambling to decide whether to reopen offices or to allow employees to conti...
How to Assess Your Own Emotional Intelligence [Leadership Insight]
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Quick question for you: Do you think emotional intelligence is important in the workplace? In this Leadership Insight episode of the Enlightened Ex...
Why You Need Cognitive Diversity on Your Team — Even If It Leads to Conflict [Leadership Insight]
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While teams made up with people with similar personalities and perspectives may enjoy smooth meetings, they may not be the most productive teams. It’...
Unravel Deep-Rooted Conflict to Improve Company Culture (feat. Dr. Amir Kfir)
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You might be familiar with the idea that the events of your past (particularly of your childhood) continue to impact you today. But did you know that ...
Self-Compassion: Stretching Your Perspective (feat. Sharon Salzberg)
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One secret to resiliency as a leader is self-compassion. The more readily you can forgive yourself for mistakes, the faster you can bounce back. Some ...
Improving Client and Employee Retention Through Giftology (feat. John Ruhlin)
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You have a business plan. You have a marketing plan. But do you have a relationship plan? Most leaders would agree that success depends heavily on rel...
The Key to Effective Decision-making (feat. Cheryl Strauss Einhorn)
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What’s your current process for making a complex, high-stakes decision as a leader? Do you conduct extensive research? Rely on your intuition? Ask f...
The Secret to Becoming a Better Negotiator (feat. Erica Ariel Fox)
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Want to know the secret to becoming a better negotiator? It starts from within. Pay attention to people who annoy you or whom you wish you could be mo...
Why Leaders Must Show Up Authentically on Video (feat. Todd Hartley)
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Would you rather deliver a message on video or over email? Many leaders would choose the latter. It’s natural to feel skittish about appearing on ca...
How to Overcome Your Fear of Failure (feat. Patrick McKenna)
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who would you be without your ambition to attain success? Is your ambition driven by the need to create financial stability or make your mark on the w...
Managing Stress at Work (feat. John Rampton)
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John Rampton shares his strategies for staying “overly relaxed” at work, how he overcame a life-changing injury, and how leaders can develop a rel...
10-Minute Havening Exercise for Anxiety (feat. Stephen Travers)
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re being faced with overbearing amounts of stress or have been recently triggered by past trauma, this 10-minute Havening exercise will help ...
How to Improve Your Leadership Effectiveness (feat. Bill Adams)
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
According to Bill Adams, CEO of the Leadership Circle, a “high-control” leadership style incurs a high energetic cost for everyone. Leaders inevit...
How to Improve Your Mental Health in the Workplace (feat. Joey Klein)
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joey Klein, the founder and CEO of Inner Matrix Systems: a personal mastery training system for high achievers, shares: How to accurately assess your...
How Finding Your Life Purpose Will Make You a Better Leader (feat. Rabbi Jacobson)
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Launching a company without a clear mission statement is a recipe for disaster. Yet, so many of us walk around as individuals without a clear “missi...
How Your Nutrition and Fitness Affect You as a Leader (feat. Lisa Holmes)
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest Lisa Holmes, Chief Business Strategist for Strategic Performance of Los Angeles, discusses how leaders can improve their wellness....
Achieve Business Success Through Meditation (feat. Dina Kaplan)
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re not embodying your authentic self, your team will sense that and begin to lose trust in you as a leader. The solution? Accessing your orig...
6 Strategies to Improve Company Culture (feat. Shep Hyken)
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Often the best companies to do business with are also likely the best companies to work for. We discuss the link between employee experience (EX)...
Practicing Stress Management Through Coherence (feat. Rollin McCraty)
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever been told to “just relax!” during a high-stress situation, you know exactly how unhelpful that advice is. This week’...
How Emotions Affect Your Health and Leadership (feat. Dr. Bradley Nelson)
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Underlying emotions are inseparable from our everyday lives. What kind of impact do your emotions have on your leadership capabilities? Of course emot...
AI: How It Will Impact Leadership & Business (feat. David Shrier)
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is artificial intelligence really going to change everything in business? If we look to recent implementations of AI in the workplace, the answer is y...
Ayahuasca and Its Impact on Leadership
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do your past wounds impact your leadership? Many leaders are carrying core wounds from childhood into their professional experiences, and one moda...
Dealing with Anxiety Through Havening (feat. Stephen Travers)
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Executives are sometimes faced with overbearing amounts of stress. Not only is stress an inevitable aspect of being a leader, at times past trauma can...
Face Reading – An Ancient Skill for Success in Modern Business (feat. Eric Standop)
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A “face reader,” someone skilled in dissecting the details of our expressions, can help decipher people’s true motivations and intentions. To so...
The Key To Unveil Your Blind Spots – A New Tool For Upgrading Emotional Intelligence (feat. Alison Whitmire)
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that every company is an extension of its leader? Many parts of your personality and past experiences sho...
How to Actively Listen (feat. Erin Snyder)
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A graduation, the death of a loved one; huge life changes are normal for all of us. What's not healthy is an inability to adapt to such changes. Our g...
How to Use the Enneagram in Business (feat. Beatrice Chestnut)
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we decode the enneagram, and put it to work for our benefit as leaders. Beatrice Chestnut, PhD, MA is a licensed psychotherapist, executive coac...
The Skill Every Leader Needs: Focus (feat. Dandapani)
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dandapani is a Hindu priest, entrepreneur and a former monk of 10 years. He joins us from his 33-acre spiritual scantuary and botnaical garden in cost...