The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New Era – Details, episodes & analysis

“Can you show yourself the same respect that you show your parents, your teachers and military leaders, your coaches, and your bosses? That's the biggest challenge that most people have.”
If you're trying to up your game in work and in life, you definitely don't want to miss this episode.
I talk to Dre Baldwin, a former professional athlete turned author, speaker, and CEO and founder of Work On Your Game Inc. He  brings practical tips and insights for personal mastery in an inspirational style  that will help you with discipline, confidence, mental toughness, and more.
Our discussion highlights some of the keys to success in anything you are attempting to master in your life.

In this episode:

• Dre’s journey from professional sports to 'Work On Your Game'
• Tips for mental conditioning and personal mastery
• The influence of your environment and others
• How to get yourself to do things you don’t want to do to get to where you want to be
• Understand discipline and the importance of structure
• Setting non-negotiable rules for yourself
• Step into the Super You
• Handling setbacks and failures
• 3 requirements of a leader that elevates others 
• And more!

Power Presence Academy | Leadership with Less Ego And More Soul is the go-to podcast for anyone who leads. Your host is Janet Ioli, she helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose to lead with Less Ego and More Soul.

Resource Links:
For Dre’s videos and 'Work On Your Game' podcast go to @DreB on YouTube.
Check out the book where Dre talks about mental conditioning: Work On Your Game: Use the Pro Athlete Mindset to Dominate Your Game in Business, Sports, and Life.
Learn more about confidence and building confidence in Dre’s book: The Super You: Unlocking and Living With Your Highest Level Of Confidence.
LinkedIn: Dre Baldwin

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @janetioli

Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days. Check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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I’m excited to bring back one of our most popular episodes from last year. Whether you're hearing it for the first time, or you're giving it a second listen, I hope you enjoy this insightful conversation.
In this power-packed episode, I talk to Julia Boorstin, CNBC’s Senior Media & Technology Reporter and creator of CNBC’s ‘Disruptor 50’.  Julia has over two decades of experience as a business reporter and has interviewed thousands of successful and well-known executives, CEOs, and founders.  From this experience and exposure, Julia has become a staunch advocate for gender equity in leadership positions.
You'll hear Julia share her thoughts and research interview findings regarding women in leadership from her new book “When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, and How We Can Learn from Them”.  Her interviews highlight the leadership approaches of women founders and what all leaders can learn from them.

In this episode:

• The winning leadership strategies of women leaders who defy the odds
• The great challenge of breaking out of the current dominant pattern of leadership 
• Ways the systemic issues that prevent gender equity can be addressed
• Takeaways from interviewing thousands of CEO’s and executives
• How all leaders can maximize their impact and create a more equitable workplace
• The skills and strengths  that are key for all leaders in this time of uncertainty
• And more!

The episode originally aired on Feb 14, 2023.

Power Presence Academy | Leadership with Less Ego And More Soul is the go-to podcast for anyone who leads. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose to lead with Less Ego and More Soul.

Resource Links:
Julia Boorstin’s book When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, and How We Can Learn from Them.
You can find McKinsey & Company’s full 2022 Report on Women in the Workplace here.
Reshma Saujani’s book Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It's Different Than You Think) and the Marshall Plan for Moms here.
Eve Rodsky’s book Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live).

Connect with today’s guest on LinkedIn: Julia Boorstin

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @janetioli

Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days. Check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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“The best teams and the best leaders are the ones who will say: please tell me more about that.” 

What is inclusion? How do we practice it in organizational life? In this episode, I talk with Kelly McDonald, a speaker and author on the topic with an extensive background researching consumer trends and changing demographics. 

We discuss how to create an inclusive workplace with practical strategies like acknowledging discomfort, understanding different perspectives, and overcoming unconscious biases. While we often talk about diversity and inclusion, Kelly insists that many leaders aren’t comfortable having the conversations that will produce deeper understanding and genuine inclusion. She shares practical tips to help leaders stop shying away from difficult conversations for fear of “saying the wrong thing”, and instead learn to ask questions and listen with curiosity and respect.

Kelly highlights the importance of respect and listening fully to the experiences shared by diverse groups to foster real communication and inclusion.  We discuss how to lead diverse teams effectively by tapping into different backgrounds and viewpoints to drive innovation, business success, and a more collaborative culture.

In this episode:

• What it means to create an inclusive workplace
• The importance of respect and listening
• How to lead diverse teams effectively
• And more!

Power Presence Academy | Leadership with Less Ego And More Soul is the go-to podcast for anyone who leads. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach and advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 100 companies. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose to lead with Less Ego and More Soul.

Resource Links:
Kelly McDonald is the President of McDonald Marketing, she has over 20 years of experience advising global brands on marketing strategies.  Through her bestselling books, like "How to Work with and Lead People Not Like You", she shares practical tools for overcoming unconscious bias and creating respect across differences.

Connect with today’s guest on LinkedIn: Kelly McDonald

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @janetioli

Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days. Check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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“What can you do today to feel more alive and fulfilled  with meaning and purpose?”
 
Our pop culture and  the media is flooded with methods and strategies to help us become happy, or at least happier.  Today, let’s discuss this happiness trap and reconsider and reframe this relentless pursuit of happiness.
 
Instead of searching for happiness, I suggest we pursue deeper meaning, purpose, significance and fulfillment in our lives. Feeling happy is a temporary state. Being driven by meaning and purpose is a lasting state, regardless of circumstance.

In this episode of Power Presence Academy, I talk about the pursuit of meaning over happiness, emphasizing that happiness is fleeting and often disconnected from a sense of fulfillment.

I also talk about the importance of making a difference in our environments and how impactful actions may not always coincide with feelings of happiness. I remind listeners about the power of choice and encourage leaders to reflect on their strengths and use them to make a positive impact in the world.

In this episode:

• The pursuit of meaning over happiness
• Importance of making a difference
• The power of choice and reflection
• Using your strengths for greater fulfillment and impact
• And more!

Power Presence Academy | Leadership with Less Ego And More Soul is the go-to podcast for anyone who leads. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach and advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 100 companies. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose to lead with Less Ego and More Soul.

Resource Links:
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @janetioli

Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days. Check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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“You've got to decide whether this is going to be a hobby, or if it's going to be a business. And those are two very different things.”

Have you been thinking about becoming a leadership coach ? Are you already a leadership coach, but struggling with turning your passion and aspirations into a successful business?

In this episode, I address the growing interest in executive coaching as a career transition, especially among former executives, HR professionals, and leadership development experts. I discuss the need for a clear understanding of whether their coaching endeavor is intended as a hobby or a business, highlighting the significant differences between the two approaches.

In this episode:

• Distinguishing between coaching as a hobby and coaching as a business
• Essential skills and training for coaching
• Business considerations for coaching
• What to think about to create a profitable coaching business
• And more!

Power Presence Academy | Leadership with Less Ego And More Soul is the go-to podcast for anyone who leads. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach and advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 100 companies. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose to lead with Less Ego and More Soul.

Resource Links:
Executive Coaching Bootcamp starting in August. Contact [email protected] for more information!

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @janetioli

Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days. Check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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“Listening to yourself takes courage, because sometimes you may not like what you hear.”

Have you ever had something happen to you that feels like a signal from the universe, but you just dismiss it as meaningless?

In this episode, I want to talk about the notion of listening, but listening from a very different vantage point than you'd expect. As leaders, we often talk about listening to others, but today we are talking about the art of listening to yourself. Your own deep wisdom is talking to you all the time, you just need to take the time to hear it. We are so conditioned to look for the rational that our deeper knowing and intuition is dismissed or ignored.

In this episode:

• The importance of deeply listening to yourself
• Embracing your true potential
• How to listen to your inner wisdom
• And more!

Power Presence Academy | Leadership with Less Ego And More Soul is the go-to podcast for anyone who leads. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach and advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 100 companies. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose to lead with Less Ego and More Soul.

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @janetioli

Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days. Check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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“When you have walked in the shoes of other people, empathy comes much easier.”

Can you learn to be more empathetic?
There’s no better person to garner an informed opinion from about this question than Dr. Helen Riess, founder and CEO of Empathetics, Inc., a company that provides empathy training to hospitals and doctors.
And her answer is yes.
Dr. Riess and I discuss why empathy is important in leadership and how you can learn to develop more empathy.
Since empathy is a critical skill for leaders, we discuss what it is and the systematic training people can experience that will help them learn to use their empathy muscle more readily and frequently.

In this episode:

• What is empathy?
• The role of empathy in leadership
• Learning empathy as a skill
• Practical things to do to become a more empathetic leader
• And more!

Power Presence Academy | Leadership with Less Ego And More Soul is the go-to podcast for anyone who leads. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach and advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 100 companies. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose to lead with Less Ego and More Soul.

Resource Links:
Dr. Helen Riess is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist for Empathetics, Inc. Dr. Riess is a clinical professor and research psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School who developed empathy education based on neuroscience research. Tested in pilot studies and a randomized controlled trial at Massachusetts General Hospital and published in peer reviewed medical journals, her research won the Partners (Mass. General Brigham) Healthcare  Medical Education Research Award and an  Arnold P. Gold Foundation for Humanism in Medicine Research Institute Award.
The Empathy Effect: Seven Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences by Helen Riess and Liz Neporent
Connect with today’s guest on LinkedIn: Helen Riess, M.D.

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @janetioli

Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days. Check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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“If you want to lead transformational change, you have to do the work on yourself first.”

What makes a leader great?

This question is a hard one to answer, even after my 25+ years studying and working in the field of human and leadership development.

As I think more deeply about that question, I am convinced after all this experience working with leaders that a great leader is someone who spends the time to do the deeper work on themselves. Greatness is sourced from the inside-out. The leader who works on their own tendency to get defensive, learns to regulate unproductive and reactive emotions, and understands their own weaknesses is one who gets out of their own way. Part of that deeper work includes healing the impact of childhood adversity.

Today we’re talking about how our childhood adversity can impact our leadership effectiveness. We also talk about doing the deeper work to overcome our own unproductive, unconscious patterns that get in the way of our interpersonal relations.

In this episode:

• What makes a leader great?
• The impact of childhood trauma on human development
• Doing the work on yourself to lead transformational change
• And more!

Power Presence Academy | Leadership with Less Ego And More Soul is the go-to podcast for anyone who leads. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach and advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 100 companies. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose to lead with Less Ego and More Soul.

Resource Links:

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self by Dr. Nicole LePera

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A GUIDE AND MAP FOR RECOVERING FROM CHILDHOOD TRAUMA by Pete Walker

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @janetioli

Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days. Check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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“The most important things in this world are the products of the human mind”

Your conscious mind is responsible for only a tiny sliver of what science says is going on inside your brain. Most of what you experience, your moods and the things you like and dislike come from a much more mysterious, unknown part of your mind, the unconscious.

That’s what we’re talking about in this episode, with psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Z. Lieberman. We discuss the psychology of the unconscious mind, accessing your intuition, and how it all influences our behavior and our leadership.

In this episode:

• Understanding the brain, its functions, and the conscious mind
• The psychology of the unconscious mind and the collective and personal unconscious
• Tuning into your unconscious mind to be a better leader
• Accessing your intuition
• The shadow: Part of the personal unconscious
• And more!

Power Presence Academy is the go-to podcast for anyone who leads. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach and advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 100 companies. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose to lead with Less Ego and More Soul.

Resource Links:
Dr. Daniel Z. Lieberman is a professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at George Washington University. He's a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has published over 50 scientific reports on behavioral science. He has provided insight on psychiatric issues for the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Commerce.
Read Daniel’s latest book: Spellbound: Modern Science, Ancient Magic, and the Hidden Potential of the Unconscious Mind
Connect with today’s guest on LinkedIn: Daniel Z. Lieberman

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @janetioli

Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days. Check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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If you're a leader trying to create a more engaged culture, where there's a sense of belonging and purpose, then you're not going to want to miss this episode. My guest today is Claude Silver, the Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia. You may recognize VaynerMedia by the name of its owner, Gary Vaynerchuk, known as Gary Vee, a wildly popular entrepreneur and social media influencer regarding topics related to career advice, entrepreneurship, and marketing.

So many of you are constantly creating initiatives to improve company cultures. The common ones are initiatives for diversity, engagement, or leadership.  After listening to this conversation, I'm hoping you'll take a different look at your tendency to focus on initiatives. Embodiment of some key core values and how everyone is showing up every day is really what creates workplace culture, not just having an initiative to drive it.  Claude is a master at creating that type of culture and that’s what we’re talking about today. Her title of “Chief Heart Officer” is in itself a provocative and definitive message about the culture.. Yet leading with heart does not mean less accountability or the lack of hard, direct conversations. Claude and I discuss how to lead with heart AND have hard conversations about accountability.

In this episode:

• Creating space for people and a feeling of safety in the workplace
• Building a culture around humanity and heart
• Getting leaders in your organization aligned with your vision
• What does a Chief Heart Officer actually do?
• Advice for leaders aiming to create a more inclusive workplace
• Leading with heart does not mean lack of direct feedback or accountability
• And more!

Power Presence Academy: Practical Wisdom for Leaders is the go-to podcast for anyone who leads. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach and advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 100 companies. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and learn to lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

Resource Links:

Claude Silver is an emotional optimist, coach, manager, and mentor. As the first ever Chief Heart Officer it is her great honor to lead at VaynerMedia. She works for approximately 2000 humans and is in touch with the heartbeat of every single person in the company. Her role is to infuse the agency with empathy. It's her purpose. And it’s her joy.

Connect with today’s guest on LinkedIn: Claude Silver

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @janetioli

Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days. Check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

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