#24: Control vs. Trust: The Leap That Changes Everything
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Release Date: 09/15/2025
#44: Why Your Team Gets Quiet When You Walk In
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Are They Underperforming…or Are You Over-Influencing? Have you ever walked into a meeting and felt the energy subtly change? The agenda stays the same—but suddenly people speak more carefully. Ideas slow down. Decisions start drifting toward you. To most leaders, this feels like respect. But what if it’s actually hesitation—and what if your presence is the reason? As one powerful truth from this episode reveals: “Leadership presence is never neutral.” In this episode of MPWR, Eric Pfeiffer and his co-host explore a leadership dynamic that quietly undermines team performance...
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#43: If They Keep Coming to You for Everything, This Is Why—and How to Fix It
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Why does your team keep coming to you for every answer—and why does it feel so exhausting? In this episode of the MPWR Podcast, Eric and Dawn unpack one of the most subtle leadership traps: confusing helpfulness with effectiveness. When leaders default to solving problems, giving quick answers, and removing uncertainty, work may move faster in the moment—but long-term growth quietly stalls. This conversation explores why over-functioning leaders unintentionally create dependent teams, how certainty and responsibility migrate upward, and why many leaders become the bottleneck without...
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#42: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: The Shift Required for Your Next Level
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You don’t hit a plateau because you’re failing; you hit it because you’ve outgrown the version of yourself that got you here. In this episode of the MPWR Podcast, we unpack one of the most challenging truths in leadership, business, and personal growth: the habits, mindsets, and strategies that created your current success may now be the very things holding you back. This conversation explores the invisible ceilings leaders face when they rely on outdated patterns, over-optimize comfort, or mistake consistency for growth. The next level doesn’t require more effort—it requires...
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#41: The Ripple Effects of Underdeveloped Leadership — Part 2
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The Ripple Effects of Underdeveloped Leadership (Part 2) In Part 2 of this conversation, we go deeper into what really happens when leadership development stalls—and why the consequences rarely stay contained. Most leaders don’t realize this until it’s already shaping their teams: what goes undeveloped internally begins to ripple outward. Emotional intelligence gaps, unregulated stress, and inconsistent leadership behaviors quietly influence communication, trust, psychological safety, and culture. In this episode, we explore two critical ripple effects of underdeveloped...
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#40: How Underdeveloped Leadership Spreads: From Your Inner World to Company Culture— Part 1
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The Ripple Effects of Underdeveloped Leadership Most leadership breakdowns don’t begin with obvious mistakes. They begin quietly—inside the leader. In this episode of MPWR, we explore a reality many leaders don’t recognize until it’s already shaping their culture, communication, and results: the ripple effects of underdeveloped leadership. Last week’s conversation focused on what it feels like when leaders get stuck. This episode takes that insight further by examining what happens next—when internal tension, unaddressed growth edges, or outdated leadership strategies begin to move...
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#39: Why Leaders Feel Stuck And Why Pushing Harder Makes It Worse
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Why Leaders Feel Stuck (And Why Pushing Harder Makes It Worse) There’s a moment in leadership most leaders don’t prepare for. You’re experienced. Capable. Proven. The strategy is sound. The team is strong. And yet, progress feels heavier than it should. What once moved quickly now requires more effort. Decisions take longer. Momentum feels harder to sustain; not because you’ve lost discipline or drive, but because something deeper is shifting. For high-level leaders, the instinct is almost automatic: push harder. Apply more pressure. Increase output. Demand more from yourself...
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#38: We Promote People Because They Perform But Rarely Prepare Them to Lead (And How to Fix It)
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We promote people because they perform, but we rarely prepare them to lead. There’s a quiet epidemic happening inside organizations—and it isn’t burnout, turnover, or lack of talent. It’s underdeveloped leadership. In this episode of the MPWR Podcast, we unpack why high performers are so often promoted into leadership roles without the skills, tools, or support required to lead well—and why this gap doesn’t always show up as failure right away. Instead, it hides behind busyness, temporary results, and “getting by” until pressure exposes the cracks. You’ll hear why...
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#37: Leadership Hot Seat: Eric Answers Your Top Questions About Influence & Culture
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Executive Q&A: Leading with Trust, Clarity, and Strategic Coaching In this executive-focused Q&A session, Eric Pfeiffer, CEO of MPWR Coaching, and Dawn Neldon, Director of Content, address some of the most pressing challenges facing today’s senior leaders: earning trust, strengthening team alignment, and developing people to perform at a higher level. Together, they deliver an elevated conversation designed for CEOs, founders, and executives who are responsible for driving culture, shaping organizational performance, and leading through complexity. This episode provides strategic...
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#36: Leadership Q&A Every High Performer Needs to Hear
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The Questions That Build Better Leaders In this special Q&A episode of the MPWR Podcast, Eric and Dawn pull back the curtain on the real-world pressures leaders are facing today—and the practical tools they use to stay grounded, focused, and effective. This conversation goes deeper than the typical leadership advice. It’s raw, honest, and rooted in lived experience from decades of coaching high-performing executives, entrepreneurs, and teams. Across fast-moving industries and unpredictable environments, leaders everywhere are asking the same urgent questions: How do I lead well...
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#35: Grateful Leadership: The Evidence-Based Strategy That Builds Stronger Teams
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How Gratitude Transforms Workplace Culture (Even Under Pressure) In today’s episode of the MPWR Podcast, we explore one of the most underestimated yet transformational forces in leadership: gratitude. Not the soft, surface-level kind that shows up in holiday emails or employee appreciation week—but the kind of gratitude that shapes culture, stabilizes teams, and strengthens leaders under the real pressures of modern work. Leadership today is harder than ever. Expectations are higher, pressure is constant, and team dynamics shift faster than most leaders can keep up with. But...
info_outlineWhat if the very thing you think keeps you safe is what’s actually holding you back?
In this transformative episode of the GRASP Confidence podcast, we dive deep into one of the most universal internal battles we face: the tug-of-war between control and trust. Whether you’re leading a team, building a business, or simply navigating the uncertainty of life, this episode will challenge the way you see safety, success, and surrender.
We’ve been taught to equate control with strength—managing every detail, predicting every outcome, and holding on tightly to what we know. But what if that instinct for control isn’t protecting us… it’s imprisoning us? What if true power lies not in forcing outcomes, but in trusting ourselves, our preparation, and the path unfolding before us?
💬 “Control is rooted in fear. Trust is rooted in faith. You can’t build your future on fear.”
In this heartfelt and deeply personal conversation, we peel back the layers of why control feels so safe and why letting go feels terrifying. We explore how fear disguises itself as control, how striving for certainty can breed anxiety and burnout, and how learning to trust allows you to breathe again, dream again, and become who you were designed to be.
You’ll discover:
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The hidden costs of over-control on your mental health, creativity, and relationships.
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The neuroscience behind why your brain craves control and how to rewire it toward trust.
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Simple daily practices to build inner trust and release the need to micromanage outcomes.
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Real stories of breakthrough moments that only came after surrendering control.
💬 “The moment I let go of control, clarity rushed in like light through an open door.”
This episode isn’t about abandoning responsibility. It’s about learning the sacred balance between action and surrender—taking aligned steps forward while releasing attachment to the outcome. That’s where freedom lives. That’s where confidence grows.
You’ll walk away from this episode feeling lighter, more grounded, and deeply reminded that you don’t have to carry the entire world on your shoulders to succeed. You just have to carry faith—faith in your preparation, faith in your purpose, and faith that what’s meant for you cannot miss you.
💬 “Control says, ‘I must make this happen.’ Trust says, ‘I am becoming who it will happen for.’”
If you’ve been gripping the steering wheel of life so tightly your knuckles are white, this conversation is your gentle permission slip to exhale.
Because the leap from control to trust isn’t just where peace begins—
it’s where your power begins.
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