Ep 420: Working With "I Only Care About Myself" Energy
The Transformational Leader
Leadership is about meeting the moment. Yet, when people speak from a place of “what is authentic to me,” they may lose sight of how their words impact the group. In this episode, Adam Quiney explores how leaders can create a context for people to practice speaking, become alive to the impact of what they say in the space, and discern what the room and the moment most require.
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Ep 419: So You Want to Be a Leader
The Transformational Leader
Leadership can be an incredible experience. Yet being a leader is not just about supporting other people to move forward; it also demands that you seek out support, face your own fear, and be willing to take the courageous step beyond your threshold.
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Ep 418: AI, Work slop and Leadership slop
The Transformational Leader
Work slop is a new term that Harvard Business coined for AI output that looks polished but has no substance. It looks good enough, passes inspection, and carries very little weight, quietly transferring the actual work to whoever’s downstream. But work slop is not new. The same thing has been happening in leadership for a long time through active listening, feedback meetings, and “candid conversations” that take the form of something real without actually touching what matters.
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Ep 417 : The Trap of Feedback-Positive Cultures
The Transformational Leader
There is nothing wrong with positive feedback. But a feedback-positive culture can train people to accept feedback, nod their heads, and say yes without ever truly letting the feedback reach them. The feedback that makes a difference creates disruption, and leadership is forged by sitting with the discomfort instead of explaining, justifying, or turning it into the next action.
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Ep 416 : Being Held Accountable vs Becoming Someone Who Is Accountable
The Transformational Leader
Being held accountable can help you do the thing, but it doesn't create a transformational shift. It creates compliance, not leadership. Adam Quiney explains why becoming someone who is accountable is different from being held accountable by someone else.
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Ep 415: Feedback vs Contact
The Transformational Leader
Today, we are going to draw a distinction between getting and receiving feedback. It happens all the time across the leadership world, but contact is almost never happening. Many leaders believe they are receiving feedback because they listen, ask clarifying questions, thank people, and take action. But those moves can become part of a protective identity that keeps the real issue at a distance.
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Ep 414: Why Feedback Friendly Cultures Fail.
The Transformational Leader
Why does creating a feedback-friendly culture fail? Most people welcome feedback that fits the story they already have about themselves, but reject feedback that challenges their existing identity. Real transformation begins when leaders and teams develop the capacity to hold tension, stay in the conversation, and let in the feedback they would normally push away. That's what creates meaningful change: not just asking for feedback, but learning how to truly receive it.
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Ep 413: From the Vault Ep 192 - The First Energetic Law - Fear and Possibility
The Transformational Leader
Can we get rid of our fears permanently? There’s always a standard way of how we think things work. Working twice as hard could typically mean acquiring twice as much salary and likewise, working less means less income to earn. This realm of predictability is simply increasing or decreasing your effort and having the equivalent result, thus no breakthroughs are applied. The realm of possibility, on the other hand, is anything and everything that you can think of that is not common. Working less but earning more? That may look unrealistic but it’s certainly not impossible. As you can see,...
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Ep 412: From the Vault Ep 169 - What it Means to Lead Up
The Transformational Leader
Did you ever think that you could fully commit to be a better leader if only your superior is not in the way? Or you can be able to showcase your leadership effectively but you’re being hampered by someone above you? But, stepping into the being of a leader has nothing to do with them changing in any way. Leading up starts with us taking responsibility and not letting ourselves off the hook and we’ll discuss it all in today's episode! Leading up is an essential aspect of being a leader. In today’s conversation, we’ll highlight the ways on how to lead up and take accountability on...
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Mid-week Ep 161: Adam Quiney
The Transformational Leader
On this week’s live episode, join Adam Quiney for a candid conversation about one of the most frustrating experiences high-performing leaders face: knowing exactly what needs to happen next and somehow not doing it. Adam explores why this isn't a motivation problem, a discipline problem, or a sign that you need a bigger challenge, but rather a deeper pattern that often emerges when competence and success have outgrown their usefulness. Together, you'll unpack the hidden costs of being highly capable, why boredom can be a surprisingly important signal, and how the very skills that helped you...
info_outlineOn this week’s mid-week episode, Adam Quiney explores the deeper pattern underneath what so many leaders are searching for right now. This conversation moves beyond the constant hunt for better tactics, stronger communication frameworks, and more polished confidence strategies, and into what may actually be driving that search in the first place. Adam looks at four conversations that continue surfacing inside leadership circles and unpacks what sits underneath each of them.
What emerges is not a discussion about missing skills, but a deeper exploration of what happens when leadership becomes overly focused on performance, certainty, and getting it right. At a time when turbulence, pressure, and rapid change are pushing leaders to adapt faster than ever, many are still approaching leadership as something to optimize externally rather than develop internally.
As with all of Adam’s live shows, this episode isn’t scripted or polished - it unfolds in real time. It’s a space where ideas are explored as they arise, assumptions are questioned, and the deeper dynamics shaping leadership begin to come into view.
Join Adam for a grounded, in-the-moment conversation about why the search for the “right” leadership skill may actually be keeping leaders stuck, and what starts to shift when a different level of awareness enters the conversation.