Are your leadership habits helping you adapt…or holding you back? Kevin Eikenberry shares highlights from his new book, Flexible Leadership, and explores what it truly means to lead with confidence in uncertain times.

Using the powerful image of a tree, deeply rooted yet able to bend, Kevin offers a fresh take on how leaders can stay grounded in their values while adapting their approach. The discussion covers the essential elements of mindset, skillset, and habitset, and how each one shapes a leader’s ability to navigate complexity with clarity and purpose.

This conversation brings practical wisdom and real-life application to the forefront. The concept of the “confidence-competence loop” offers a hopeful reminder that growth builds momentum. Whether you’re leading a team, managing change, or working on personal development, you’ll find actionable insights for growing stronger through flexibility.

Kevin is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, a leadership and learning company based in Indianapolis, Indiana, with a team across the United States. He has spent over 30 years helping organizations and leaders from at least 53 countries become more effective.

You’ll discover:

• How to stay grounded in your values while adapting your approach
• The power of “it depends” in shifting perspective
• What the confidence-competence loop means for leaders
• Why resistance isn’t a problem—it’s an invitation
• How to use questions to unlock better decisions

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Books

Flexible Leadership: Navigate Uncertainty and Lead with Confidence

The Long-Distance Team: Designing Your Team for Everyone’s Success

The Long-Distance Teammate: Stay Engaged and Connected While Working Anywhere

The Long-Distance Leader: Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership

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082: How to Keep Teammates Engaged and Connected While Working Remotely

216: Design a Long-Distance Team for Everyone’s Success

Do you ever have thoughts that could be called “head trash”? Very likely, you’ve experienced them, and those thoughts may even keep you awake at night. In this conversation, Dr. Robyn Odegaard provides a concrete, practical tip for getting back to sleep if you wake up at 3:00 am. She also shares her approach to questions and conversations with her clients that you can use yourself for your long-term happiness and success.

Dr. Robyn is a former competitive beach volleyball player turned business psychologist and professional confidante. She did her graduate work in business psychology with a concentration in high performance and sport. She’s been working in the space between executive coach, therapist and best friend for more than fifteen years and has designed her business to support ultra-busy clients who live excessively fast-paced lives.

Dr. Robyn’s expertise has been showcased through her TEDx talk, Creating Success Out of Chaos, the seven books she has authored, co-authored or contributed to, her Five-Point Paradigm for Creating Success Out of Chaos™, and her signature talk: Take Out the Head Trash: How to fight the demons keeping you awake at 3am.

You’ll discover:

• Robyn’s personal journey as a young adult and what she learned along the way
• Why she had self-doubts about her ability to succeed in college
• A 5-point paradigm for creating success out of chaos
• The #1 question she asks her clients to help them identify what’s holding them back
• How Dr. Robyn learned to make Big Asks in quoting fees to potential clients

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Mental MacGyver

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The Head Trash Talk

What if you could change the way you look at fear? Jacqueline Wales has a deep understanding of what’s behind fear…and the questions you can ask yourself to break through limiting beliefs and stories that may be causing you to play small in life. You’ll discover how to reframe your ideas about fear and failure so they serve you instead of hold you back.

Jacqueline developed a fearless approach herself after enduring, and then breaking away from, a nightmarish family to establish new patterns and find peace. She is now an author, keynote speaker, and trusted advisor to successful, high-achieving women. And she is an unwavering champion for being fearless.

In this conversation we talk about key ideas and questions from her latest book, The Fearless Factor @ Work, which I highly recommend, especially if you’ve ever allowed your fears to get in the way of speaking up or taking courageous action.

You’ll discover:

• How Jacqueline defines fear and more specifically, fear in the workplace
• The distinction Jacqueline makes between the stories we tell ourselves and the evidence for those beliefs
• What she does to help clients play big when they’re used to playing small and holding back
• Some of the messages that girls receive when growing up that don’t serve them as adults
• The importance of self-compassion and self-love when you’re working to make a change

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Jacqueline Wales

Transformational Strategies for Success Program

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The Fearless Factor

The Fearless Factor @ Work

When The Crow Sings (a novel)

What’s it like to discover your true calling? Laura Coons, Ph.D., began her career teaching at the college level and then transitioned to the corporate world…and that’s where she found true joy. Laura bubbles over with enthusiasm when talking about her work, and you’ll hear that in our conversation.

Laura is the Senior Director of Learning at Frontdoor, a company that’s on a mission to make home ownership simple. Throughout her career there’s been the thread of servant leadership. She’s truly passionate about her role as a leader and committed to the development of future leaders.

You’ll discover:

• Why Laura made the transition from higher education to the corporate world
• The adjustments she needed to make to be successful in that new environment
• The most important aspect of a leader’s role with members of their team
• Three pillars that are the foundation for a strong, effective leader
• How Laura has grown as a leader over the years

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Frontdoor

Would you like to take your performance to the next level? My guest Dre “All Day” Baldwin has learned what it takes to do just that. Since 2005, Dre has built a content publishing empire! Since 2006, he’s produced 7,000+ YouTube videos with more than 73 million views. He’s authored 27 books and has given 4 TED talks. In this interview we discuss his latest book, Work On Your Game, and the four principles that have guided his actions since college. You’ll love Dre’s passion, substance and stories!

You’ll discover:

• The importance of understanding The Third Day as it relates to discipline
• Why asking “Who do I need to BE?” Is such a powerful question in developing confidence
• How mental toughness served Dre in his goal to be a professional basketball player
• Ways you can use personal initiative to achieve the results you want

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Dre Baldwin

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The Mirror of Motivation

Book

Work On Your Game: Use the Pro Athlete Mindset to Dominate Your Game in Business, Sports, and Life