What if love—not control—was the driving force behind your leadership? In this thought-provoking conversation, Trevor Timbeck invites you to explore leadership through the lens of “loving as a verb.” Co-author of The Power of Love with Steve Chandler, Trevor explains how viewing love as an action, rather than a static feeling, can transform the way you lead, parent, and connect with others. He shares how a simple question—“What would love do?”—can shift your mindset in moments of frustration, helping you respond with awareness and compassion instead of reaction or control.

You’ll hear Trevor and Meredith discuss what he calls “emotioning,” a way of understanding emotion as a domain of action rather than a feeling to be managed. Through personal stories of parenting and coaching leaders, Trevor reveals how genuine leadership emerges from acceptance and presence, not authority or demand. His insights challenge conventional thinking about power, control, and influence, offering a refreshing and deeply human perspective on what it means to lead with love.

You’ll discover:

• Why love is a powerful verb—not just a feeling
• How to shift from controlling to allowing in leadership
• What “emotioning” means and how it shapes your actions
• How asking “What would love do?” can change any situation
• Why true leadership begins with awareness and acceptance

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Trevor’s Resources

Website

Trevor Timbeck

Books

The Power of Love

The Power of Systems: How to Create a Life that Works

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What if you landed your dream job and discovered that it didn’t deliver the fulfillment you were seeking? That’s what happened to Johannes Leerink, and it happened more than once in his career. In this conversation, he shares that journey with us. You’re going to love hearing his story as well as the insights he gained along the way, all of which led to the work he does today.

Johannes shares his takeaways from the Proctor & Gamble management training programs and his role as President and General Manager at Sara Lee. He applied these lessons and those from personal development programs to his work in transforming multinationals, hospitals, and NGOs into high-performing organizations.

Today Johannes is the founder of The Hidden Transit. He’s dedicated to helping highly successful professionals achieve their desired progress while unlocking a new dimension of fulfillment and freedom.

You’ll discover:

• How Johannes defines freedom
• The breakthroughs he got when attending Landmark programs
• What transformed a hospital system from silos and isolation to an environment of love
• The distinction between “knowing about” and “being” the 7 Habits
• Why Johannes refers to himself as a “Progress Maker”

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Johannes’ Website

The Hidden Transit