“ Staying calm under pressure isn't about being emotionless. It's about being intentional. When you regulate your emotions, you create an environment where trust and collaboration can thrive.”

In this episode, I talk about the ability to regulate your emotions, which is a life skill that can make or break your effectiveness as a leader. I share the real story of a woman leader I worked with who needed to learn this skill, and did. Lastly, I provide 3 strategies to help you start regulating your emotions.

In this episode:

• What emotional regulation is and what it’s not
• The story of a leader who struggled to stay calm under pressure
• How this leader managed to transform her approach
• Strategy 1: Name the emotion
• Strategy 2: Pause before responding
• Strategy 3: Reframing the situation
• Your action for this week
• And more!

Leadership Presence | Mastering the Inner Work of Leadership is your guide to leading with Less Ego and More Soul. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach, advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 200 companies. In this podcast, she digs into the real deep work and empowers leaders to show up with authenticity, build emotional intelligence, and lead in a way that leaves a lasting impact.

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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“Leadership is full of moments where your first reaction is not your best reaction. And I know you know what I mean. But when you pause, you create space to lead with clarity, empathy, and purpose.”

In this episode, I talk about  why pausing is so powerful, how it can transform the way you lead, and practical ways you can start using it right away.

In this episode:

• A moment when my inability to pause nearly cost me the trust of my team
• Why pausing matters in leadership
• 3 things you can do to help you leverage the power of the pause
• And more!

Leadership Presence | Mastering the Inner Work of Leadership is your guide to leading with Less Ego and More Soul. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach, advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 200 companies. In this podcast, she digs into the real deep work and empowers leaders to show up with authenticity, build emotional intelligence, and lead in a way that leaves a lasting impact.

Noteworthy Quotes from This Episode
“Early in my career, I thought leadership was about being decisive, acting fast, and always having the answer. But as I moved into more complex roles and worked with top executives, I realized that sometimes the best thing you can do as a leader is to stop, take a deep breath, and not react.”

“ I realized that my instinct to react, driven by stress and a need to be in control, especially under pressure and under [a] tight deadline, wasn't just unproductive, it was undermining my ability to lead.”

“[Pausing] helps you and gives you time to invite collaboration. When you hold space for others to contribute, you build trust and engagement.”

“ When you pause, you give your brain time to shift from its reactive fight or flight mode to a more thoughtful and strategic state.”

“ The next time you're in a tense situation, take a breath, pause, and ask yourself, how do I want to show up right now?”

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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“ Storytelling is, of course, the best way to influence someone. People don't care about your facts. They don't want any more of your damn information. They’ve got too much to deal with right now. But what they need and what they crave in you is faith.”
In this episode, I talk to Annette Simmons, an expert on the power of storytelling, public speaker, trainer, and author. You'll hear Annette talking about the different types of stories you need to know how to tell to get a group to work together, what you can expect when you use stories, and how to overcome the fear of being vulnerable.

In this episode:

• Annette’s journey to storytelling
• What makes stories so powerful
• The six kinds of stories
• Stories and paradoxes
• The important skill of story-finding
• Provisional language over firm language
• Bad news: the real effectiveness of stories
• Fabulous storytellers, including Taylor Swift
• Fostering collaborative instead of competitive narratives
• Using story as a staff process
• Overcoming the fear of being vulnerable
• And more!

Leadership Presence | Mastering the Inner Work of Leadership is your guide to leading with Less Ego and More Soul. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach, advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 200 companies. In this podcast, she digs into the real deep work and empowers leaders to show up with authenticity, build emotional intelligence, and lead in a way that leaves a lasting impact.

Resource Links:
Annette Simmons is a storytelling expert, public speaker, trainer, and author of books such as Territorial Games, A Safe Place for Dangerous Truths, The Story Factor – one of “The 100 Best Business Books of All Time” – and Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins.
Visit Annette’s website at annettesimmons.com.
Learn more about Annette’s most impactful book The Story Factor.
Connect with today’s guest on LinkedIn: Annette Simmons

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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“Great leadership begins with mastering the inner work.”

Welcome to the first episode of the new season of Leadership Presence | Mastering the Inner Work of Leadership.
In this episode, we're going to dive into the foundation of self-mastery: the inner work of leadership. We'll discuss why the most important work you'll ever do isn't about becoming smarter, more accomplished, or having more achievements, but about mastering yourself.
If you're ready to stop just leading and start transforming, keep listening.

In this episode:

• The make-or-break qualities of great leadership
• What inner work means
• The power of pausing before reacting
• An invitation from me
• 3 tips to begin your inner work
• And more!

Leadership Presence | Mastering the Inner Work of Leadership is your guide to leading with less ego and more soul. Your host is Janet Ioli, leadership and human development expert, sought-after coach, advisor to global executives, and former executive with experience in four Fortune 200 companies. In this podcast, she digs into the real deep work and empowers leaders to show up with authenticity, build emotional intelligence, and lead in a way that leaves a lasting impact.

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @janetioli
Janet is the founder of Power Presence Academy. 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.

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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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“Every great leader begins by mastering the voice within.” - Janet Ioli
Welcome to this special and last episode of the season. In this episode, we're tackling a challenge even the most successful leaders face: self-doubt. We’ll revisit important lessons from my Power Talks interview series from the very early episodes of this podcast.
You'll hear excerpts with relatable wisdom from interviews with two powerhouse women executives: Donna Diederich, the Chief Human Resources Officer at LMI, and Nicole Burdette, President of Southern California Land & Housing at Brookfield Properties. They share their own, real experiences with self-doubt and impostor feelings and tell us how they navigated (and continue to navigate) through them.
And to offer practical application to your own experience with self-doubt to help you continue to build the confidence to lead with full presence, I share 3 practical strategies to help you move through those times when you experience a self-doubt attack.

In this episode:

• Being reactive and the fear of not measuring up (from E2)
• Being your own best advocate (from E1)
• The power of saying yes (from E1)
• You’re not alone in feeling this way (from E3)
• Feeling okay with being uncomfortable (from E3)
• 3 practical strategies to overcome a self-doubt attack (from E6)
• 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, a leadership and human development expert, who helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose to lead with Less Ego and More Soul.

Resource Links:
Listen to the full episodes:

• E1: Career Advice from a Top-Level HR Executive with Donna Diederich
• E2: Our Leadership Challenge: One Question To Ask Yourself in These Unsettling Times
• E3: From Entry-level to President: Lessons from the Leadership Journey to the Top with Nicole Burdette
• E6: 3 Things to Do When You Have a Self-Doubt Attack

Connect with today’s guests on LinkedIn: Donna Diederich and Nicole Burdette.

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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“People and organizations collectively can waste a lot of time being in denial and not facing reality, or explaining away why things are the way they are, rather than dealing with reality and taking action.”
If you are leading change and transformation in any organization, today’s conversation is full of tips and ideas on how to be sure you are doing it successfully.
In this episode, I talk to Ian Ziskin, board member, former CHRO of a multi-billion dollar corporation, President of EXec EXcel Group LLC, and the lead author of the book, The Secret Sauce for Leading Transformational Change.
You'll hear Ian talk about his experience leading change and transformation, including the biggest mistakes he sees leaders and organizations make during change efforts, and what to do instead for sustainable transformation.

In this episode:

• Ian’s leadership story
• The common problem that gets in the way of successful change efforts
• How to foster openness to change at different levels of an organization
• What it takes to sustain change over time
• How good execution must accompany vision
• What a good change execution plan looks like
• Reconciliation of facts versus feelings
• 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:
Ian Ziskin has 40+ years of experience as a business leader, board advisor and member, coach, consultant, CHRO, entrepreneur, teacher, speaker, and author. His clients and corporate work span over 25 industries and include Fortune 1000, entrepreneurial, publicly traded, and privately held businesses. Ian is recognized as a trusted advisor to CEOs, C-level executives, operating and HR leaders, and board members.
Get Ian’s book The Secret Sauce for Leading Transformational Change
Connect with today’s guest on LinkedIn: Ian Ziskin

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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“He said, ‘Well, Janet. I'll say what I really thought of you when I first saw you. The first thing I thought is, “Oh, here's blonde bimbo. And what is she going to say?”’ [...] Then he goes, ‘You talked and I thought, Wow, Barbie has a brain.’”
In this episode, I talk about something women leaders are unfortunately no strangers to: being underestimated or stereotyped because of their appearance or simply because they are women. If you’ve ever had the experience of being pigeon-holed or underestimated because of judgments people make based on unconscious biases they may have, you’ll want to listen to this episode.
I share two stories of my own and offer some tips to navigate this type of situation when it arises.

In this episode:

• When an executive assumed I was a junior employee and not the session leader
• How I handled it and what I learned from that situation
• When a male colleague admitted that he had initially assumed that I must be a “blonde bimbo”
• How to maintain your power and presence when you cannot control the judgements of others
• How to counter being underestimated

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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“The research shows that many of us do not develop new convincing techniques past the age of six. So, wherever your set point is in kindergarten or first grade, that's pretty much what you're going to do from a convincing strategy as an adult because most of us are too scared to try something new. We're only going to do what worked in the past.” - Adele Gambardella
If you want to have greater influence at work and in your life, this is an episode you won’t want to miss!
I talk to Adele Gambardella and Chip Massey, the Founders of the Convincing Company. They're two accomplished professionals with diverse backgrounds and the shared mission of helping leaders be more convincing.
You'll be able to upgrade your convincing techniques as Chip shares some of his raw expertise from his time as an FBI hostage negotiator and Adele brings her knowledge as an award-winning business publicist and crisis communications expert to the table.

In this episode:

• How Adele and Chip got to work together
• Making people feel seen instead of manipulated
• Deeply attuning yourself to who you want to convince
• Desyncing with others for change
• Helping someone expand their possibilities
• Bridging to a new future
• Listening to the unstated narrative
• The importance of adapting convincing styles
• Forensic listening for better convincing
• 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:
Adele Gambardella is an Award-winning Business Publicist and Crisis Communications Expert and Chip Massey is a Former FBI Hostage Negotiator and Special Agent. Together they founded the Convincing Company, a crisis communications and interactive training firm with leaders with 50+ years of combined experience.
Get their book Convince Me: High-Stakes Negotiation Tactics to Get Results in Any Business Situation.
Connect with today’s guests on LinkedIn: Adele Gambardella and Chip Massey

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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