Leadership Performance Under Pressure
By Dex Randall | Leadership Performance Coach
<p>Leadership Performance Under Pressure is for senior leaders and executives who have built serious careers and know they're capable of more.</p><p>Each week, Dex Randall covers the leadership skills, decision-making and career strategy that separate leaders who keep advancing from those who plateau. Nine years and 10,000+ coaching sessions with leaders across medicine, law, finance, technology and corporate leadership. One consistent finding: what holds high performers back is not effort or expertise. It's a set of learnable skills most leaders were never taught.</p><p>Hosted by Dex Randall, leadership performance coach.</p><p>Leadership Coaching: <a href="https://leadership.dexrandall.com">https://leadership.dexrandall.com</a> <br />Guest Podcast Appearances: <a href="https://bit.ly/dex-guest-appearances">https://bit.ly/dex-guest-appearances</a> <br />Global rank top 5%"</p>
22 episodes
All Episodes
How Positivity Unlocks Team Discretionary Effort
Most organizations waste 30 to 40 percent of their team's effort because of poor environment, not laziness. Positivity, clarity, and psychological safety unlock discretionary effort and compound returns through commitment, not compliance.
View Episode Notes →
Stop Playing to Start Leading
Stop doing more. Start redefining the game. Real career growth isn't about outworking others--it's about strategic withdrawal, cutting 80% of tasks, and becoming the one person who can create calm on demand. Influence follows when you stop proving and start leading.
View Episode Notes →
The Hidden Cost of Reliability: Burnout and Eroded Critical Thinking
Being "too reliable" erodes critical thinking and leads to burnout. Discover how to cultivate calm authority and strategic impact, a vital competitive advantage in the age of AI.
View Episode Notes →
Chronic Stress Habits Erode Executive Cognitive Function
Chronic overwork and constant self-criticism physically shrink the parts of the brain responsible for executive function. Master neuro-efficiency to swap high-stress habits for calm authority and regain your cognitive edge for high-level leadership.
View Episode Notes →
Burnout's Systemic Roots and Cultivating Internal Worth
Burnout is an occupational phenomenon, not individual weakness. Discover how workplace pressures and generational shifts erode efficacy, belonging, and performance, and learn to build lasting resilience through internal worth.
View Episode Notes →
Personality Assessments Obscure State-Driven Leadership Effectiveness
Personality assessments measure a theoretical best self, obscuring how internal states like stress dramatically alter leadership behavior and effectiveness.
View Episode Notes →
AI Brain Fry: The Present Erosion of Professional Thinking
AI is eroding our thinking, creating "brain fry" and dependency. Discover how to reclaim your cognitive edge and ensure AI enhances, not replaces, your core capabilities.
View Episode Notes →
Resentment as Signal--Not Weakness--for Burnout Recovery
Resentment signals a perceived inability to resolve issues, chronically activating your nervous system and leading to burnout. Reclaim agency by interpreting it as a call to action, not a personal failing.
View Episode Notes →
Leveraging ADHD Traits as a Leadership Superpower Through External Structure
Harness your natural drive: transform crisis-driven execution and interest-based focus into a sustainable leadership superpower, avoiding burnout and maximizing effectiveness.
View Episode Notes →
Systems-Level Prevention for Adolescent Depression Through Schools
Adolescent depression demands a radical shift, moving from reactive crisis management to proactive, skill-based prevention by leveraging schools as scalable intervention points.
View Episode Notes →
Human-Centered Leadership: Outpacing AI Through Empathy and Trust
Future leaders thrive by cultivating empathy and trust, not just tech skills. Mastering human-centered approaches unlocks innovation and talent retention, offering a competitive edge AI cannot replicate.
View Episode Notes →
Chronic Stress Rewrites Biology--Silently Eroding Health and Cognition
Chronic stress silently rewrites your biology, shrinking your hippocampus and accelerating aging, even when you feel fine. Understand these hidden costs to safeguard your health and performance.
View Episode Notes →
Anxiety as a Learned Habit Hijacking Cognitive Function
Anxiety is a learned habit that hijacks cognition, not a logical flaw. Discover how to retrain your nervous system and build resilience beyond traditional approaches.
View Episode Notes →
Identity-First Framework: Lasting Change Through Identity, Not Willpower
Stop forcing change. Lasting growth comes from embodying a new identity, not draining willpower, enabling natural behavior shifts for sustainable leadership development.
View Episode Notes →
Why Emotional Intelligence Outperforms the Fixer Mindset in Leadership
Solo high-achiever success actively hinders team leadership. Upgrade emotional intelligence to build trust, foster safety, and enable performance that AI cannot replicate.
View Episode Notes →
Podcast Shifts to Higher Signal--Fewer Episodes Mean More Impact
Leaders gain an edge by prioritizing fewer, high-impact insights over sheer volume, combating information overload and identifying contrarian ideas.
View Episode Notes →
From Gap Mindset to Gain Mindset: Sustainable Leadership Growth
Shift from a "gap" mindset of unattainable ideals to a "gain" mindset celebrating progress. This fuels confidence, fosters authentic connection, and enables sustainable leadership by focusing on what's working.
View Episode Notes →
Leveraging AI to Identify and Overcome Leadership Blind Spots
Unexamined beliefs create leadership blind spots, limiting decisions. AI coaching helps identify what you're not seeing to overcome these biases and improve outcomes.
View Episode Notes →
Retiring Outdated Standards: Path to Sustainable Leadership and Burnout Recovery
Burnout stems from outdated rules, not overwork. Elevate your standards to reclaim energy and focus on what truly matters, not just doing more.
View Episode Notes →
Caring Leadership Prevents Burnout and Improves Healthcare Outcomes
Prioritize your people: caring leadership prevents burnout and costly turnover, directly improving patient care and organizational performance. Invest in well-being for sustained success.
View Episode Notes →
Lead Without Permission: Act Decisively, Bypass Judgment, Create Value
Lead by inhabiting your authority and acting decisively, bypassing imagined judgment. Focus on high-impact moves and imperfect action to unlock significant value and overcome burnout.
View Episode Notes →
Invisible Leadership: Stabilize Humans, Remove Obstacles, Foster Collaboration
Stabilize human dynamics and remove obstacles first. This invisible leadership approach builds trust and collaboration, leading to high-impact, low-stress outcomes without formal authority.
View Episode Notes →