In today’s conversation, I’m joined by Corinne Gavlinski (Founder & CEO of The Gav Group) to name what this looks like in real leadership life, what it costs, and the antidote: creating space to reflect, getting back into your Impact Zone, and taking small, deliberate actions that restore clarity and momentum.

We also talk about identity jolts—those messy, humbling chapters that can become a catalyst for more grounded leadership when you stop trying to “power through” and start leading from truth.

• How to recognize when you’ve drifted into “lazy leadership” (even if you’re working nonstop)
• The antidote: how leaders return to the Impact Zone with clarity and intention
• Why identity jolts can refine your leadership and strengthen your legacy

• 01:54 — What “lazy leadership” is (and what it’s not)
• 04:27 — The Impact Zone + the antidote: space to reflect + a “catapult” tool
• 10:50 — Legacy leadership: “Who do you want to be remembered as?”
• 13:25 — Identity jolts: caregiving, pivots, ego hits, reinvention
• 16:30 — Betting on your innate talents (not just passion)
• 22:01 — A practical team clarity process (why accountability matters)
• 30:48 — The closing reflection + your 24-hour action step

The Impact Zone Guide

Corinne Gavlinski is Founder & CEO of The Gav Group and a thought partner to C-suite leaders who want results that matter—to their teams and their legacy. She’s a former SVP of Customer Success with 20+ years in executive Sales and Account Management roles across digital healthcare and finance. She holds an MBA from Loyola University Maryland and is board-certified as an executive coach and certified as a team coach.

Kc Rossi, PCC is an Integrative Leadership Coach and host of the Heart Glow CEO® Podcast, where mission-driven, high-performing leaders learn to lead with clarity, emotional steadiness, and self-trust—without burning out or abandoning what matters most.

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Instead of a full reset or visioning exercise, you’ll be guided through one simple micro-move designed to bring your mind, heart, and nervous system back into coherence in just one minute.

In this episode, you’ll experience:

• A one-minute coherence reset that signals safety to the nervous system

• A powerful question to help you release 1 thing before the year ends

• How small, consistent practices create cumulative impact (think compound interest for your well-being)

Join me for a grounding way to close 2025 with clarity instead of clutter!

💗💗💗 Until next time, breathe joy! Kc 💗💗💗

In this week’s conversation, we explore the hidden forces that keep even the most successful leaders feeling underexpressed, overextended, or quietly unfulfilled. Not because they lack skill or drive — but because they’ve outgrown the identities and operating systems that brought them this far.

You’ll hear how leaders accidentally fuse their worth to their productivity, why so many stay hyper-connected to everything except themselves, and the surprising reason achievement can sometimes flatten fulfillment. And most importantly: what conscious leadership asks of us next.

This isn’t about doing more.
It’s about expanding into the version of you that’s been calling your name.

• The real cost of the high-achiever identity loop — and why it creates contraction instead of advancement.

• How self-disconnection masquerades as competence (especially for leaders who excel at supporting everyone but themselves).

• The quiet crisis of “legacy without fulfillment” that so many high earners face — and the moment everything shifts.

These insights aren’t theoretical; they’re lived, embodied, and pulled from decades of experience in the inner architecture of leadership.

• The Peace Bubble — Your weekly space to restore coherence and reconnect with your inner landscape:
  https://www.heartglowceo.com/peace_bubble

• The Courage to Rise by Charmaine Heard — A beautiful example of conscious leadership and radical integrity in action:
  Learn More

If you’ve been feeling not broken, not lost — just underactivated — this episode may be the beginning of a very real evolution. Conscious leadership isn’t a title. It’s a practice, a homecoming, and a reclamation of who you’re here to be next.

Breathe clarity.
Lead lightly.
Glow from the inside out.