When you step into a high-level role, the biggest enemy isn't the workload—it's Imposter Syndrome. You could be leading people who have been there for a long time and know more than you do. You may find yourself sitting in executive meetings wondering if you belong at the table.

In the conclusion of this live coaching session with "Paul," we move from the intellectual to the psychological. We break down how to lead a team of experts when you aren't one, and how to project authority before you feel ready.

In this episode, you will learn:

-Leading When You Aren't the Expert: How to manage a team that knows more than you do without losing their respect (or your confidence) .

-The "Elephant in the Room": Why (and how) to verbally acknowledge your blind spots to your team to build trust rather than suspicion .

-The Acclimation Trap: How to balance the need to learn with the pressure to produce results—and how to know exactly when to switch from "listening" to "directing" .

-Commanding the Room: How to establish Executive Presence with the C-Suite, even if you feel like the "new kid" at the table .

Resources:

-Join the Conversation: Join our Leadership Mindset 2.0 community on LinkedIn or Facebook

-Get Live Coaching: Move from listening to doing inside the Growth Leaders Collective. Start your $1 trial at RMichaelAnderson.com/GLC

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Executive Coaching Certification - 2026

Have you ever snapped at someone on your team, avoided a hard conversation, or micromanaged a project you should have let go? That wasn't a leadership failure. That was your ego. And in this episode, I'm going to show you exactly what that means and how to fix it.

Every tool I teach traces back to this one principle. Once you understand it, you will never look at your own behavior the same way again.

In this episode, we explore:

-The Ego Trigger: Why your brain reacts the same way to a hostile boardroom as it does to a physical threat, and what that chemical reaction is silently doing to your leadership

-The Authentic Self Advantage: Why the leaders people actually want to follow are not the loudest or toughest in the room, they are the calmest

-The Leadership Cost: How every poor leadership trait, micromanaging, blame-shifting, avoiding hard conversations, traces back to one single source

💪 Your Challenge This Week: Pick one situation where you know you get triggered. Before you walk into it, ask yourself: "Am I in my ego or my authentic self right now?" That one question is often enough to shift everything.

You are safe. Lead from that.

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Executive Coaching Certification - 2026

Starting a new executive role is high-stakes. You have 90 days to prove your value, navigate office politics, and set a strategic vision—all while learning a new culture from scratch.

In this live coaching session, I work with "Paul," a newly hired Senior VP of HR at a 5,000-person company. He is stepping into a 100-year-old organization that is successful but stuck in its ways.

In Part 1 of this 2-part series, we break down the Preparation Phase. We discuss how to decode the hidden motivations of the C-Suite and how to build a 30-60-90 Day Plan that establishes immediate credibility.

In this episode, you will learn:

-The Key Objective: The #1 thing you need to do to ensure that the company, and the team, are glad they hired / promoted you.

-A 30-60-90 Framework you can follow to guide the expectations you set and achieve that makes it manageable and successful

-The "Tenure Trap": How to respect the history of a company without letting it kill innovation .

Resources:

-Join the Conversation: Join our Leadership Mindset 2.0 community on LinkedIn or Facebook

-Get Live Coaching: Move from listening to doing inside the Growth Leaders Collective. Start your $1 trial at RMichaelAnderson.com/GLC

Mentioned in this episode:

Join the Executive Coaching Certification here

Executive Coaching Certification - 2026