Optimising Leader Brilliance Podcast

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Lead strategically with calm confidence with Estelle Read, Bestselling Author, Coach, Speaker, and guests. Optimising Leader Brilliance is the self-improvement toolkit for leaders ready to break performance ceilings and achieve next level results. Get science-backed strategies and mindset shifts to tackle imposter syndrome, workaholism, anxiety, and self-sabotage. We provide stress relief and burnout solutions to help you reduce your workload and reclaim your time. We also share tools to clarify your strategic direction and deliver the brilliant results you’re capable of.

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We have welcomed an incredible array of guests to the show, including Professor Damian Hughes, host of the chart-topping High Performance Podcast, and Sarah Walker-Smith, the integrity-driven CEO of Shakespeare Martineau and head of the professional services group Ampa. Our line up also features Dr Linda Blair, a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and renowned broadcaster known for her work on The One Show and Child of Our Time, as well as Irini Tzortzoglou, a MasterChef winner and Greek culinary expert who transitioned from a career as a banking executive to becoming a sommelier and keynote speaker. In addition to hearing from these experts you can also listen to my bestselling book, Inner Brilliance • Outer Shine: 10 Antidotes to Imposter Syndrome, Workaholism and Stress.

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Optimising Leader Brilliance: Enabling Calm, Confident, Strategic Leadership

Are your leadership strategies failing to deliver next-level results, filling you with self-doubt or overwhelm? Stop self-sabotage and regain your edge with Optimising Leader Brilliance—the self-improvement toolkit for Executive Leaders and HR Directors. We help you feel inspired and grow both yourself and your business by transforming your leadership to be calm, confident, and strategic. Get a summary of the learnings from each episode with actionable steps in The Brilliant Leaders Notebook at EstelleRead.com.

When leadership feels stuck or team performance slips, thecause may be more than execution. Estelle Read and Arnaud Saint-Paul discuss coherence, fragmentation and strategic leadership, including the seven dimensions measured by the Heart Leadership Index. Hear how leaders can notice gaps between their vision and reality, examine the role they are embodying when making decisions, and use journaling, gratitude and small experiments to build awareness and alignment. The episode also explores how coherence work connected with a reported 10-point increase in one company’s coherence index and 600% growth in its client-acquisition KPI.

What You Will Learn

💡 How a gap between your vision and reality may signal fragmentation or misalignment—not simply an execution problem.

💡 The seven dimensions of coherence and how they can help leaders identify where they feel stuck.

💡 Practical ways to build awareness, reflect on daily patterns, and make more intentional leadership decisions.

Here’s to your leadership development and personal growth!

Estelle Read

Bestselling Author, Leadership Coach & Host of Optimising Leader Brilliance

Timestamps:

(00:00) The Cost of Fragmentation

(01:15) In This Episode

(02:05) The Key Takeaway: Coherence vs. Fragmentation

(06:05) What Is Coherence?

(08:18) Warning Signs of Fragmentation

(10:22) The Seven Dimensions of Coherence

(11:41) Example: Fragmentation in Joy

(13:39) How the Seven Dimensions Were Developed

(15:53) Research Findings on Coherence

(18:39) Free HLI Assessment

(20:10) Case Study: 600% KPI Growth

(21:40) Embodying Values Through Micro-Practices

(27:26) Signs of Incoherence in Leaders

(32:00) Defining Identity: The Black Box

(34:00) Releasing Patterns and Blossoming

(35:21) Three Actionable Takeaways

(41:16) Pause, Reflect, Act

(41:47) Coaching Questions

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