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Trauma, Shame, and the Leader Within | The Breakdown Series
Most leaders are taught to keep parts of themselves out of the room.
What they don't realize is that hiding the wound is what slowly drains the leader.
In this Breakdown of our Inner Work conversation with Carol...
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The Founder Your Business Actually Needs (Part 2 with Dave Munson)
There’s a moment in every founder’s life when someone holds up a mirror they didn’t ask for. Sometimes it’s a coach. Sometimes it’s a spouse. Sometimes — the moment Dave Munson is most honest about — it’s an employee...
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The Founder Your Business Actually Needs (Part 1 with Dave Munson)
Most leaders hit a moment when the business they built can’t keep growing through them alone. Not because the work changes. Because they have to. In this episode of Inner Work, MaryAnn Means-Dufrene sits down with...
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Why High Performers Struggle When They Step Into Leadership - Part 2
You can be talented, driven, and deeply capable — and still spend years choosing paths that are easier than the one you were meant for.
This is the episode about what happens when you stop choosing comfort, and start...
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Why High Performers Struggle When They Step Into Leadership - Part 1
You can be high-performing, and still feel completely unprepared for what leadership demands next.This is the side of leadership development no one prepares you for.
In this episode of Inner Work, MaryAnn sits down...
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Healing Trauma to Lead Others Better
Most leaders are trained to manage strategy, performance, and results.Very few are taught how unresolved trauma quietly shapes the way they lead.
In this episode of Inner Work, MaryAnn Means-Dufrene sits down with...
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The Leadership Trap High Performers Eventually Face
High-performing leaders spend years mastering achievement; hitting targets, earning promotions, and pushing through pressure. But eventually many reach a moment where the strategy that built their success stops...
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Leadership After Rank: Reinventing Authority, Identity & Governance
Leadership development isn’t forged in comfort; it’s shaped in crisis, transition, and the quiet moments of self-reflection that redefine who we are as leaders.
In this episode of Inner Work, MaryAnn Means-Dufrene...
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The Pain That Changed Everything: A Leader’s Wake-Up Call
What happens when a high-performing entrepreneur hits a wall he can’t outwork?
Justin Mink helped scale companies to billion-dollar valuations, until chronic illness forced him to stop everything.
In this episode of...
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How Visit Fort Worth’s CEO Built Trust, Culture & a $2.4B Comeback
What happens when a leader built on calm presence steps into chaos, and still delivers record-breaking results?In this powerful episode of Inner Work, Bob Jameson, President & CEO of Visit Fort Worth, opens up...
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How Jennifer Limas Led Through Crisis & Transformed Her Team
What does true leadership development look like during relentless change?
In this raw, honest conversation, Jennifer Limas, CEO of Girls Inc. of Tarrant County, opens up about the breaking point that transformed her...
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You Have a Choice: Rethinking Leadership with Eric Nehrlich
What if the cost of “success” is your health, your joy, or your identity?This raw and powerful episode dives deep into the emotional journey behind leadership development and what it takes to come back to...
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