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Leadership Development Through Life’s Hardest Moments
What if your most painful experience became the doorway to your purpose?Â
In this raw and soul-nourishing episode of Inner Work, host MaryAnn Means-Dufrene sits down with Corinne King, mom, community leader, and now...
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Leadership Gets Real When Setbacks Hit
What do you do when a $2.5 million deal collapses days before launch?
In this episode of Inner Work, Toan Luong shares the raw truth behind building Ampersand from rock bottom to award-winning success, including a...
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Redefining Leadership: Calm in Crisis, Power in Presence
What if the best leaders aren’t the loudest in the room but the calmest?
Dr. Ashley Elgin-Barnes never chased a title. A lifelong introvert and clinician, she found herself repeatedly called into leadership, not...
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Trust Over Ego: Brad Wallace on Leadership
What if the feedback that stung the most… was exactly what made you a leader?
 In this episode of Inner Work, Brad Wallace, Partner at LKCM Headwater Investments, opens up about the emotional turning point that...
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Building a Thriving Real Estate Empire
How do you go from burned-out solo agent to visionary CEO leading a multimillion-dollar real estate empire?
 In this episode of Inner Work, host MaryAnn Means-Dufrene sits down with Ashton Theiss, founder of The...
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From Burnout to Breakthrough: Karen Finney on Leadership
What if your biggest leadership growth happens inside, not outside?
In this energizing episode of Inner Work, host MaryAnn Means-Dufrene introduces Karen Finney, a powerhouse HR executive, leadership coach, and...
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From One Hotel to 37: Paul Coury's Secrets to Scaling With Heart
Can you scale a company without losing your soul or your sanity?
In this episode of Inner Work, we dive into the real story behind a hospitality empire and the inner transformation that made it possible.
Paul Coury,...
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Healing to Lead Again: The Power of Slowing Down
Leadership can demand everything until your body demands a reckoning.
In this powerful episode, host MaryAnn Means-Dufrene sits down with Dr. Julie Kennedy, founder of Seed Wellness Co., to explore how chronic stress,...
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Leading from Within: Vulnerability & Growth
In this solo premiere episode, MaryAnn Means-Dufrene opens up about founding Collective Growth, wrestling with self-doubt as a "reluctant entrepreneur," and what it means to lead from the inside out. She dives into...
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