Leaderful
Leaderful explores human-centred, systems-conscious approaches to leadership and building high-functioning teams. We focus on the core problems of burnout, disconnection, conflict, misuses of power, unethical leadership and stuckness on teams and within organizations.
Episodes
In this episode of the Leaderful Podcast, Pablo is joined by leadership coach and fractional COO Tina Mathas. Together, they unpack the deeply human side of startup scaling—from control and ego to purpose, burnout, and how hard it is to let go of your “business baby.”
Drawing on decades of combined experience, Tina and Pablo explore what keeps founders from scaling effectively, and why bringing in a fractional COO can be a game-cha...
In this episode of the Leaderful Podcast, Jeff and trusted advisor Denyelle Fraser sit down with Dr. Christen Behzadi—anesthesiologist turned DEI strategist and founder of IIC Firm—for a rich, honest conversation on what it really takes to create inclusive, high-functioning teams in today’s complex organizational climate.
Dr. Behzadi shares how her intercultural experience and early advocacy shaped her transition into equity work, ...
In this episode of the Leaderful Podcast, Jeff is joined by Nogol Madani—engineer turned workplace culture strategist and founder of Glee Factor—for a deep dive into psychological safety and why it matters more than ever.
Nogol shares her journey from engineering to exploring what makes teams thrive, and how a pivotal moment sparked her obsession with inclusion, team dynamics, and performance. Together, she and Jeff explore what ps...
In this episode, Jeff Couillard and Pablo Romero dive into The Ally Co.’s Leadership Impact 360°s, powerful experiences designed to support both professional and personal development through a combination of useful feedback, meaningful review, and focused action.
They discuss some of the reasons people struggle to request and receive meaningful feedback through typical performance review processes and present an opportunity to app...
In their transition from working women to working mothers, Erin Smith and Saphina Benimadhu-Waters both had unique but challenging return-to-work experiences that didn’t support them in the way they needed. Now, as co-founders of The Debut Co., they provide professional coaching to help parents take charge of their career journey and help organizations champion equity. They describe a truly equitable workplace as one where a person...
Tammy Arseneau is a consultant and coach who takes a science-based, systems-level approach to help leaders at all levels get to the root of common workplace challenges and build resiliency. In this episode, she joins Co.CEOs Jeff and Pablo to discuss:
- Why change can be so hard for individuals, teams and organizations.
- What leaders can do differently to operationalize their leadership and their power.
- How ...
In this episode of the Leaderful Podcast, Pablo and Jeff are joined by Lindsay Sheldrake to discuss how fractional COOs can help leaders get out of operational quicksand and into their strategic role(s), activate people around vision through focus and with trust, and operationalize power through more conscious ways of working.
Lindsay Sheldrake is a wife, a mother, a project manager, a purpose-driven leader—and a trusted advisor a...
In this episode of The Leaderful Podcast, Co.CEOs (Pablo Romero and Jeff Couillard) reflect on TACO's journey this past year. Part of their discussion focused on the latest positioning of our offerings in today's leadership and culture space, and what's become clearer in our work to create leaderful teams.
Some highlights from the conversation:
⚡ Foundational Alignment & Leaderfulness -- Any meaningful change (e.g. developing...
Co.CEOs Jessica Xiomara García and Emily Drake of Learning for Action - an organization helping create and support equitable learning cultures in the social sector - join Jeff and Pablo to discuss the nuances of harmonizing equity-grounded and data-informed approaches into organizational practices.
Listen in as they explore:
- Co.CEO origins stories => Giving us insight into how Emily and Jessica's personal backgrounds and ...
Consultant, designer and strategist in the field of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), Denyelle Fraser, joins our Co.CEO Jeff Couillard to discuss the opportunities and challenges of leading sustainable and systems-conscious change and transformation projects with an EDI focus.
Listen in as they explore:
- The importance of moving beyond EDI check-box initiatives
- The value of centering the voices and perspectives of the peopl...
Educator, innovator and advocate in the field of neurodiversity employment, Dave Thompson, joins our Co.CEO Jeff Couillard to discuss the opportunities and challenges of fostering psychologically safe workplaces for neurodiverse employees - and how that effort benefits everyone.
Listen in as they explore:
- The importance of 'challenger safety'
- How coaching is for everyone - not just neurodivergent employees
- How to make sense of...
- The importance of creating psychologically safe spaces
- Practices and insights for staying grounded and present
- The importance of feedback an...
- The importance of making power dynamics visible and transparent
- Advice for middle managers on navigating values and performance tensions
- Why power awareness is foundational to ethical leadership
- Why meaningful change requires building social capital
- The core drivers and indicators of problems/opportunities that exist within the intention vs. impact gap
- Why 'real' underlying problems don't get identified without conscious and skilled discovery work
- How leaders can approach doing meaningful discovery work...
- Five (5) types of power and how they each show up in our workplace systems
- Why overcoming addiction makes people powerful
- How power awareness helps to discover root problems for systems-change
- Why meaningful change requires ethical leadership (and some ...
- Discovery: "What do we know about this from 'their' perspective(s)?"
- Definition: "Why should people care about the 'problem(s)' we are prioritizing?"
- Important considerations for virtual vs. in-person learning
- Common barriers to designing and delivering experiences that drive meaningful change, and
- ...
In this episode, Jeff Couillard chats with Woodrie Burich on how to set and hold effective and healthy boundaries - at work and in life. They discuss self-care (beyond the band-aids) and setting boundaries before burning out. Enjoy!
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