Think of this podcast as the leadership voice notes you wish landed in your inbox. Quick, candid, and straight to the point. As a seasoned executive coach, who has spent years helping senior leaders navigate the toughest questions, I'm here to help answer yours: How do I lead with authority without losing authenticity? How do I balance confidence with compassion? How do I manage my time, my team, and myself when the stakes are high? Each episode answers one of those pressing leadership questions - the kind you wrestle with in the middle of the night or before a big meeting. No unnecessary fluff, no theory for theory’s sake. Just practical tools, fresh perspectives, and strategies you can use right away. Whether you’re running a team, shaping culture, or making decisions that ripple across an entire organisation, these notes are here to help you do it with clarity, confidence, and control.
Think of this podcast as the leadership voice notes you wish landed in your inbox. Quick, candid, and straight to the point. As a seasoned executive coach, who has spent years helping senior leaders navigate the toughest questions, I'm here to help answer yours: How do I lead with authority without losing authenticity? How do I balance confidence with compassion? How do I manage my time, my team, and myself when the stakes are high? Each episode answers one of those pressing leadership questions - the kind you wrestle with in the middle of the night or before a big meeting. No unnecessary fluff, no theory for theory’s sake. Just practical tools, fresh perspectives, and strategies you can use right away. Whether you’re running a team, shaping culture, or making decisions that ripple across an entire organisation, these notes are here to help you do it with clarity, confidence, and control.
It only takes one moment to change the whole room. In this episode, we explore how small leaks of emotion - a sharper tone, a tighter posture, a split-second reaction - can reshape how people interpret you and shift the trajectory of a conversation or meeting. You’ll learn how to spot the signals you’re sending before others do, how to recover fast when a moment lands badly, and how to use emotion intentionally so it strengthens your leadership instead of undermining it.
You’re busy, but not progressing. Sound familiar? In this episode, Cecilie Søndergaard Nielsen breaks down the neuroscience of overwork — why high performers often confuse activity with impact, how dopamine and anxiety keep you stuck in motion, and what it really takes to reset. You’ll learn how to spot the trap early, create space for strategic thinking, and reclaim calm, confident focus in a world thatrewards speed over substance.
Even the most capable leaders sometimes lose confidence under pressure. In this episode, executive coach Cecilie Søndergaard Nielsen unpacks why — exploring what happens in your brain when stress hits, why logic disappears just when you need it most, and how to regain clarity, confidence, and control in real time.