The leaders who will win the next decade are not reacting faster. They are thinking farther. In this episode, Dr. Sharalyn sits down with Liz Weber to unpack why so many leadership teams are underperforming, how culture quietly erodes execution, and what it actually takes to build organizations that are resilient, attractive to top talent, and strategically grounded. This conversation is a masterclass in foresight, discipline, and leadership courage for leaders who are tired of managing symptoms and ready to fix root causes.

• How Competency Bias Impacts Organziations

• Three Numbers That Can Change Workplace Culture

• Why Today's Leaders Are No Longer as Effective as They Need to Be

• How Savvy Leaders Lead

• How to Attract and Retain Top Talent in a Tight Labor Market

• How Leaders Can Create Productive, Meaningful Meetings

• Case Study on How Culture Impacts the Bottom Line

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Disruption gets applause. Legacy gets results. In this episode of The Game Changer with Dr. Sharalyn, we dismantle why so many bold transformations fail to stick—and what elite leaders must do to convert vision into durable systems that outlive personalities, funding cycles, and headlines. This conversation is for leaders who don't just want to spark change—but institutionalize it.

• Disruption without systems is just noise. Real change is proven by what still works when you're no longer in the room.

• Most transformations fail at the handoff. Vision isn't the problem—translation into operating rhythm is.

• Legacy leaders think in infrastructure, not initiatives. They build governance, cadence, and accountability—not one-off wins.

• Culture is the carrier signal of strategy. If behavior doesn't change, nothing has changed.

• Your true leadership test: What survives your exit?

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What happens when the very traits that make women exceptional leaders quietly erode their intimacy, wellbeing, and sustainability? In this episode of The Game Changer, Dr. Sharalyn Payne sits down with Dr. Brittany McGeehan to expose The Powerhouse Paradox—the hidden emotional architecture behind over-functioning, rescuing, and chronic self-reliance among C-suite women.

This is a masterclass on how early life dynamics quietly shape boardroom behavior, relationships, and mental health—and what it takes to break the cycle without dimming your power.

• The Powerhouse Paradox explained: Why the same over-capacity, hyper-competence, and self-sufficiency that drive executive success often create exhaustion, relational strain, and emotional isolation.
• The Rescuer Reflex: How high-performing women unconsciously over-give, over-fix, and over-function—and why it sabotages both leadership effectiveness and intimacy.
• Trauma-driven excellence: Over-functioning isn't always ambition—it's often a survival strategy learned early and rewarded professionally.
• The receiving gap: Why "letting it be easy" feels unsafe for high-capacity women—and the first practical step toward rewiring that pattern.

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In this episode of The Game Changer with Dr. Sharalyn, we sit down with Regina Huber, CEO of Transform Your Performance, global leadership expert, and former Boston Consulting Group leader, to challenge one of leadership's most persistent assumptions: that mindset alone is enough.

With leadership experience spanning five continents and a career that bridges elite consulting, entrepreneurship, media, and executive coaching, Regina brings a rare global and practical lens to leadership development. In this conversation, she introduces a more complete leadership model—one that integrates mindset, heartset, presence, embodiment, and energy to help leaders stand out with confidence and credibility.

This episode is for leaders who are capable, accomplished, and ambitious—yet sense that something essential is missing from the way leadership is commonly taught.

• Heartset—how leaders relate to themselves, their values, and their truth—shapes trust, decision-making, and how others experience their leadership.
• One of the most compelling parts of the conversation: how Regina's passion for dance informs her leadership philosophy and reinforces the idea that leadership is not only cognitive—it is embodied.

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Most leaders don't fail because they lack ambition, discipline, or intelligence. They fail because they are unknowingly running outdated internal programs that sabotage clarity, decision-making, and momentum.

In this powerful conversation, Dr. Sharalyn Payne sits down with Dr. Alain Salas to dismantle the myths of traditional goal-setting and expose what actually governs performance: mindset architecture, emotional regulation, and subconscious decision loops. This episode is a wake-up call for leaders who are doing "everything right" and still feel stuck, depleted, or frustrated by diminishing returns.

• The 3-step process to reprogram business blocks, negative thought loops, and unproductive emotional pattern.
• Personal and professional development go hand in hand.
• You are more powerful than you think.

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Disruptive leaders are often the ones who see what's broken long before others are willing to name it, but vision without discipline can quietly create burnout, resistance, and chaos. In this deeply personal and strategic episode, Dr. Sharalyn explores the hidden cost of constant disruption and reveals how elite leaders drive innovation without exhausting their people or destabilizing the system.

If you're leading change, carrying urgency, and feeling the tension between speed and sustainability, this episode offers clarity, recalibration, and a more powerful way forward.

The most respected disruptors aren't the loudest voices in the room. They're the leaders who change systems without breaking people.

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Healthcare is no longer just a line item—it's a leadership decision with human, cultural, and economic consequences. In this episode, Dr. Sharalyn Payne sits down with Donovan Pyle to unpack how wasted healthcare dollars quietly drain employee well-being, suppress creativity, and erode organizational performance—and how visionary leaders can reclaim healthcare as a lever for economic empowerment, trust, and retention.

This conversation challenges executives to move beyond cost containment and into strategic stewardship, where benefits design becomes a catalyst for freedom, focus, and sustainable growth.

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In this week's conversation, Kurt Uhlir — accomplished executive, operator, and global speaker — dismantles one of leadership's oldest misconceptions: that authority is the source of power. In reality, influence multiplies when leaders choose to serve.

Kurt brings decades of experience leading high-growth companies and elite teams. In this episode, he reveals why the leaders who scale organizations — the ones whose teams outperform, innovate, and stay committed — are those who practice strategic service, not performative leadership.

Together, we explore why the organizations built on trust, service, and empowered cultures are the ones that win.

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If you're ready to build teams that execute with consistency, trust, and resilience…
Start by serving the people you lead.

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