Confidence grows from self-trust. Neelu Kaur explains how to build both.

Neelu is an organizational psychologist, executive coach, and author of Be Your Own Cheerleader. She coached technologists at Morgan Stanley and now writes her second book, The Self-Trust Recession.

Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave talk with Neelu about why people outsource their authority to others and to AI. She shares the I and we dial, a tool for staying authentic while adjusting how much you speak for yourself versus your team.

You will hear why self-censoring kills good ideas in meetings. You will hear how leaders and employees meet each other at their bus stop across cultures. And you will leave with a simple practice: small, low-stakes reps to strengthen your inner compass.

Your team is not overloaded with work. Your team is overloaded with thoughtload.

Dr. Liane Davey, organizational psychologist and New York Times bestselling author, has spent her career working only with teams. She joins Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave to explain why activity and output keep rising while outcomes stall.

Liane breaks thoughtload into three parts: rising cognitive demands, growing emotional burdens, and shrinking energy reserves. She shows why leaders shape team dynamics more than anyone in the room. She explains the difference between emotions and feelings. And she shares a simple weekly practice: three one-hour blocks with zero input.

For coaches who work with leaders and teams, this conversation gives you a clear way to separate busy work from work toward outcomes.

Successful on paper. Anxious at 3 a.m. Dr. Liz DuBois Erskine coaches the leaders who live with both.

Dr. Liz holds a PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution and spent seven years in nonprofit executive leadership. She joins Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave to explain why imposter syndrome persists in high achievers.

Her core point: you grow outside your comfort zone, but never outside your safety zone. When a career move threatens your marriage, your income, or your reputation, no mindset shift will move you. You need to name the fear and find the one change in the system worth making first.

The conversation covers the loneliness of leadership, the limits of mindset coaching, and how she pinpoints where a client is stuck in under 15 minutes.