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Leadership and Team Health guided by the Enneagram: Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams
Leadership and Team Health guided by the Enneagram: Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams
This leadership podcast, hosted by coach and strategist Stephanie Freeth, helps leaders build authenticity and create high-performing teams. It covers communication, trust, decision-making, and managing change. Each episode provides practical tools for becoming a more effective and resilient leader.
Episodes
The 5 Biggest Mistakes New Managers Make in Their First 6 Months
Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams
Episode: The 5 Biggest Mistakes New Managers Make in Their First 6 MonthsHost: Stephanie Freeth
Episode Overview
The first six months as a manager can feel disorienting, overwhelming, and quietly high-pressure. In this episode, Stephanie Freeth unpacks the most common mistakes new managers make during this critical transition and what to do in
How EOS Transforms Leaders, Teams, and Companies Featuring EOS Implementer Jeremy Lopatin
What if the way you run your company could make your life as a leader easier, not harder?
In this episode of Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams, I sit down with my friend and EOS Implementer, Jeremy Lopatin, for a deep and honest conversation about what truly drives healthy, high-performing teams.
Jeremy and I share a belief that performance means very little without team health. Many or
Restoring Worth Beyond Work as an Enneagram Type 3 | Courageous Insights
Episode 12: Courageous Insights – Restoring Worth Beyond Work as an Enneagram Type 3
In this deeply personal episode of Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams, I’m opening up about the unconscious patterns, beliefs, and behaviors that shaped my journey as an Enneagram Type 3 (The Competitive Achiever).
For much of my life, achievement felt like oxygen. Productivity, performance, and pushing
Stages of Team Development | Courageous Insights
Shownotes & Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction: Why teams don’t start at high performance 00:49 – The 5 stages of team development (Tuckman model) 01:39 – What happens when teams get stuck in “storming” 03:11 – Why setting team norms builds trust and alignment 05:26 – The shortcut: Using the Enneagram to collapse the timeline 08:04 – Adjourning: Reflecting and celebrating progress 09:28
Facts vs Stories | Courageous Insights
Courageous Insights: Facts vs Stories As leaders, our perspective matters more than we realize. Too often, we get caught up in the stories we tell ourselves rather than the actual facts in front of us. In this video, I share a simple but powerful tool I first learned from The Conscious Leadership Group—the practice of separating facts from stories. 👉 Facts = what a video camera could reco
What new managers need most: A conversation with Amy Cell and Stephanie Freeth
What do new managers need most to succeed? In this episode, Stephanie Freeth sits down with Amy Cell — entrepreneur, speaker, and founder of Amy Cell Talent (now Yeo & Yeo HR Advisory Solutions). With over a decade of experience helping organizations scale people-first strategies, Amy brings a wealth of insights on what it really takes for new managers to thrive. Together, they explor
Innovation, Leadership & Authentic Expression with Christie Barrett
In this episode of Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams, host Stephanie Freeth welcomes her friend and accomplished leader Christie Wong Barrett—former CEO, board director, and lecturer at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Christie shares her career journey from MIT chemical engineer to McKinsey consultant, manufacturing company owner-operator, and now educator, reveali
Leading with Heart – Conscious Leadership, the Enneagram & Service
In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Stephanie Freeth sits down with Aubrey Macfarlane, President & CEO of Volunteers of America Michigan, to explore how conscious leadership, recovery, and the Enneagram have shaped her leadership journey. Aubrey shares how leading from the heart—and with vulnerability—has helped her transform both herself and her organization.
This is a must
The Voice of Courage: Embracing Imperfection and Daring to Suck
In this soulful episode of Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams, Stephanie Freeth is joined by the incredible Brothers Koren — Isaac and Thorald — to explore what it truly means to reclaim your voice, embrace vulnerability, and ignite your creative expression. From overcoming childhood silencing to daring to suck, this conversation dives deep into: ✅ The internal “small voices” that hold u
Letting Go of Being Right: Conscious Leadership in Action
What does it truly mean to lead with humility, curiosity, and courage? In this inspiring episode of Courageous Leaders Connected Teams, Stephanie Freeth is joined by Paul Blatt, CEO of Gesher Human Services, for a candid conversation on the transformational power of conscious leadership. Paul shares real-world lessons from leading through a pandemic, navigating a merger, and cultivating a
Using the Enneagram as a Lens for Decision Making
In this episode of Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams, host Stephanie Freeth reveals how your Enneagram type can profoundly shape your leadership decisions — often in ways you don’t even realize. You’ll learn how to: ✅ Use the Enneagram as a lens for understanding decision-making patterns ✅ Recognize how each type’s core motivations impact choices ✅ Shift from fear-based to curiosity-dri
Regulate to Lead: TRE, Trauma Healing & Nervous System Intelligence with Mark Gerow
What if your body held the key to courageous, grounded leadership?
In this transformative episode of Courageous Leaders, Connected Teams, leadership strategist Stephanie Freeth sits down with Mark Gerow, creator of My Daily Dose Practice, to explore why regulating your nervous system is not optional — it’s essential.
You’ll discover how powerful somatic tools like TRE (Tension & Traum
Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurship & Leadership Growth with Brian Smith
🌟 Episode Overview In this deeply insightful episode, Stephanie Freeth welcomes longtime friend and client Brian Smith, a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for impact. Together, they explore Brian’s personal and professional journey through leadership, conscious self-awareness, the Enneagram, and building purpose-driven ventures. Brian’s evolution from tech marketer to founder of a soc
Welcome to Courageous Leaders Connected Teams
🌟 Episode Overview
Welcome to the very first episode of Courageous Leaders Connected Teams! Host Stephanie Freeth invites you into a heartfelt and powerful conversation about what it truly means to lead with courage and foster connected, thriving teams. In this premiere episode, Stephanie shares her own leadership journey—from ballet and burnout to becoming a leadership coach and recordin
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