#22 | Three CEO Traits Making You Unapproachable In The Boardroom

Boardroom Breakthroughs: Executive Leadership Skills for CEOs to Align the C-Suite & Eliminate Boardroom Friction

Is your leadership presence unconsciously shutting down your team’s best ideas?

Even confident executives often feel intimidated by their CEO. In this episode, we explore the hidden communication habits and leadership behaviors that silently stifle innovation—even when your intent is to empower.

You’ll learn how the absence of psychological safety can undermine collaboration, slow progress, and cost your company its next competitive advantage.

You’ll discover:

1. The 3 invisible behaviors that make senior team members hesitant to share bold or contrarian ideas
2. How to identify unconscious communication patterns that block innovation
3. Strategic vulnerability techniques that turn “performance theater” into authentic team collaboration

Listen now to learn how shifting your leadership presence can unlock innovation across your team.

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This podcast dives into leadership at the executive and C-suite level, focusing on high performance, CEO development, and boardroom challenges like conflict, cohesion, and decision-making. It explores executive coaching, personality and behavioral assessments (including DISC, Myers Briggs, HPI, and handwriting analysis), and tools for better executive profiling, team dynamics, and organizational fit.

Topics include inclusion, diversity, corporate culture, recruitment, outplacement, and resolving issues like miscommunication, underperformance, and leadership blindspots. Designed for CEOs, board members, and recruiters, it aims to build trusted leadership, team alignment, cohesion, and better decisions through clarity, calm, and improved communication.