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Elite Leader Insights™
Weekly insights to help you lead with more trust, clarity, and influence — from Donald C. Kunkel Jr., founder of the Elite Leadership Center™, author of The Foundations of Influence, and creator of the TECCA™ Influence System. Whether you’re leading a team, a classroom, a family, or a company, these no-fluff lessons are designed to help you build real leadership impact — rooted in trust, emotional intelligence, communication, credibility, and adaptability.
Episodes
11 episodes
Lead Without Permission – The Hidden Power of Decentralized Leadership
🎙 Lead Without Permission – The Hidden Power of Decentralized LeadershipEdition 31 – Elite Leader Insights™ PodcastIn this episode of the Elite Leader Insights™ Podcast, Donald C. Kunkel Jr. unpacks one of the mo...
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Through a Different Lens – A Leadership Perspective on Emotional Reactivity
🎙 Through a Different Lens – A Leadership Perspective on Emotional ReactivityEdition 30 – Elite Leader Insights™ PodcastIn this episode of the Elite Leader Insights™ Podcast, Donald C. Kunkel Jr. explores one of the ...
Leading Through Change — Why Most Transformations Fail Before They Start
🎙 Leading Through Change — Why Most Transformations Fail Before They StartEdition 29 – Elite Leader Insights™ PodcastIn this episode of the Elite Leader Insights™ Podcast, Donald C. Kunkel Jr. unpacks ...
Why We Still Struggle to Develop Leaders — and What’s Missing
🎙 Why We Still Struggle to Develop Leaders — and What’s MissingEdition 28 – Elite Leader Insights™ PodcastIn this episode of the Elite Leader Insights™ Podcast, Donald C. Kunkel Jr. unpacks one of the most...
Emotional Intelligence Is a Leadership Discipline—Not a Personality Trait
🎙 Emotional Intelligence Is a Leadership Discipline—Not a Personality TraitIn this episode of the Elite Leader Insights™ Podcast, Donald C. Kunkel Jr. breaks down one of the most misunderstood elements of leadership: emot...
We All Hate Pointless Meetings—So Why Do We Keep Having Them?
🎙 We All Hate Pointless Meetings—So Why Do We Keep Having Them?In this episode of the Elite Leader Insights™ Podcast, Donald C. Kunkel Jr. unpacks one of the biggest productivity killers in modern leadership: meetings that ...
How Comparison Hijacks Growth—and Steals Your Momentum
🎙 How Comparison Hijacks Growth—and Steals Your MomentumIn this episode of the Elite Leader Insights™ Podcast, Donald C. Kunkel Jr. takes on one of the most overlooked leadership traps: comparison.It doesn’t just d...
Stop Carrying Dead Weight: Real Leadership Requires Boundaries
🎙 You Can’t Teach Initiative: Why Effort Still MattersIn this episode of the Elite Leader Insights™ Podcast, Donald C. Kunkel Jr. unpacks one of the hardest truths in leadership: you can teach almost anything — but you ca...
The Power of Trust: The Cornerstone of Influence
🎙 The Power of Trust: The Cornerstone of InfluenceTrust isn’t soft — it’s foundational. In this first episode of the Elite Leader Insights Podcast, Donald C. Kunkel Jr.explores why trust is the most essential trait i...