EEC 364: The Power of Connection: Unlocking Emotional Intelligence with Donald Weber

Donald Weber is a dynamic communication coach and speaker with a passion for transforming how leaders connect with their teams, clients, and audiences. Drawing from an extensive background in human behavior, psychology, and emotional intelligence, Donald equips individuals with the tools to communicate clearly, lead with empathy, and foster meaningful relationships. How did your personal journey from a struggling communicator to a consultant for high-level clients occur? What are the key body language insights you've learned from working with top corporations and government entities? How does emotional intelligence play a role in leadership? You've worked with influential mentors like Tony Robbins and Deepak Chopra—how have their teachings influenced your communication strategies? What are some of the most effective strategies for leaders looking to master public speaking and negotiation? Donald Weber Donald Weber is a dynamic communication coach and speaker with a passion for transforming how leaders connect with their teams, clients, and audiences. Drawing from an extensive background in human behavior, psychology, and emotional intelligence, Donald equips individuals with the tools to communicate clearly, lead with empathy, and foster meaningful relationships. His approach is rooted in body language analysis, self-awareness, and leadership, helping others not only speak effectively but connect deeply with those around them. What makes Donald's work so impactful is his personal journey. Once a self-described outsider who struggled with communication, Donald’s own experience of self-development became the foundation for his coaching. Today, he is dedicated to helping others not just become better communicators but better people through greater self-awareness. His most notable achievements include providing confidential consultancy services to the U.S. Government, including the Treasury, DHS, and State Department. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of Excellent Executive Coaching a company specializes in leadership development.

Andrew Stotz helps mid-size family businesses maximize the value of their business by getting on-time and accurate financial statements, professionalizing operations, and increasing profitability. Whether the goal is handing over the business to the next generation, raising capital, or exiting, the A. Stotz team maximizes the business's value and guides the whole journey. What You’ll Learn From this Episode: Learn about the top 6 mistakes people make when investing, including insights into financial investments, starting a business, or entering a relationship. Explore cultural differences in attitudes towards money between the US and Thailand. Use the 6 listed investment mistakes as guide for you to create, grow, and protect your wealth Andrew Stotz Dr. Andrew Stotz, CFA, with over three decades of experience as a financial analyst, assessed the value of 1,000+ companies, earning him the distinction of being voted Thailand's #1 financial analyst twice. Over 30 years, Dr. Stotz co-founded and managed two successful businesses in Thailand, navigating the challenges of entrepreneurship. Dr. Stotz served two terms as president of CFA Society Thailand and taught at various universities for three decades. He has a Bachelor of Science in finance, an MBA from California State University, and a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Science and Technology of China. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of Excellent Executive Coaching a company that specialized in leadership development.

Gain expert insights on the principles of competitiveness and effective leadership as Dr. Katrina Burrus and Stephane Garelli discuss in this episode. Learn the importance of effective leadership in creating followers and sharing a vision. Determine the distinction between being a chairman and a CEO or managing director and their respective responsibilities. Find out how leaders overcome and maintain a balanced perspective in their career and personal life. Stéphane Garelli Stephane Garelli is a world authority on competitiveness - has pioneered research and the theory in this field. Professor Emeritus at IMD (Institute of Management Development) Lausanne, where he has founded the World Competitiveness Center, he is also Professor Emeritus of World Competitiveness at the University of Lausanne. Good leadership requires effective communication. However, this requires interpersonal skills, compassion, and good followship. Let’s ask Stéphane Garelli, a professor of competitiveness and former managing director of the World Economic Forum. Gain expert insights on the principles of competitiveness and effective leadership as Dr. Katrina Burrus and Stephane Garelli discuss in this episode. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of Excellent Executive Coaching a company specialized in leadership development.

Tony Ulwick is the pioneer of the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory, the inventor of the Outcome-Driven Innovation® (ODI) process, and the founder of strategy and innovation consulting firm Strategyn. What is Outcome - Driven Innovation and why did Tony decide to make it open-source? What did your career as an engineer teach you about running a business? What causes failure and how can you diminish the risk of failure? What metrics reduce failure and how does WSJ know immediat ely that IBM's product was a failure? Why don't more companies adopt this process? HBR 2002 and HBR 2016 promote this process. How do you help companies implement the innovation and what are some of the causes of failure? Tony Ulwick Tony Ulwick is the pioneer of the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory, the inventor of the Outcome-Driven Innovation® (ODI) process, and the founder of strategy and innovation consulting firm Strategyn. Tony has applied his ODI process at some of the world’s leading companies and across nearly all industries to inform breakthrough innovations — achieving a success rate that is 5 times better than the industry average. Philip Kotler calls Tony “the Deming of innovation” and credits him with bringing predictability to innovation. Publishe d in Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, Tony is also the author of best sellers What Customers Want and JOBS TO BE DONE: Theory to Practice. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of Excellent Executive Coaching a company specialized in leadership development.

Mark A. Mears is a #1 Best Selling author, keynote speaker, consultant, and visionary business leader. He has a significant track record of building shareholder value. What are the 4 Ways to Grow from Leader to Legacy Builder? You've created a model called "LOVE". What is the process of this model? How do you help change leaders with a command and control approach? What was one of the biggest lessons you learned working in the C-Suite? What do you feel most corporate development programs get wrong and why?
 Mark Mears Mark A. Mears is a #1 Best Selling author, keynote speaker, consultant, and visionary business leader. He has a significant track record of building shareholder value. He has driven innovation and profitable growth among world-class, high-profile brands such as PepsiCo/Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Frito-Lay, JCPenney, NBCUniversal, and The Cheesecake Factory.
Today, Mark serves as Chief Growth Officer for LEAF Growth Ventures, LLC—a consulting firm helping individuals, teams, and organizations find purpose in fulfilling their true growth potential while making a positive, lasting difference in the world. Mark has just released a new book titled, The Purposeful Growth Revolution: 4 Ways to Grow from Leader to Legacy Builder. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of Excellent Executive Coaching a company specialized in leadership development.

Kelly Swanson is an award-winning storyteller, Hall of Fame Motivational Speaker, author of Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale, The Story Formula, and The Affirmation Journal for Positive Thinking. How did the power of the story change your life? What has been your career path? Why are you such an avid fan of storytelling in business? What are some of the outcomes that stories can produce? Why is it so important to have a why story? When you work with someone to improve their stories, how do you help them? Kelly Swanson Kelly Swanson is an award-winning storyteller, Hall of Fame Motivational Speaker, author of Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale, The Story Formula, and The Affirmation Journal for Positive Thinking, and is now starring in her one-woman show "Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale" in theaters all over the US. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of Excellent Executive Coaching a company specialized in leadership development.

Jeremy has a unique perspective on Coaching & Mentoring, by leveraging over 25 years of global C-Suite Leadership experience with the highest academic Coaching quali fi cations, most notably an MSc Master's Degree in Coaching & Mentoring gained from Newcastle University, UK. Describe how your own 25-year C-Suite Leadership experience has supported your transition to highly qualified practicing Executive Coach & Mentor. What specific areas of Coaching & Mentoring differentiate your approach from other Coaches? Why did you choose as your MSc Master's Degree Project "What are the views about HOW to evaluate Leadership Development Coaching?" What do you see as the biggest barriers to both Individuals & Organisations investing in Coaching & Mentoring? How would you approach the discussion and implementation of Coaching and Evaluation models in Organisations using your own bespoke approach? Jeremy Earnshaw Jeremy has a unique perspective on Coaching & Mentoring, by leveraging over 25 years of global C-Suite Leadership experience with the highest academic Coaching quali fi cations, most notably an MSc Master's Degree in Coaching & Mentoring gained from Newcastle University, UK. Jeremy focuses specifically on 'Coaching with Purpose', his own bespoke Coaching model which sets out Evaluation techniques for Organisations & Individuals, thus addressing a legacy opinion that Coaching interventions cannot be measured to demonstrate returns for Sponsors. Adopting a personally-created 'Progress Against Strategic Success' (P ASS) model of Evaluation, Jeremy uses the conclusions of his Master's Degree Research Project to inform his Coaching practice in engaging with Individuals & Organisations. His 12-month Project researched "How to evaluate Leadership Development Coaching", which delivered remarkable insight into how Stakeholders wished to see an impact of investment in Coaching. As an experienced C-Suite Executive, now with a portfolio of Non-Executive Directorships as well, his approach to Coaching & Mentoring is founded upon not just academic theory and models but on a real-life practical understanding of how Leaders & Organisations work. As a Coach, Jeremy addresses not just the more obvious gains of high performance in business but also works with coaches to help them manage all of the undoubted pains of career advancement and C-Suite Leadership. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of Excellent Executive Coaching a company specialized in leadership development.

Gary Frayter is a renowned Celebrity Brand & Social Media Consultant recognized for his expertise in elevating the digital presence of high-profile individuals and major brands. What are the key strate gies executives should adopt to elevate their personal and professional brands on social media? What common challenges do executives face when managing their public image online? How has social media transformed the way executives engage with people in their company? Given your background in managing celebrity brands, what lessons can corporate executives learn from celebrity branding? Gary Frayter Gary Frayter is a renowned Celebrity Brand & Social Media Consultant recognized for his expertise in elevating the digital presence of high-profile individuals and major brands. With a proven track record of managing social media for industry giants like Mike Tyson, Steven Crowder, Mark Sanchez, Brendan Schaub, and Gary Owen, Gary brings a wealth of experience and unique insights into the world of celebrity digital interactions. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of Excellent Executive Coaching a company specialized in leadership development.

Bettina Gordon-Wayne is an international journalist with 30 years of experience, a bestselling author, and a Certified Mental Strength Trainer. You shifted into being an expert in staying younger, for longer. What made the shift? Can you explain between the longevity of health and the mind/body connection? You’ve developed the "Younger With Age" protocol to help women turn back their biological clock. Can you explain what this protocol entails and the first steps our listeners can take to become younger? Bettina Gordon-Wayne Bettina Gordon-Wayne is an international journalist with 30 years of experience, a bestselling author, and a Certified Mental Strength Trainer. She became a first - time mother at 44 and, shortly after, faced a breast cancer diagnosis. Driven to live a healthy and vibrant life after cancer, Bettina dedicated over 4,000 hours to researching longevity, health, and mind-body connection. Bettina inspires a global audience through her motivating talks on "How to Get Younger With Age", podcast interviews, and her upcoming book, My Year of Getting Younger, where she shares her journey of turning back her biological clock. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of Excellent Executive Coaching a company specialized in leadership development.

Why do the most high-achieving leaders of the 21st century happen to be those who understand their own biology? Your host, Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, interviews Scott Halford and seeks an answer to this question. Halford’s book, Activate Your Brain, focuses on the unique value of willpower. Is it something you either have or you don’t? Is it a muscle that can be trained? How is willpower linked to impulse control? Is distraction a major stumbling block for many executives? How does one coach around it to overcome resistance? Scott Halford Scott Halford is a writer and long-time educator of businesspeople worldwide. He focuses on brain-based behavioral science, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and influence. In 2014, Scott was inducted into the National Speakers Speaker Hall of Fame. He has been the “Brainy Business” columnist for Entrepreneur.com, and blogs for Huffington Post.  Scott is the author of Activate Your Brain (2015) a Wall Street Journal best-selling book, and Be a Shortcut – The Secret Fast-track to Business Success. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of Excellent Executive Coaching a company specialized in leadership development.