Reimagining You with Dr. Elie Daher

Dr. Elie Daher
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Conversations with leaders who reimagined themselves and their companies, and what it took. Each episode, Dr. Elie Daher sits down with a CEO, founder, author or board leader to explore the questions every leader now faces: how do you change a company that is still working, what does AI change about the leader's own job, and how do you become known for what you think, not only for what you run? Guests have included Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Professor Rita McGrath and Brett King. Dr. Elie Daher is a strategic ally to CEOs, author of two Amazon bestsellers, and President of the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches (ACEC). More at dreliedaher.com. Powered by Podeo — Listen here

  1. Sep 17

    Only 18% Noticed Any Change: Will Linssen on Reimagning You

    A company pays for executive coaching.   Twelve months later, the leader is delighted between 50% and 95% of coached leaders say they're satisfied with the experience.Ask the people who work for that leader whether anything actually changed, and the number collapses to 18%.Both numbers are real.   That gap is the subject of this episode.Will Linssen spent two decades in chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals as a country manager and company CEO and quietly coached leaders on the side for ten of them. Eventually the side job won. He became one of the first master certified coaches in Marshall Goldsmith's practice, helped carry stakeholder-centered coaching around the world, and then built his own firm: Global Coach Group. Four thousand coaches trained. Behavioural data on more than 100,000 leaders. Thinkers50 named him the world's number one coach trainer.And he makes a promise almost nobody in his industry will make. If a leader doesn't measurably improve in the eyes of their own colleagues after twelve months, the client never receives an invoice. Not a refund  no invoice at all.    We get into how that guarantee is even possible, why coworker satisfaction climbs from 63% at six months to 75% at nine and 95% at twelve, and the reason most coaching never registers with anyone except the person being coached. Alan Mulally, who ran Ford and Boeing Commercial Airplanes, emailed Will after reading his research and summed it up in five words: you can't manage a secret.We also cover the part every executive listening will recognize the day you leave the corporate structure and become what I call a PIP, a previously important person, with no title and no company name on the card. Will's advice on rebuilding from there is unusually practical. Why ICF is a qualifier and not a differentiator. Why you sell to your existing network first. And why you raise your cost base only after your revenue rises, never before.His new book is Everybody Wins: Better Leaders, Better Teams, Better Results, with Alan Mulally on the cover.CHAPTERS   00:00 The numbers that open this episode 1:59 A money-back guarantee on human behaviour 2:29 “They don't even get an invoice” 3:13 Why twelve months, and not six 03:39 63% → 75% → 95% 05:00 Twenty years on, leaders still struggle with the same ten things 08:35 Go-to-hell money 0:20 What to do before you jump 2:22 If you can't measure it, you can't manage i 16:29 What most companies call measurement 9:01 The 18% problem 9:50 What changes when coworkers are involved2 0:23 Alan Mulally's email21:31 “You can't manage a secret” 2:23 Declare it, ask for suggestions, build the plan together 5:02 The PIP: rebuilding a network from zero 6:42 Why LinkedIn is your best friend 8:10 ICF is a qualifier, not a differentiator 31:44 Who is Will when nobody's watching   BOUT THE GUESTWill Linssen — Founder and CEO, Global Coach Group. Master Certified Coach. Thinkers50 World's #1 Coach Trainer. Author of Everybody Wins.   BOUT THE SHOWReimagining You is where we get past the titles and the résumés to ask how leaders actually rebuild themselves. Hosted by Dr. Elie Daher, executive advisor, board director, author and coach, President of the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches.New episode every Thursday, 5:00 PM GST.Subscribe: www.youtube.com/@DrElieDaherMy book, Reimagining You: https://www.dreliedaher.com/category/all-productsLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dreliedahe   Research cited in this episode is published in Everybody Wins and its free companion e-learning, drawn from Global Coach Group's database and Marshall Goldsmith's research.   #ReimaginingYou #ExecutiveCoaching #Leadership #ROI #TalentDevelopment #CHRO #Thinkers50 #Coaching Powered by Podeo — Listen to this episode

    Only 18% Noticed Any Change: Will Linssen on Reimagning You

  2. Sep 10

    His Mother Let the Pram Roll. His Grandmother Said 7 Words : Geoff Hudson-Searle on Reimagning You

    “He's with me now.”   He was a few months old when his mother let go of the pram at the top of the driveway.   His grandparents arrived at exactly the wrong moment or exactly the right one.   His grandfather stopped the pram before it reached the road.   His grandmother picked him up and said seven words that decided the rest of his life: “He's with me now. Take me through the courts.”   Geoff Hudson-Searle went on to work in 160 countries, serve on boards from Kaspersky to StorMagic, write nine books and over 650 articles, judge Britain's National Business Excellence Awards for six years running, and build IBEM Gulf which he's now moved to Dubai.   In this episode of Reimagining You, we go past the résumé.We talk about the 7,500 steps he climbed at 58 with no training, and the moment on the way down when he wanted to stop.   We talk about what he calls indomitable spirit. We talk about the day he walked out of the C-suite and became what I call a PIP, a previously important person; with no title, no company name on the card, and what actually rebuilds your credibility from there.   Then we go where most boardrooms aren't looking yet: quantum computing that's already a thousand times faster than AI, the data-trust problem sitting underneath every AI decision your organization is making, and why he believes most CEOs today are completely off strategy.His new book is Infinite Trust.   Timestamps → 00:00 — "He's with me now" — the seven words → 00:44 — Welcome to Reimagining You → 02:23 — The pram at the top of the driveway → 04:07 — 7,500 steps at 58, with no training → 05:15 — The moment he wanted to quit → 06:52 — Why doing something hard restarts you → 08:55 — Resilience builds trust → 10:03 — Indomitable spirit — the thing that can't be taught → 11:04 — Walking away from the C-suite to build IBEM → 13:33 — The PIP problem: no title, no card → 14:45 — Why he writes — the book that began in therapy → 17:33 — Networking: quality, never quantity → 19:29 — Crossing the chasm → 22:42 — No regrets, and why he still serves on boards→ 24:09 — The CEO technophobe → 25:23 — Quantum is here — and your data isn't ready→ 26:30 — Ten years ago, trust was a “fluffy subject” → 28:50 — Why most CEOs are off strategy → 30:22 — The era of knowledge → 31:49 — Eagle or hummingbird → 32:09 — Infinite Trust — the new book → 33:54 — Close   If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe for more.   New episode every Thursday, 5:00 PM GST.   ABOUT THE SHOWReimagining You is where we get past the titles and the résumés to ask how leaders actually rebuild themselves.   Hosted by Dr. Elie Daher — executive advisor, board director, author and coach — with four decades of multinational leadership across 12 countries.   ABOUT DR. ELIE DAHERhttps://www.dreliedaher.com/   #ReimaginingYou #Leadership #ExecutiveCoaching #Trust #QuantumComputing #BoardLeadership #CSuite #Dubai #GeoffHudsonSearle Powered by Podeo — Listen to this episode

    His Mother Let the Pram Roll. His Grandmother Said 7 Words : Geoff Hudson-Searle on Reimagning You

  3. Sep 3

    His Greatest Prediction Was Reinventing Himself | Brett King on Reimagining You

    In 2008, Brett King's Dubai consulting firm was thriving $4.9 million in revenue.   A year later, it had collapsed to $370,000. Instead of rebuilding, he wrote a book. That decision reshaped the future of banking.   In this episode, Brett shares the honest story behind Bank 2.0, the bestseller that launched Moven — America's first mobile bank account and a decade of reinventing himself across industries.   In this episode: → How losing almost everything led to his biggest breakthrough → The real reason he wrote his first book→ Why visibility matters as much as skill → His take on AI, intelligence, and what's coming next → Why the ability to reimagine yourself is a core skill   CHAPTERS 00:00 — Cold Open: The $4.5M Crash 00:05 — Revenue Drop: $4.9M → $370K 00:11 — On AI Outperforming Human Intelligence 00:18 — “First Time Humans Are Exposed to This” 00:22 — If You're the Smartest Person in the Room 00:27 — 2008: Losing It All in Dubai 00:42 — Who Is Brett King? 47:45 — Welcome to Reimagining You 48:19 — Brett King: Godfather of FinTech 48:21 — 2008: Losing It All in Dubai (Revisited) 48:36 — Who Is Brett King?   — Dr. Elie DaherReimagining You Powered by Podeo — Listen to this episode

    His Greatest Prediction Was Reinventing Himself | Brett King on Reimagining You

  4. Jul 24

    The World Will Never Be This Slow Again | Alain Bejjani on Reimagining You

    “The world will never be as slow as it is today.”   lain Bejjani learned leadership in a warzone — then ran a $15 billion, 50,000-person empire.   He watched his father keep a business and its people alive through 15 years of civil war in Beirut — crossing demarcation lines to pay salaries in cash, because “you're not paying salaries, you're helping people stay alive.”   Then he became a lawyer, walked away from law, and ended up running Majid Al Futtaim: 50,000 people, 17 countries, built from a single Dubai mall.   In this episode of Reimagining You with Dr. Elie Daher, he dismantles the rules most careers are built on:The voice from above. “If you're waiting for a voice from above, it never comes. The voice comes from within.”   The business card. “Success is not the title on your business card. Success is when your name means something to people — it's the only thing you take with you on your last day.”   Promotion on performance. “I do not promote a successful person. Would you buy a new iPhone with zero memory space? What matters is the memory space you have left.”   Being indispensable. “An indispensable CEO is a bottleneck. A successful CEO is there, is felt, but is not seen.”   Plus: how will.i.am pitched him an AI assistant in 2016 — years before ChatGPT — why AI is the first non-biological intelligence in history, and the one trait that will decide who survives what's coming: adaptability.   Alain Bejjani is the former CEO of Majid Al Futtaim, a Shark on Shark Tank Lebanon, and the author of NEXT: Leading Through the New Realities.   IN THIS EPISODE (00:00) The world will never be this slow again (01:14) Why will.i.am built him an AI assistant in 2016 (03:37) Leadership learned in a warzone (09:57) Salaries through the crossfire (12:19) The voice never comes from above (13:39) The comfort trap (17:18) Your name is your title (20:52) "My name is my title" — the Majid story (21:56) Why he never promotes successful people (27:57) The CEO who refuses to be needed (35:41) NEXT: the four new realities (43:06) The final word: adaptability   New episode every Thursday, 5 PM Dubai time.    Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cq0lyCCN5QA   Rebuilding who you are after the title? Start here: https://reimaginingyou.me Powered by Podeo — Listen to this episode

    The World Will Never Be This Slow Again | Alain Bejjani on Reimagining You

  5. Jul 24

    You Don't Have to Be Unique to Be Successful | Marilyn Zakhour on Reimagining You

    Here's the polished version, ready to paste into Podeo:You don't have to be unique to be successful, you have to be relentless.   Fired as CEO of the Dubai Opera in the pandemic, Marilyn Zakhour rebuilt from her kitchen table. Three days of cooking later, she started Cosmic Centaurs, a firm that has now reached more than 90,000 people in over 90 countries.   In this episode of Reimagining You, she dismantles three beliefs that keep talented people stuck:   That confidence means having the answer. ("Confidence is the belief that you will figure it out.")   That your idea must be one-of-a-kind. ("If no one's had the same idea as you, I'm not sure it's great. Relentlessness matters more than uniqueness.")   That there will ever be a right time. ("Who would have said a good time to start a company is April 2020?")   She also makes the case her TEDx talk is famous for: the world is being taught servant leadership and psychological safety while the Majlis was invented here. Leading from the Arab world isn't a regional story. It's a global one being told by the wrong narrators.   Plus: networking for people who hate networking, the "favorite tree" question that replaces small talk, why AI won't fix a broken organization, and what to tell your kids to study when nobody knows what jobs will exist in five years.   Marilyn Zakhour is the founder & CEO of Cosmic Centaurs, former CMO of Emaar and CEO of the Dubai Opera, a trained architect, Harvard Business Review contributor, and TEDx speaker.   Chapters 00:00 — Confidence is not knowing the answer (cold open) 01:49 — An architect who never built a building04:45 — What they saw in her 06:24 — Fired from the Dubai Opera 09:14 — Why “Cosmic Centaurs” 11:34 — There is never a right time 13:55 — You don't have to be unique to be successful16:11 — The Majlis was invented here 21:30 — Networking for people who hate networking 28:20 — “What's your favorite tree?” 29:04 — AI won't fix a broken organization 33:56 — What to study when jobs disappear   Reimagining You with Dr. Elie Daher   Subscribe for a new episode every Thursday, 5 PM Dubai time: https://www.youtube.com/@DrElieDaher   Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/dzT-UsgtZUg   Rebuilding who you are after the title? Start here: https://reimaginingyou.meMore from Dr. Elie Daher: https://reimaginingleadership.com   #leadership #personalbranding #careerreinvention #entrepreneurship Powered by Podeo — Listen to this episode

    You Don't Have to Be Unique to Be Successful | Marilyn Zakhour on Reimagining You

  6. Jul 24

    The Advice That Changed Everything | Dr. Waddah Ghanem Al Hashmi | Reimagining You.

    “You cannot talk heart to heart from a pedestal or from a horse. You have to be at the same level.”   Dr. Waddah Ghanem Al Hashmi spent 28 years at ENOC, rising from the refinery floor to executive director. Along the way, he authored 12 books, became vice chair of a global maritime body at the IMO, and founded a platform built to challenge how the world teaches leadership.   But the advice that changed everything came from his father, a celebrated Emirati poet.   In this conversation, we explore: → Why mission isn't something you wake up with — it's iterative → The problem with teaching leaders using 1960s frameworks → What "you are not the customer" really means → How he builds relationships through 7-hour garden gatherings → The legacy lesson from raising twin chefs   One line stayed with me: “If you're teaching leaders today using frameworks researched in the 1960s and 70s… their ability to have real impact in such a changed world is limited.”   This is leadership without the playbook. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 — The one thing leaders get wrong 00:39 — Meet Dr. Waddah Ghanem Al Hashmi 01:58 — Finding your mission — why it's iterative, not instant 04:12 — The pivot: from engineer to academic, author, and leader 07:42 — The story behind the Platform for Connected Leadership 11:40 — Learner centricity: “You are not the customer” 13:26 — Why 1960s leadership frameworks fail in today's world 17:36 — Telling clients the truth: culture change takes 3–5 years 20:10 — The empathy deficit in modern leadership 21:27 — Visible impact: stories from retail and energy leaders 27:19 — Networking that lasts: connecting human to human 30:38 — The 7-hour garden gatherings 33:56 — Legacy: what stays when you leave the room38:49 — Raising twin chefs: influence without pushing40:16 — The coffee meeting that started this conversation41:00 — "What do people say about you when you leave?"44:15 — Titles expire — the final word   About Reimagining You Reimagining You is where we go past the titles and résumés to ask how leaders actually built something that lasts. Hosted by Dr. Elie Daher — author, executive coach, and leadership advisor.   Subscribe for weekly conversations with leaders who reimagined what was possible.   Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/VDqUjRPbtyw   #Leadership #ExecutiveCoaching #PersonalBranding #Reimagining #DrWaddahGhanem #UAE #ENOC #LeadershipDevelopment #Podcast Powered by Podeo — Listen to this episode

    The Advice That Changed Everything | Dr. Waddah Ghanem Al Hashmi | Reimagining You.

  7. Jul 24

    He Was Almost Off the Plane — Then He Turned Back Into the Water

    He was three steps from the exit. The water was rising. Then he heard his mother's voice, and climbed back into a sinking plane to help strangers.   Dave Sanderson was the last passenger off US Airways Flight 1549: the "Miracle on the Hudson." But the crash isn't the story. What he did with the 208 seconds after is.   In this episode of Reimagining You, Dr. Elie Daher unpacks how Dave turned catastrophe into a framework leaders can actually use: how to manage your state when everything breaks loose, why the meaning you attach to an event decides the emotion you live in, and how executives can build an identity and brand that survives losing the title.   If you've ever feared becoming a "previously important person" the day you leave the role, this one is for you.   ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 — "Brace for impact" — the first thought 02:10 — Almost out — why he turned back 04:33 — His mother's voice: “Do the right thing” 07:10 — Zero resources in the water — resourcefulness vs. “we don't have budget” 09:36 — The meaning you attach produces the emotion you're in 12:24 — Reframing meaning: the avalanche survivor 16:08 — Tony Robbins & state management — 3 techniques you can use 28:49 — From networking to collaboration: visibility that compounds 30:52 — Wormholes — what Ed Sheeran, Oprah & Dr. Phil have in common 33:22 — The A-to-I = Affinity framework (don't skip the sequence) 40:28 — Final word: take care of your team first   👤 About the GuestDave Sanderson — survivor of the Miracle on the Hudson, keynote speaker, and author of Moments Matter and From Turmoil to Triumph. He raised millions for the American Red Cross and now teaches leaders how to perform when failure is not an option.   🎙️ About the ShowReimagining You is the show about how leaders reinvent themselves when the title, the role, or the plan falls away — hosted by Dr. Elie Daher.   Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/iaWQIJ_Q7qc   If Dave's story moved something in you, subscribe and share it with one person who needs to hear it. #Leadership #MiracleOnTheHudson #DaveSanderson Powered by Podeo — Listen to this episode

    He Was Almost Off the Plane — Then He Turned Back Into the Water

  8. Jul 24

    Cut 3 Times, Then 9 Years Pro: Dre Baldwin on Discipline | Reimagining You

    Dre Baldwin, CEO of Work On Your Game, pro athlete turned entrepreneur, and the man who invented the online athletic training video genre, joins Dr. Elie Daher for one of the most practical conversations on discipline, identity, and reinvention we've recorded.In this episode:→ Why discipline is NOT a personality trait (and what it actually is) → The 4-pillar sequence: Principles → Structure → Discipline → Confidence → IF → UNTIL: the one word that separates amateurs from professionals → 60 agents, 20 tapes, 1 contract — the most raw initiative story you'll hear → Why your knowledge dies with you unless you turn it into an asset → How to evolve your brand across platforms without losing your voice → The real reason most people never get confident (they have the formula backwards) Subscribe to Reimagining You, weekly conversations with leaders who refuse to stop building. Connect with Dre BaldwinWebsite: workonyourgame.com LinkedIn: Dre Baldwin Books: 41 titles available on AmazonPodcast: Work On Your Game Chapters 00:00 — Cut three times: the story most people quit on02:34 — Inside Dre's day: the 3:30am non-negotiables04:43 — "This is our gym": changing a culture 07:24 — Reinvention and the identity shift that comes first11:00 — The four pillars, starting at the principle level 16:14 — Why discipline isn't a personality trait 20:22 — The one pillar people avoid most 25:00 — 60 agents, 20 tapes, 1 yes: taking initiative28:15 — The real risk of staying invisible 32:02 — Failure, resilience, and stocking shelves overnight35:59 — "If" vs. "Until": the one-word shift 41:01 — Evolving without losing your voice 50:34 — Closing: reinvention is discipline applied long enough About Reimagining You Reimagining You is the podcast where we explore what happens when people stop living inside their titles and start building something of their own, hosted by Dr. Elie Daher, executive coach, author, and leadership strategist. Subscribe for new episodes and share this with someone who's waiting for permission to start. Connect with Dr. Elie Daher:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dreliedaher/ Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/c1jnH2Vo3hQ #DreBaldwin #ReimaginingYou #Discipline #Leadership #PersonalBranding Powered by Podeo — Listen to this episode

    Cut 3 Times, Then 9 Years Pro: Dre Baldwin on Discipline | Reimagining You
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Conversations with leaders who reimagined themselves and their companies, and what it took. Each episode, Dr. Elie Daher sits down with a CEO, founder, author or board leader to explore the questions every leader now faces: how do you change a company that is still working, what does AI change about the leader's own job, and how do you become known for what you think, not only for what you run? Guests have included Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Professor Rita McGrath and Brett King. Dr. Elie Daher is a strategic ally to CEOs, author of two Amazon bestsellers, and President of the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches (ACEC). More at dreliedaher.com. Powered by Podeo — Listen here

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