The Executive Coaching Podcast
by Elisia Keown
Ep 103: How to Pursue Your Biggest Goals Even When You're Scared
About this podcast
Join Elisia Keown, Executive Coach and Founder of Keown Coaching, on The Executive Coaching Podcast!
As a busy Leader with a large team, you don't have a ton of time to dedicate to researching how to solve the challenges with leading people that come up in the workplace, however, it's those issues that are keeping you up at night. You want to focus on leading your team to WIN, and you're stuck spending time thinking about how to solve an issue with your team instead. You'd love to focus on the business at hand, but you can't get past dealing with the issues with people that keep coming up at work.
This podcast will offer short episodes that tackle the themes and trends that come up most often for C-suite and Executive Leaders and the applicable coaching solutions that you can take away and implement immediately to make a difference.
If you'd like immediate support with the issues you're facing as a Leader, then book a call with Elisia at https://elisiakeowncoaching.com/call.
You'll be able to dive right into your most immediate challenge and work directly with Elisia to help you generate solutions to move you and your team forward to success.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 104 episodes
- Ep 103: How to Pursue Your Biggest Goals Even When You're Scared · 26 min · Episode 103Fear is often the only thing standing between high-performing leaders and the goals they want to achieve. In this episode, I explore why even the most accomplished executives…
- Ep 102: Stop Waiting for January: How to Make Q4 Count · 25 min · Episode 102There are still 10 weeks left in the year, and that's more than enough time to make meaningful progress on your biggest goals. As Q4 gets busy, it's easy to put things off, wait…
- Ep 101: Building Executive Relationships, Trust and Visibility · 21 min · Episode 101A promotion can change your title overnight, but it doesn't automatically change the way people see you. In this episode, I break down why high-performing leaders can step into…
- Ep 100: Confidence Is Not Outsourced · 26 minWhat if the confidence you're waiting for doesn't actually depend on the promotion, pay rise, title, or approval you're waiting to receive? In this 100th episode, I'm exploring…
- Ep 99: Your Why for Delivering Tough Feedback · 21 min · Episode 99What if the reason you keep avoiding a difficult conversation has less to do with courage and more to do with your why? In this episode, I'm breaking down why leaders often…
- Ep 98: How to Turn Vague Executive Presence Feedback into Action · 35 minWhat do you do when your boss tells you that you need "more executive presence" but gives you no idea what that actually means? In this episode, I'm breaking down one of the most…
- Ep 97: Why Asking for Help Makes You a Stronger Leader · 24 minDoes asking for help make you look weak, or does it make you a better leader? Many executives believe they need to have all the answers, solve every problem themselves, and never…
- Ep 96: How to Navigate Your Next Executive Career Move Without Losing Yourself · 30 minAre you feeling stuck between staying in your current leadership role and searching for what comes next? In this episode, we explore the challenges executives face during career…
- Ep 95: Why Mindset Alone Won't Build Executive Presence · 33 minCan you develop executive presence by simply thinking more confidently? In this episode, I'll explain why so many leaders get stuck chasing either confidence or communication…
- Ep 94: The Executive Asset: Protecting Your Time, Energy, and Capacity at the Top · 33 minWhat if the biggest risk to your organization isn't market volatility, but how you are managing your highest-stakes asset: yourself? In this episode, I flip the script on…
- Ep 93: Mastering the Executive Calendar Blueprint · 26 minThe single most destructive thing limiting your leadership capacity might not be your workload, but who actually owns your time. In this episode, I break down the essential…
- Ep 92: The Leadership Identity Shift: Executive Presence and Becoming the Next Version of Yourself · 30 minWhat if the biggest thing holding leaders back from the next level isn't skill but identity? In this episode, I break down the powerful connection between executive presence and…
- Ep 91: The Hidden ROI of Executive Coaching in High-Performing Companies · 35 minWhat if executive coaching isn't a "fix" for struggling leaders, but one of the smartest investments a company can make? In this episode, I break down why executive presence is…
- Ep 90: The Executive Job Search Myths Holding You Back · 31 minWhat if the reason you're not landing the roles you want has nothing to do with your capability? In this episode, I go behind the scenes of what's really happening in the…
- Ep 89: How to Network With Executive Presence · 26 minWhy aren't job boards landing you your next executive role—and what actually does? In this episode, you'll learn why networking is the true driver of executive-level…
- Ep 88: The Executive Job Search Is Different Now — Here's What Actually Works · 31 minLooking for an executive role right now and feeling frustrated with the process? The executive job search in 2026 is very different from early- or mid-career job searches, and…
- Ep 87: Executive Presence in Action - What Q1 Revealed · 26 minWhat if the results from your first quarter are actually reflecting your leadership? In this episode, I explain how Q1 can act as a powerful mirror, revealing the difference…
- Ep 86: Executive Presence Is a Discipline, Not a Personality Trait · 27 minWhat actually makes someone command a room, without raising their voice? Today, I'm breaking down the real rituals behind executive presence and why it's far more than charisma…
- Ep 85: Aligning Your Executive Presence with Your Goals · 25 minAre you performing well but still not advancing the way you should be? In this episode, I unpack what executive presence really means at senior levels and why performance alone…
- Ep 84: Building Your Leadership Foundation for 2026 · 23 minTop performers don't plateau because they lack ability; they plateau because they stop being intentional with their development. In this episode, we unpack the real cost of not…







