Access Your Leadership is a podcast that examines what it means to be a leader in the world today and how to maximize your own leadership potential. In this weekly show, Hakim Lakhdar, Florida's #1 Transformational Leadership Coach, gives you access to world-class guests who are willing to share their inspiring leadership journeys, revealing all the valuable hurdles and triumphs along the way. Through this podcast’s interviews and topic-based episodes, you’ll explore leadership skill develop ...
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Leading to the Finish: Building a Team for a Successful Business Exit
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Bob Tankesley, M&A Advisor, Principal at Neri Capital Partners, and Author of the new book, Exit Teams: Build a Team of Advisors for Your Business Sale to Get a Higher Price. In this episode, Bob shares his expertise in helping business owners prepare for and execute successful exits while building value in their companies. He goes on to explain th…
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From Wall Street to AllRise: Leading a Law Firm with Empathy
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Leslee Cohen, founder and managing partner of All Rise Legal Counsel, joins Access Your Leadership to share her incredible journey as a leader in the legal profession. From Wall Street to building her own boutique law firm, Leslee has redefined what leadership looks like in her industry by prioritizing empathy, flexibility, and authenticity. In thi…
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In this solo Thanksgiving Week episode of Access Your Leadership, Hakim dives into the transformative power of gratitude and how it can elevate your leadership game—both in leading yourself and others. Gratitude isn’t just a feel-good practice; it’s a leadership tool that fosters trust, inspires engagement, and drives impactful results. In this epi…
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Sales Leadership Rooted in Possibility and Positivity
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Dan Lubic is a Fractional V.P. of Sales, as a member of the Sales XCeleration network, which allows him to partner with small-to-medium sized businesses to help them drive sales growth. Dan joins Access Your Leadership to talk about his 36 amazing years building a career at FedEx, where he started as a delivery driver, and where that’s led him toda…
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Learning, Leadership and PR: A Conversation with a CEO (Chief Education Officer)
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Evan Nierman, the Founder and CEO of Red Banyan PR, a strategic communications firm specializing in public relations and crisis-management, joins Access Your Leadership for a conversation about how important life-long learning is to becoming and being a CEO. In this episode, Evan shares how valuable it is to “just show up” as a leader and business …
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Promoting the Collaborative Process Through Law & Leadership
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Robert Merlin is the immediate-past President of the Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals, former President of the Collaborative Family Law Institute and a Senior Partner and the Founder of Robert J. Merlin, P.A., where he represents clients in divorces through the Collaborative Process. In this episode, Bob gives a detailed and inspiring…
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Leading with Heart: A PR Success Story
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Michelle Mekky is the CEO and Founder of Mekky Media Relations, Inc., a member of the Strategic Advancement Committee, on the Executive Council for the International Public Relations Network (IPRN) and most recently a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council. She is based in Chicago, which is where she and Hakim met at an Exit …
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Thought Leadership: Celebrating One Year of Podcasting
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Rob Cressy is an AI & Self Development Coach, Entrepreneur, Podcast Host, Speaker and the Co-founder of the Unlimited Coach community. Rob and Hakim have run in similar circles for some time now and really connected when they attended a virtual conference for a coaching community, where they each helped elevate the virtual space for those not atten…
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Creation Vacation: The Space Where 'The Work' Gets Done
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A lot has happened since my last published episode, which I did with my father. Unfortunately, days after publishing that episode, my father was admitted to the hospital and ended up being there for 2 weeks. I am happy to report that he got some good medical attention and has been home now for a few weeks regaining his strength and getting himself …
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From Morocco to the American Dream: Special Education, Leadership and Family
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Dr. Sidi M. Lakhdar (aka “Lakhdar,” “Papa” and “Grand-pere”) is a retired Professor of Special Education. Before retiring in 2019, he spent 44 years of his career developing and designing programs, as well as teaching and training teachers of special education in multiple languages and multiple countries around the world. He is a dedicated husband,…
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The Power of Your Brand: Strategy, Design and Leadership for Business Growth
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Laura Sauter is a speaker, fractional CMO and the Owner and Senior Brand Strategist with Agency Bel, a boutique agency that develops identities and visual elements for print and digital communications focused on conscientious organization with a strong sense of corporate responsibility. She joins Access Your Leadership to share how she’s spent the …
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Community, Connection and Leadership in the Craft Beer Industry
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Andrew Coplon is the Founder of Craft Beer Professionals, a national network dedicated to the growth and betterment of the Craft Beer industry and Founder of Secret Hopper, a mystery shopping and consulting company for craft beer businesses. Andrew joins Access Your Leadership to talk about his journey that’s led him to developing a community of ov…
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The Winning Formula: Corporate and Sports Leadership Coaching
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Kathleen E.R. Murphy, an Executive Sports Coach and CEO of her company Market Me Too out of Boston, Massachusetts, joins Access Your Leadership to talk about her transition from corporate to coaching. Kathy shares how throughout her career she had a feeling that there was more she could be doing to align with her purpose. She initially explored pro…
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Life and Leadership Through Collaboration
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Dr. Heidi K. Gardner, an old friend and Harvard colleague, joins Access Your Leadership to share her incredible journey around the world, leading her to being an expert in the area of collaboration. Dr. Gardner is a Distinguished Fellow and Lecturer at Harvard Law School, a Co-founder of Smarter Collaboration International and CEO of Gardner & Co.,…
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Thriving Beyond Cancer: A Realtor's Inspiring Leadership Journey
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Rhonda Kohn, a Real Estate Advisor with Keller Williams Realty, joins Access Your Leadership to share her inspiring story about life after cancer and serving her clients. Rhonda helps buyers and sellers in both the Florida and California markets and she is also a three-time cancer survivor. In this episode, Rhonda shares what it was like finding ou…
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Realizing Your Leadership Potential: Embracing Choice and Transformation, Part 2 (The Journey)
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Al Kenny, an internationally respected coach, joins Access Your Leadership again for Part Two of his story of transformation that he shared back in March 2024. As you may recall, Al works to help people achieve their goals and dreams without stress and pressure. In Part One of this conversation, Al shared how he received some rather sobering feedba…
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Permission to Evolve: Supporting Business Success Through Leadership
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Russ Katzman, a Strategist, Coach, Mentor, Author and International Speaker and the Founder and CEO of Progeny Coaching and Consulting LLC, joins Access Your Leadership to talk about how purpose and evolution are two key ingredients for success in leadership and business. Russ shares some of the details on his own journey, starting from his early y…
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In this special Mental Health Awareness Month episode of Access Your Leadership, Hakim guides you through a brief 5-minute medidation dedicated to creating peace, power and passion in who you are as a leader. Hakim wants ever leader to absolutely love their leadership journey, both for what that creates for the life and career of the individual as …
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Leadership and the Family Business: Putting Relationships First
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Angel Gonzalez, the CEO of Millennium Benefits, joins Access Your Leadership to share his journey learning about and then ultimately leading his family insurance practice. Starting in the business in 1996, Angel worked closely with his mother and (then) step-father to support them in building the business. Never expecting to stay in the business lo…
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Bald Really IS Beautiful: Leadership, Advocacy and Authencity
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Deirdre Nero, an immigration attorney and owner of Nero Immigration Law, P.L., joins Access Your Leadership to share her incredibly inspiring story about her life and career after being diagnosed with alopecia at the young age of twenty-one. In this episode, Deirdre shares how you came to learn of her disease and how it impacted and also didn’t imp…
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Corporate Exec. to Franchise Owner/Consultant: Caring About People as a Common Thread
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Jim McEleney, a franchise consultant with FranNet who helps people look at their options for business ownership in the franchise model, joins Access Your Leadership to share some of his amazing stories and lessons from his international work and how that all led him to what he’s doing now. In this episode, Jim explains what it was like and what he …
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From Sales to Coaching: 25 Years of Elevating Lawyers and their Business
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Phyllis Sisenwine, aka The Lawyers Coach, joins Access Your Leadership to share how she got into coaching over 25 years ago and how she has successfully led herself and her clients during that time. Phyllis is a Certified Master Coach, a speaker and author and she works with clients (mostly lawyers) to help them develop themselves and build their b…
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In this solo episode, Hakim shares some food for thought pertaining to the harsh voice that sometimes shows up in all of our heads - our inner critic! In our younger years, our inner voice was much less critical and there to truly keep us safe. However, as we get older, gain experience and collect our stories, that inner voice turns into our inner …
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The Power Within: Self-Awareness, Leadership and Law Enforcement
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Dan Truex is a military veteran, a Lexington, KY law enforcement officer and the CEO of GuardLogic, a security company that provides top-notch security by pairing great people with real analytics to build out a custom program that focuses on constantly improving. He is also a devoted and loving husband and father. In this episode, Dan shares how, w…
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The Leadership Blueprint for a Thriving Law Firm: People, Culture, and Values
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Jeff Bast, a well-respected bankruptcy lawyer and cofounder of Bast Amron, joins Access Your Leadership to share his story and the leadership insights that allow him, his partner and their employees to thrive! Since launching the firm in 2008, Jeff and his partner, Brett Amron, have grown the firm to 25 employees and have a total of 6 partners at t…
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Realizing Your Leadership Potential: Embracing Choice and Transformation, Part 1
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Al Kenny, an internationally known coach, joins Access Your Leadership to share his story and insights that he incorporates into his work with clients to help people achieve their goals and dreams without stress and pressure. Last year, Hakim had the opportunity to spend time with Al at a coaching intensive in Santa Monica, California, and that is …
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In this short solo episode, Hakim reflects on his own start to 2024, the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday and how both of those relate to self-love or self-compassion. In this episode, he talks broadly about how the challenging start to the year made him feel about and care for himself. Hakim shares why Compassion is not only one of his 3 Cs in ter…
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The Power of Desire: Finding Harmony in Motherhood, Business, and Leadership
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Kim Auker, a Transformational Coach for revolutionary mothers, joins Access Your Leadership to share how deeply connected she is to supporting women (and men) who are juggling the roles of powerful parent and ambitious entrepreneur. In this episode, Kim talks about the power of desire and how what we personally want to create in our lives and in th…
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Finding Your Path of Purpose Through A Strong Sense of Self
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Nicole Miller is the Founder & CEO of WERRK Creative Brand Strategy, a strategic branding and marketing agency supporting businesses in brand awareness resulting in significant sales growth. Nicole joins Access Your Leadership to share her own story as well as her recent and exciting updates regarding her business and new personal/professional focu…
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Heart-Driven Leadership: Elevating Legal Recruiting to New Heights
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Aida C. Rodriguez, CEDS, the CEO and Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer of Ascension Global Staffing and Executive Search, joins Access Your Leadership to share her amazing style of leadership that has allowed her to build a world-class team of professionals and a thriving business. In this episode, Aida talks about how her people truly ar…
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In this episode, Hakim briefly shares what courage has meant to him in the context of leading himself, his family and his business. He shares the difference between bravery and courage and discusses the various ways harnessing our courage within can make us more effective as leaders of teams and/or our own business. There have been numerous events …
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In this episode, Hakim carves out some time on NYE 2023 to share a deeply moving and powerful quote from Mr. Rogers’ that has always made such a big impression on him. He talks about the impact of such a quote on the way in which we lead ourselves and others and why it’s not talked about more often. Hakim offers up a few areas where embracing the m…
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CEO to Chief Everything Officer: Lessons from 20 Years of Business Leadership
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Kevin “The Title King” Tacher, CEO & Founder of Independence Title, Inc., joins Access Your Leadership to share his amazing comeback story and he has secured his success 20 years into running his business. In this episode, Kevin talks about the power of relationships and how not only making them, but nurturing them over time has been such a key ele…
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In this episode, Hakim reflects on the spirit of the holidays, specifically what it means to believe in Santa and how believing in Santa may unlock a powerful approach to leadership and self-development. He examines and explains approaches he’s adopted from working with his own coach that address creating/manifesting as a part of leadership. While …
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Leading with Heart: Friendship, Business and Compassionate Leadership
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Ian Blei, the founder and CEO of Moonshine Media Group and Executive Producer at Moonshine Pictures (not to mention a childhood friend and the co-best man at my wedding), joins Access Your Leadership to share the ups and downs of his journey that’s taken him to where he is today. Ian talks about his time at Florida State University studying under a…
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Beyond LinkedIn: Early Chapters of My Life and Leadership Journey
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In this episode, Hakim openly shares some less widely-known stories that helped shape him into the professsional, leader and coach he is today. From an early age, he's felt a sense of connection and purpose when it comes to helping others. Hakim shares some of the activities, clubs, priorities, etc. that he chose to focus on to develop himself as a…
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Understanding Your Animal Influencers to Transform Leadership
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Jo Andrews, a Leadership Transformer and Co-Founder of The Training Rock, joins Access Your Leadership to share some details about the twists and turns she navigated in her own career that ultimately led her to building a business aimed at transforming leaders globally. Jo talks briefly about her early days as a pianist turned professional and the …
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The Power of Ego: Navigating Leadership with Awareness
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In this episode, Hakim discusses ego and the way in which it impacts leadership. He highlights what ego is, where it comes from, how to identify and manage it and its effect on how we lead ourselves and others. Hakim shares some personal stories about his own experience managing his own ego and working in an industry and at institutions that create…
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A Journey of Food, Family and Leadership
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Fil Ip, Restaurateur/Owner of Golden Marquess and Baoshi, a new Asian food hall in South Florida, joins Access Your Leadership to share some details about his family’s background and journey into the restaurant industry, his transition from corporate to restaurant ownership, personal challenges he and his wife had to overcome after the loss of thei…
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The Network Effect: Leading a Community of Leaders
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Erika Buenoventura, the South Florida Regional Director at ProVisors, joins Access Your Leadership to share her journey from Peru to the U.S. and from strong individual contributor to being a leader of leaders. She talks about her move to the U.S. at the age of 12, her parents’ work ethic and her own leadership development that’s led her to where s…
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Unlocking Leadership: The Importance of Self-Awareness
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In this episode, Hakim helps to define exactly what self-awareness is and what it is not, differentiating it from self-confidence and self-esteem. In addition to sharing some of the benefits of self-awareness, Hakim talks about how important emotional intelligence is as a building block to creating greater self-awareness. Lastly, he gives some exam…
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The Journey from Selling Underwear to Leading Men
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Joel Gandara, Life & Business Coach and author of the 31 Days to Being a Better Man, joins Access Your Leadership to share some details about his background and journey to becoming the successful businessman, husband, father and leader of men that he is now. Joel built an empire buying and selling underwear, creating his own brand and selling his s…
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Welcome to Access Your Leadership with Hakim A. Lakhdar! In this intro episode, he gives you an overview of what you can come to expect and how this podcast will help you elevate your leadership. Feedback (I want to hear from you): You can connect with Hakim at https://lakhdarcoaching.com/ Did this podcast spark something in you or get you to take …
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