Access Your Leadership with Hakim Lakhdar
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 development, tackle common dilemmas, and discover what it means to lead yourself and others, both professionally and personally.
Episodes
51 episodes
Scaling Your Business Starts with Scaling Yourself
Doug Barra is the owner of Action Coach Business Success, a long-time business coach, speaker, and passionate advocate for business re-education. He joins Access Your Leadership to share his incredible journey from software engineer to...
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Season 2
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Episode 50
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44:36
Leading with Care: How to Build a Culture That Thrives
Rachel Platt is the Founder and CEO of PLATTinum Consulting, where she partners with small and mid-sized businesses to strengthen leadership, culture, and people strategy. She joins Access Your Leadership to share her leadership journey, from e...
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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48:55
From Music to Marketing: Owning Your Leadership Journey
Tali Hasanov is the CEO and Founder of WSI Digital Path Marketing, a leader in digital strategy and online brand growth. She joins Access Your Leadership to share her journey from a background in classical piano performance to becoming...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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36:13
Leading Strategy: People, Profits and Promises
In this episode of Access Your Leadership, host Hakim A. Lakhdar sits down with Shireen Halal, CEO of Maior Strategic Consulting. Shireen brings a wealth of experience in helping professional service firms that feel stuck…whether facin...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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46:05
Leading Beyond Limits: Understanding and Embracing ADHD
In this episode of Access Your Leadership, Hakim has the pleasure of speaking with Ian Tennenbaum, the founder and executive coach at Accountable Live. Ian’s work focuses on helping clients with ADHD navigate the challenges of overthin...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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42:20
Self-Leadership into a Bold 2025 & the 75 Hard Challenge
Welcome to the first episode of 2025! As I reflect on the start of this new year, I opted to share some personal insights and lessons that have already shaped my journey.The year began unexpectedly - I came down with an illness that forc...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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18:02
Reflect, Reconnect, Renew: A Year-End Reflection for Leaders
As 2024 draws to a close, host and coach Hakim A. Lakhdar, shares a heartfelt invitation to reflect on the past year and prepare for what lies ahead. This special episode encourages leaders, professionals, and anyone on a journey of growth to p...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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14:13
The 7-Figure Leadership Leap and the Story Behind It
Dustin Riechmann, the Founder of 7-Figure Leap, joins Access Your Leadership to share his unconventional career journey, moving from a stable 17-year engineering career to becoming a thriving entrepreneur. He discusses how his entrepre...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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51:39
Leading to the Finish: Building a Team for a Successful Business Exit
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 t...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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44:34
From Wall Street to AllRise: Leading a Law Firm with Empathy
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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48:03
Thanksgiving Episode: The Power of Gratitude in Leadership
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;...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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6:09
Sales Leadership Rooted in Possibility and Positivity
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 amaz...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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46:10
Learning, Leadership and PR: A Conversation with a CEO (Chief Education Officer)
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 an...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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1:01:30
Promoting the Collaborative Process Through Law & Leadership
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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44:24
Leading with Heart: A PR Success Story
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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44:38
Thought Leadership: Celebrating One Year of Podcasting
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 vir...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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44:52
Creation Vacation: The Space Where 'The Work' Gets Done
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 som...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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14:32
From Morocco to the American Dream: Special Education, Leadership and Family
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 s...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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47:12
The Power of Your Brand: Strategy, Design and Leadership for Business Growth
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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47:45
Community, Connection and Leadership in the Craft Beer Industry
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. An...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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53:11
The Winning Formula: Corporate and Sports Leadership Coaching
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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52:51
Life and Leadership Through Collaboration
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 Lec...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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51:41
Thriving Beyond Cancer: A Realtor's Inspiring Leadership Journey
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 market...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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37:00
Realizing Your Leadership Potential: Embracing Choice and Transformation, Part 2 (The Journey)
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 st...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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34:20
Permission to Evolve: Supporting Business Success Through Leadership
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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48:11