Leadership POV: Conversations with Alkema & Friends
Step into the world of transformative leadership with Leadership POV: Conversations with Alkema & Friends. Hosted by Alkema Lewis, founder of Alkema Lewis Consulting, this podcast explores diverse perspectives on leadership, growth, and innovation.
Each episode features candid conversations with inspiring leaders, industry experts, and visionaries from various fields. Together, they delve into the challenges, breakthroughs, and strategies that shape effective leadership in today’s dynamic world.
Whether you're a seasoned executive, an entrepreneur, or someone aspiring to lead with purpose, this podcast offers actionable insights, fresh ideas, and a dose of inspiration to help you lead from your unique point of view.
Tune in to discover how to elevate your leadership journey and unlock your potential—one conversation at a time.
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Leadership POV: Conversations with Alkema & Friends
Who Are You When You Lead? Doing Leadership vs. Being a Leader: Identity, Authenticity & Impact with Dr. Shade
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As leaders, many of us inherited a blueprint for what “good leadership” should look like. We learned it from mentors, past bosses, classrooms, and corporate cultures. But what happens when we realize we’ve been performing leadership instead of truly living it?
In this powerful episode of Leadership POV: Conversations with Alkema and Friends, we explore the deeper question beneath titles, goals, and performance metrics:
Who are you when you lead?
Alkema shares a coaching moment that sparked an awakening, when a leader admitted, “I’ve been performing leadership instead of living it.” That realization opens the door to a transformative conversation about authenticity, identity, and the internal narratives shaping how we show up.
Joining the conversation is Dr. Shade, Founder and CEO of The Leadership Synergy Institute. A distinguished research professor, consultant, speaker, and coach based in Canada, Dr. Shade empowers leaders, particularly immigrant women and technical professionals, to lead with clarity, courage, and purpose.
She is also the author of Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome: How to Quiet Your Inner Critic, and a respected voice helping high-achieving women silence self-doubt and step fully into their leadership identity.
Together, Alkema and Dr. Shade unpack:
- What we’ve internalized about leadership
- The difference between leading from expectation versus authenticity
- How identity shapes leadership impact
- Why unlearning can be just as important as learning
- What it truly means to embody leadership from the inside out
This episode is an invitation to slow down and reflect:
Are you doing leadership… or being a leader grounded in who you are becoming?
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