Unlocked with Kristyn Drennen
You didn’t build your business just to burn out in it. And you didn’t become a leader to feel stuck in the day-to-day.
Welcome to Unlocked with Kristyn Drennen — where high-achieving founders, operators, and executives stop tolerating complexity and start building the businesses (and lives) they actually want.
Kristyn Drennen is a powerhouse Fractional COO, Certified Exit Planning Advisor, and MetaPerformance™ Executive Coach for elite leaders who are scaling with purpose and preparing for high-value exits. She’s known for rolling up her sleeves inside multi-million-dollar companies to align leadership, drive operational clarity, and help owners regain their freedom — all while unlocking extraordinary growth.
Each episode goes beyond theory. Expect straight talk, smart strategy, and transformational questions that cut through the noise. Whether you're leading a growing business or leading from the C-Suite, you’ll leave with real tools, new perspective, and the reminder that it's possible to love your business again.
Unlocked with Kristyn Drennen
What If Better Rest Is the Key to Greater Results? with David Shrum
High performers love to push, grind, and go — but what if the missing link to greater results isn’t more effort, but better rest?
In this episode of Unlocked, host Kristyn Drennen sits down with David Shrum, a Meta Performance™ Executive Coach and former EMS Director, to unpack why rest is not a luxury, but a critical discipline for leaders. Together they explore:
- The difference between passive breaks and active rest
- How to uncover and rewrite the limiting stories leaders carry about rest
- What to do when you feel overwhelmed by vision — or starved for it
- Why protecting your “furnace” of energy fuels better leadership, better families, and better results
Resources Mentioned:
- Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less by Alex Pang
- Sleeping At Last’s Enneagram Album (especially songs 6 & 8)
- Connect with David Shrum on LinkedIn or via email.
Reference Correction: Using furnace as a description for our energy reserves and the necessity to protect it comes from Jason Jaggard in his book Beyond High Performance.
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