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A Leaders Purpose: Navigating Career and Life-Defining Moments with Clarity, Confidence, and Purpose for High-Level LeaderAuthor: Tami Marie Imlay International Speaker Executive Leadership Strategist & Advisor
A Leaders Purpose with Tami ImlayThe podcast for leaders whove outgrown surface-level success and are ready for soul-level impact.Youve built the career, led the teams, checked the boxesand yet, youre still asking, Is this really it?Welcome to the space where high-achieving, faith-driven leaders come to get honest, get clear, and get aligned.Hosted by executive coach, speaker, and Master Certified Enneagram and NeuroCoach Tami Imlay, this show helps you rise into your next season with confidence, clarity, and purposewithout burning out, starting over, or chucking it all and moving to Bali (tempting as that sounds).With 20 years of leadership experienceincluding military service, therapy and neuroscience training, and coaching high-level entrepreneurs and executivesTami brings both strategy and soul to the mic. After becoming a Gold Star Spouse and walking through her own identity shift, she made it her mission to help other leaders do the same: step into a life and leadership that actually feels like you.Each episode blends truth-telling with tangible toolsexpect a little sass, a lot of heart, and zero tolerance for performative leadership. Well cover topics like: Identity clarity & self-awareness using the Enneagram Neuroscience-backed tools to rewire limiting beliefs Purpose-aligned business and leadership strategy Navigating transitions, pivots, and legacy-defining moves Burnout recovery and sustainable success Authentic communication & emotional intelligence Faith and leadership integration that doesnt feel cheesyIf youre circling your calling, craving deeper impact, or just tired of pretending everythings fine when youre quietly questioning whats nextthis podcast is for you.Because heres the truth: You dont need another strategy. You need identity clarity. Youre not behindyoure right on time. You already have what it takes. You just need to remember who you are.This is your permission to risewithout losing yourself in the process.Hit subscribe and lets Language: en Genres: Business, Education, Management, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Why Didn't My Team Do What I Asked? (I Thought I was Clear) |372
Episode 372
Monday, 19 October, 2026
When a team misunderstands a clear instruction, the gap usually lives between what the leader meant and what the listener heard. Research from the University of Chicago found speakers thought they were understood 72% of the time, while listeners got the intended meaning only 61% of the time. Words like “ownership” or “be more proactive” feel obvious to the person saying them and can land five different ways with the person hearing them. You handed off the project. Everyone nodded. Friday came, and what you got back wasn’t what you pictured. Tami takes you inside a scene from The Diplomat where everyone read the room wrong, a dinner plan that hit a snag over “that’s fine,” and the seven-word sentence that can leave a capable person wondering if they’re in trouble. Sit With This Think of one thing you said clearly in the last few days that came back differently than you had pictured. Before you decide what that says about the person, get curious about what they heard. Connect If you have a good team and the same things keep coming back differently, let’s talk about what’s happening and whether my advisory is a good fit. Schedule a call: http://tamimariecoaching.com/call Music Guitalele's Happy Place by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2017. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. https://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/56194 Ft: Kara Square (mindmapthat) Copyright Daily Choosing Joy LLC 2026













