The Power of Abundance

With Special Guest: Dr. Mitchell Levy, Global Credibility Expert & Executive Coach

When uncertainty hits, most leaders default to scarcity. They protect, they contract, they play defense. What if the leaders who win are the ones who choose something different?

In this episode, Meridith sits down with Dr. Mitchell Levy — global credibility expert, executive coach, and member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches — to explore what executive abundance actually means, why it matters in a world of constant disruption, and how the right framework changes everything.

Dr. Mitchell spent years researching credibility, clarity, and leadership before arriving at a concept that cuts to the root of why so many executives struggle to translate vision into results. His book, Executive Abundance, is the product of a PhD dissertation that proved academically what he had seen in practice for decades.

What you will take away from this conversation:

• Why 98% of executives lack clarity — and why that single gap undermines everything else
• The Executive Abundance Engine: the four interdependent components every leader needs in order
• Why the quarterly-numbers-only framework is costing companies their people, their customers, and their future
• How abundance thinking reframes the five stakeholder groups every leader is responsible to
• Why frameworks are not just strategy tools — they are the bridge between vision and execution

In times of uncertainty, the leaders who hold onto scarcity thinking fall behind. The ones who build a new framework move forward. This episode shows you how.

Connect with Dr. Mitchell Levy: mitchelllevy.com

Being Ridiculously Easy to Do Business With

With Special Guest: David Avrin, Customer Experience Expert & Bestselling Author

Your product is good. Your team is good. Your pricing is competitive. So why are customers still leaving?

In this episode, Meridith sits down with internationally in-demand keynote speaker and customer experience strategist David Avrin to tackle the question most businesses never think to ask: how hard is it to actually do business with you?

David has spent decades helping organizations across the globe rethink how they serve customers, build loyalty, and grow in a marketplace where quality alone is no longer a differentiator. His latest book, Ridiculously Easy to Do Business With, is the manifesto every business owner and executive needs right now.

What you will take away from this conversation:

• Why ease of doing business has overtaken price as the primary driver of customer decisions
• The difference between necessary friction and the unnecessary friction that is quietly costing you customers
• Why chatbots, contact forms, and rigid policies are driving your best clients straight to your competitors
• How uncertainty in the marketplace amplifies customer frustration — and what you can do about it
• The one question every leader should ask: what is it like to be your own customer?

If you have worked hard to earn your customers' trust, do not lose them over something you can fix. This episode will show you exactly where to start.

Connect with David Avrin: davidavrin.com | LinkedIn: David Avrin

With Special Guest: Brandon Hance, Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, and High-Performance Coach

What separates leaders who perform at the highest level under pressure from those who crack when it counts? According to serial entrepreneur and high-performance coach Brandon Hance, it's not talent. It's not even strategy. It's identity - and most leaders have never taken the time to define theirs. In this intellectually rich and practically grounded episode of Ask for Change, Meridith sits down with Brandon to explore the inner work that high performers across sports, business, and entrepreneurship consistently credit for their competitive edge. Brandon draws on his experience playing under legendary USC coach Pete Carroll - and winning back-to-back national championships - to break down the four mindset shifts that separate performers who rise under pressure from those who collapse: moving from fear to love, from projection to presence, from self-centeredness to selflessness, and from drift to deliberate identity. He and Meridith connect these frameworks directly to the business challenges leaders are facing right now - how to build cultures of transparency and alignment, why speed and shared vision are inseparable, and why the next frontier of human performance will be unlocked through inner work, not harder work. Brandon reframes resilience in a way that will stay with you: it's not about how high you can go, it's about your rate of return to center. Raise the floor, not just the ceiling. If you lead a team, run a company, or are simply trying to perform at your best in one of the most uncertain markets in recent memory, this episode delivers the strategies and the mindset to do exactly that.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonhance/

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