Welcome to Executives Unplugged, the show for leaders navigating rapid change with limited resources and relentless expectations.
Join operator and executive coach Keith Cowing as he sits down with world-class leaders to decode their playbooks. Drawing on experience leading teams through both failures and multi-billion dollar exits, he skips the idealistic frameworks for battle-tested tactics that will help you:
Leadership is messy, but you don't have to face it alone. Executives Unplugged puts the best operators and insights in your corner to help you win and enjoy the ride.
Welcome to Executives Unplugged, the show for leaders navigating rapid change with limited resources and relentless expectations.
Join operator and executive coach Keith Cowing as he sits down with world-class leaders to decode their playbooks. Drawing on experience leading teams through both failures and multi-billion dollar exits, he skips the idealistic frameworks for battle-tested tactics that will help you:
Leadership is messy, but you don't have to face it alone. Executives Unplugged puts the best operators and insights in your corner to help you win and enjoy the ride.
Ready to ditch the resume buzzwords and hire for true potential? Struggling with your own career pivot or leading teams through change? Join Keith Cowing on Executives Unplugged with Dr. Susan Lovelle, a former professional ballet dancer turned plastic surgeon, now founder & CEO of Balanced Performance, and her long-time colleague Tonya Sook, a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner.
Discover Dr. Lovelle's unconventional approach to hiring – prioritizing inner skills over years of experience – and how it built a thriving practice. Hear her incredible story of multiple reinventions, driven by passion and necessity, and learn how to navigate your own transformations. Tonya shares the ground-level view of building a culture of trust and excellence. Learn practical strategies for assessing talent beyond the resume, fostering team alignment, managing your energy to avoid burnout, and applying the "Listen, Let Go, Live" method for peak performance.
Guests
Dr. Susan Lovelle: Former professional ballet dancer (17 years), plastic surgeon, and now Founder/CEO of Balanced Performance, helping executives optimize their health and leadership. Learn more at Balanced Performance.
Tonya Sook APRN-C: Certified Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in medical aesthetics, hormone therapy, dermatology, and functional medicine, dedicated to holistic patient well-being.
View on your favorite platform
Youtube: https://youtu.be/Stgj-ZwL45w
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6n4zRnSVJf1ZfRITtG1VK8?si=lO_8BZWoTXWL5WeT-ZhvQw
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-ballet-to-scalpel-to-ceo-reinvention-resilience/id1769131263?i=1000705573303
[00:00:00] Intro / From Dance to Medicine
[00:00:19] Welcome & Guest Introductions
[00:01:24] Hiring Philosophy: Skills Over Experience
[00:02:47] The Group Interview & Testing for Inner Workings
[00:04:10] Why Experience Can Be Overrated
[00:04:41] Tonya Sook: Cultivating Culture & Trust
[00:05:08] Enabling Teams to Be Themselves
[00:06:09] Learning Leadership Through Delegation
[00:07:36] Reinvention 1: Ballet to Medical School
[00:09:39] Reinvention 2: Surgery to Lifestyle Coaching (The Wake-Up Call)
[00:11:25] Finding Your Energy & Root Causes
[00:12:55] The L3 Method: Listen, Let Go, Live
[00:14:14] Tonya Sook: The Art of Nurse Practitioner Leadership (Gentle Firmness)
[00:16:33] Learning You Can't Help Everyone
[00:17:35] Discipline: The Common Thread from Ballet to Business
[00:19:45] Performance: How You Show Up Matters
[00:21:57] What's Next? Scaling Impact Through Corporate Wellness
[00:22:49] Lessons Learned from Working Together
[00:24:07] Why Dr. Susan Isn't a "Typical" Surgeon
[00:26:20] Key Takeaways & Conclusion
