The loudest voices aren’t always the wisest ones, and in this episode, Helene reveals how thoughtful, purpose-driven leaders can reclaim their voice and presence without performing confidence.
You’ll learn:
Why the most authentic leaders often stay quiet, and how to change that
How to redefine professionalism and lead with conviction
A practice for aligning your voice with your true self
Contents
Why the wrong people have the mic, and how performance gets mistaken for leadership
The silent cost of self-editing and the power of conviction
The inner mic: noticing where your leadership voice lives
Redefining “professionalism” as purpose, not polish
Practicing voice alignment: when how you speak matches who you are
What happens when you stop performing leadership and start embodying it
The quiet revolution: reclaiming the mic with clarity and courage
Key takeaways
Leadership isn’t about volume: it’s about alignment.
When we filter ourselves too long, we lose conviction, and people follow conviction.
Professionalism isn’t neutrality; it’s authenticity with purpose.
Your voice doesn’t need to be louder, it needs to be truer.
Free resource
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VIP-ish is a podcast for thoughtful leaders, change agents and founders who want to lead with clarity, courage, and a voice that feels like them.
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📌 About Eksakt
Eksakt helps new leaders, change agents and founders step into their power as a leader by owning their voices, instilling trust and inspiring. Through workshops, digital courses and consulting. All this to help leaders create positive change, communicate, and grow with integrity.
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeleneChristensen-eksakt
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In an age of polish and performance, what truly makes a leader unforgettable is not perfectio, but conviction. This episode explores why standing for something real is the new superpower in leadership.
You’ll learn:
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VIP-ish is a podcast for thoughtful leaders, change agents and founders who want to lead with clarity, courage, and a voice that feels like them.
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📌 About Eksakt
Eksakt helps new leaders, change agents and founders step into their power as a leader by owning their voices, instilling trust and inspiring. Through workshops, digital courses and consulting. All this to help leaders create positive change, communicate, and grow with integrity.
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeleneChristensen-eksakt
📸 Follow on Instagram: @eksaktbiz
🌐 Explore more: www.eksakt.co
➡️ Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenechr/
In today’s fractured, AI-saturated market, it’s not enough for your product to be good: it has to be felt.
In this episode, I share how to position your product so it’s not just technically impressive but emotionally irresistible. You’ll hear why founder and leadership stories are no longer optional, how to bridge the gap between strategy and story, and why clarity isn’t just a marketing tool, it’s an act of leadership.
Whether you’re a founder preparing for launch or a leader tasked with sparking change inside your company, you’ll learn how to bring more you into your positioning without making it all about you, so people don’t just understand your product, but they trust it.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
Episode Highlights:
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- my step-by-step approach to infusing positioning with emotional truth.
Let’s Connect:
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Because the this inner work is the real work.
And it’s time we stopped doing it alone.
VIP-ish is a podcast for thoughtful leaders, change agents and founders who want to lead with clarity, courage, and a voice that feels like them.
Sign up to get news about all episodes, including guided reflections, tools, and storytelling strategy that help you connect with your values and express what you truly bring to the table.
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📌 About Eksakt
Eksakt helps new leaders, change agents and founders step into their power as a leader by owning their voices, instilling trust and inspiring. Through workshops, digital courses and consulting. All this to help leaders create positive change, communicate, and grow with integrity.
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeleneChristensen-eksakt
📸 Follow on Instagram: @eksaktbiz
🌐 Explore more: www.eksakt.co
➡️ Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenechr/
This episode is about how leadership will wear you out if you don't get to know yourself.
What if the next step in your leadership isn’t about being louder, bolder, or more strategic, but more you?
In this first episode of Eksakt VIP-ish, Helene shares the personal turning point that changed everything: a disorienting return from maternity leave, a job that no longer fit, and the important realization that clarity starts within.
We explore why knowing yourself is the foundation of powerful leadership, and how misalignment, however subtle, can slowly unravel your confidence, your creativity, and your ambition.
You’ll hear stories of two women, Donna Karan and Ursula Burns, who redefined power not by becoming someone else, but by returning to who they truly were.
This episode is an invitation to pause, reflect, and ask better questions:
What do you long for?
What’s always been true about you, even when you’ve forgotten it?
And what would shift if you finally led from that place?
If you're building something bold, a business, a voice, a self, and you want to lead in a way that feels more true, not just more impressive… this is for you.
What You’ll Learn:
Resources & Links:
Subscribe, leave a review, or share this episode with someone navigating a big shift.
Because the this inner work is the real work.
And it’s time we stopped doing it alone.
VIP-ish is a podcast for thoughtful leaders, change agents and founders who want to lead with clarity, courage, and a voice that feels like them.
Sign up to get news about all episodes, including guided reflections, tools, and storytelling strategy that help you connect with your values and express what you truly bring to the table.
(or visit www.eksakt.co to learn more)
📌 About Eksakt
Eksakt helps new leaders, change agents and founders step into their power as a leader by owning their voices, instilling trust and inspiring. Through workshops, digital courses and consulting. All this to help leaders create positive change, communicate, and grow with integrity.
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeleneChristensen-eksakt
📸 Follow on Instagram: @eksaktbiz
🌐 Explore more: www.eksakt.co
➡️ Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenechr/
Why Finding Your True Expression Changes Everything
Have you ever felt like you had something to say… but hated how you sounded when you tried?
This episode is about that moment: when you want to speak, but something inside pulls back. Not because you’re unsure of your message, but because you’re unsure how to show up without performing.
In this episode, Helene shares her own story of creative silence, internal resistance, and what it took to finally begin. Through personal reflection, psychology, and stories of public figures who broke the mold, she explores how early scripts around visibility shape our expression, and how reclaiming your voice can change everything.
You’ll also be introduced to The Shape of Your Voice, a self-assessment I am offering to my subscribers, although it's normally part of my workshop. It's designed to help you understand your natural tone and narrative archetype, so you can express yourself in a way that feels deeply aligned.
This isn’t about getting louder. It’s about becoming clearer.
And more you.
What You’ll Learn:
Explore Your Own Voice:
Connect with Helene:
Subscribe or share this episode with someone navigating a big shift.
Because the this inner work is the real work.
And it’s time we stopped doing it alone.
VIP-ish is a podcast for thoughtful leaders, change agents and founders who want to lead with clarity, courage, and a voice that feels like them.
Sign up to get news about all episodes, including guided reflections, tools, and storytelling strategy that help you connect with your values and express what you truly bring to the table.
(or visit www.eksakt.co to learn more)
📌 About Eksakt
Eksakt helps new leaders, change agents and founders step into their power as a leader by owning their voices, instilling trust and inspiring. Through workshops, digital courses and consulting. All this to help leaders create positive change, communicate, and grow with integrity.
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeleneChristensen-eksakt
📸 Follow on Instagram: @eksaktbiz
🌐 Explore more: www.eksakt.co
➡️ Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenechr/
Ever left a big presentation knowing you didn’t show the leader you really are?
Maybe you stuck to the facts… because you didn’t want to seem too emotional, too enthusiastic, too much.
And in the process, you left your best story - and your influence - on the table.
In this episode, I share:
You’ll learn:
Free Resource:
Download Tell the Story That Makes People Listen, your plug-and-play guide to using these frameworks in your next board presentation or leadership update.
Links & Resources:
Subscribe, leave a review, or share this episode with someone becoming the leader, they really are, and who are navigating that big shift.
If you’ve been overlooked in the room for the last time, this is the episode to make sure it never happens again.
VIP-ish is a podcast for thoughtful leaders, change agents and founders who want to lead with clarity, courage, and a voice that feels like them.
Sign up to get news about all episodes, including guided reflections, tools, and storytelling strategy that help you connect with your values and express what you truly bring to the table.
(or visit www.eksakt.co to learn more)
📌 About Eksakt
Eksakt helps new leaders, change agents and founders step into their power as a leader by owning their voices, instilling trust and inspiring. Through workshops, digital courses and consulting. All this to help leaders create positive change, communicate, and grow with integrity.
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeleneChristensen-eksakt
📸 Follow on Instagram: @eksaktbiz
🌐 Explore more: www.eksakt.co
➡️ Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenechr/