Orchestrating Success
Converting Passion to Profit is a podcast by Hugh Ballou, The Transformational Leadership Strategist teaching leaders to convert their ideas into income. Each session is packed with practical concepts for immediate application.
Episodes
September 22, 2025 • 11 mins
In this episode, I introduce my book, "Leaders Transform the Art of Influence: Orchestrating High-Performance Teams." This book serves as a guide for team leadership, framed through my music conductor analogy, emphasizing that effective leadership is about influence rather than power or authority.
I outline the seven chapters of the book, starting with the transition from a command-and-control mindset to a facilitator approach, wh...
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August 16, 2025 • 5 mins
In this episode, we delve into the essence of transformational leadership, emphasizing the importance of leading from within. We explore the foundational elements of authentic leadership, which include self-awareness, integrity, and intention. I remind listeners that true leadership starts with self-reflection and is a continuous journey rather than a one-time event.
I introduce my four key leadership principles from the Center Vi...
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August 12, 2025 • 11 mins
In this episode of "Leaders Transform," we dive into Chapter Seven, focusing on the action plan for becoming an unbound leader. I emphasize that transformation requires action; inspiration alone is not enough. We've explored key dimensions of leadership in previous chapters—authenticity, vision, mindset, self-awareness, habits, and balance—and now it's time to implement what we've learned.
I introduce the concept of the unbound le...
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August 9, 2025 • 8 mins
In this episode of "Leaders Transform," we dive into Chapter Six, focusing on the crucial themes of balance and self-care in leadership. I emphasize that sustainable leadership is not about doing more but about doing what truly matters with presence, purpose, and peace.
Throughout my experience coaching a diverse range of leaders, I've observed a concerning trend: many high-performing individuals operate on empty, mistaking exhaus...
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August 5, 2025 • 10 mins
In this episode, we dive into Chapter 5, "Leading Transformation," focusing on the essential theme of continuous learning habits in leadership. I emphasize that excellence in leadership is not a one-time achievement but a journey of ongoing growth. The best leaders are those who ask insightful questions and remain curious about themselves, their teams, and the world around them.
I draw a parallel between leadership and conducting ...
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August 2, 2025 • 10 mins
In this episode of "Leaders Transform the Art of Influence," we delve into the crucial theme of mindset and confidence as part of our ongoing series on self-transformation. I emphasize that transformation and leadership begin in the mind. Our thoughts shape our beliefs, which in turn influence our behaviors. If we harbor limiting beliefs about our capabilities, we will lead from a place of limitation. However, by cultivating a grow...
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July 29, 2025 • 10 mins
In this episode of "Leaders Transform," we delve into the critical relationship between vision and self-awareness in leadership. I emphasize that a leader without a vision is akin to a conductor without a score—both lack direction and clarity. A compelling vision is not just a statement for others to follow; it serves as a personal compass that guides how we live and lead every day.
I share insights from my journey, highlighting t...
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July 27, 2025 • 9 mins
In this episode of "Leaders Transform Self Transformation," we delve into the crucial themes of authenticity and integrity in leadership. I discuss how authentic leadership is not about donning a mask to fit a certain role but rather about shedding those masks to reveal our true selves. Many leaders feel pressured to act in ways they believe will earn respect and authority, but this often leads to disconnection.
I share my persona...
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July 24, 2025 • 11 mins
In this inaugural episode of my new series, "Leaders Transform," I delve into the essence of transformational leadership, a concept I've championed throughout my career as a conductor and leadership coach. I emphasize that true leadership begins not in the boardroom or on the podium, but within ourselves.
Transformation starts from the inside, and it's crucial to manage ourselves before we can effectively lead others. Over the yea...
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July 11, 2024 • 28 mins
Dealing with Workplace Conflict
Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict (with 17 years of nonprofit leadership experience, I can speak to how conflict is often not addressed well in NPO settings and how to do it well for more collaboration)
Too often, team members don't have the meaningful, collaborative conflict that builds better results, creates innovation, and helps you serve your clients and communities. Often, ...
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March 24, 2023 • 38 mins
Brainpower with Nina Sunday
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May 9, 2022 • 25 mins
How to marry creativity and business acumen and turn them into superpowers
We creatives often get in our own way because of the stories we tell ourselves
So our creative juices sometimes can become our worst nightmares that lead to overwhelm, burnout, and jeopardize our well-being and relationships
But it doesn't have to be that way. Let me show you how.
Yiqing (yee-ching) is an award-winning actor/filmmaker and a creativity coach...
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April 11, 2022 • 30 mins
OS 122 Super Charge Your Profits with No Bid Federal Contracts!
Federal Contracts are not just for the BIG COMPANIES, federal contracting is for small companies. Small Businesses are leaving SO MUCH money on the table. If you've never thought about federal contracting because there's too much red tape, no-bid contracts will open up this door of opportunity for you.
Ron Imbach is the president of the Center for Business Innovation ...
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February 10, 2022 • 39 mins
OS 121: Scale Your Business by Following Evan’s C.A.S.T.LE. Methodology
Evan Tzivanakis is an Accredited Executive Coach (www.ExecutiveCoachAsia.com) and a Ph.D. candidate in Organizational Behaviour. Throughout his career, has managed more than 500 employees across 8 countries and led companies to expand across the Asia Pacific region by successfully crafting the right company culture and leading people from the front. With that...
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February 1, 2022 • 29 mins
OS 120: Ed Krow on Leadership
With a proven track record in HR, Ed Krow is a people expert who uses his unique talent transformation process to leverage existing talent and align employees with organizational strategy to create change, drive sustainable growth, and maintain overall happiness.
“I help solve people's problems and I write books about solving people's problems, but I’m also a business owner. It’s not only experience, i...
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January 24, 2022 • 27 mins
OS 119: Know, Like and Trust and Other Sales Lies with Sara Phillips
Website: superiorperformancecoaching.biz
Free Ebook for listeners: https://www.hotsalestips.com/habitsofsuccessfulsalespeople
Sign Up for a Free 30 Minute Consultation to get personal tips to up your sales game: https://calendly.com/saraphillipssolutions/complimentary-30-minute-advisory-session
Bio: Sara Phillips is a person who has sales running through her v...
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December 13, 2021 • 12 mins
5 Leadership Myths That Kill Entrepreneurial Ventures
Hugh Ballou
The Law of the Lid
Your leadership is like a lid or a ceiling on your organization. Your church or business will not rise beyond the level your leadership allows. That’s why, when a corporation or team needs to be fixed, they fire the leader.
- John Maxwell, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
Starting and maintaining a profitable enterprise as an entrepreneur is v...
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March 18, 2019 • 9 mins
Top Challenges for Today’s Leader
Leadership is a general topic that people understand in different ways; in fact people have contrasting and conflicting perceptions of how leaders should behave and what leaders should do. Therefore, there are many gaps between theory and effective performance for leaders. Over the past 31 years in working with leadership in many types of organizations doing different kinds of work and leading diff...
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March 12, 2019 • 7 mins
Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.- Albert Einstein
There are at least 200 working days a year. If you commit to doing a simple marketing item just once each day, at the end of the year you've built a mountain.- Seth Godin (http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/09/the-simple-power-of-one-a-day.html)*
Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. ...
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March 4, 2019 • 6 mins
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
― Robert Frost
Choices are very important in leadership. Making the wrong choice costs money and potentially damages the organization. The burden is on the leader for making effective and wise choices.
Not making a decision is a choice. Sometimes, paralyzed by the gravity of the choice, leaders stall and can’t decide. Not ...
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