The Kathie Owen Perspective — Articles
Observations on leadership, human systems, and performance.
Emotional regulation isn't about staying calm—it's about widening perspective when pressure narrows your thinking. Learn the 4-step process to stop reacting, interrupt false narratives, and become the observer. Master it in traffic, at 3 a.m., and in high-stakes leadership moments. Regulation scales from personal practice to organizational stability.
#EmotionalRegulation #LeadershipDevelopment #ExecutivePresence #MergersAndAcquisitions #NervousSystemRegulation #HighStakesLeadership #SelfAwareness #DecisionMaking #CorporateCulture #BusinessPsychology
Most M&A failures are visible before closing. Financial diligence misses human risk—founder attachment, leadership regulation gaps, and loyalty networks that erode value. Pre-deal intelligence protects enterprise value. #MergersAndAcquisitions #PrivateEquity #HumanRisk #Leadership #DueDiligence
If you’re the one who notices tension before it’s spoken, feels misalignment before it’s proven, and carries steadiness when others spin — this book was written for you. It explores toxic workplaces, relationships, money anxiety, health stress, and leadership under pressure through the lens of human patterns.
#Leadership #EmotionalRegulation #ToxicWorkplace #Entrepreneurship #HumanSystems #ExecutivePresence
Toxic workplace culture stems from entitlement hidden beneath the surface. Leaders who shift from entitlement to responsibility create trust, improve performance, and build environments where people thrive. Start with self-awareness and courage. #Leadership #WorkplaceCulture #ToxicWorkplace #EmotionalIntelligence #OrganizationalHealth
Late-night panic in M&A deals is predictable. This article explains why the 3 a.m. moment happens, how it pressures advisors, and why proactive prep before closing prevents fear from driving decisions. #MergersAndAcquisitions #PrivateEquity #DealExecution #LeadershipRisk #MAndA
Profitable companies often fail quietly—not from lack of effort, but from uncontained entitlement that breaks signal flow, silences high performers, and erodes enterprise value long before revenue drops. #LeadershipDynamics #EnterpriseValue #FounderLed #ExecutiveLeadership
After a crisis, organizations often overcorrect—adding controls that slow decisions and stall performance. What looks like caution becomes rigidity. This post explains how post-crisis leadership blind spots emerge and how regulated decision-making restores momentum. #Leadership #PostCrisis #Strategy
Micromanagement isn’t about control — it’s a loss of it. This article explains how emotional regulation, non-attachment, radical responsibility, courage, and boundaries help leaders stop micromanaging and lead with clarity under pressure. #LeadershipUnderPressure #EmotionalRegulation #Micromanagement #ExecutiveLeadership
#LeadershipDevelopment #WorkplaceCulture #Boundaries #CalmLeadership #PrivateConsulting
Micromanagement isn't about control or personality—it's a nervous system issue. When leaders can't emotionally regulate under pressure, they seek safety through control, costing organizations time, money, and trust. Learn why delegation fails without regulation and how to shift from dysregulation to clarity. #Leadership #EmotionalRegulation #Micromanagement #WorkplaceCulture #NervousSystem
Non-attachment isn’t detachment—it’s leadership clarity. Learn how non-attachment strengthens decision-making, emotional regulation, boundaries, and discernment under pressure. This article explores why leaders who release emotional over-identification lead with calm, precision, and authority. #Leadership #EmotionalRegulation #NonAttachment #ExecutivePresence
Excellence isn't perfection. This workplace case study explores how pressure, entitlement, and emotional dysregulation quietly destroy performance—and what emotionally regulated leadership actually looks like when the stakes are high. #LeadershipUnderPressure #EmotionalRegulation #ExcellenceNotPerfection
During mergers and change, emotional regulation isn't personal—it's a leadership risk factor. Fear quietly breaks teams, trust, and clarity. Leaders who contain pressure (not avoid it) stabilize systems and unlock better decisions.
#EmotionalRegulation #LeadershipDevelopment #MergersAndAcquisitions #OrganizationalChange #ExecutiveLeadership #WorkplaceCulture #ChangeManagement #LeadershipSkills
Honest review of Amy Porterfield's Digital Course Academy and Jasmine Starr's marketing methods in 2026. Why hustle-based funnels don't work for everyone and how invitation-only consulting offers sustainable success. #OnlineMarketing #HustleCulture #EthicalBusiness #ExecutiveConsulting
What you see as "overthinking" may be precision. What feels like frustration could be brilliance without context. Discover how inherited pattern recognition becomes your greatest leadership asset—and why some people naturally see what others miss.
#EmotionalIntelligence #LeadershipInsight #PatternRecognition #SelfAwareness #ExecutiveLeadership #IntuitiveThinking #WorkplaceDynamics #LeadershipDevelopment
Family at work isn't the problem—avoidance is. Leaders miss hidden risks when family dynamics exist in the workplace. Anonymous feedback, visible leadership, and proactive policies protect culture before it breaks. #WorkplaceCulture #LeadershipDevelopment #PsychologicalSafety
Leadership Under Pressure: Master Emotional Regulation for Elite Performance | Learn why pressure breaks leaders & how emotional regulation separates good from great. Discover the hidden skill elite performers use to stay calm, clear & decisive under pressure. #LeadershipUnderPressure #EmotionalRegulation #EliteLeadership #ExecutivePerformance
A senior leader bypassed protocol, instructing an untrained employee to move heavy equipment—resulting in severe injury. This workplace case study reveals how leadership boundary violations create preventable accidents, employee trauma, and cultural erosion. #WorkplaceSafety #LeadershipBlindSpots #EmployeeExperience
New Year's resolutions fail because waiting for a date means avoiding real change. True transformation comes from identity shifts and daily decisions, not calendar motivation. Excellence isn't seasonal—it's behavioral. Stop postponing growth and expect excellence today. #NewYearsResolutions #PersonalGrowth #SelfImprovement #MindsetShift #ExpectExcellence #HabitChange #WellnessJourney
A workplace case study reveals how leaders who narrate tasks instead of completing them and share personal emotions with subordinates create hidden costs: broken focus, downward emotional labor, and quiet disengagement. Small pattern shifts in role clarity and boundaries transform team dynamics. #LeadershipDevelopment #WorkplaceCulture #EmotionalIntelligence #TeamEfficiency
A real-world workplace case study showing how small behaviors predict major financial loss. Learn how a $12 lunch revealed a leadership pattern that ultimately cost over $800K — and how founders and CEOs can spot risk early, enforce clarity, and avoid costly business relationships. #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipPatterns #BusinessRisk #FounderInsights #DecisionMaking
A real story of how a profitable company collapsed by fixing behavior instead of addressing burnout. Dashboards detected risk too late. Human systems failed first. Learn why observing people—not just data—is the key to preventing tragedy, lawsuits, and burnout. #LeadershipDevelopment #BurnoutPrevention #WorkplaceSafety #ExecutiveLeadership #HumanSystems
High-level executives often hire multiple specialists—sleep coaches, therapists, trainers—but conflicting advice creates chaos. The solution? A performance quarterback who coordinates all experts into one aligned system. Real results: better sleep, lower stress, 40% performance boost. #ExecutivePerformance #LeadershipAlignment #HighPerformance #ExecutiveCoaching #POWERProtocol #PeakPerformance #ExecutiveWellness
CEOs lose millions from leadership blind spots—not HR problems. Conflict avoidance, unclear expectations, and unregulated managers drain culture and profits. Elite consulting spots patterns others miss and rebuilds systems for championship-level performance.
When leaders stop judging outbursts and start understanding the pain beneath them, teams thrive. Inspired by Ted Lasso's Isaac scene, this lesson teaches executives to lead with curiosity, compassion, and clarity—not reaction.
#Leadership #EmotionalIntelligence #TedLasso #ExecutiveCoaching
Elite athletes don’t rely on fragmented specialists—they use coordinated performance teams. High-achieving executives fail not from lack of discipline but from systems that conflict. The solution isn’t more optimization; it’s unified performance infrastructure that aligns sleep, fitness, routines, and stress for compounding growth.
Discover how to harness the power of charismatic communication to inspire change and become an influential leader. Learn practical techniques for effective listening, confident speaking, and emotional connection. Master the art of using words that motivate and transform. #Leadership #CommunicationSkills #PublicSpeaking #PersonalDevelopment #CharismaticLeadership
From corporate burnout to Chief Encouragement Officer: I transformed anxiety into leadership using sports psychology, intuition, and Neville Goddard's visualization. Now I help executives perform under pressure and lead with encouragement through the Encouragement Collective.
#ChiefEncouragementOfficer #BurnoutRecovery #SportsPsychology #LeadershipDevelopment #ExecutiveWellness #MindsetCoach
Expectations shape how we see life—but what if we let them go? In this heartfelt post, I share how my dog Rusty, a courageous soul who lost his sight but never his spirit, taught me the three pillars of freedom: non-attachment, radical responsibility, and courage. When you expect nothing, you can handle anything. 💛
#Mindset #Courage #LettingGo #InnerExcellence #KathieOwen
Outer Intention
Outer intention from the book Tufti the Priestess. Transurfing on Tuesday and what is outer intention? Follow your heart and intuition for it somehow knows the way!
Are You Working Out Too Much?
I see it all the time. Over-training or exercising too much because you think you will lose momentum if you rest. But today you will learn why exercising too much actually hurts your body more than you know. And why “scheduled” rest is important!
Aging and Reality Transurfing, Mindset, Fitness, and Habits
As a Specialist in Older Adult Fitness, I am often asked about aging and how to prevent it. Today we discuss several ways to combat aging - limiting beliefs and programing, states of mind and attitudes, fitness, and habits. We discuss Reality Transurfing and Aging several times too!
Amy Porterfield on Social Curator
Amy Porterfield was a guest coach in the Social Curator community today. She was coaching us on email list-building tips. I tried to like her, I promise. But I found so many flaws that I just had to share here so hopefully, my fellow curators don’t fall for her bro-marketing crap!
10 Steps to Building Long-Term Fitness Goals
Do you struggle with setting and then reaching those long-term fitness goals? You are not alone. Today you will learn exactly how a personal trainer with 20+ years of experience helps her clients set long-term goals and actually achieve them with ease using these 10 secret steps!
Muscle Group of the Week: Abdominals
The abdominal muscles support the trunk, allow movement and hold organs in place by regulating internal abdominal pressure. The deep abdominal muscles, together with muscles in the back, make up your 'core' muscles and help keep your body stable and balanced, and protects your spine.
Thinking Makes It So
Your thought habits are the most powerful habits we can have. But so many are unaware of even what they are thinking that we can get lost in a bad habit loop. It’s not your fault! We think in excess of 90,000 thoughts a day. But do you ever contemplate what that thought is doing to your mindset, your body, and even your spirit?
M&A deals miss hidden human risks. Power distortion, identity fragility, and containment capacity predict integration success. Unseen leadership instability drives turnover, delays, and margin erosion. Stabilize early to protect value. #MergersAndAcquisitions #Leadership #DueDiligence #ExecutiveStrategy #IntegrationRisk