Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur | Start and Grow Your Own Business 1326: Healing-Centered Leadership: The Next Evolution for Entrepreneurs w/ Dominique Samari
Ever feel like you have a brilliant business plan, but something mysterious always gets in the way of executing it perfectly? This episode is your answer. Dominique Samari, a former attorney turned strategist and healing arts practitioner, pulls back the curtain on the invisible forces—the hidden organizational and leadership patterns—that sabotage our success. This isn't just another strategy session; it's a deep dive into building a business that is not only successful on paper but is resilient, collaborative, and truly impactful in practice. Dominique shows us how to bridge the critical gap between a great idea and a profitable reality by focusing on the one thing that matters most: human connection.
💡 What You'll Take Away For YOUR Business
- 🚀 How to identify the fear-based patterns in your leadership that stifle creativity and growth within your team.
- 🤝 Why "healing-centered leadership" is the next evolution for building resilient, high-impact organizations that thrive in complexity.
- 💡 A framework for bridging the critical gap between a brilliant plan and successful, real-world execution.
- 🧠 How to quiet the loud voice of your intellect to finally hear and trust your entrepreneurial intuition, even when it doesn't make logical sense.
- 🤖 A balanced perspective on using AI as a powerful tool without losing the human connection that truly drives your business forward.
- 📈 The secret to building "relational infrastructure" from day one to create a culture that fuels, rather than fights, your strategy.
📝 About Dominique Samari
Dominique Samari is an experienced attorney, strategist, coach, and healing arts practitioner who masterfully blends analytical strategy with a deep understanding of human dynamics. With over 15 years of experience leading planning and training efforts for organizations, including rebuilding rule of law infrastructure in Afghanistan, she has a unique global perspective on what makes teams succeed or fail. Through her companies, Kin Consultant Group and the tech platform Kin Universe, she helps organizations increase trust and strengthen the connections needed to turn ambitious plans into tangible success.
🎯 Dominique’s BEST Piece of Advice for Wantrepreneurs and Entrepreneurs
"Don't wait until you have cultural problems—design for relationships from day one."
📢 Memorable Quotes
- “My intellect is like, ‘well, that's crazy making.’ And then I take the steps, follow my intuition, and it's f*cking magic.” – Dominique Samari
- “[Intuition] is always there. It's always ready for us to use, but you have to chip away the things that get in the way of you accessing that.” – Dominique Samari
- “Culture eats strategy for breakfast. You can have the best ideas, the best strategy but if you aren't building a culture that can actually execute that, then it's all for naught.” – Dominique Samari
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