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Neuroscience of Leadership: Why Mindset Shapes Performance | Dianna Kokoszka

May 14, 2025
In this engaging conversation, Dianna Kokoszka, author of 'Becoming More' and former CEO at Keller Williams MAPS Coaching, shares her transformative insights on leadership. She emphasizes the essential role of coaching and the distinction between impact and influence. Dianna discusses her journey in a male-dominated field, the difference between attitude and mindset, and her life-changing model: from being to doing to becoming. Her empowering message invites listeners to take control of their own leadership narrative and unlock their full potential.
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ADVICE

Coach As Partner With Accountability

  • Believe your people are creative, resourceful, and whole before coaching them.
  • Coach as a partner and hold them accountable to develop their performance.
INSIGHT

Standards And Relationships Together

  • Great leaders combine high standards with high relationships.
  • Low standards or low connection produce either friendship or dictatorship, not leadership.
ADVICE

Prioritize Developing People Daily

  • Check your daily agenda to ensure your actions develop people, not just results.
  • Focus conversations on failures, learning, and individual meaning to influence rather than merely impact.
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