How Self-Leadership Builds Trust, Presence, and Stronger Teams | Regina Huber

What if the way you lead others is limited by how well you lead yourself?In this episode of Executive Connect, Melissa Aarskaug sits down with Regina Huber, transformational leadership coach, speaker, and author of Living My Freaking Amazing Life, to discuss why self-leadership is the foundation of sustainable leadership.Drawing from a career shaped by multiple continents, cultures, and leadership environments, Regina explains why authenticity, presence, mindset, emotional awareness, and connection matter just as much as strategy. She shares why leaders can only perform a role for so long before teams sense the disconnect between their words and how they actually show up.The conversation also covers limiting beliefs, executive presence, trust, high-stakes communication, and Regina’s New Paradigm Leadership framework built around mind, heart, trust, and message.For leaders who want stronger teams, greater influence, and a more authentic way to lead, Regina’s message is simple: lasting leadership starts with the inner work.What You Will LearnWhy self-leadership is the foundation of sustainable leadershipHow adaptability and authenticity work togetherWhy leaders lose trust when they perform a roleHow limiting beliefs and emotions can restrict leadershipWhy executive presence goes beyond wordsHow to center yourself before high-stakes conversationsWhy people often lose touch with what they truly wantWhat Regina’s Powerful Leadership Transformation framework includesHow mind, heart, trust, and message shape New Paradigm LeadershipWhy control and compliance are becoming outdated leadership modelsHow leaders can discover when they are part of the problemWhy leader stress can spread through an entire teamHow trust supports engagement, innovation, and better communicationChapters(0:22) Meet Regina Huber(1:18) Adaptability without losing authenticity(3:43) Why thriving leaders start within(5:23) Regina’s personal alignment practices(7:44) Why self-leadership comes first(9:29) Breaking limiting beliefs and emotions(12:11) How presence affects executive leadership(16:22) Centering yourself before high-stakes moments(19:12) Living My Freaking Amazing Life(22:27) Why people stop giving themselves permission to dream(28:53) Regina’s leadership frameworks(30:33) Mind, heart, trust, and message(34:22) Why outdated leadership models fail(36:05) When the leader is the problem(38:01) How leader stress affects team cultureRegina Huber is a transformational leadership coach, speaker, and author whose work focuses on self-leadership, executive presence, authenticity, mindset, trust, and human connection.Her career and life have taken her across multiple continents and cultures, including leadership experience connected to BCG and her own business ventures in Latin America and the United States. Those experiences shaped her belief that effective leaders must be adaptable without losing their sense of identity.Regina’s approach begins with self-leadership. She encourages leaders to understand their values, beliefs, emotions, presence, and personal energy before expecting to lead teams effectively.Her frameworks include Powerful Leadership Transformation, which focuses heavily on self-leadership, and New Paradigm Leadership, built around four interconnected elements: mind, heart, trust, and message.She is also the author of Living My Freaking Amazing Life, a book centered on defining and living a life that is personally meaningful rather than shaped primarily by outside expectations.CONNECT with Regina HuberWebsite: https://www.transformyourperformance.com/ https://reginahuber.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginahuber/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtAFngqnXaFSc74vs_3tfMgCONNECT with Executive ConnectWebsite: https://www.executiveconnectexperience.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/my-executive-connect/Watch the full episode (and more) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ExecutiveConnectGet The Full Executive BriefStrategies and insights for leaders who refuse to settle – plus the Maverick Test to discover your archetype. https://executiveconnectexperience.com/get-the-full-briefIf you like the content, please do share, subscribe, and like the channel.