What if you stopped trying to fix yourself, and started leading as you are?

Andrea Wanerstrand has coached hundreds of leaders from T-Mobile to Meta, guiding them through some of the boldest mindset shifts of their careers: from control to connection, performance to presence, and burnout to bold cultural influence.

But her story didn’t start in power suits and corner offices.

It started with a bug report in IT and a boss who saw the fire behind her fatigue.

Today, Andrea is the founder of A3 Culture Lab and creator of the Mindset Maven Method. In this episode, she pulls back the curtain on what human-centric leadership really looks like, and how your flaws might be your fiercest advantage.

Inside, we unpack:

1. What happens when you stop managing and start modeling
2. Why emotions at work aren’t liabilities—they’re leadership tools
3. How to get out of autopilot and into authority (the healthy kind)
4. The real cost of performing perfection in a corporate world that wasn’t built for you

PLUS: Andrea’s take on the neuroscience of self-awareness, how to know when your “comfort zone” is actually toxic, and why the most badass thing a leader can do is show up connected.

What you’ll walk away with:

1. A new lens on emotional intelligence (rooted in biology, not buzzwords)
2. A framework for rewriting the rules of leadership on your own terms
3. Tools to spot your nervous system’s stress signals, before they hijack your day
4. Permission to stop performing and start trusting your own voice
5. A reason to finally throw out the rulebook that never fit in the first place

Progress over perfection, presence over power. Tune in, and if her story cracks something open, pass it on. Someone else might need that spark, too.

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