Ep 65: Why Many Leaders and Coaches Feel Ready for Something Different

About this episode

LaTonya Wilkins discusses the need for leadership and coaching to evolve beyond traditional frameworks in response to today's complexities.

In this solo episode, LaTonya Wilkins explores a feeling many leaders, coaches, and consultants are quietly naming right now: the sense that traditional leadership frameworks and learning models no longer meet the complexity of today’s world. Drawing from recent client work, leadership development experience, and conversations across industries, LaTonya unpacks what’s no longer working, what leaders are truly craving, and why presence, trust, and community matter more than ever in this moment. This episode offers reflection prompts and a grounded invitation to consider how leadership and coaching must evolve beyond transactional approaches. 🎥 Prefer to watch? This episode is also available on YouTube with chapters: https://www.youtube.com/@changecoaches/podcasts Episode Chapters & Key Moments [ 00:00 ] Why leaders feel ready for something new Naming the collective feeling many leaders and coaches are experiencing Why this isn’t burnout or lack of skill [ 02:45 ] What’s no longer working in leadership development The limits of frameworks, checklists, and box solutions Why ROI-driven models fall short in today’s environment [ 07:20 ] The realities leaders are navigating right…

People in this episode

Host: LaTonya Wilkins

Topics covered

• leadership evolution
• coaching
• community
• trust
• presence
• development frameworks

Keywords

• leadership
• coaching
• development
• community
• trust
• adaptability
• transactional approaches

More episodes of The Leading Below the Surface Podcast with LaTonya Wilkins

• Ep 68: HR Is Not Your Friend. Or Are They? · May 27, 2026 · 50 min
• Ep 67: Who Are You, Really? Astrology, Identity & Grounded Leadership · April 20, 2026 · 50 min
• Ep 66: Money Below the Surface: How Our Stories, Systems, And Nervous Systems Shape Financial Choices · March 11, 2026 · 50 min
• Ep 64: Trauma-Informed Coaching—What It Is, and What We Often Get Wrong with Lion Goodman · January 27, 2026 · 43 min
• Ep 63: How to Reflect on a Year of Quiet Growth — and Move Forward With Intention · January 7, 2026 · 30 min
• Ep 62: Breaking Dominant Leadership Standards: From Big Tech to Conscious Living with Executive Coach Kvon Tucker · November 24, 2025 · 41 min