The One Skill You Lack: Mastering Active Listening

 Most managers hear words, but they miss the emotions. This skill gap is why your best employees are walking out the door.

This episode breaks down the true meaning of Active Listening, explaining why it's the core component of Emotional Intelligence that fosters loyalty.

We show you how to move from transactional management to relational leadership, unlocking the Oxytocin-fueled bond that makes employees stay.

If you're serious about mastering this essential skill, learn about the J. Alexander 1:1 Coaching program—a 7-week scientific framework dedicated to reducing the impact of self-sabotaging thoughts, improving stress management, and making you a more effective, fully present leader. 

What is The Humility Advantage?

The Humility Advantage — Less Ego. More Impact.

What if the secret to stronger leadership, deeper influence, and lasting peace isn’t more confidence—but greater mental fitness rooted in humility?

Hosted by J. Alexander—former Marine, healthcare executive, and leadership coach—The Humility Advantage goes beneath the surface of success to explore what truly drives authentic, sustainable leadership. This podcast challenges the inner saboteurs that quietly undermine high performers—the inner critic, the controller, the pleaser, and the judge—and replaces them with calm, clear, purpose-driven leadership from within.

Through real stories, neuroscience-backed insights, and practical mental fitness tools inspired by Shirzad Chamine’s Positive Intelligence, each episode helps you recognize when ego and fear are hijacking your decisions—and how to return to your wiser, grounded self in real time. You’ll learn how to quiet imposter syndrome, build emotional intelligence under pressure, and lead from a place of clarity rather than reactivity.

Blending science, soul, and strategy, The Humility Advantage equips you to win the inner battles that drain your energy and limit your impact—so you can lead with presence, composure, and confidence that doesn’t rely on force or image.

Whether you’re leading a team, an organization, or simply working to lead yourself better, this show will challenge how you define strength, success, and greatness.

Because the world doesn’t need more impressive leaders.
It needs more mentally fit, humble ones.