What happens when a former CEO and licensed therapist combines leadership coaching with nervous system regulation? Beck Sydow shares with Michi Lantz how holding cognitive dissonance becomes a superpower for founders navigating people-hearted and business-minded leadership.

Beck Sydow [they/them] works with leaders who are brilliant, overloaded, and tired of losing themselves under pressure. A business geek with Buddhist roots, Beck teaches founders, entrepreneurs, and senior leaders to recognize fear in real time, steady their nervous system, and return to clarity when it matters most.

With four decades of experience as a CEO/COO, therapist, and mindfulness teacher, Beck moves easily between business strategy and the inner workings of a leader’s nervous system. This dual fluency is what clients call “magic”-the moment when reactivity quiets, insight returns, and leadership feels spacious again.

Beck’s work offers a way of leading that allows results and humanity to finally coexist. They are the founder of HumanKind Business Leaders and the creator of the People-Hearted & Business-Minded™ framework and Homebase Practice for Leaders™️

Connect with Beck Sydow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beck-sydow/
Website: https://humankindbusinessleaders.com

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Credits:
Host & Producer: Michi Lantz
Editor: Marvin Del Rosario
Executive Producer: Danny Iny

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