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In this episode of the Wake Up Eager Workforce podcast, host Suzie Price sits down with functional medicine and longevity expert Dr. Nicole Williams to explore what it truly means to age younger — not cosmetically, but physiologically and strategically.

Suzie and Dr. Nicole dive into the powerful connection between nervous system regulation, muscle preservation, energy management, and high performance leadership. They challenge the common belief that aging automatically means slowing down, gaining weight, or accepting burnout. Instead, they unpack how aging younger is about waking up eager in your body — with clarity, strength, and resilience.

You'll learn why managing your energy is more important than managing your time, how stress adaptation silently leads to burnout, and why recovery is a non-negotiable for sustainable success. Dr. Nicole shares practical tools like box breathing, exercise snacking, and structured recovery planning — strategies used by professional athletes that high performers can apply in their own lives.

Together, they make the case that your health is not a side project — it is a strategic asset. When your nervous system is regulated and your body is functioning well, your leadership capacity expands. When it's not, everything feels harder.

If you're ready to increase your resilience, sharpen your focus, build strength that lasts, and wake up eager in your body and your life, this episode is for you.

Read the transcript for Episode 144 below and discover how to build longevity, regulate your nervous system, and lead from a place of strength and clarity every single day.

Top Takeaways of Episode #144 ---

• Aging younger is about capacity — not appearance. Longevity means waking up energized, thinking clearly, maintaining muscle mass, and building a nervous system that can adapt to stress.
• Muscle, sleep, and blood sugar stability are foundational. 80% of long-term results come from nutrition, recovery, and consistent habits — not grinding harder in the gym.
• Health is a strategic asset. Data-driven assessments — whether for your body or your leadership — provide clarity that prevents "shots in the dark" and accelerates real progress.

Aging younger isn't about chasing cosmetics — it's about building a body that can carry your leadership for decades.

In this episode of the Wake Up Eager Workforce Podcast, Suzie Price sits down with Dr. Nicole Williams, functional medicine and longevity expert, to explore what it truly means to age with strength, clarity, and resilience.

Rather than focusing on surface-level fixes, this conversation dives into the foundations of sustainable vitality: nervous system regulation, muscle as a longevity organ, energy optimization, and data-driven health strategies tailored for high performers. Dr. Nicole shares her personal journey into functional medicine, why quick prescriptions often miss the root cause, and how leaders can shift from reactive healthcare to proactive longevity.

This is a grounded, practical discussion for driven professionals who want more than a longer life — they want the energy, stability, and physical resilience to lead well for years to come.

In this episode:

[00:10:02] Dr. Nicole Williams: "Aging younger should really be a feeling in your body. Once that feeling is there, the external has a way of catching up. It's about how your body functions more than how it looks."

[00:18:29] Dr. Nicole Williams: "A wake up eager body isn't about perfection or extreme routines. It's about having a regulated nervous system so your body supports your leadership capacity instead of draining it."

[00:20:19] Dr. Nicole Williams: "People become stress adapted. The body will tolerate it for a while, but when the load becomes too much, your ability to adapt drops — and that's when burnout begins."

[00:25:18] Dr. Nicole Williams: "High performers manage their energy, not just their time. When you feel energized, you can accomplish more in less time."

[01:03:02] Suzie Price: "Your health is a strategic asset for your life."

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In this episode of the Wake Up Eager Workforce podcast, host Suzie Price dives into the powerful connection between human-centered leadership and artificial intelligence. Drawing from her extensive experience in leadership development, Suzie explores how AI amplifies human behavior, making clear that AI is not a replacement for human leadership, but a tool to elevate it.

You'll learn how to integrate AI into your leadership approach while maintaining emotional intelligence, clarity, and values. Suzie highlights the importance of understanding the human side of AI—how it mirrors the user's priorities and decision-making. She emphasizes that AI amplifies both strengths and gaps, urging leaders to set the right foundations before implementing AI.

Through insightful examples and reflections, Suzie discusses how AI can be used to enhance job fit, culture fit, and long-term success, while also making the case that emotional intelligence and judgment are the true drivers of leadership success in the age of AI.

If you're ready to lead with more clarity, increase your influence, and use AI to amplify your leadership rather than replace it, this episode is for you.

Read the transcript for Episode 143 below and discover how to blend AI and human-centered leadership to fuel your success and wake up eager every day.

Top Takeaways of Episode #143 ---

• AI doesn't replace leadership — it demands better leadership.
• Technology moves fast; human capability develops through intention and reinforcement.
• Job fit and culture fit are strategic advantages, not "soft skills."
• The most successful organizations invest in both systems and self-awareness.

AI isn't replacing leadership — it's raising the bar.

In this episode of the Wake Up Eager Workforce Podcast, Suzie Price sits down with Gregory Woods to explore how AI and human behavior must work together to elevate leadership effectiveness, job fit, and workplace culture.

Rather than focusing on tools alone, this conversation centers on what truly determines success in an AI-enabled world: self-awareness, judgment, motivation, and human-centered skills. Gregory shares why AI acts as an amplifier of who we already are — strengthening strong systems and exposing weak ones — and why organizations that ignore the human side of AI do so at their own risk.

This is a thoughtful, practical discussion for leaders who want to adopt AI without losing trust, culture, or clarity.

In this episode:

[00:16:01] Suzie Price: "AI can elevate leadership but only if we make space for self-awareness, clarity, and human-centered skills. It's the human behind the tech that matters."

[00:18:41] Gregory Woods: "Leaders must set clear values and define emotional intelligence in AI. Without those guiding principles, AI can go astray and cause organizational challenges."

[00:23:20] Suzie Price: "Leadership isn't about being perfect—it's about showing up consistently with the values, judgment, and clarity that allow AI to enhance your decision-making."

[00:27:28] Gregory Woods: "Effective leaders know that technology, like AI, needs to be thoughtfully integrated into a well-established foundation. It's the humans who set the direction."

[00:43:52] Suzie Price: "Using assessments like SPARK™ helps leaders see the whole person. It's about looking beyond the resume and understanding who someone is at their core."

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In this episode of the Wake Up Eager Workforce podcast, host Suzie Price explores the power of self-awareness and emotional freedom in leadership. Drawing from her years of experience in leadership development and insights from TriMetrix and Axiology, Suzie explains how understanding your intrinsic motivators can transform your approach to leadership, creating clarity and consistency in your actions.

You'll learn how to align your personal values with your leadership approach, how to make accountability a natural, energizing force, and why small, deliberate steps lead to big, lasting results. Whether you're leading a team or working on personal growth, this episode offers actionable tools to help you show up with purpose, build stronger habits, and lead with intention.

Suzie also shares real-life examples of leaders and teams who have embraced inside-out leadership, using these insights to move from reactivity to intentionality. The episode emphasizes the importance of emotional freedom and clarity in leadership and how these principles can drive sustainable success.

If you're ready to lead with more confidence, increase your impact, and fuel your success by aligning your actions with what truly motivates you, this episode is for you.

Read the transcript for Episode 142 below and discover how to fuel your leadership, build accountability, and wake up eager every day.

Takeaways of Episode #142 ---

• If you're not consciously driving, stress takes the wheel. Leadership begins when you take the driver's seat.
• Small daily alignment builds big momentum—and turns setbacks into fresh starts.
• You are not your emotions—but emotional freedom comes from listening to them.
• Accountability isn't blame—it's clarity that fuels self-motivation.
• Always give more than you get and leave more than you take.
• People first is your strongest bet—and the real win is balance across all three dimensions.

In this episode:

[00:05:06] Suzie Price: "Accountability becomes effortless when it aligns with your motivators. When you understand what drives you, follow-through feels less like discipline and more like momentum."

[00:16:39] Suzie Price: "Emotional freedom in leadership starts when you stop fighting your feelings and begin listening to them. They're tools, not obstacles."

[00:22:49] Suzie Price: "Leadership isn't about doing it all perfectly, it's about doing it with clarity. Once you've gained clarity, it'll give you the energy to keep moving forward."

[00:27:49] Suzie Price: "Small daily actions lead to big shifts. The 1% Solution, even when done in small doses, compounds over time and builds real momentum."

[00:50:00] Suzie Price: "A brand becomes truly powerful when it moves from transaction to legacy. You create lasting trust by aligning your values and purpose with your actions."

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In this episode of the Wake Up Eager Workforce podcast, host Suzie Price dives into the powerful connection between personal accountability and your intrinsic motivators. Drawing on her extensive experience in leadership development and the science of motivators, Suzie uncovers how understanding what drives you can transform your approach to accountability, making follow-through feel natural and energizing.

You'll learn how to harness your top motivators to create momentum in your actions, stay consistent, and unlock greater results in your personal and professional life. Whether you're a leader seeking to enhance your influence or someone striving to cultivate better habits, this episode offers actionable insights and strategies to fuel your success.

Suzie also shares real-life stories, reflections on the power of motivators, and practical advice to help you embrace accountability, create meaningful growth, and lead with intention.

If you're ready to align your actions with what truly energizes you, build stronger accountability habits, and start creating consistent success—this episode is for you.

Read the transcript for Episode 141 below and discover how to fuel your accountability and wake up eager every day.

Takeaways of Episode #141 ---

• Accountability gets easier when it aligns with your motivators
  When you understand what energizes you, follow-through stops feeling like discipline and starts feeling like momentum. "When you're in your flow, discipline becomes desire." — Unknown
• Every motivator has a strength… and a blind spot
  Each motivator can support or sabotage follow-through. "Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." — Aristotle
• Accountability grows through small, deliberate steps
  Your Accountability Action Plan anchors wins, opportunities, motivator connections, and measurable next steps. "Small disciplines repeated with consistency lead to great achievements gained slowly over time." — John C. Maxwell

In this episode:

[00:04:10] Suzie Price: "Accountability becomes effortless when it aligns with your motivators. When you understand what drives you, follow-through feels less like discipline and more like momentum."

[00:10:48] Suzie Price: "Every motivator has a strength and a blind spot. Recognizing this helps you leverage what energizes you and manage what might drain your energy."

[00:22:49] Suzie Price: "Small, deliberate steps lead to big results. It's not about making huge leaps—it's about consistent actions that align with what truly motivates you."

[00:26:08] Suzie Price: "True accountability comes from self-awareness. When you understand your motivators, you can create actionable plans that lead to consistent success."

[00:32:03] Suzie Price: "Leadership is about creating space for reflection and ownership. When we lead with clarity and intention, we inspire accountability in ourselves and others."

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In this episode of the Wake Up Eager Workforce podcast, host Suzie Price shares her personal journey of overcoming burnout and reclaiming her energy and focus with powerful tools to help you get out of a funk. Drawing from her expertise and years of coaching leaders, Suzie introduces a fresh, science-backed approach to realign your life with clarity and purpose.

Through the lens of TriMetrix and Axiology, Suzie breaks down simple, practical tools that have helped her and countless others transform from stress and overwhelm to energy and alignment. She explains the 1% Solution (Tune In Time) as an easy-to-implement method that resets your mind in just 15 minutes a day, and how consistency can lead to 91 hours of mental calm over the course of the year.

Whether you're feeling burnt out, stuck, or simply need a mental reset, this episode provides a clear roadmap to help you overcome those moments and wake up eager every day.

Read the transcript for Episode 140 below and discover how these tools can transform your mindset, boost your energy, and put you back in control of your life.

Takeaways of Episode #133 ---

• Tune In Time, or TNT
  Fifteen minutes a day — just one percent of your time — can completely change your energy and focus. It's the pause that resets your perspective and builds 91 hours of calm clarity over the year. As author Greg McKeown reminds us, "If you don't prioritize your life, someone else will." Those 15 minutes are your daily investment in calm, focus, and ownership of your time.
• The Intentional Focus Method
  You can't always control what happens around you, but you can control what you focus on. When you shift from frustration to appreciation, you change your entire emotional landscape — and the results that follow. As Abraham-Hicks says, "You have the ability to focus, and therefore, the ability to choose the way you feel."
• Self-mastery is true power
  Every time you choose to focus on what's going well, to plan your six must-do's, or to give yourself grace, you strengthen your alignment. Because the most powerful leaders — and the most peaceful people — are the ones who know how to manage their own focus.As Lao Tzu reminds us, "Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power."

In this episode:

[00:05:20] Suzie Price: "Getting out of a funk isn't about waiting for motivation to strike. It's about building small, intentional actions that create momentum."

[00:17:43] Suzie Price: "The 1% Solution isn't about big, overnight changes. It's about dedicating 15 minutes a day to realign your focus and reduce stress over time."

[00:29:10] Suzie Price: "Self-leadership is the key to everything. When we lead ourselves well, we're better equipped to show up for others and create the life we truly desire."

[00:33:33] Suzie Price: "Transformation happens in the small moments. It's those consistent actions that, over time, create the biggest results in our lives."

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In this episode of the Wake Up Eager Workforce Podcast, host Suzie Price takes leaders behind the scenes of one of the most costly challenges in business—bad hires—and reveals how to eliminate guesswork with The FIT Formula, a data-driven system for hiring, onboarding, and developing top talent.

Suzie begins by addressing a hard truth: most hiring failures don't happen because of a lack of skill, but because of missing intangibles like poor self-management, weak communication, or misaligned motivation. With warmth and clarity, she introduces the Performance Dashboard—a simple yet powerful tool that helps leaders define the top three to five priorities that drive success in any role.

Through her signature car analogy, Suzie breaks down the five components of true fit: Roads Traveled (experience), How They Drive (behavior style), Under the Hood (personal skills), Gas in the Tank (motivators), and Where They Park (culture fit). She reminds listeners that hiring based on résumés alone is like buying a car just for its color—you need to know what powers it, how it performs, and where it belongs.

Suzie also shares real-world stories of mismatched hires—including a cautionary tale about a brilliant but misaligned physician—and how TriMetrix® tools reveal the hidden traits that predict true success. From there, she shows how the FIT Formula extends far beyond hiring, becoming a lifelong system for coaching, engagement, and leadership growth.

By the end of the episode, you'll understand why clarity is kindness in leadership—and how the FIT Formula gives you confidence, structure, and heart in every hiring and development decision.

Whether you're hiring your next team member or coaching your current stars, this episode will help you create alignment, reduce drama, and build a Wake Up Eager Workforce—one great hire at a time.

Read the full transcript of Episode 139: The FIT Formula — From Hiring Hopes to High-Performance Habits below and discover how to turn every hiring hope into a high-performance habit.

Takeaways of Episode #139 ---

• Clarity Creates Confidence: The Performance Dashboard transforms hiring chaos into precision by defining the top 3–5 priorities that truly drive success in any role.
• Hire the Whole Person: The FIT Formula helps leaders look beyond the résumé to understand how someone works, why they're motivated, and where they'll thrive.
• Data Drives Development: Superior Performance Attributes (SPAs)Hiring Templates and TriMetrix tools extend far beyond hiring—they fuel onboarding, coaching, and leadership growth throughout the employee lifecycle.

In this episode:

Suzie Price [00:04:11]: "Ninety percent of the time when someone is let go, it's not because of their résumé—it's because of missing intangibles like poor self-management, low accountability, weak communication, or misaligned motivation."

Suzie Price [00:05:28]: "Start where clarity begins—the Performance Dashboard. It pinpoints the three to five priorities that define success in a role and gives leaders and employees a shared vision of what winning looks like."

Suzie Price [00:12:59]: "Hiring based on the résumé alone is like buying a car just for the color of the paint. You need to know what's under the hood, how they drive, what fuels them, and where they'll thrive."

Suzie Price [00:22:08]: "Stop betting on gut instinct and incomplete data. Start hiring and developing with rigor and heart—because when people are in roles that fit, they don't just perform, they thrive."