Leadership Excellence
Leadership Excellence Podcast
Leadership Excellence is a weekly podcast for aspiring and established leaders who want to grow beyond tactics and titles—and develop the habits, mindset, and discipline required for sustained excellence.
Hosted by George Trachilis with Dr. Tom Lawless, the podcast explores the human side of leadership—where purpose, identity, self‑development, and performance intersect. Each episode features real conversations, practical insights, and lived experience from leaders, practitioners, and guests who understand that leadership begins from within.
Drawing from Lean leadership, the Harada Method, continuous improvement, mental fitness, and values‑based leadership, Leadership Excellence goes beyond goal‑setting to focus on daily practice, self‑reliance, and building people who can lead themselves—and others—through change.
Whether you’re leading a team, a business, or yourself, this podcast is designed to help you:
- Develop disciplined daily habits
- Lead with clarity, calm, and purpose
- Build resilient, self‑reliant people
- Navigate burnout, identity shifts, and growth
- Turn personal development into consistent action
🎙️ New episodes are recorded weekly with a live audience.
📅 Join us live every Wednesday at 4:30 PM CST
🌐 Learn more and watch episodes at https://leadershipx.tv
Leadership isn’t about position.
It’s about who you become—and how you show up every day.
Leadership Excellence
Latest Episodes
S2E7 – Integrated Lean Systems
Leadership Excellence PodcastWhat is the true delivery mechanism in your organization?In this episode of the Leadership Excellence Podcast, we explore one of the most misunderstood — yet foundational — principles o...
S2E6 - True North Values: Continuous Improvement, Respect for People & Lean Leadership
In this episode, George and Tom explore the meaning of True North Values through the lens of Toyota’s philosophy and Lean leadership.At the beginning of the episode, Dr. Jeff Liker shares insights from his in-depth study of...
S2E5 - TPS Origins – The Thinking Production System
What if the Toyota Production System was never about efficiency?In this episode, George Trachilis and Dr. Tom Lawless explore the true origins of TPS — and challenge one of the biggest misunderstandings in modern Lean thinking.Tai...
