Most Leaders Get Motivation Wrong | Dr. Lance Secretan
Diary of a CFO | Financial Strategies for Smart Business Growth · 2026-06-23 · 1h 21m
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Sponsored by BetterHelp. Start your growth journey with a credentialed therapist and get 10% off at Motivation fails when leadership is built on fear, pressure and short term numbers. In this episode of Diary Of A CFO, Dr. Lance Secretan explains why inspirational leadership, human culture and values based decision making create stronger business growth, better performance and more sustainable organizations. EPISODE SUMMARY What if the biggest leadership mistake in business is confusing motivation with inspiration? In this powerful Diary Of A CFO conversation, Dr. Lance Secretan , former Fortune 100 CEO, bestselling author of 24 books and one of the world’s leading authorities on inspirational leadership, joins Ademola Odewade to explain why leaders who focus only on numbers often destroy the very performance they are trying to improve. For CFOs, founders, executives and business leaders, this episode is a reminder that financial performance is not separate from human performance. Culture, trust, values and inspiration directly affect productivity, retention, execution and long term enterprise value. Dr.