Anne Ferrier: Lead from within

Live from the Next Chapter with Dan Loepp · Jul 30, 2026 · 39m

Executive coach Anne Ferrier has spent more than thirty years working with CEOs and senior leaders. The pattern she sees most often is also the one leaders are slowest to recognize: the relationship you have with yourself shapes every other relationship in your leadership.

Anne calls it the “inner leader,” the internal awareness that grounds a leader, opens them to the people around them, and creates room for good judgment under pressure. When that connection is strong, leaders bring more clarity, more calm, and more space for the work that matters. When it erodes, the effects show up…