# Ep 62: Breaking Dominant Leadership Standards: From Big Tech to Conscious Living with Executive Coach Kvon Tucker Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leading-below-the-surface-podcast-with-latonya-wilkins-6464259/ep-62-breaking-dominant-leadership-standards-from-big-tech-to-conscious-living-with-executive-coach-kvon-tucker Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leading-below-the-surface-podcast-with-latonya-wilkins-6464259/ep-62-breaking-dominant-leadership-standards-from-big-tech-to-conscious-living-with-executive-coach-kvon-tucker.md Podcast: [The Leading Below the Surface Podcast with LaTonya Wilkins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leading-below-the-surface-podcast-with-latonya-wilkins-6464259) Published: 2025-11-24T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leadingbelowthesurface/episodes/Ep-62-Breaking-Dominant-Leadership-Standards-From-Big-Tech-to-Conscious-Living-with-Executive-Coach-Kvon-Tucker-e3bc4qj Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/e4da3074/podcast/play/111595795/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-23%2F413019538-44100-2-66e6b1cd4266b.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leading-below-the-surface-podcast-with-latonya-wilkins-6464259/episodes/ep-62-breaking-dominant-leadership-standards-from-big-tech-to-conscious-living-with-executive-coach-kvon-tucker Duration seconds: 2481 ## Resource PODCAST DESCRIPTION In this candid episode of Leading Below the Surface, LaTonya Wilkins sits down with executive coach and Consciously CEO Kvon Tucker to talk about what it really takes to break away from dominant leadership standards – especially inside big-name companies like Netflix, Amazon, and Google. Kvon shares how a suicidal depression in his late 20s became a turning point, why he ultimately walked away from a “dream” tech career, and how he and his family ended up in Costa Rica designing a more human, spiritually aligned life. Kvon unpacks the dangerous mix of hypergrowth, fear-based leadership, and ego-driven cultures – and what it looks like to lead consciously instead, in a way that centers love, liberation, and human wellbeing. This is a below the surface conversation about work, worth, ego, redemption, and the kind of leadership our world actually needs right now. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation, we explore: How Kvon’s mental health crisis woke him up to a life and career he didn’t actually choose. His path through Netflix, Amazon, and Google – and what was really happening beneath the “best places to work” branding. The “dark triad” traits that often get rewarded in dominant leadership cultures, and why they’re so harmful. Hypergrowth vs. natural growth: why the pace that works for business often breaks human bodies. Three practices Kvon recommends for anyone who wants to lead more consciously: meditation, healing work (like therapy), and coaching. ABOUT OUR GUEST – KVON TUCKER Kvon Tucker is an executive coach and the CEO of Consciously, a coaching and consulting company that helps leaders build more conscious, human-centered organizations. Before founding Consciously, he led manager and leadership development at companies including Netflix, Amaz… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leading-below-the-surface-podcast-with-latonya-wilkins-6464259/episodes/ep-62-breaking-dominant-leadership-standards-from-big-tech-to-conscious-living-with-executive-coach-kvon-tucker/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leading-below-the-surface-podcast-with-latonya-wilkins-6464259/ep-62-breaking-dominant-leadership-standards-from-big-tech-to-conscious-living-with-executive-coach-kvon-tucker.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.