Your team's accountability problem. Their communication breakdown. The misalignment you keep trying to fix.
Those are not the problem.
They are symptoms of something invisible, in every room, shaping every culture, driving every result.
It is your energy. And you are not tracking it.
Carrie Fabris is the founder of CareerFrame and author of All In, with 25 years in leadership inside companies like Google, Travelocity, and Sabre, and 10 years coaching executives and teams. In this conversation, she and George break down why your team problems are an energy problem, what the FRAMEit Method is, and what it actually means to lead from the inside out.
What You’ll Learn In This Episode:
Key Takeaways:
✔️Energy is not woo woo. It is the most strategic and undertracked lever in your business. CFOs start believing it when they see it hit their numbers.
✔️Every leadership symptom: poor accountability, low alignment, communication breakdown, trace back to one question. How are you showing up?
✔️Telling creates compliance. Asking creates buy-in. The leaders who ask more get teams that think, own, and execute better.
✔️The foundation of the FRAMEit Method is self-awareness across four areas: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual energy. You cannot lead others at a level you have not reached yourself.
✔️The ripple effect is real and it is happening whether you are watching it or not. Your energy sets the tone before you say a single word.
✔️Leading with your heart is not weakness. It is the strategic decision that makes everything else downstream work.
✔️You have a choice about your energy. That choice is the lever. Take the 15 to 30 minutes to actually audit where you are before you try to lead anyone else.
Timestamps & Highlights:
[00:00] — Your team problems are actually your energy problem
[01:24] — Welcome: 25 years in leadership, 10 years coaching it
[05:02] — What most leaders get wrong: telling vs. asking
[07:45] — Demystifying energy as a strategic tool
[12:00] — What energy actually is and how to define it practically
[20:00] — The FRAMEit Method introduced: F, R, A, M, E
[24:00] — Foundation: the four pillars of self-awareness
[32:00] — Relationships: how energy shapes culture and teams
[39:00] — Action: execution tied to energy, not just systems
[45:00] — Mindset: the internal game behind every external result
[51:00] — Emotions: why leading with your heart is strategy, not softness
[55:00] — The 15-minute audit and George's closing challenge
[56:36] — Tattoo wisdom: energy is not woo woo, it's strategic
Connect with Carrie Fabris
The founder of CareerFrame, a Dallas-based leadership coaching firm, and author of All In: The Working Mom's Unapologetic Quest for a Juicy Life. She has coached leaders at Axios Media, Expedia, Mouser Electronics, and more.
Website: carriefabris.com
Instagram: @cdfabris
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cfabris-reframe-coaching-training
Free FRAMEit Method Quiz: carriefabris.myflodesk.com/theframeitmethodquiz
Book All In on Amazon: a.co/d/coENdEP
Your Challenge This Week:
Take 15 minutes today. No agenda. Audit how you are doing physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Then ask what one thing would shift everything else.
Connect with Carrie and take the free quiz at http://carriefabris.myflodesk.com/theframeitmethodquiz
Follow George: @itsgeorgebryant
Work with George:
The Alliance — Community for entrepreneurs leading from the inside out.
1:1 Coaching — Limited spots. Apply at mindofgeorge.com/coaching-consulting/
Live Retreats — In-person experiences where energy and strategy meet.