🎙️ Explore Jim’s Media & Appearances

Conversations that cut the fluff and get real about leading without firefighting.

Jim has been featured on podcasts and panels sharing no-nonsense strategies to reduce firefighting, build true ownership, and lead strategically. Browse the interviews below to hear practical insights, honest stories, and leadership frameworks you can use right away.

A Geek Leader Podcast

A Geek Leader Podcast

September 19, 20231 min read

About Jim

Jim Saliba is a certified coach, public speaker, and seasoned leader with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry. Starting as a software engineer, he rose through the ranks to become the VP of a $4 billion tech company. As the author of the book “The Six-Step Leadership Challenge,” Jim shares his expertise and insights on empowering leaders to overcome fears and self-limiting beliefs to unlock true potential. Through his Triple E system – Emerge, Elevate, Excel – he guides individuals to reach their goals and transform their leadership styles. As a PCC-certified coach, Jim has impacted diverse industries and nurtured all levels of leadership. His mission is to “Transform the World of Work” one leader at a time.


Today We Talked About

  • Jim’s Background

  • Leadership Coaching

  • Core Skills

  • 4 Fears

    • Fear of Incompetence – Impostor Syndrome

    • Fear of Feeling Foolish – FOMO

    • Fear of Failure – Culture of Blame

    • Fear of Vulnerability – Mistrust

  • Self-Awareness & Self-Development

  • 6 Steps

    • Looking at yourself

    • Looking outside of yourself

    • Change your story

    • Building a Strategy – not a plan

    • Empower your story (experiment)

    • Adding Durability to your story

  • 5 Dysfunctions of a team

  • Herding Tigers

  • Retrospectives

  • SCRUM

  • Director level getting stuck

  • Hire your opposite

  • Trust

  • Open Communication


Connect with Jim


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James is a 30+ year veteran in the Software and Technology industry. He shares with you his years of experience and winning ways to become a successful leader, while becoming 'unstuck' from the overwhelming challenges that hold us back from complete success.

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(Translation: No fluffy theories. Just real talk and results.)

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