Podcast Guest Appearances

Great ideas, untapped potential, and rapid sales aren’t always a formula for a successful entrepreneurial business. While we, as entrepreneurs, have many gifts, when it comes to building a business, we can feel like a fraud. Most…

Some people wonder why we are compelled to work with dysfunction when most avoid it like the plague. We think of it as a calling, our call to action to help alleviate the many issues that surround us everywhere: at work, in relationships, in leadership. We consider...

If you are a leader or an HR professional, you have most likely encountered employee complaints and tried to deal with them. They can range from minuscular complaints (“Dave is using my coffee mug again!”) to serious problems that need to be addressed as promptly as...

Being a leader is tough under the best of circumstances – a well-known truth to anyone who has ever had the dubious pleasure of leading people. But what happens when you throw in a global pandemic, undefined…

Are leaders born or developed?  Why are many leaders permissive when it allows employees to do what they want at the expense of the business? How do leaders challenge the notion they are micromanaging when they are simply giving expectations? Why the increase in...

Ready for the cold hard truth about leadership? Forget about the “5 Things All Great Leaders Do” or how “Great Leaders Do ‘This’ Every Morning…” All those flashy click-baiting leadership articles are filled with lies. If it were that simple you wouldn’t be looking for...

Not everyone is comfortable with exercising leadership authority. In fact, some leaders fear their employees' reactions to expectations and direction so much that they give them the authority to make decisions prematurely. There is a growing trend in organizations to...

“People join companies and quit bosses.” This age-old saying seemed to be the overarching theme of our conversation with Doug Thorpe when we spoke with him on his podcast, Leadership Powered by Common Sense, about what it takes to identify and correct dysfunctional...

We sat down with Scot McKay of The Mountain Top Podcast to talk about so-called “jerks” at work and how the nature vs. nurture debate applies to leadership.
Is leadership really just a trait that some people are born with? Or is it a skill that can be learned and developed? (Do you think you’ll be surprised by our take on this?) Check out the episode now – available on our website and your favorite podcast platform!