Your family is your most important enterprise. Leadership coach Dave Inglis shares heart-centered strategies to help purpose-driven executives thrive at work and at home. Drawing from his book "Chief Family Officer," each 10-20 minute episode offers sacred wisdom and practical tools to strengthen family bonds amid life's demands. Learn to lead from a place of presence and purpose, creating a legacy of love that transcends success. Because true wealth is measured in connection, not currency.
Beyond Compromise: How to Build True Partnership at Home with Ellen Boeder
Psychotherapist Ellen Boeder discusses shared leadership in intimate partnerships, revealing skills to move beyond power dynamics toward true collaboration, in an interview with Dave Inglis.
9 Sept 2025
The Doors That Never Reopen with Michael Perry
Dave Inglis interviews Michael Perry, CEO of Maple, about embracing intentional parenting and leadership by recognizing the fleeting nature of childhood phases.
1 Sept 2025
Building Family Systems That Scale
Host Dave Inglis interviews CEO Ashley Chang about building scalable family systems that navigate career success and family life, offering practical frameworks for ambitious parents.
5 May 2025
The Daisy Method: Navigating Life's Challenges
In this episode, Dave introduces a powerful visual metaphor that has transformed how he navigates difficult moments - both as a parent and a professional. The Daisy Method offers a more compassionate approach to our inevitable departures from centeredness and provides practical strategies for returning more quickly.
We all have moments when patience dissolves and our best self temporarily vanishes. In these moments, we're most vulnerable to saying or doing things we later regret. But what if we stopped expecting ourselves to remain perpetually centered and instead focused on how quickly we return?
Dave shares a personal story about being locked out of his flat in Spain, three practical strategies to "shorten your petals," and a simple exercise that has helped countless coaching clients develop a healthier relationship with their emotional patterns.
Whether you're juggling leadership responsibilities at work or navigating the complexities of family life, this episode offers a refreshing perspective on what it means to thrive as an imperfect human in a challenging world.
14 Apr 2025
The Scaffolding Trap: Are You Avoiding the Core Issue?
In this insightful episode, Dave Inglis introduces the concept of "The Scaffolding Trap" – a pattern where leaders invest tremendous energy building elaborate systems around problems rather than addressing their foundations.
Drawing from his experience coaching executives and couples, Dave reveals how our most conscientious efforts can sometimes serve as sophisticated avoidance strategies. He explores why we often choose complexity over conversation, and the significant costs this approach creates in both professional and personal spheres.
7 Apr 2025
Maybe You're Playing the Wrong Game
In this episode, Dave explores a powerful insight for leaders feeling stuck despite their best efforts: sometimes the issue isn't how you're playing the game, but which game you've chosen to play. Through the story of a high-achieving mortgage broker who transformed his life by changing where he played rather than how he approached his work, Dave reveals the importance of questioning our fundamental environments rather than just our tactics.
Learn the key signs that indicate it's time to redraw the "bright lines" in your life - those boundaries that define your playing field - and discover a simple exercise to explore alternative environments that might better align with your definition of winning. Whether in business, relationships, or personal growth, sometimes the bravest strategic choice isn't figuring out how to win at the game you're playing, but having the courage to play a different game altogether.
31 Mar 2025
Reclaiming Trust in Your Own Direction
In this episode, Dave shares a transformative experience from his recent solitude retreat in Mallorca, Spain. While hiking the iconic GR-221 trail, a moment of frustration became a powerful lesson in self-trust. Dave explores how we habitually outsource our trust to external sources—apps, experts, advisors—and the profound cost of this pattern in our leadership, creativity, and personal growth.
Dave reveals the critical difference between seeking expertise and surrendering our internal guidance system. He challenges listeners to recognize where they might be unconsciously giving away their trust and offers insights on reclaiming the courage to do our original work.
In a world increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence, our authenticity becomes our most valuable asset—but only if we trust ourselves enough to express it. Whether you're leading a team, building a business, or navigating your personal life, this episode offers a compelling invitation to ask yourself: "What do I know I need to do but for whatever reason I'm not ready?"
24 Mar 2025
Crossing the River of Denial
In this episode, Dave explores the delicate art of helping others move through denial—and recognizing it in ourselves. Starting with a personal story about his daughter's academic struggles after their family's move to Spain, Dave reveals how his initial frustration transformed into a profound insight about human change.
You'll discover the crucial difference between creating tension between people (which builds resistance) versus illuminating tension within someone (which sparks transformation). Through candid stories of his own experiences with denial—from financial habits to business failures to personal relationships—Dave shares practical wisdom for parents and leaders alike.
Learn the three powerful approaches that actually work when supporting someone through denial, how to identify your own blind spots, and why denial isn't a stubborn wall but rather a temporary shelter on the path to growth. Whether you're raising teenagers or leading teams, this episode offers a refreshing perspective on how change really happens.
18 Mar 2025
The Ancient Leadership Tool You've Forgotten
In this episode, Dave shares insights from Las Fallas, Valencia's ancient festival where magnificent sculptures are meticulously created only to be ceremonially burned. Drawing parallels between this ritual and our modern lives, Dave explores how we've abandoned ceremonial practices that help us process significant transitions.
He argues that without intentional ceremonial containers, we risk recycling old patterns rather than evolving. Through personal stories about "strategic solitude" and fire ceremonies, Dave explains how transformation requires more than intellectual understanding—it demands embodied experience, witnessed by community.
Whether you're navigating relationship challenges, career transitions, or personal evolution, this episode will inspire you to reconsider the power of ceremony as a forgotten leadership tool that can help you release what no longer serves you and create space for meaningful growth.
11 Mar 2025
When Those Who Shine Brightest Are Left in the Dark
Why do we often neglect coaching our top performers? In this episode, Dave Inglis explores the counterintuitive truth that our highest achievers—whether team members or children—don't need less support, but a different kind of coaching altogether.
Discover why leaders avoid coaching high performers (hint: it's not about them), what these stars actually need that they cannot provide themselves, and the powerful question that will transform how you support excellence. Learn how to cultivate self-trust in those who excel and why this might be the most important leadership skill you're not practicing.
Whether you're leading a team or raising children, this episode will change how you think about supporting those who shine brightest.
3 Mar 2025
Penis Skin and Calling Others Up
In this episode, I share a deeply personal story I've rarely told—an embarrassing encounter involving sushi, an inappropriate comment about penis skin, and an HR complaint that blindsided me completely.
When a client recently struggled with addressing years of cultural dismissiveness from her in-laws, I knew it was time to reveal how a humbling incident from 2017 transformed my approach to difficult conversations.
Most of us default to three ineffective responses when someone's behavior hurts us: we swallow our pain, we eventually explode, or we avoid the person entirely. But through my own uncomfortable experience, I discovered a fourth path—calling people UP instead of calling them out.
This episode reveals a practical framework for addressing harmful behavior without triggering defensiveness, and how sharing our own learning journeys creates space for others to grow. Learn the critical difference between positioning yourself as a teacher versus a fellow student of life.
Sometimes our most valuable leadership lessons come from our most uncomfortable moments. Join me for this honest discussion about vulnerability, growth, and the power of calling up.
17 Feb 2025
Building Intergenerational Emotional Wealth
Your family operates on a hidden emotional economy where every interaction is either making deposits or withdrawals from your relationship bank accounts. Yet most of us never learned how to intentionally build emotional wealth that lasts generations.
In this episode, Dave reveals how understanding the 10 core emotional needs transformed his own family life after a pivotal moment during Ironman training with his son. Drawing from Dr. Willard Harley's groundbreaking research, he breaks down the fundamental needs that drive connection: affection, sexual fulfillment, intimate conversation, recreational companionship, honesty and openness, physical attractiveness, financial support, domestic support, family commitment, and admiration.
Through personal stories and practical examples, Dave explains how different family members prioritize these needs differently, and why understanding these differences is crucial for building lasting emotional wealth. He shares how treating your relationships like bank accounts - and making intentional deposits in the areas that matter most to each person - can transform your family dynamics.
Whether you're struggling with conflict at home or simply want to deepen your family bonds, this episode provides a clear framework for making strategic emotional investments that compound over time. Learn how to identify your family's emotional needs and start building wealth that truly matters.
Download Willard Harley's questionnaire here: https://www.marriagebuilders.com/download/library/questionnaires/the-emotional-needs-questionnaire-enq-2.pdf
10 Feb 2025
The Journey from Fractured to Flourishing Families
In this episode, Dave breaks down the four distinct stages that families move through in their evolution: The Fractured Foundation, Masked Connection, Respectful Resonance, and the Regenerative Family. Through compelling client stories and research-backed insights, Dave explains how executives can identify their family's current stage and intentionally guide them toward becoming a truly regenerative family system - one that grows stronger through both challenges and successes. Learn why the skills that make leaders successful in business often create unintentional harm at home, and discover how to adapt your leadership approach to create lasting positive change where it matters most.
3 Feb 2025
Building Your Family Operating System
Just like your phone needs regular updates to run smoothly, your family needs a clear operating system to thrive. In this episode, Dave breaks down the three essential components of an effective family operating system and explains how to move from constantly reacting to thoughtfully designing your family life.
You'll learn practical strategies for implementing regular check-ins, conducting effective weekly planning sessions, and creating space for deeper quarterly connections. Whether you're struggling with constant schedule conflicts or simply wanting to create more intentional family time, this episode provides a clear framework for upgrading how your family operates.
Dave shares specific questions to ask during check-ins, tips for including children in the process, and ways to identify which system updates your family needs most right now. Perfect for busy parents looking to create more harmony and less chaos in their daily family life.
27 Jan 2025
The Hidden Cost of Being Right
"What would your partner say is their number one complaint about you during conflict? It's a question that changed everything for Dave, and one that exposes a crucial blindspot for many executives.
Here's the thing - leaders are trained to take control, find solutions, and be right. But the very qualities that make them exceptional at work often create unintentional harm at home. Whether it's doubling down to prove a point or jumping in to 'fix' everything, they keep applying boardroom strategies to family challenges, wondering why nothing changes.
In this episode, Dave breaks down why being right is costing leaders connection and teaches three powerful strategies to transform family conflicts into opportunities for deeper trust and intimacy. Learn how to 'stand for three' instead of one, declare intentions that create safety, and master the art of putting your hand out instead of up.
Because at the end of the day, every conflict at home is an opportunity to either show that you're right or that you care. The choice is yours."
20 Jan 2025
The Ultimate Promotion - Becoming a Chief Family Officer
Dave Inglis shares his journey from business founder to developing the concept of the Chief Family Officer. Through his own story of relationship breakdown and family reconciliation, Dave examines the five core challenges that prevent executives from creating thriving families: lack of shared vision, missing accountability, time scarcity, poor conflict repair, and waiting for partners to change. He introduces a framework for working ON your family rather than just IN it, exploring three key areas: family strategy, systems of living, and relationship mastery.
16 Jan 2025
Trailer: Your Family Deserves Your Best, Not What's Left
In this debut episode, Dave Inglis introduces the Chief Family Officer podcast and shares why successful business leaders often struggle to bring their leadership home. Drawing from his experience as an executive coach and father of three, Dave reveals how the same principles that build thriving companies can transform family life—when applied intentionally. Learn why he created this podcast and how these bite-sized episodes will help you develop practical tools to lead your most important team: your family. Because your greatest enterprise isn't the one you're building at work, it's the one waiting for you at home.
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