About Trying, Learning, & Improving as a Business Leader
Each episode focuses on ideas on business leadership that Dan Coughlin has taught and learned in over 4,000 Executive Coaching sessions. We will dive into topics on leadership, communication, teamwork, culture, branding, innovation, strategy, and much more.
Lessons learned from WWI, WWII, The Great Depression, and the Pandemic of 2020 on developing extreme patience and perseverance, and how this will help you to make a meaningful impact in the world.
14 Feb 2020
Learn by Focusing on the Good in Other People, Not the Bad
Instead of focusing on what's wrong with people, learn from them by focusing on something that is good within them.
17 Jan 2020
What to do when an A+ Employee Needs a Gold Star Every Day
You have an employee who gets great results, executes flawlessly on time, and gets along with well with the other employees.
However, this person demands constant pats on the back, public recognition, bonuses on top of bonuses, and bigger titles.
What do you do?
4 Nov 2019
Know Your Job & Do Your Job
There are two types of jobs within a business: customer-level jobs and organizational-level jobs. They are equally important, but they are different. You have to know the job you are doing right now, and focus on doing it as well as you can.
16 Oct 2019
What to do when multiple employees want a promotion at the same time
Promotions and career paths should be discussed once a year between a manager and an employee. However, when an employee or a group of employees ask 4-6 times a year for a promotion than you have deeper issues that you need to recognize and address.
6 Oct 2019
The Master Skills of Planning and Execution
Planning is deciding and writing down what you intend to do that fits with your desired outcomes and your stated organizational values.
Execution is actually doing what you intended to do and how you intended to do it.
5 Oct 2019
Reinforcing Your Desired Culture
This episode defines values and culture, and then explains how to strengthen your organization's desired culture for long-term success.
29 Jan 2019
Live a Life Worthy of the Gift You Have Been Given
Understand your Self, which is your gift, and live your life in a way that is worthy of your Self in all of its many facets.
22 Jan 2019
Personal Daily Freedom
We all have two choices every day: First, what to do, and, second, how to do it.
3 Dec 2018
How to Simplify Your Strategy and Really Use It
Simplify the process of establishing your organization's strategy, and use it on a regular basis to make better decisions.
26 Nov 2018
The Parameters of Appropriateness
Be effective in influencing other people while staying within the appropriate topic, timing, wording, and tone.
24 Nov 2018
Answer the Four Critical Leadership Questions
Four questions to help you organize your thinking in any leadership situation.
23 Nov 2018
Why do you do what you do for a living?
Know your purpose at work in order to sustain the energy necessary to consistently deliver excellence.
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