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Leadership Powered by Common Sense
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Doug Thorpe is a performance-driven Senior Executive, Entrepreneur, Board Member, Thought Leader, and Consultant with more than 40 years of success in the financial services, executive coaching, oil & gas, and healthcare industries. Leveraging extensive experience in guiding business transformation for growth-oriented organizations, he is a trusted guide for mid-cap companies to large global enterprises requiring expert assistance with leadership development, team performance, employee engagement, culture shifts, and change management.
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Leading When Your Inner World Is Broken | Ep 497
1w agoTap to summarizeLeading from the Inside Out: What Every Leader Needs to Know About Relationships, Self-Worth, and Authentic Growth Introduction Well, welcome again everyone. Have you ever struggled with building the right kind of relationship in your work? If you’re in the role of leadership, the ability to build effective relationships with your people, with stakeholders, and […] The post Leading When Your Inner World Is Broken | Ep 497 first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense.
Transcribe →Too Smart to Be an Umpire | Ep 496
1w agoTap to summarizeHow Jack Oujo Turned a Career Setback Into a Business Success Story Introduction Hello again everyone. This is Doug Thorpe, and today we’re going to ask you the question. If you have had or may have a personal setback in your career, what are you going to do with it? How do you think it […] The post Too Smart to Be an Umpire | Ep 496 first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense.
Transcribe →Why Leaders Struggle with Executive Presence
2w agoTap to summarizeHow to Show Up, Speak Up, and Lead with Impact | Ep 495 A conversation with Carl DuPont, DMA — opera singer, executive coach, and co-author of The Presence Principle Introduction Hey, everybody. If you have been confronted with the notion that you need to boost your executive presence, I hear that a lot in […] The post Why Leaders Struggle with Executive Presence first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense.
Transcribe →Why Your Business Can’t Grow Without You | Ep 494
2w agoTap to summarizeFrom Startup Survival to PR Empire: Jennifer Kaplan on 22 Years of Building Evolve PR Introduction Hello again everyone. This is Doug, and you’re listening to Leadership Powered by Common Sense. Hey, have you started a business out there? Was your dream enough to get you over the goal line, to get you started and […] The post Why Your Business Can’t Grow Without You | Ep 494 first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense.
Transcribe →How to Cut Costs Without Cutting the Heart Out of Your Business
3w agoTap to summarizeLeadership Powered by Common Sense | Episode 493 | Guest: Duane Deason Introduction Hello again everyone. Doug Thorpe here. And this is Leadership Powered by Common Sense. Have you ever struggled with administering a cost cutting measure? Well, today we’re going to dive into that topic. It’s a sensitive one — a tough one to […] The post How to Cut Costs Without Cutting the Heart Out of Your Business first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense.
Transcribe →Your People Aren’t Broken — But Your System Might Be | Ep. 492
3w agoTap to summarizeIntroduction Hello again everyone. Doug Thorpe here. And you are listening to Leadership Powered by Common Sense. My guest is going to help us look at how do you fix your business. And a lot of times people, founders, owners and leaders think that maybe their people are broken. But guess what? There’s a whole […] The post Your People Aren’t Broken — But Your System Might Be | Ep. 492 first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense.
Transcribe →Leadership Unplugged: Practical Common Sense for Business Leaders
4w agoTap to summarizeLeadership Powered by Common Sense – Episode 491 Introduction Hey, everybody. Doug Thorpe here again. You are listening to Leadership Powered by Common Sense. My guest today is a fellow military veteran and now a consultant and coach. He shares a common thread with me. We like to look at the world in a more […] The post Leadership Unplugged: Practical Common Sense for Business Leaders first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense.
Transcribe →The Future of Hiring and Leadership: Self-Awareness Plus Behavioral Science
May 19Tap to summarizeEpisode 490: Hiring, Self-Awareness, and the Behavioral Science Behind Better Leadership — with Jason Carroll Introduction Hey, everybody, Doug Thorpe here. Today we’re going to talk about one of the biggest challenges that business leaders have. And that’s hiring and finding the right people. And there are a lot of abused phrases out there that […] The post The Future of Hiring and Leadership: Self-Awareness Plus Behavioral Science first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense.
Transcribe →Is Your Organizational Culture a Family? The Hidden Truth Leaders Miss
May 14Tap to summarizeLeadership Powered by Common Sense | Episode 489 | Guest: Dr. Wayne Wilson Introduction Hey. Hello again, everyone. Doug Thorpe here. Today we’re going to talk about your organizational culture as a family unit. And maybe you’ve heard that before, or maybe you shudder to think about that. But the reality is there’s some truth […] The post Is Your Organizational Culture a Family? The Hidden Truth Leaders Miss first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense.
Transcribe →Buying vs. Starting a Business: The Truth About Small Business Exits
May 12Tap to summarizeSmall Business Exit Plans Are Broken | Episode 488 — Leadership Powered by Common Sense with Doug Thorpe Introduction Well, hello again, everyone. This is Doug Thorpe, and you are listening to Leadership Powered by Common Sense. I’m excited today for two reasons. I’ve got two guests with me, Mark Willis, who you might have […] The post Buying vs. Starting a Business: The Truth About Small Business Exits first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense.
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