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Leaders aren’t born; they’re made. Many leaders reach points in their careers where what worked yesterday doesn’t work today. This Monday show helps leaders thrive at these key inflection points. Independently produced weekly since 2011, Dr. Dave Stachowiak shares insights from a decade of leading a global leadership academy, plus more than 15 years of leadership at Dale Carnegie. Bestselling authors, proven leaders, expert thinkers, and deep conversation have attracted 50 million downloads and over 300,000 followers. Join the FREE membership to search the entire leadership and management library by topic at CoachingforLeaders.com
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Dave Stachowiak makes leadership research usable by pressing guests to connect organizational ideas with concrete management decisions.
Coaching for Leaders turns management research into practical questions about how authority works inside organizations. Dave Stachowiak leads guest conversations with an attentive, clarifying style, repeatedly asking what an idea means for an actual decision.
A cartwheel in front of your peers becomes a test of how you'd move a team.
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Fairness and explanation shape how hard news lands.
Dave Stachowiak and Anthony Klotz turn a familiar management problem into something sharper: how to respond when an employee hits a career jolt, whether that is a bad grade, a pay cut, or hard feedback.
Innovation works when leaders manage tension, not just encourage ideas.
Linda Hill treats innovation as disciplined work, not a slogan. The discussion follows the harder middle ground between loose creativity and enough alignment for people to move together.
Fairness is treated as a system to change, not a slogan to repeat.
Workplace fairness is framed as a systems issue, not a slogan. Dave Stachowiak and Lily Zhang focus on how leaders can shape the conditions for change, why people hesitate to raise uncomfortable questions, and why organizations often jump to solutions before building enough…
A practical look at how leaders can shape teamwork by changing behavior, not just hoping for it.
Scott Keller frames teamwork as something leaders can shape directly, not as a vague ideal that happens on its own. The cartwheel example gives the discussion an easy entry point before moving into role modeling, storytelling, and the pressure points that influence group…
Odd questions, followed patiently down to the incentives.
Family grief, public questions, and the responsibilities of care.
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Dave Stachowiak interviews Marcus Buckingham about using love and strengths to help people thrive at work.
A career jolt changes what good leadership asks for.
Neri Karra Sillaman uses 1930s British milk bottles and Alan Wilson’s flocking research to explain how shared learning supports survival and innovation.
David Yeager challenges the “kids these days” narrative with evidence that every generation has judged its successor for about 70 years of U.S.
Dave Stachowiak outlines the five common obstacles that prevent leaders from improving and how his academy helps overcome them.
Harvard Business School professor Linda Hill reveals why leading innovation requires fundamentally different approaches than traditional change management.
Research reveals that 82% of Americans support diversity, yet most people assume only half the country agrees, creating a false perception of division.
Dave Stachowiak interviews Graham Alcott about the difference between being nice and being kind in the workplace, and how leaders can practice genuine kindness.
This episode explores how AI tools can help professionals build and maintain their networks more efficiently, allowing more time for genuine relationship building.
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This episode discusses how leaders can avoid solving their team's problems and instead enable growth through compassionate leadership.
McKinsey partner Scott Keller reveals how top CEOs build exceptional teams by focusing on psychology over mechanics, drawing from research with the world's best leaders.
Host Dave Stachowiak introduces a rebroadcast interview with Frances Fry about moving fast and fixing things in organizational change.