Coaching for Leaders
Dave Stachowiak
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
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Mar 23, 2026 • 39min
775: How to Motivate Younger Employees, with David Yeager
David Yeager, a psychology professor and author of 10 to 25, studies brief interventions that motivate young people. He unpacks why complaints about younger generations recur. He explains the mentor mindset: high standards plus high support. He discusses wise feedback, status and respect as core needs, and practical scripts managers can use to signal commitment and expectations.
Mar 20, 2026 • 40sec
FINAL DAY to apply for the Academy
A final-day reminder to apply for an intensive leadership development program. Who should consider applying and why it suits leaders facing new roles, teams, or pivotal feedback. Clear directions on where to submit before the deadline.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 31min
The Five Things That Get in Leaders’ Ways
Leaders often stumble by not asking for help and by relying on knowledge without practice. Overambitious tactics block habit formation, and progress can feel worse before it gets better. People also fail to notice their own gains, so tracking small wins matters.
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Mar 16, 2026 • 36min
774: What Innovative Leaders Do Different, with Linda Hill
Linda Hill, Harvard Business School leadership and innovation scholar and co-author of Genius at Scale, discusses how leaders create cultures and capabilities for collective innovation. She explains three innovation roles: Architects, Bridge Builders, and Catalysts. Conversations cover reframing horizontal relationships, scaling innovation across organizations, and leading through uncertainty with public learning.
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Mar 13, 2026 • 22min
From Command and Control to Serve and Support, with Marisol Bello
Marisol Bello, executive director and narrative strategist who leads the Housing Narrative Lab, uses storytelling and research to build support for housing solutions. She describes shifting leadership from command-and-control to serve-and-support. Short practices like pausing to breathe, asking questions, and clarifying roles reshape collaboration and culture.
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Mar 9, 2026 • 33min
773: How to Align Your Motivation, with Nir Eyal
Nir Eyal, writer and teacher on psychology and technology best known for Hooked and Indistractable. He explores how “I am” beliefs shape identity, how hidden beliefs block action, and the motivation triangle of belief, benefit, and behavior. Short practical contrasts and checkpoints help decide whether to persist or pivot. He frames beliefs as tools you can choose for usefulness.
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Mar 5, 2026 • 23min
How to Get Better at Listening, with Bill Mayo
Bill Mayo, a plant foreman in the natural gas industry and Coaching for Leaders Academy alum, shares his journey focusing on listening. He describes simple tactics like follow-up questions and a 60-day practice that changed workplace dynamics. He also explains how the same habits improved family conversations and shifted his view of leadership.
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Mar 2, 2026 • 39min
772: How to Measure Your Meeting’s Success, with Rebecca Hinds
Rebecca Hinds, organizational behavior and future-of-work expert who founded the Work Innovation Lab at Asana and the Work AI Institute at Glean, discusses measuring meeting success. She covers Return on Time Invested (ROTI) surveys, why sample only some meetings, and how airtime equality, punctuality, and total weekly meeting hours reveal meeting health. Practical fixes like asynchronous work and calendar resets also come up.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 38min
771: Fixing Fairness in the Workplace, with Lily Zheng
Lily Zheng, organizational consultant and author focused on systemic workplace fairness. They explain why common DEI tactics often fail. They highlight that systems, not individuals, shape outcomes. They recommend diagnosing culture, using storytelling to build alignment, designing small high-impact changes, and involving people in the process.
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Feb 16, 2026 • 37min
770: How to Make Change Irresistible, with Phil Gilbert
Phil Gilbert, former IBM design leader and author of Irresistible Change, shares his product-minded approach to organizational transformation. He explains treating change like a product, offering not mandating, and aiming for cultural adoption. Short-start proofs, smart team selection, branding change, and empowering middle managers are highlighted in short, punchy conversations.
