Do you aspire to be an effective leader who impacts and inspires your team? Learning key strategies to encourage action, focus, engagement and timely execution of tasks, will help lead you and your team to continued success. Executive Coach and Leadership Advisor, David Chinsky, talks about his passion for coaching as well as his program to train future leaders and help them to achieve their goals.

* 3:01 – Make ‘one day’ today* 5:39 – The faces of leadership fitness* 14:40 – Toolsets to becoming a great leader* 18:04 – The gift of feedback* 18:42 – How to have conversations that neutralize defensiveness * 26:53 – Conversations vs. confrontations* 29:25 – How to deal with internal & external pushback* 33:41 – Risks, successes & failures* 36:38 – How core values create instant bonds* 48:23 – The vanishing ‘to do’ list* 55:16 – Timeless approaches

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Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose – Tony Hsieh

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Todd: (00:00)All right. So welcome to the show today. I am so excited. I have David Chinski from Fit Leaders Academy, and as I’ve been researching guests, certain people catch my eye. And what really attracted me to David was his vision, his simple, straightforward, and inspirational vision, which is to create vibrant leaders who enjoy balanced lives marked by personal health and sustained contribution. So David’s a rockstar and in addition to that amazing vision, he brings more than 25 years of executive leadership and management experience to his role and his focus in his fit leaders Academy. So, David, thank you so much for being here. Welcome to the show.David: (00:40)Thanks Todd. It’s a pleasure to be here with you.Todd: (00:42)Yeah. So, so what do you want to get into, I mean, I know a little bit about you from researching online. We haven’t spoken much other than just before the show. But I’m really inspired by what you do and again, your, your vision and would love to hear your definition of what drew you to that as a career and what you do for your, your members and your friends and your, and your network.David: (01:05)Well, Todd, I’d like to start by just acknowledging the importance of, of today, where we’re talking today on nine 11, September 11th. And that that’s a day that changed a lot of lives. A lot of people lost their lives that day. And a lot of people made some pretty significant life altering decisions that day, myself included. I had been a corporate executive for over 20 years at Ford motor company at Nestle at Thomson Reuters and went into work every day, doing my best. And I kept getting promoted and everyone was telling me, this is exactly what you should be doing with your life. And yet David: (