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Episode 485 — Leadership Powered by Common Sense with Doug Thorpe | Guest: Mark Willis, CFP® Introduction Well, hey, everybody, Doug Thorpe here. Do you have your financial house in order? If you are looking at making your corporate gig a long term career, or if you own and run a business, the way you […]

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Leadership Powered by Common Sense — Episode 483 Introduction Hello again everyone. This is Doug Thorpe, and you’re listening to another episode of Leadership Powered by Common Sense. Today we’re going to dive into the world of compensation. And that’s a topic that certainly sensitive to most of us. Whether you are receiving it or […]

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A CFO’s Playbook for Serious Business Owners — with Mark Molin Introduction Doug Thorpe: Well, hello again, everyone. This is Doug Thorpe, and you’re listening to leadership Powered by Common Sense. Today, I’ve got a gentleman who’s, fascinating. I had a chance of meeting him by virtue of sitting in as a guest on his […]

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Introduction Well, hey, everybody, Doug Thorpe here. This is another episode of The Leadership Powered by Common Sense. Hey, if you’re running a business, if you don’t have sales, you don’t have a company. You know, so I’ve got a gentleman here that’s going to help us understand some of that and find better ways […]

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Leadership Powered by Common Sense — Doug Thorpe and Guest John Tarnoff Introduction Well, hey, everybody, it’s Doug Thorpe. And, glad to have you back again on leadership powered by common sense. Today we’re going to dive into an interesting topic that I’ve certainly heard from. Many of my clients experienced it myself, and that […]

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Doug Thorpe | Leadership Powered by Common Sense | Guest Maria Brinck Introduction Well, hello again, everyone. This is Doug Thorpe, and you’re listening to Leadership Powered by Common Sense. Today we’re going to talk a little bit about a maybe a call it a leadership bias or a leadership tendency. But the real question […]

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Executive coach Emma Collyer joins Doug Thorpe to unpack why leaders avoid giving feedback — and how to do it clearly, kindly, and with confidence. Practical tips for managers at every level.

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Doug Thorpe | Leadership Powered by Common Sense | March 31, 2026 Introduction Good to have you back. This is Doug, and you are listening to Leadership Powered by Common Sense. My guest today is a lady who has a very respectable career in the corporate realm. She’s been a leader in in many brand […]

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Introduction Well, hey, everybody, if you’re running a business or in charge of a team at work, and you’re wondering how in the world do you really get the results you want? You’ve heard about OKRs and KPIs and another maybe alphabet soup of different systems and procedures. But my guest today is going to […]

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Purpose-Driven Leadership Introduction If you’re in, leading a business team, you sometimes think you’re operating with purpose on purpose. But it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the busyness of the day. And today, we’re going to talk with a gentleman who can help us get back on track with purpose-driven leadership ideas. His name is […]

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