The Coach's Corner

Purpose isn’t always born in comfort; sometimes it’s shaped in the margins.

In today’s episode, we explore how purpose and profit can work together, not in conflict, and how faith, resilience, and service can shape the way we lead financially, personally, and professionally.

I sit down with Nicholas Savoy, founder of N727, who has spent more than 15 years helping business owners save millions through sustainable, conflict free financial strategies. His “Lifestyle General Contractor” model is unique in the industry — commission free, broad, agnostic, and designed to eliminate the conflicts of interest that often undermine traditional financial advice.

Together, we unpack:
• Purpose and profit — how they can coexist
• Faith and resilience through personal challenges
• How upbringing shapes leadership style
• Why service is the foundation of financial stewardship
• How curiosity and possibility fuel growth

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by financial decisions, or wondered how your personal story shapes your leadership, this episode is for you.

About Nicholas Savoy

Nicholas (Nick) Savoy is the Founder of SAN727, where he has spent more than 15 years helping business owners save millions in taxes while building sustainable, conflict‑free financial strategies. His “Lifestyle General Contractor” model is unique in the industry — commission‑free, product‑agnostic, and designed to eliminate the conflicts of interest that often undermine traditional financial advice. Nick’s work empowers entrepreneurs to build wealth that aligns with their values, strengthens their families, and expands their long‑term impact.

• Nick’s profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholassavoy/
• Phone: 765.414.0092 (Mobile)
• Address: [email protected]
• Email: [email protected]

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Purpose isn’t always born in comfort. Sometimes it’s shaped in the margins. In today’s episode, I share my own story: growing up in a low‑income, culturally diverse neighborhood in Toronto, navigating the culture shock of leaving it, and how those early experiences — along with the grounding force of faith — shaped my understanding of people, empathy, belonging, and ultimately my leadership style.

We explore five key themes:

• Poverty as a teacher
• Culture shock as a catalyst
• Reinvention through disruption
• Faith as an anchor for purpose
• Leadership style as a function of one’s upbringing

If you’ve ever felt like your beginnings were too humble, too chaotic, or too complicated to produce greatness, this episode is for you.

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About Jason Shupp:
Jason Shupp is a business owner, entrepreneur, speaker, podcast host, and founder of BoardEase Advisors. After nearly two decades leading his family’s third-generation business, Ferguson Roofing, Jason now helps small business CEOs build effective advisory boards that bring greater clarity, structure, and perspective to leadership. He is also the host of From There to Here on the Mission Matters Network, where he explores the unconventional journeys, pivotal decisions, and experiences that shape entrepreneurs and leaders.

Learn more at:

*** NEW *** TCC Leading Under Pressure Program for Emerging & Executive Leaders

https://www.mindmarker.com/leading-under-pressure-the-renewiq-master-journey/

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https://www.instagram.com/thecoachescornerpod/

TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@coach.denley.tcc

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Brian McIntosh
https://missionmatters.com/seeing-the-world-understanding-culture-through-travel-abroad-with-brian-mcintosh

Loren Rosario-Maldonado
https://missionmatters.com/the-healing-power-of-cq-how-cultural-intelligence-can-deepen-your-connections-reconcile-your-relationships-with-guest-loren-rosario-maldonado

Nadine Zeinoun
https://missionmatters.com/from-emotion-to-empowerment-finding-resilience-through-faith-and-hope-with-nadine-zeinoun

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Parenting is a journey of constant evolution. Today’s episode is for parents and adult children navigating one of the most meaningful transitions in life: moving from a protector child relationship into a friendship built on empathy, listening, and mutual respect.

In this episode, we explore three key ideas that shape this transition:

• How attachment theory influences the way we let go — and why secure bonds make separation both beautiful and difficult.

• How parenting must recalibrate at every milestone — from elementary to junior high, junior high to senior high, and senior high to college or university.

• How parents shift from authority to partnership — learning when to lead, when to listen, and when to let friendship emerge naturally.

If you’re a parent learning to let go, or an adult child hoping your parent will see you differently, this episode is for you.

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*** NEW *** TCC Leading Under Pressure Program for Emerging & Executive Leaders

https://www.mindmarker.com/leading-under-pressure-the-renewiq-master-journey/

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Every parent dreams of the day their child steps confidently into the world — and yet that same day can quietly horrify them. It’s every hope and aspiration wrapped in a single goodbye. It’s the mission you feel you were put on Earth to do… and the moment you wonder if you actually did it right.

In this episode of The Coach’s Corner, I share the journey of sending my only daughter, Makayla, off to university — a moment that brought back memories of our car rides together, listening to the Jackson 5’s “Never Can Say Goodbye.” It was our ritual. Our soundtrack. Our reminder that even when life moves forward, love doesn’t let go.

And woven through this story is our faith as parents — because we almost lost her before she was born. We held onto God, believing He would bring her here, believing she had purpose, believing she would make a difference in the world. Her name, Makayla, means “Who is like Yahweh.”

Now she’s here — or rather, not here with us anymore — as she steps into her own life at university. The same faith that carried her into this world is the faith we lean on as she walks into the world of her future.

This episode is about how parents — not only as leaders of their children, but as the ones who must eventually send them into the world — learn to say not goodbye, but see you later.

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*** NEW *** TCC Leading Under Pressure Program for Emerging & Executive Leaders

https://www.mindmarker.com/leading-under-pressure-the-renewiq-master-journey/

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In a world where companies chase efficiency, automation, and profit at all costs, it’s easy to forget the human side of leadership.

This episode of The Coach’s Corner features a powerful conversation with Vincent Forese, a pioneering leader in education technology who has consistently put people, principles, and performance in proper order—even when it costs him.

If you’re a leader, manager, founder, or executive wrestling with tough choices, team loyalty, organizational culture, or the tension between doing what’s profitable and doing what’s right, this episode will give you a real world look at principled leadership under pressure.

About Vincent Florese
Vincent Forese is one of the original education technology executives, pioneering the use of the internet for education in the mid-1990s, when the Internet was still in its infancy. His commitment to student- centered digital learning is well documented, as is his commitment to his co-workers and employees. An accounting degree, and a career in business development had enable him to grow and sell several businesses over his career. He is most proud of the fact that many of his largest customers over the years consider him a partner and a friend. Vincent is married to his wife Sharon, and together they have raised three daughters and a son. In his spare time, he enjoys teaching and coaching basketball and football.

Find out more about Vincent at:

• Website: https://www.link-systems.com/ourteam.php
• Instagram: @vtforese
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinnieforese
• X: @forese

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*** NEW *** TCC Leading Under Pressure Program for Emerging & Executive Leaders

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A listener asked a powerful question:

“How do you measure your relationships in corporate America — in the context of what does it get you?”

It’s a question about influence. It’s a question about access. It’s a question about trust. It’s a question about career mobility.

And it’s a question most people never think to ask.

Today on The Coach’s Corner, we’re introducing a simple, powerful framework that answers that question directly:

Respect → Like → Trust → Love

A relationship ladder that shows you:

• how relationships form
• how they deepen
• how they break
• how they heal
• and what each rung gets you

This is The Relationship Ladder — and once you see it, you’ll never unsee it. Let’s go and climb it.

Learn more at:

*** NEW *** TCC Leading Under Pressure Program for Emerging & Executive Leaders

https://www.mindmarker.com/leading-under-pressure-the-renewiq-master-journey/

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Leaders today face a new kind of pressure — not just to deliver results, but to absorb uncertainty, regulate emotion, and support people who are struggling without transferring their own anxiety.

Recently, I sat down with Aslak De Silva, host of Black Belt of Leadership and a fellow member of our Mission Matters podcast family, to explore exactly that.

We talked about adversity, emotional intelligence, identity, compassion, and the human side of leadership.

Today on The Coach’s Corner, I’m bringing those insights home — and expanding them.

And if you want to go deeper after this episode, check out Episode #93: Emotional Echo, where we explore how leaders’ emotions ripple through their teams.

Find out more about Aslak at:

• Webite: https://www.theblackbeltinleadership.com/
• The Black Belt in Leadership podcast, https://missionmatters.com/author/aslak-de-silva/

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*** NEW *** TCC Leading Under Pressure Program for Emerging & Executive Leaders

https://www.mindmarker.com/leading-under-pressure-the-renewiq-master-journey/

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Brian McIntosh
https://missionmatters.com/seeing-the-world-understanding-culture-through-travel-abroad-with-brian-mcintosh

Loren Rosario-Maldonado
https://missionmatters.com/the-healing-power-of-cq-how-cultural-intelligence-can-deepen-your-connections-reconcile-your-relationships-with-guest-loren-rosario-maldonado

Nadine Zeinoun
https://missionmatters.com/from-emotion-to-empowerment-finding-resilience-through-faith-and-hope-with-nadine-zeinoun

Listen to more episodes on Mission Matters:
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Setbacks are universal. Whether in sports, work, relationships, or life, every one of us faces moments where expectations rise and results fall painfully short.

In recent episodes like Grit & Grind, How to Bulk Up and Bounce Back, and Booted Out! When the Work Stops, we explored the emotional and psychological toll of setbacks — and the neuroscience behind how we recover.

But today, we’re getting tactical.

Because as Les Brown reminds us: “If you fall, fall on your back. If you can look up, you can get up.”

This episode — Making Peace with Setbacks — gives you a practical roadmap to stop calling it failure and start using it as data so you can rise again with clarity, dignity, and direction.

Learn more at:

*** NEW *** TCC Leading Under Pressure Program for Emerging & Executive Leaders

https://www.mindmarker.com/leading-under-pressure-the-renewiq-master-journey/

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The World Cup is more than a tournament. It’s a global classroom—a living, breathing lesson in humanity.

On the pitch, legends like Alphonso Davies, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Kylian Mbappé show us what excellence looks like. But in the stands, in the streets, and across the world, something even more powerful happens:

Families travel together. Communities gather. People spend thousands of dollars to be part of something bigger than themselves. Cultures collide—and connect. Hearts sync—literally sync—in shared emotion.

This episode, PLAY ON! What the World Cup Teaches Us About Humanity, Identity, and Connection, draws on powerful insights from past Coach’s Corner conversations with Nadine Zeinoun, Loren Rosario Maldonado, and Brian McIntosh to explore why this global event moves us so deeply—and what it reveals about who we are.

Learn more at:

*** NEW *** TCC Leading Under Pressure Program for Emerging & Executive Leaders

https://www.mindmarker.com/leading-under-pressure-the-renewiq-master-journey/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/denleymcintosh/

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/thecoachescornerpod/

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Brian McIntosh
https://missionmatters.com/seeing-the-world-understanding-culture-through-travel-abroad-with-brian-mcintosh
Loren Rosario-Maldonado
https://missionmatters.com/the-healing-power-of-cq-how-cultural-intelligence-can-deepen-your-connections-reconcile-your-relationships-with-guest-loren-rosario-maldonado

Nadine Zeinoun
https://missionmatters.com/from-emotion-to-empowerment-finding-resilience-through-faith-and-hope-with-nadine-zeinoun

Listen to more episodes on Mission Matters:
https://missionmatters.com/author/denley-mcintosh/

One hundred episodes.

It’s more than a number.

It’s a journey.

A discipline.

A testimony.

Most people see the finished product — the polished episode, the smooth delivery, the message that lands. But behind every episode is a process: clarity, creativity, humility, and consistency.

And behind that process is a story — a family, a legacy, a lineage.

From the first recording to the hundredth, this podcast has been shaped by the people who shaped me:

• My wife, who believed in the mission;
• My children, who remind me why identity matters;
• And my father, whose life and lessons still echo in my spirit.
• From James Clear to Brené Brown, from Simon Sinek to Malcolm Gladwell — the message is the same:
• Success is not a moment. It’s a rhythm. A practice. A long obedience in the same direction.

If you’ve ever wondered how to stay committed to a dream, how to build something meaningful, or how to keep going when the results aren’t immediate — this episode is for you.

Learn more at:
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