In this episode, we sit down with Michael DeLisser—leadership strategist, executive coach, and author of Leadership Accelerators—to explore why communication habits play such a decisive role in a leader’s success.

With more than 25 years of experience helping leaders across industries improve trust, relationships, and results, Michael shares what he’s learned from coaching thousands of professionals and teaching communication effectiveness at the executive level.

During our time together, we discuss:

• The most common communication habits that quietly derail leaders.
• Why self‑awareness is the foundation of all meaningful improvement
• How personality preferences shape your communication strengths and blind spots.
• The “Leadership Communication Core 4” skills needed to influence and lead effectively.
• Techniques for unlearning ineffective habits and replacing them with productive behaviors.
• Why multitasking damages your brain, weakens focus, and erodes trust.
• Practical ways to regain focus, reduce distractions, and communicate with greater clarity.

If you are interested in learning more from Michael:

• Check out his book: Leadership Accelerators on Amazon.
• Follow his leadership content on YouTube.
• Visit his website.

In this episode we talk with John Coyle about how leaders can use design thinking, storytelling, and time mastery to be a more impactful as a leader. During our time together we discuss:

• Some of the most common mistakes leaders make when trying to lead.
• How to shed a fixed mindset as well as being a "know it all".
• How to spend more time leading and less time firefighting.
• How to be more innovative and be open to trying new things.
• Tips to improve your storytelling abilities.
• Ways to unlock the potential of everyone around you.

If you are interested in more from John, please visit https://johnkcoyle.com/

In this episode we talk with John Guaspari about the common pitfalls leaders and organizations make when it comes to driving employee engagement. During our time together we discuss:

• Why employee engagement has been such a challenge historically (and currently) for leaders and organizations.
• The four intangibles leaders need to leverage the full potential of their workforce.
• How to tell if you are a really good leader.
• What "empowerment" really looks like.
• The importance link between customer focus and employee engagement.
• How leaders who want people to come to the office everyday can navigate this challenge without disengaging their workforce.

If you are interested in more from John, pick up a copy of his book, If Engagement is the What, then Respect is the How.

In addition, take a look at these two articles John wrote about stories he referenced in this episode:

• We Make People Happy john-guaspari-ced4ca.webflow.io - this is an article about the work John did at National Grange Mutual (NGM)
• A Shining Example john-guaspari-ced4ca.webflow.io - this article tells what happened after their national claims center burned down—how everyone recognized how critical this was and joined forces to get the claims function back up and running with very little down time.