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Doug Thorpe
Doug Thorpe is a performance-driven Senior Executive, Entrepreneur, Board Member, Thought Leader, and Consultant with more than 40 years of success in the financial services, executive coaching, oil & gas, and healthcare industries. Leveraging extensive experience in guiding business transformation for growth-oriented organizations, he is a trusted guide for mid-cap companies to large global enterprises requiring expert assistance with leadership development, team performance, employee engagement, culture shifts, and change management.
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Oct 9, 2025 • 0sec
From Business Excuses to Leadership Excellence | Ep 431
Introduction Well. Hey, everybody. Good to have you again. This is Doug Thorpe, and you’re on another episode of leadership powered by Common Sense. Today, my guest is a gentleman who is a keynote speaker and a leadership coach advisor, thought leader. His name is Larry. Made us. Larry, you go by the leadership, Larry. […]
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Oct 7, 2025 • 0sec
Optimize Your Leadership: A Conversation with Dan Roberts on Leading Through Change and Uncertainty | Ep 430
Introduction Well, hey, everybody. Glad to have you back on board. This is Doug Thorpe, and you’re listening to another episode of leadership Powered by Common Sense. Today, I’ve got a guest who is a fellow coach, author, and a colleague in the same space, if you will. We were commiserating. He lives in the […]
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Oct 2, 2025 • 0sec
From Cancer Survivor to Leadership Coach | Ep 429
Diana Fritz’s Inspiring Journey Well, hey, everybody, this is Doug Thorpe again, and you are on another episode of The Leadership Powered by Common Sense, where the show that tries to take common leadership challenges of the day and break them down into nice, bite sized chunks that can help you do more, oftentimes with […]
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Sep 30, 2025 • 0sec
Creative Entrepreneur’s Stress Management Lessons | Ep 428
From Stress Rashes to Success: Artist James Corwin’s Entrepreneurial Journey Introduction: Welcome to Leadership Powered by Common Sense Hey, everybody, good to have you again. This is Doug Thorpe, and you’re listening to another episode of leadership powered by a Common Sense. Today, my guest is going to share his own entrepreneurial journey. He is […]
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Sep 25, 2025 • 0sec
Leadership SECRETS: Thrive in Uncertainty | Ep 427
Leading Through Uncertainty: A Conversation with Rebecca Homkes on Survive, Reset and Thrive Introduction Well, hello again, everyone. I hope you’re having a great day, wherever you may be, whether it’s early or late in your day. Glad you could spend a moment to join us. This is Doug Thorpe, and you’re listening to Leadership […]
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Sep 23, 2025 • 0sec
The Identity BLUEPRINT: ‘Unlock Your Genius’ | Ep 426
Discovering Your Authentic Leadership Identity: A Neuroscience-Based Blueprint with Katarina Hanssens Carlson Introduction Well, hello again, everyone. It’s a pleasure to have you with us. Whatever time of day it might be in your world. This is Doug Thorpe, and you’re listening to another episode of Leadership Powered by Common Sense. Today, my guest is […]
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Sep 18, 2025 • 0sec
Leading in the Age of Digital Disruption | Ep 425
Introduction Well, hello again, everyone. This is Doug Thorpe, and you’re listening to another episode of Leadership Powered by Common Sense. We’re the show that tries to take your business challenges and break them down into smaller, bite sized chunks that are easy to understand and clear. Aside from point A to point B in […]
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Sep 16, 2025 • 0sec
You Can’t Inspire Accountability in Others Until You Model It Yourself | Ep 424
Introduction Well, hello again, everyone. I’m glad you’re spending a minute to check in with us. This is Doug Thorpe, and this is another episode of The Leadership Powered by Common Sense. I’m very honored today to bring a guest who is a, author, an advisor and coach. He also has a wildly successful TEDx […]
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Sep 11, 2025 • 0sec
How Do I Win at Work? Creating Role Clarity with Melissa Ortiz | Ep 423
Introduction Well, hello again, everyone. This is Doug Thorpe, and we’re glad to have you back. Listening today, I have a special guest. she and I have been online before. Her name is Melissa Ortiz. She is the founder and operator of activate HR. And today we’re going to talk about one of my all […]
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Sep 9, 2025 • 0sec
The Weight of Leading Alone | Ep 422
Introduction Today I’m going to dig into a topic that is something I certainly run into frequently. I’ve experienced it myself. I have a lot of my clients that eventually get around to talking about it, and that is what I may call the silent suffering of for men in leadership roles and maybe being […]
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