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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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Dec 16, 2025 • 0sec
Seven Employee Needs Leaders Must Meet | Ep 449
Introduction Hello again everyone. This is leadership powered by common sense. And I’m Doug Thorpe, your cruise director and tour guide today. I am looking forward to this episode. My guest is a gentleman. I had a good fortune to meet through some mutual networking contacts, which is always a powerful force. His name is […]
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Dec 11, 2025 • 0sec
Building Leaders From The Ground Up | Ep 448
Leadership Lessons from the Trenches: A Conversation with UPS Veteran Noel Massie Introduction Well, hello again, everyone. greetings from wherever you may be. This is Doug Thorpe and another episode of leadership powered by Common Sense. I’m excited today to have a gentleman with me who is a longstanding, executive from UPS. He made his […]
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Dec 9, 2025 • 0sec
Leadership Lessons from Software Disasters | Ep 447
Well, hello again everyone. This is leadership powered by common sense. And I’m your tour guide, Doug Thorpe. Today we’re going to delve into the area of supply chain risk and environmental. My guest is an expert in that field. She’s spent a career building software to help companies manage such risk. And we are […]
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Dec 4, 2025 • 0sec
Ethics Driven Business Success With A Purpose | Ep 446
Introduction Well, hey, everybody, it’s good to be back with you again. A pleasure that you’re joining us today. We’re going to talk about, part information load and overload and the integrity and quality of information, as well as hearing from an entrepreneur who, with her partners, has tried to build a company based on […]
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Dec 2, 2025 • 0sec
Leadership EXPERT: ‘Imposter Syndrome KILLS Confidence’ | Ep 445
AI Won’t Replace Leadership Hey, everybody, it’s good to have you back. This is Doug Thorpe, and you’re listening to Leadership Powered by Common Sense. Today we’re going to focus a little bit in the larger scale business world. We’re going to talk about director and VP level and above, and some of the challenges […]
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Nov 25, 2025 • 0sec
Purpose-Driven Business Transformation Strategies Today | Ep 444
Introduction Well, hello again everyone. This is Doug, and thanks for hopping in on another episode today. My guest is going to help us understand innovation and sustainability, among probably some other things. He’s a well accomplished entrepreneur and business leader. His name is Andy Bhattacharyya. He did very good. I got it. You’ll see […]
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Nov 20, 2025 • 0sec
Breaking Free From Achievement Addiction | Ep 443
Introduction Well, hello again, everyone. Great to be with you this day. I have a friend and colleague who’s joining us in our discussion, and we’re going to talk more today about the entrepreneurial world, the founder owner mindset and some of the challenges and opportunities that may be out there. My guest is a […]
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Nov 18, 2025 • 0sec
How to Transform Teams With Power Skills | Ep 442
Introduction Well, hello again everyone. Today we’re going to dive into the world of, some executive coaching and, specifically some models about leading teams and building the right kind of culture in the face of, failures you may encounter in, challenges along the way. Just basic leadership stuff. But my guest is a lady named […]
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Nov 13, 2025 • 0sec
Overcoming Founder-itis Through Better Leadership | Ep 441
Introduction Well, hello again, everyone. This is Doug Thorpe, and you’re listening to another episode of The Leadership Powered by Common Sense. Today, my guest is a fellow business coach, advisor, sensei, guru, whatever you want to call him. Like an old friend of mine always said, I don’t care what they call me as […]
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Nov 11, 2025 • 0sec
Breaking Barriers in Construction Leadership | Ep 440
Introduction You’re listening to Leadership Powered by Common Sense with your host, Doug Thorpe. Here’s Doug. Well, hello again, everyone. It’s great to be back with you today. I’ve got a special guest who has an amazing journey in her own lifelong leadership quest. And she’s, running five companies right now. And uniquely, she comes […]
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