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Podcasts by Doug Thorpe

Leadership - Leadership Powered by Common Sense is a business podcast hosted by Doug Thorpe, with 300 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Doug Thorpe hosts Leadership - Leadership Powered by Common Sense, a business show with 300 episodes published.

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  Why Your Team Is Quietly Quitting (It’s Not What You Think)

  Aug 25, 2026—

  Emotional Intelligence, Discretionary Effort, and Building Teams That Actually Work Together Introduction Hey, everybody. If you’re in a leadership role, do you understand what emotional intelligence really may mean? It’s a it’s a popular word that’s used a lot. And I think most people don’t have a good grip on what it really means and […] The post Why Your Team Is Quietly Quitting (It’s Not What You Think) first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense .

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  The Real Work Starts After You Buy It #517

  Aug 20, 2026—

  M&A Value Creation with Mark Sims Introduction Hey, everybody. Have you been part of a merger or an acquisition, either on the buy side or the sell side? You know, there’s a heavy lift to make it optimize the value you hoped for. So today we’re going to talk about many of the aspects of […] The post The Real Work Starts After You Buy It #517 first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense .

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  Beat Burnout by Rewiring Your Brain #516

  Aug 18, 2026—

  The Power of Play: How a Playful State Rewires Your Brain for Better Leadership Introduction What if I told you that allowing a state of play would help reset and re-energize, reinvigorate your brain? We use our brains for a lot of things in the leadership realm, and they need to be operating at tip […] The post Beat Burnout by Rewiring Your Brain #516 first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense .

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  Why 95% of AI Pilots Fail (And What to Do About It)

  Aug 13, 2026—

  Episode 515 – The Language of Procurement Isn’t the Language of Utilization: Rethinking AI for Your Business Introduction Hey, everybody. If you’re a business leader out there and you’re wrestling with our old friend AI, our new old friend AI, the question has probably run full circle in your own mind, your own organization. But […] The post Why 95% of AI Pilots Fail (And What to Do About It) first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense .

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  Why Your Best Team Player Feels Unwanted

  Aug 11, 2026—

  #514 – Doing More by Design: David Kolbe on Instinctive Strengths, Team Fit, and the Entrepreneurial Journey Introduction Hey, everybody. If you’re in a role of leadership, you’re probably being asked to do more. Well, how do you do more? More. Naturally, that happens to be the title of a book that my guest has […] The post Why Your Best Team Player Feels Unwanted first appeared on Leadership Powered by Common Sense .

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