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May 4, 2023 23 mins

Badass leadership may sound dangerous, but today’s guest, David Wood author of Mouse in the Room: Because the Elephant isn’t Alone, says playing it safe is actually MORE dangerous. OMG!

What You’ll Discover About Badass Leadership:

  • How to be the badass leader people want to work with
  • How badass leadership empower other by being appropriately vulnerable
  • Why badass leadership requires self-awareness
  • How badass leadership names the elephant in the room
  • PLUS so much more!

Guest: David Wood

After life as a consulting actuary to Fortune 100 Companies, David built the world’s largest coaching business, becoming #1 on Google for “life coaching”.

He believes the tough conversations we avoid are our doorways to confidence, success and even love – in both work and life. David coaches high-performing entrepreneurs, executives and teams – and even prison inmates – to amazing results AND connection. One conversation at a time.

Ferreting out those important conversations is the topic of his latest book, Mouse in the Room: Because the Elephant isn’t Alone

Related Resources:

If you liked this interview, you might also enjoy our other Leadership and Management as well as Communications episodes.

Contact David and connect with him on LinkedInFacebookTwitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

Learn more about David’s business

Discover David’s Tough Talks podcast

Check out his latest book: Mouse in the Room: Because the Elephant isn’t Alone

Check out David’s FREE download at MouseInTheRoom  (the link is in the top left corner)

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