What if the reason you’re not growing isn’t your business, your team, or your market — it’s you?
In this episode, Tim sits down with world-renowned executive coach Chris Hunsicker, a former therapist turned leadership mentor whose honest, no-nonsense approach has reshaped how leaders think about growth. Chris shares the truth behind resilience, why “grinding harder” isn’t the answer, and how the best leaders are the ones humble enough to be coached.
This is a conversation about leadership, self-awareness, and the quiet discipline of getting better every day. You’ll walk away with tools to lead yourself first, reshape your culture, and finally understand what it means to build something that lasts.
0:00 — The importance of leadership and the power of coaching
1:30 — How Chris Hunsicker became David Long’s leadership coach
2:50 — Why even top performers need coaching
3:20 — The myth of toughness and what resilience really means
5:00 — From therapist to coach: how Chris found his purpose
7:00 — The Mrs. Fields story — and a career-defining confrontation
8:40 — Falling in love with the car business
10:00 — What separates good dealerships from great ones
11:10 — “You’re not broken” — how leaders can face the truth
13:05 — The danger of blaming others instead of growing yourself
15:45 — Why leadership starts when it stops being about you
17:10 — “You’re either breaking or being broken” — the power of standards
20:45 — How leadership principles apply to every part of life
24:40 — The 3-question game film exercise to review your day
26:00 — Why small daily progress beats big quarterly plans
31:00 — Lessons from teaching leadership in Paris
33:00 — Maxwell’s wisdom: success is found in daily routines
34:45 — The true separator of good and great leaders
35:50 — Chris’s book Unstoppable Culture and final reflections
Connect with Chris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-hunsicker/
Read Unstoppable Culture: https://bit.ly/4oSPEl5
Listen to the Dealership War Room: https://info.chrishunsicker.com/private-podcst
Connect with Tim Cox on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-cox-29065a7/
Listen to more episodes of Tim Talks at: https://www.carnow.com/timtalks/
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