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Doug Thorpe

Houston
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Master Coach for CEOs and Senior Leadership Teams | 30 Years Leadership Experience – from the Army to the boardroom | Podcast Host with 1M+ listens | Know Your

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Doug Thorpe is a Master Coach for business owners and executives. He helps busy people discover new heights in their own ability to make a difference. Mr. Thorpe can show you the tools, measurable action steps, and proven ways to improve performance.

He is an author of "The Uncommon Commodity", his breakout book written in a common sense way, to help managers become better leaders. If you have questions about being a better Leader or feel stuck where you are, you have found the right place to g…

Doug Thorpe’s Journalist Portfolio

Embracing Risk: What is Your Risk Appetite?

Embracing Risk: What is Your Risk Appetite?

Leading a business involves risk. For some of us, just getting out of bed each day seems like a risk. For oth…

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Leading in Life: Survive or Thrive

Leading in Life: Survive or Thrive

Leadership in life and business is about influencing others to achieve something; hit a goal, make a mark, wi…

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Handling the Entrepreneur's Conundrum

Handling the Entrepreneur's Conundrum

Anyone who has taken the leap and started a business faces challenges almost daily. Being an entrepreneur mea…

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Leadership Thought: Is Your Myopia Your Utopia?

Leadership Thought: Is Your Myopia Your Utopia?

When it comes to leadership and management, nearsightedness or myopia is a common occurrence. What does that …

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Want to Own Your Own Business? You Need These Essential Entrepreneurial Traits

Want to Own Your Own Business? You Need These Essential Entrepreneurial Traits

Successful entrepreneurs are born that way, or so some say. I disagree. In fact, anyone can be a successful e…

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Steady | Servant Leadership Coaching | Practical Leadership Development | Doug Thorpe

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By Doug Thorpe
| dougthorpe.com
What do nearly 1,000 leaders say matters most? Not theory. Not buzzwords. The real qualities — ranked by the people who live it every day. Eight years of coaching distilled into one practical playbook. Think about it like cooking. You can follow someone else’s recipe exactly and make a decent meal. But the most memorable chefs develop their own signature dishes. The same applies to leadership — the most impactful leaders aren’t carbon copies. They’ve built their own framework.
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The Sweet Spot: What Game Designers Know About Leading People

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By Doug Thorpe
| dougthorpe.com
A leadership lesson hiding inside your favorite video game There’s a moment every gamer knows. You’re deep into a level, adrenaline up, and something clicks. You’re not breezing through on autopilot, but you’re not ragequitting either. You’re locked in — challenged just enough to feel alive, capable just enough to keep going. It’s the sweet spot. Game designers call it the balance of challenge. Get it right, and players lose themselves in the experience for hours.
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Why Your Employees Feel Invisible (And How Monthly Check-ins Can Change Everything)

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By Doug Thorpe
| Bizcatalyst 360°
Picture this: You’re at a big party, surrounded by people, but you might as well be invisible. That’s exactly how 1 in 5 employees feel at work right now, according to recent data from Harvard Business Review. Despite all the Slack channels, Zoom meetings, and office social events, workers are feeling more alone than ever. This isn’t just a “feel-good” issue – stress-related absenteeism attributed to loneliness costs employers an estimated $154 billion annually.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing articles for a local outlet, promoting several causes.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

YES! In college and for the first 5 years of work afterward.

How is social media changing news?

Reliability and credibility is slipping, FAST
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