New: Weekly Perspective from Dave

0:06Hey, everyone. Dave here from Coaching for Leaders. I'm coming to you today with a follow-up to our most recent listener survey and also a big new benefit coming into our ecosystem for members. If you've been listening to this show a while, you might recall hearing my audio episode after our most recent listener survey. We had some great suggestions come out of it. And I mentioned at the time that I was doing a little bit of thinking and planning on how to best incorporate some of your feedback, and that I'd come back to you with an update. One of the suggestions that came out of the survey from a few of you, and I've heard this occasionally over the years from listeners, is some kind of shorter-form format that would help support you in the leadership inflection points you're at.

0:51Now, I am a big believer that the current format we have here on Coaching for Leaders works really well. And while we have had a rule for years that our episodes are never longer than 40 minutes, I also hear from listeners all the time that appreciate the depth and detail we go into the podcast here on conversations that wouldn't be possible in any kind of shorter format. And when I've mentioned this feedback on the show a while back, and occasionally that folks have suggested a shorter format, and also, by the way, that I was not going to change our current format, I got tons of feedback from many of you who said, yep, that is the right call.

1:32The current format is great. Don't change anything. And I have no plans to do so. That said, that doesn't mean that there isn't room to add something new, which is why I'm coming to you today. And that's because there is a lot more to offer you. I come away from the research that I do each week for interviews and the reading that I'm immersed in constantly, and probably most importantly, the daily interactions I have with our Academy members who are all successful leaders in our inflection points with so many ideas and perspectives and reflections that we just never have the time to get into on the expert interviews here on the podcast.

2:16So I started writing a weekly journal a while back that I've been sharing with our Coaching for Leaders Plus members. And I have had so much fun doing it. I've gotten tons of great feedback from our members on how helpful it's been. And I've also heard from people how they love hearing perspective directly from me. And that's why just recently, I've expanded it into a brand new audio podcast that's just for our Coaching for Leaders members called Dave's Journal. It's a weekly fireside chat format directly from me to you to help you lead better, especially at critical inflection points. And it's short.

2:59Typically, it's about 10 minutes, so it's easy to work into your weekly listening. And as a Coaching for Leaders Plus member, you can access it on whatever podcast app you use, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, virtually any other modern podcast app. So I'm announcing today that we're making this part of Coaching for Leaders Plus, and I'm inviting you to join in with us inside of Coaching for Leaders Plus. You can find a lot more details by going over to coachingforleaders.plus. And I also have a special invitation for you if you join in with us inside of Coaching for Leaders Plus through Friday, November 20th.

3:43In addition to all the existing benefits we have inside and the new members-only podcast, we've got two things happening for new and existing members in the coming weeks. First, if you join in with Coaching for Leaders Plus by Friday, November 20th, I'm extending a special invitation to you to join me for a live online event that we're scheduling in early December for a behind-the-scenes look at Coaching for Leaders. I regularly get questions from members and listeners about how we produce the podcast, how I prep for interviews, my own reading habits, the technology behind what we do, all kinds of things like that.

4:23And of course, that's not the focus of the show itself, which is why I normally don't talk about that here on the podcast. But I'd love to have you join in with me for a look at how we make things happen behind the scenes. So if you join with Coaching for Leaders Plus before November 20th, you'll receive a personal invitation from me for this live online event in early December. And yes, you'll also get a recording if you're not able to make it with us live. Second, and there are a number of you who are in this category, you may be one of them, that regularly share this podcast with your team.

4:58Thank you, if that is you. And we think that some of you might want to do that also with the benefits inside of Coaching for Leaders Plus, including the new members-only podcast. So we're now making team memberships available for a reduced rate per person for teams of 5, 10, and 20. And if you set up a new team membership for your team, whatever the size it is, between now and Friday, November 20th, I will personally join your team live online for one of your upcoming team meetings to take questions from your team on whatever leadership topic would be most helpful to you right now. Once you set up your team membership, we'll schedule that sometime in the next 90 days or so.

5:40By the way, there is the reality of limited time in my own schedule. So this is just for the start of a new team membership with Coaching for Leaders Plus by Friday, November 20th. You can get details for a team membership at the bottom of the Coaching for Leaders Plus page, or you can go there directly by visiting coachingforleaders.com slash team. All of the details about joining in are at coachingforleaders.plus. and if you do so before Friday the 20th, a special invitation to join me live online in December for that special behind-the-scenes look inside Coaching for Leaders and if you start a new team membership by then, a personal virtual visit from me to one of your upcoming staff meetings.

6:24Now, of course, nothing is changing here with the existing format of the podcast or with our free membership. Everything I've mentioned today is just in addition for our Coaching for Leaders Plus members. Thank you, as always, for listening and a special thank you to all of our existing members for your continued support and allowing Coaching for Leaders to be a fully member-supported platform over all these years. I'm grateful especially for you. Watch for more in the coming days and hope you have a great day today.