312: Where Technical People Begin on Leadership, with Jon Lokhorst
Coaching for Leaders
Dave Stachowiak
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2017
⏱️ 38 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Jon Lokhorst: Technical Leaders
Jon Lokhorst is a leadership coach and consultant who partners with CPAs, CFOs, and other leaders who face massive change in their industry and recognize the need for a new model of leadership to navigate those challenges.
Key Points
- Leadership development is often neglected in technical fields.
- We have a tendency to focus more on our clients’ businesses than our own.
- Take a step back and ask yourself, “What are the things that are really important to focus on that aren’t necessarily urgent?”
Resources Mentioned
Related Episodes
- How to Influence Numerous Stakeholders, with Andy Kaufman (episode 240)
- How to Figure Out Your Career, with Scott Anthony Barlow (episode 259)
- How to Get Into Leadership Flow, with Croft Edwards (episode 264)
Discover More
Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | I've worked with lots of technical people throughout my career and they bring both unique challenges and great opportunities to leading others. |
| 0:08.0 | On this episode, what great technical people can leverage from leadership. |
| 0:13.0 | This is Coaching for Leaders, episode 312. |
| 0:17.0 | Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential. human potential. |
| 0:29.0 | Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host Dave Stahophiac. Leaders aren't born, they're made. |
| 0:36.0 | And this weekly show gives you access to the practical wisdom that will empower you to become a better leader. |
| 0:43.2 | If you're joining for the first time, welcome, so glad to have you, if you're returning. |
| 0:47.6 | Glad to have you back for another conversation. |
| 0:50.3 | Today, what great technical people can leverage from leadership. |
| 0:56.4 | I've had the privilege throughout my career, most of my training career actually |
| 1:01.0 | to work with very highly technically trained people in helping |
| 1:05.2 | them to develop their leadership, people skills, communication skills, and I have found |
| 1:10.3 | it to just be such a pleasure and an honor and also a unique challenge to really |
| 1:16.7 | work with people who are extremely talented and extremely bright and to help them to leverage |
| 1:21.2 | more and more of their leadership in people skills. |
| 1:25.2 | And I'm really thrilled today to welcome one of our listeners to the show, |
| 1:30.5 | who's been a long time listener. We've talked many times. John and I have met up in person before. And that is John Lockhorse. John is a leadership coach and consultant based in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. |
| 1:43.2 | He partners with CPAs, CFOs, and other leaders |
| 1:46.6 | who face massive change in their industries |
| 1:48.9 | and recognize the need for a new model of leadership |
| 1:52.0 | to navigate those challenges. |
| 1:53.6 | Prior to launching his consulting practice, John enjoyed a 30-year career as a CPA, CFO, and |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dave Stachowiak, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Dave Stachowiak and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.