Hi there. I'm Muriel Wilkins, and this is Ask Muriel Anything from Coaching Real Leaders. In these episodes,

I'm joined by some special guests who are also friends, and they help me field questions that

have come in from the coaching real leaders community or that bubble up in my client work.

Today, we are joined by my friend of the show and a coach I really respect Dave Stahoviac.

You may have heard him.

He is the host of what I consider my elder sibling podcast

coaching for leaders. Check it out if you haven't already. He also runs the Coaching for Leaders

Academy that provides structured group coaching. And he previously spent years as an executive vice president

at Dale Carnegie of Southern Los Angeles. Dave, thanks for being here with me.

Muriel, what a joy. I'm so excited to be here for this conversation. It's always so fun to talk to you.

I have to share a little bit of background about us. I mean, I remember you interviewing me for the first time years and years

ago when I wrote my first book. And then years later, when I started my podcast, I remember

reaching out to you and saying, Dave, I'm starting a

podcast and the name that we have come up with, I don't want you to be alarmed when you see it.

It's called coaching real leaders. And your podcast is called coaching for leaders. Like, I don't

want you to feel a certain type of way. And you were so gracious. Your response basically was like, I don't want you to feel a certain type of way. And you were so gracious.

Your response basically was like, oh my gosh, congratulations. How can I help you? And since then,

we've had multiple conversations. We have. And I consider you a friend, which is why I wanted to

invite you to share in this conversation with the questions that we have that come in from folks. Well, I am so glad that you were doing this. I am so glad this show has gotten so much traction. And it's so different than coaching for leaders in what you do. And I love it. It's such a great compliment to this. So thank you. Yes, that's why I say we're siblings, but different. Yeah. Indeed. And so you've truly been an inspiration. So let's dig into some of these questions that we get from listeners. Again, these are questions that we get not only from listeners of the podcast, but from people who are part of the coaching real leaders community, as well as those that show up

in my LinkedIn box. I'm sure you get a bunch of questions in your inbox as well. Oh, yeah.

And those that show up with my actual coaching clients that I work with on a day-to-day basis.

Before we dive into those, I do want to get a little bit of your thinking around something, Dave, which is,

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