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From the Vault: Episode 24 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave and Nico discuss practical strategies for negotiating effectively in business, leadership, and everyday life. Dave also answers listener questions, including when leaders should begin delegating responsibilities to others.

In this episode, I explain three ways fear quietly undermines your leadership, decision-making, and relationships. While fear can sometimes trigger the right action, allowing it to become your primary motivation leads to poor judgment, injustice, and paralysis. I also explore what Scripture teaches about fear, why we should shift our focus from avoiding failure to pursuing purpose, and how trustin...

From the Vault: Episode 23 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave outlines five practical keys to running more effective meetings and creating better outcomes for your team. He also answers listener questions in this week's Q&A segment.

In this episode, I examine the idea that worker co-ops offer a better alternative to traditional capitalism and explain why, despite good intentions, they have never become a widespread solution. We explore incentives, risk, human nature, and the practical realities of starting and growing organizations. I also discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both co-ops and capitalism, why systems must ac...

From the Vault: Episode 22 of The Dave Durand Show . Growth always comes with challenges. In this episode, Dave discusses the growing pains we must embrace in order to develop as leaders, professionals, and individuals. Plus, listener Q&A.

In this episode, I explore the relationship between effort and satisfaction, and why so many people feel unfulfilled despite wanting success. Whether you're leading a team or working toward your own goals, there is a direct connection between the effort you put in and the satisfaction you experience. I explain why leaders should focus on creating meaningful measures of progress, how effort le...

From the Vault: Episode 21 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave breaks down the seven key components of competency and how they apply to both your professional and personal life. He also answers listener questions on leading effectively in an AI-driven world and identifying business opportunities positioned for future growth.

In this episode, I break down the five levels of productivity discipline and explain why so many people struggle to turn potential into results. From failing to begin and quitting too early to sloppiness and perfectionism, each level reveals a different obstacle that prevents people from accomplishing meaningful work. I also explain how true productivity requires both quality and deadlines, and wh...

From the Vault: Episode 20 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave breaks down six often-overlooked traits of effective leaders, with a focus on the role of virtue—especially humility—in long-term success. He also answers listener questions, including whether it is morally permissible to take on debt to build a business.

Dave joins John Morales on Morning Air to discuss how health affects personality.

In this episode, I explore a question most people rarely stop to examine: Are you actually a good person? Drawing from Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Catholic teaching, I explain why goodness is not something we define for ourselves. A thing is good when it fulfills the purpose for which it was created. The same is true for us. We discuss what it means to be a good employee, spouse, parent, an...

From the Vault: Episode 19 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave shares seven keys to effective negotiation and how these principles apply across leadership, sales, and even parenting. This episode also includes a segment from a live Q&A at the Scale to Freedom seminar.

Dave joins John Morales on Morning Air to share 6 tips on how you can simplify and become your best.

In this episode, I explain the concept of “umbrella leadership” and how leaders can either strengthen the mission of an organization or quietly subvert it. Healthy leadership creates unity around standards, accountability, and purpose. Unhealthy leadership protects people from those standards and builds loyalty around personalities instead of mission. I also talk about how this problem shows up no...

From the Vault: Episode 18 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave breaks down five leadership styles and explains when and how to apply each one effectively. He also answers listener questions, including which saints have influenced his approach to leadership.

In this episode, I break down the five levels of productivity discipline and explain how to identify where you currently fall. Most people misunderstand productivity. They think it’s about working more, when it’s really about getting the right things done efficiently and on time. I walk through each level, from failing to begin all the way to executing work properly and consistently. If you want t...

From the Vault: Episode 17 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave outlines seven key virtues and traits that define an effective communicator, and why they matter in leadership, business, and everyday life. He also answers listener questions on scaling a business and leading with clarity.

Dave joins John Morales on Morning Air to finish the last signs that you have a lack of accountability and how to see it in yourself.

From the Vault: Episode 16 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave breaks down common mistakes organizations make, how to recognize them in your own environment, and what it takes to correct them. He also answers listener questions on maximizing opportunities at different stages of your career, and how to maintain order and motivation in your life.

In this episode, I walk through six clear signs of a lack of accountability—both in your own behavior and in the people you lead. These patterns show up in subtle ways, from vague communication to overcomplication, defensiveness, and low performance without asking for help. At the root of all of it is pride. When we avoid responsibility, we often do it to protect our image rather than pursue what...

​​From the Vault: Episode 15 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave breaks down how to receive feedback effectively—how to evaluate it, apply it, and discern the source. He also answers listener questions on using settlement funds to start a business and how to apply virtue in your work environment and leadership.

Dave joins John Morales on Morning to share the final 4 biases that can lead you to either heaven or hell.

In this episode, I explain why success, achievement, wealth, and even good goals can still leave people feeling unfulfilled. The issue is often not the goal itself, but the motivation behind it. I talk about the importance of congruency—aligning your ambitions, actions, and deeper purpose with what is true and ultimately with God’s will. When the outer life and inner life are aligned, success stop...

From the Vault: Episode 14 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave breaks down the five mental blockers that cause leaders and entrepreneurs to fail—and how to recognize and overcome them. Plus, listener Q&A.

Dave joins John Morales on Morning Air to explain 4 different biases that can effect our decisions and might lead us to Hell.