The Emerging Leaders Podcast // Fischer Homes
An official podcast of Fischer Homes, the Emerging Leaders Podcast is where we collect wisdom, strategies, and insights from proven and successful leaders to help you go further and faster as a leader.
The Emerging Leaders Podcast // Fischer Homes
33 Converting Adversity into Opportunity with Doug Cohen
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Fischer Homes
Doug is a Market President of our Atlanta Division here at Fischer Homes, and in this episode we talk about:
- Doug’s career story and his path starting in accounting to becoming Market President
- The importance of supporting your team by being present and available
- How the best leaders face uncertainty with unwavering optimism on one hand and confront the brutal facts of reality on the other
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Timestamps:
- 2:40 - Doug’s career story
- 7:30 - Dealing with strengths and weaknesses
- 10:10 - Doug’s motivation
- 11:30 - Overcoming leadership deficiency
- 14:47 - “He doesn’t do the work!”
- 17:05 - Our flawed sense of entitlement
- 19:40 - “Experience comes over time”
- 20:47 - The characteristics every leader needs
- 23:40 - The repetitive cycles of the industry
- 25:45 - How different company cultures are
- 27:10 - The important decisions Doug makes as a leader
- 30:42 - Bag O’ Questions
- 38:19 - Key Takeaways