Velocity Now

By David Turner

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No guests. No filler. Just the frameworks I use with CEOs, their C-suite, and the high-potential VPs coming up behind them to help them lead, decide, and build better. Drawn from 13,400+ hours of executive coaching and 24 years in the seat myself across public and PE-backed companies. Work with David: velocitynowllc.com/denver-executive-coach Full frameworks: The Keystone Leader on Substack https://keystoneleader.substack.com/?utm_source=spotify Hosted by David Turner, founder of Velocity Now LLC in Denver. Former PE-backed CEO, 57 M&A deals, clients from $50M to $27B.

Episode Date
When Optimism Becomes a Mask: Dilute Your Delusion, Part 2
Nov 03, 2026
The Power of Being Coached: How to Get the Most Out of Executive Coaching
Oct 27, 2026
Why Executives Say Yes but Don’t Follow Through (And How to Get Real Buy-In)
Oct 20, 2026
Why Team Alignment Fades After an Offsite (And How Executives Keep It Strong)
Oct 13, 2026
Company Values That Stick: How Executives Put Values Into Practice
Oct 06, 2026
Your Boss Loves You. Your Peers Don't.
Sep 29, 2026
What Are We Still Paying You For? The Executive's Job When AI Agents Do the Work
Sep 23, 2026
Why Your Boss Won’t Say Yes—and What to Do Next
Sep 15, 2026
Overwhelmed as a Leader? What to Stop, Delegate, or Automate
Sep 08, 2026
“We Don’t Have a Strategy”: Why Your VPs Say That (And How CEOs Fix Strategy Communication)
Sep 01, 2026
Why Your Company Isn’t Growing: 5 Hidden Killers Behind Stalled Revenue (Part 2)
Aug 25, 2026
New Boss, Zero Goodwill: How Executives Rebuild Trust After a Leadership Change
Aug 18, 2026
Bad Quarter or Bad Year? The 6 Culprits of Slow Growth (And How to Diagnose Yours)
Aug 11, 2026
The Criteria Shift: Why high performers get passed over, and the rubric nobody hands you
Aug 10, 2026
Brilliant, and Everybody Avoids You - Why strong results hide poor tone, timing, and tact (T3Q)
Aug 09, 2026
Get Off Your Block: Why You Move First in Peer Conflict, Even If He Never Moves
Aug 09, 2026
The 4 Choices with Change: Why Some Careers Stall During Reorgs — and How to Make Change Work for You
Aug 04, 2026
Be a Coach: Coaching Your Own Direct Reports: What You Can Reach and What You Can't
Jul 29, 2026
Earned Blindness: The Truth Tax Nobody Mentions When You Get Promoted
Jul 14, 2026
The Cost of Now, Later and Never - Deciding Too Fast, Too Slow, or Not at All
Jul 06, 2026
Start the Stops: Why Teams Can't Kill Failing Projects
Jun 30, 2026
The Hamster on the Wheel - Why Stalled Growth Makes Executives Run Faster in the Wrong Direction
Jun 22, 2026
Grade the Game - You Can Do Everything Right and Still Lose
Jun 21, 2026
Building Your Executive Playbook - What Separates You From the Other Twenty-Five
Jun 12, 2026
Mentor. Coach. Sponsor. - Why a Mentor Won't Get You Promoted — but a Sponsor Will
Jun 11, 2026
Welcome to Velocity Now
Jun 08, 2026
Careful of Your Sledding Tracks — Why the Strengths That Got You Here Are Now Holding You Back
Jun 08, 2026
The Credibility Tank: What Depletes Your Team's Trust and How to Refill It
Jun 02, 2026
Crescent Moon Syndrome: Why Your Company Is Great at Starting and Terrible at Finishing
May 24, 2026
Dilute Your Delusion - When Confidence Becomes a Liability
May 24, 2026
Are You a Sheep-herd or Shepherd? Why Protecting Your Most Toxic High Performer Costs You the Whole Team
May 21, 2026
Your Legacy Account: Why Your Leadership Legacy Is Being Written Right Now — Whether You're Thinking About It or Not
May 14, 2026
Have, Do, Be: What Most Successful Leaders Get Wrong About Success
May 13, 2026
Care, But Not Too Much: Why High-Performing Leaders Are Often the Most at Risk of Crossing This Line
May 13, 2026
Peer Capital: The Promotion Decision Was Made in a Room You Weren't In
May 13, 2026
The Drive Home: What the Quiet After Work Could Tell You
May 13, 2026
Your Stone Tablet: Why Leaders Without Written Non-Negotiables Keep Failing the Same Test
May 13, 2026
Navigating the Valley: The 70/30 Rule for Leading Through Extended Difficulty
May 11, 2026
The Talent Trap: Why Smart Leaders Keep the Wrong People
May 11, 2026
Punching Power of Praise
May 10, 2026