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These are the frameworks David Turner deploys inside C-suite coaching engagements — developed from 13,000+ hours coaching CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and high-potential VPs at public and PE-backed companies. Paired with 24 years of being in the seat himself. No guests. No filler. Just the frameworks that change how executives lead, decide, and build. Want the full framework PDF for each episode — complete with coaching stories and a one-page visual? Email david@velocitynowllc.com or visit velocitynowllc.com

  1. 3d ago

    Building Your Executive Playbook - What Separates You From the Other Twenty-Five

    If someone asked you right now to describe your leadership philosophy in three sentences and back it up with specific and factual proof, could you do it? Most executives can't — and it costs them in interviews, in onboarding, and in the room. This episode shows you exactly how to fix that.

    5 min

  2. 4d ago

    Mentor. Coach. Sponsor. - Why a Mentor Won't Get You Promoted — but a Sponsor Will

    Most executives have a mentor. Almost none have a sponsor. And the gap between those two relationships is exactly where careers slow or stall. David Turner breaks down the three development relationships that separate executives who build careers from the ones who just have them — and the one disciplined ask that changes everything.

    5 min

  3. Jun 8

    Welcome to Velocity Now

    These are the frameworks David Turner deploys inside C-suite coaching engagements — developed from 13,000+ hours coaching CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and high-potential VPs at public and PE-backed companies. Paired with 31 years of being in the seat himself. No guests. No filler. Just the frameworks that change how executives lead, decide, and build. Want the full framework PDF for each episode — complete with coaching stories and a one-page visual? Email david@velocitynowllc.com or visit velocitynowllc.com

    1 min

  4. Jun 8

    Careful of Your Sledding Tracks — Why Your Dominant Track Is Costing You More Than You Think

    At the C-suite level, high-stakes obsession is often what produces results. The problem isn't the track — it's when it migrates out of the boardroom and into every relationship you have. In this episode, David Turner breaks down why dominant tracks form specifically at the executive level, what the real relational cost is when peers can predict exactly where you'll take any conversation, and the single constraint that rewires the pattern. Be predictable with your behaviors, not your tracks.

    5 min

  5. Jun 2

    The Credibility Tank: How Leaders Need to Know their Levels

    Most executives are navigating their careers with a broken gauge — either assuming the tank is lower than it is, or having no idea at all. Either way, they're leaving velocity on the table. This framework makes the case that in the vast majority of cases, leaders are sitting on three-quarters to a full tank and coasting like the red light is on — and that the hesitation they believe is protecting their credibility is actually the thing draining i

    5 min

  6. May 24

    Crescent Moon Syndrome: Why Your Company Is Great at Starting and Terrible at Finishing

    Every organization has initiatives stuck at seventy-five percent — never finished, never killed, just hanging there. One is manageable. A dozen is a culture. This framework diagnoses two kinds of open loops — the funded crescent moon and the translucent one that never shows up on any dashboard — and gives ELT leaders a mechanism to make aging visible, name a hero for every open loop, and find the sexiness in closing, not just starting.

    5 min

  7. May 24

    Dilute Your Delusion - When Confidence Becomes a Liability

    Anyone who says they're fully self-aware is quite the opposite. The question is never whether your delusion exists — it does. The question is whether it's drowning you without you knowing, or only up to your ankles where you can still navigate. This framework identifies where executive delusion actually comes from, why it sounds exactly like confidence and conviction, and gives three mechanisms for closing the gap between what you believe is true and what's actually true.

    5 min

  8. May 21

    Are You a Sheep-herd or Shepherd? Why Protecting Your Most Toxic High Performer Costs You the Whole Team

    Every CEO knows who the black sheep is. The question was never awareness — it was always courage. This framework names the three forms the black sheep takes, the rationalization traps that keep CEOs frozen, and the inflection point most don't see coming: the moment the problem transfers completely from the black sheep to the leader who keeps allowing it. Built from 13,000+ hours of C-suite coaching and one CEO whose legacy was quietly defined by the one call he wouldn't make.

    5 min
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These are the frameworks David Turner deploys inside C-suite coaching engagements — developed from 13,000+ hours coaching CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and high-potential VPs at public and PE-backed companies. Paired with 24 years of being in the seat himself. No guests. No filler. Just the frameworks that change how executives lead, decide, and build. Want the full framework PDF for each episode — complete with coaching stories and a one-page visual? Email david@velocitynowllc.com or visit velocitynowllc.com

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  • Creator
    David Turner
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © David Turner
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    Velocity Now

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