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Chris McChesney
Global Practice Leader of Execution at FranklinCovey and Wall Street Journal #1 best-selling author of "The 4 Disciplines of Execution."
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Jun 10, 2026
Ep 210: What Leaders Miss About Motivation, Purpose and Progress (with Chris McChesney)
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David AshcraftHOST
don't know that I even want you to lock me into the answer I'm going to give you right now.
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20:23Chris McChesneyGUEST
When I went back to the carpet mill, I asked the plant manager what had changed and he had the most perfect response.
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20:33Chris McChesneyGUEST
He said, Chris, it's been a long time since these people felt like they were winning at anything.
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20:39Chris McChesneyGUEST
I think there is an innate human principle around giving a sense of progress.
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20:48Chris McChesneyGUEST
Have you ever read Victor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning? He talks, he survives the concentration camp because of purpose, but it's not big, it's not overthrowing the Third Reich.
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David AshcraftHOST
And so how do I engage the rest of the team where we're all plugging holes, but still bailing water so we can survive?