Sep 2, 2026 · 26 min · 10 segments
Strong leaders do more than delegate responsibility—they develop people who can eventually take their work farther than the leader could alone. In this episode, David Ashcraft shares how he learned to…
David AshcraftGuest
Whitney PutnamHost
And we're I mean, we're a little bit away from the summit, but we still kind of have summit coursing through our blood.

And so just thinking back on different speakers, different situations, conversations in the hallway.

It feels good, right? David, just the other day, my husband came up to me, Michael, and he said, he said, Whitney, because he's been watching, he's been re-watching the videos, the ones that really spoke to him.

I mean, he is determined that Jim Collins' message was made just for him, which I know many of our listeners feel that way.

As a speaker, that's what you want is to be able to feel like people said, yeah, it's like I was the only one in the room and you were talking to me.

Well, this so this month we are talking through and for any of our new listeners that are joining us, David and I connect and we talk through one theme.

So and I really get to kind of just glean from David kind of his experience around David, how you've grown and done what you've done.

And so this month we're talking all about developing teams and developing others, really.

So I just have a couple of questions because you've been doing this for decades.

And we're I mean, we're a little bit away from the summit, but we still kind of have summit coursing through our blood.

And so just thinking back on different speakers, different situations, conversations in the hallway.

It feels good, right? David, just the other day, my husband came up to me, Michael, and he said, he said, Whitney, because he's been watching, he's been re-watching the videos, the ones that really spoke to him.

I mean, he is determined that Jim Collins' message was made just for him, which I know many of our listeners feel that way.

As a speaker, that's what you want is to be able to feel like people said, yeah, it's like I was the only one in the room and you were talking to me.

Well, this so this month we are talking through and for any of our new listeners that are joining us, David and I connect and we talk through one theme.

So and I really get to kind of just glean from David kind of his experience around David, how you've grown and done what you've done.

And so this month we're talking all about developing teams and developing others, really.

So I just have a couple of questions because you've been doing this for decades.
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