Episode 1465: From Drift To Drive

Episode 1465: From Drift To Drive

From Business Leadership Series by Business Leadership Series

April 26, 2026 · 33 min · Episode 1465

About this episode

Derek Champagne interviews Chris Robinson about leadership and overcoming complacency, drawing from Chris's experiences and his new book.

Derek Champagne talks with Chris Robinson. Chris is a founding partner of the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team and as the Executive Vice President of the Maxwell Entrepreneur Solutions, he a product of the product leading a global team of over 40,000 speakers, coaches, and trainers. He is an international speaker who has enthralled crowds as large as 4500 and trained small groups inside of companies weekly before taking on his current role as the EVP of the Maxwell Entrepreneur Solutions. John Maxwell has made a tremendous impact on his life over the past 20 years. Initially Chris started watching John’s VHS tapes in the basement of a church. Then as a sales representative for the largest vehicle service, he quickly advanced 3 positions in 5 years to a Senior Sales Manager by learning and then applying John’s principles. Chris helped grow that company from 18 employees to over 700. Years later he became a part of John’s team as a certified coach. Chris has been instrumental in the development of many of the programs offered by the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team Members, a leadership development organization whose members speak, coach and train on values-based, people-centric…

People in this episode

Host: Derek Champagne

Guest: Chris Robinson

Topics covered

  • leadership
  • personal development
  • coaching
  • entrepreneurship
  • complacency

Keywords

  • leadership
  • coaching
  • entrepreneurship
  • personal growth
  • John Maxwell

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Maxwell Leadership Certified Team, Maxwell Entrepreneur Solutions

Books & works: From Drift To Drive

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