About this episode

Brad Borkhuis interviews executive coach Mike Goodfriend about leadership, team development, and leveraging unconventional strengths.

In this episode of The Greatness Garage , Brad Borkhuis welcomes longtime friend and executive coach Mike Goodfriend of Goodfriend Consulting. With over 30 years in coaching and team development, Mike shares powerful lessons from his journey—from becoming an early adopter of the Birkman Method in the 1980s to building programs that help leaders and teams embrace their unconventional strengths. Together, Brad and Mike explore: The hidden value of "unconventional" traits in leadership and teamwork. Why culture plays such a big role in whether organizations embrace or resist different perspectives. Stories from Mike's decades of consulting, including a transformative coaching experience that connected personal motivators to professional breakthroughs. His book Breakthrough Time and how leaders can stop waiting and start acting on their best ideas today. This conversation is packed with insights, personal stories, and even a few baseball analogies that bring leadership lessons to life. Whether you're leading a team or navigating change yourself, this episode will challenge how you see your own strengths—and inspire you to leverage them for greater impact.

People in this episode

Host: Brad Borkhuis

Guest: Mike Goodfriend

Topics covered

• leadership
• team development
• coaching
• organizational culture
• unconventional strengths
• personal motivators
• professional breakthroughs

Keywords

• coaching
• leadership
• teamwork
• Birkman Method
• organizational culture
• personal growth
• professional development
• Breakthrough Time

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Goodfriend Consulting

Books & works: Breakthrough Time

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