What if the reason you’re not growing isn’t your business, your team, or your market — it’s you?

In this episode, Tim sits down with world-renowned executive coach Chris Hunsicker, a former therapist turned leadership mentor whose honest, no-nonsense approach has reshaped how leaders think about growth. Chris shares the truth behind resilience, why “grinding harder” isn’t the answer, and how the best leaders are the ones humble enough to be coached.

This is a conversation about leadership, self-awareness, and the quiet discipline of getting better every day. You’ll walk away with tools to lead yourself first, reshape your culture, and finally understand what it means to build something that lasts.

0:00 — The importance of leadership and the power of coaching

1:30 — How Chris Hunsicker became David Long’s leadership coach

2:50 — Why even top performers need coaching

3:20 — The myth of toughness and what resilience really means

5:00 — From therapist to coach: how Chris found his purpose

7:00 — The Mrs. Fields story — and a career-defining confrontation

8:40 — Falling in love with the car business

10:00 — What separates good dealerships from great ones

11:10 — “You’re not broken” — how leaders can face the truth

13:05 — The danger of blaming others instead of growing yourself

15:45 — Why leadership starts when it stops being about you

17:10 — “You’re either breaking or being broken” — the power of standards

20:45 — How leadership principles apply to every part of life

24:40 — The 3-question game film exercise to review your day

26:00 — Why small daily progress beats big quarterly plans

31:00 — Lessons from teaching leadership in Paris

33:00 — Maxwell’s wisdom: success is found in daily routines

34:45 — The true separator of good and great leaders

35:50 — Chris’s book Unstoppable Culture and final reflections

Connect with Chris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-hunsicker/

Read Unstoppable Culture: https://bit.ly/4oSPEl5

Listen to the Dealership War Room: https://info.chrishunsicker.com/private-podcst

Connect with Tim Cox on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-cox-29065a7/

Listen to more episodes of Tim Talks at: https://www.carnow.com/timtalks/