17/08/2026
đź“Ť Skills, Accountability, and Helping People Succeed with Larry Coval
In this episode of ABOVE CENTER®, Larry Coval, founder of Arcane Leadership Concepts and author of Misled: Why Almost Everything We Learned About Leadership Is Wrong and How to Fix It, challenges the idea that great leaders are simply born that way.
After nearly four decades of leadership experience, Larry’s message is simple: leadership is a skill. It can be learned, practiced, improved, and measured.
✅ Leadership Is Learnable: Empathy and likability matter, but they don’t replace the practical skills leaders need to manage people well.
âś… Evaluate Will and Skill: When someone is struggling, leaders need to understand whether the gap is motivation, capability, or both.
✅ Enable Your People to Succeed: A leader’s job is to help people win, even when that means recognizing a different role may be the better fit.
âś… Define a Good Day: Clear expectations help people understand what success looks like and give leaders an early warning when performance starts to slip.
âś… Accountability Builds Trust: Great leaders support their people while still holding them responsible for the commitments they make.
✅ Failure Is Part of Growth: Trying new things means some ideas won’t work. The lesson is to keep learning, adjusting, and moving forward.
Larry reminds us that strong leadership is not about saying the right things. It’s about building the skills, structure, and trust that help people do their best work.
đź’ˇ Catch the full conversation here:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3EP91fbyT5s4CHHlZMrOOu?si=PXNHRO67Svquv6iteu03uQ
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/skills-accountability-and-helping-people-succeed/id1557113848?i=1000783693833
YouTube: https://youtu.be/DgitasiqjjU
