Transforming a dysfunctional 60-employee company with Matt D'Amour

Written By xavi umeh

This episode of the Ace Coach podcast features Matt D'Amour, an executive coach with a unique entrepreneurial background who has been coaching for nine years.

Unlike most coaches who come from corporate environments, Matt brings 17+ years of business-building experience from the hospitality and natural food industries, combined with a holistic approach to coaching that addresses mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of leadership.

Matt specializes in helping business owners and their teams navigate conflict, find clarity, and optimize relationships - particularly focusing on business partnerships and the critical relationship dynamics that can make or break a company's success.

📚 What We Talk About:

  • 00:34 Matt's Background and Journey - From an entrepreneurial family in hospitality to the natural foods industry to executive coaching

  • 02:57 Focus on Relationships in Business - Why business partnerships fail and the intimate nature of business relationships

  • 07:52 Differentiation and Coaching Philosophy - His holistic approach integrates mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual element.

  • 12:14 How he transformed a dysfunctional 60-employee company and his detective-like approach to root causes

  • 20:23 How he overcame using an approach that wasn’t accepted in business 15 years ago.

  • 26:44 Rapid Fire Questions - Essential resources, tools, mental health practices, and best business investments

💭 Key Quotes:

  • Your business partner, on many levels, is another very intimate relationship in your life."

  • "I help people navigate conflict, find clarity, and optimize their relationships."

  • "I'm gonna see you as a whole person. I wanna know as much of the picture as possible."

  • "I see myself as a detective all the time... Who's behind the curtain that is ultimately influencing what you do?"

  • "I'm here to defend everybody. I'm here to be a champion for everybody... I'm not here to blame."

  • "I like to defend themselves from themselves because we're the biggest challenge to ourselves."

  • "You really have to deeply, deeply care about your clients... love is the greatest force that has the strongest ability to create change."

  • "There's a war on our consciousness... I'm very cognizant of what media comes in through my ears, my eyes, into my mouth, and into my heart."

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