Coach John Gallagher Had the Ego to Think He Could Change His Mother-in-Law Real Estate Partner

<p>Episode page: <a href="https://markgraban.com/mistake152">https://markgraban.com/mistake152</a></p> <p>My guest for Episode #152 of the <a href="http://myfavoritemistakepodcast.com/">My Favorite Mistake podcast</a> is <a href="http://coachjohngallagher.com/about-us/">John Gallagher</a>. He is an executive coach, mentor, and consultant. He is the Founder and CEO of <a href="http://coachjohngallagher.com/">Growing Champions, LLC</a>.</p> <p>He's also the host of the <a href="http://coachjohngallagher.com/podcast/">podcast “The Uncommon Leade</a>r” — and I was <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/11-mark-graban-on-humble-leadership-influencing-without/id1577348656?i=1000539026929&amp;itsct=podcast_box_link&amp;itscg=30200&amp;ls=1">his guest there</a>! He was also previously <a href="https://www.leanblog.org/2021/10/episode-426-john-gallagher-lean-and-the-uncommon-leader/">my guest on my Lean Blog Interviews podcast series</a>.</p> <p>Before starting his company, John worked as a consultant for a decade, after being an operations manager and a division president for two different companies.</p> <p>In today's episode, John shares his “favorite mistake” story about the time he got into the real estate business and thought he could change how a key business partner operated. And that partner was his <em><strong>mother-in-law</strong></em>. Why did he make this mistake? How did he adjust and how did he survive?</p> <p>We also talk about questions and topics including:</p> <ul> <li>What is “Lean”?</li> <li>Why were you excited about bringing this to real estate?</li> <li>Focusing on strengths instead of problems?</li> <li>Having a process when “every home sale is unique”?</li> <li>Tell us about the podcast…</li> <li>Common leadership mistakes that you wish were uncommon?</li> <li>Are they uncommon because they avoid leadership problems or because they have certain strengths?</li> <li>Being able to admit when they’re wrong… that’s uncommon — humility is required</li> <li>Creating an environmen