In this episode of The Finding Purpose Podcast, Adam sits down with Dan Singerâa team performance coach, Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant, and passionate advocate for leadership rooted in clarity, culture, and purpose.
Dan helps leadership teams implement the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) to get clear, aligned, and focused. Through vision work, operational structure, and team health, he equips organizations to become more functional, more cohesive, and more impactful. But his insights donât come from theory aloneâtheyâre grounded in lived experience.
Dan spent years in sales, business development, and leadership, most notably helping scale a company from $14M to $20M before it was acquired by private equityâall while running on EOS. At the same time, heâs built a parallel life of service, as a Marine Corps Reservist, infantry Marine, and currently a Gunnery Sergeant and Operations Instructor with the Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group.
This conversation is about what it really means to leadâwith discipline, vulnerability, and purpose. Dan shares how the Marine Corps shaped his perspective on teamwork, why culture is everything, and how organizations can move past surface-level fixes to tackle whatâs really holding them back.
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The Marine Corps lessons that translate directly into business leadership
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Why removing the âindividualâ mindset is crucial to building cohesive teams
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The three qualities Dan looks for in clients before working with them
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The role of vulnerability in creating trust, alignment, and accountability
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How adversity shaped Danâs outlook and resilienceâpersonally and professionally
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Practical insights on building clarity, alignment, and culture in any organization
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What it means to truly live with purpose, beyond titles and labels
This episode is a powerful reminder that leadership isnât about imposing controlâitâs about creating alignment, building trust, and serving something greater than yourself.