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Bad Days Leadership

Matt Paden

Booking Overview

This is an interview-focused leadership show featuring external executives, coaches, authors, and institutional leaders who share candid stories about leadership mistakes and the lessons they produced. Credible pitch candidates include senior business leaders, executive coaches, bestselling leadership authors, and sports or academic leaders with compelling firsthand experiences of failure, resilience, organizational culture, or decision-making; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 16

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

info@greatdaysleadership.com

charlie.sells@greatdaysleadership.com

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Host

Matt Paden - President and Managing Partner at Great Days Leadership, specializing in leadership development and executive guidance.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Senior executives, university or sports leaders, executive coaches, leadership consultants, and published authors with substantial firsthand leadership experience and a specific story about failure, poor judgment, resilience, or organizational lessons.
Required Achievements:  
Published leadership books, Executive coaching experience, Leadership of major organizations or institutions, Coaching experience in professional or high-level collegiate sports, Recognized expertise in organizational leadership and development

Recent Guest Discussions

Matt Doherty - Leadership Mistakes, Coaching Scars, Rebuilding Trust, Decision-making, Resilience, And The Relationship Between Practice And Performance.

Kacy Maxwell - Micromanagement, Confidence, Failure, Leadership Blind Spots, Criticism, And Rebuilding Professional Self-belief.

Ken Jones - Leadership Burnout, Difficult Decisions, Board Relationships, Organizational Responsibility, Intuition, And Career Resilience.

Henry Cloud - Leadership Blind Spots, Psychological Safety, Vulnerability, Transparency, Organizational Intelligence, Business Failure, And Trust.

Randy Gravitt - Character-based Leadership, Accountability, Failure, Persuasion, Self-awareness, And Daily Leadership Practices.

Recent Topics

Business, Leadership, Executive Coaching, Organizational Culture, Resilience

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Bad Days Leadership
:

"The Whole Room Denied Feedback They Wrote Themselves" - Pat Lencioni on Culture, Feedback, and AI in the Workplace

October 20, 2026

Pat Lencioni — founder of The Table Group, pioneer of the organizational health movement, and bestselling author of "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team," "The Advantage," "Death by Meeting," and "The Working Genius" — joins Dr. Matt Paden on the Bad Days Leadership podcast. Pat opens with the promotion he still cringes about 34 years later: elevating a talented employee who was not a team player, while preaching teamwork, until someone on his staff told hi...

"When You Get Mad, You Turn Into a Whole Different Person" - Dr. Vannesia Darby on Getting Out Of Your Own Way

October 06, 2026

Dr. Vannesia Darby — Digital Marketing Director at Shondaland, founder and principal consultant at MOXIE Nashville, and an award-winning marketing leader with a Ph.D. in business administration — joins Dr. Matt Paden on the Bad Days Leadership podcast. Vannesia shares the performance review where her boss told her she did everything right but became a completely different person when she got angry. She talks about icing out a longtime friend at work instead of having the conversation, the all...

"I Knew It Was a Mistake While I Was Still Saying It" - Coach Matt Doherty on Coaching Scars

September 22, 2026

Coach Matt Doherty — starter on the 1982 national championship team at North Carolina alongside Michael Jordan and James Worthy, former head coach at UNC, Notre Dame, SMU, and FAU, and now an executive coach and author of Rebound: From Pain to Passion — joins Dr. Matt Paden on the Bad Days Leadership podcast. Doherty shares what he calls coaching scars, the moments that surface at red lights years later. He tells the story of breaking a player's trust in front of the whole team during a ...

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Frequently asked questions

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Bad Days Leadership
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How do I get in touch with Bad Days Leadership?

Bad Days Leadership is hosted by Matt Paden. Its publicly listed emails are info@greatdaysleadership.com and charlie.sells@greatdaysleadership.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Bad Days Leadership?

The publicly listed emails for Bad Days Leadership: info@greatdaysleadership.com and charlie.sells@greatdaysleadership.com.

How many listeners does Bad Days Leadership have?

Podseeker estimates Bad Days Leadership reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Bad Days Leadership?

Bad Days Leadership typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior executives, university or sports leaders, executive coaches, leadership consultants, and published authors with substantial firsthand leadership experience and a specific story about failure, poor judgment, resilience, or organizational lessons. Common among recent guests: Published leadership books; Executive coaching experience; Leadership of major organizations or institutions. Recent guests include Matt Doherty, Kacy Maxwell, and Ken Jones.

How hard is it to get booked on Bad Days Leadership?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does Bad Days Leadership cover?

Recent episodes cover Business, Leadership, Executive Coaching, Organizational Culture, and Resilience. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

info@greatdaysleadership.com

charlie.sells@greatdaysleadership.com

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