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12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. Richard Lummis and Tom Fox return to their exploration of American Presidents as they conclude a two-part series on Andrew Johnson. In this Part 2, they discuss Johnson’s career as Military Governor of Tennessee, his Vice Presidency, Presidency and Impeachment. Highlights include: · Civil War A. A southern Senator B. Military Governor · Vice President to President A. Was he the obvious VP candidate? B. Campaigning C. His swearing in debacle · Where did it all go wrong? A. Met Lincoln for the 1st day on the day he was shot B. The franchise for blacks C. Declaration of War against Congress · Impeachment A. What was Radical Reconstruction? B. Tenure of office Act C. Impeachment Trial · Leadership Lessons A. What about Johnson’s character led to impeachment? B. Peter Principal at Work? C. Was he the worst? D. Final Thoughts Resources Andrew Johnson-UVA Miller Center Is Andrew Johnson the worst president in American history? Andrew Johnson: The most-criticized president ever? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. Richard Lummis and Tom Fox return to their exploration of American Presidents as they begin a two-part series on Andrew Johnson. In this Part 1, they discuss Johnson’s early life up to his nomination as Lincoln’s Vice-Presidential running mate in 1864. Highlights include: · Early Life A. Childhood B. Move to Tennessee C. Slave Owner · State Political Career A. Friend of the workingman? B. Was he a Whig or Democrat? · Federal Political Career A. US House B. US Senate-Homestead Act · Up to the Civil War A. Nominations of 1860 and election B. Succession Crisis · Leadership Lessons A. Assessment of Johnson up to this point B. Final Thoughts Resources Andrew Johnson-UVA Miller Center Is Andrew Johnson the worst president in American history? Andrew Johnson: The most-criticized president ever? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. Each year during Oscar season we look at four Best Picture-winning movies and draw leadership lessons from them. It is also a way to watch some great movies and garner some leadership lessons. In this episode, we consider the movie Gladiator. Highlights include:
Movie Storyline
Favorites Scenes
Life Lessons
• Marcus Aurelius’ and Stoicism • The only constant is change. • Life isn’t always fair but that is not what matters. Business Leadership Lessons • Lead from the front and walk the walk. • Inspire great teamwork. Create an atmosphere for success of others. • There is no losing, only winning and learning. • Train hard and practice. Maximus’ Relationships • Jubo • Proximo Resources 8 Virtues of Gladiator Leadership 5 Powerful Life Lessons from Gladiator Six Leadership Lessons from Gladiator Down to Business: Seven leadership lessons from Maximus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. Each year during Oscar season we look at four Best Picture-winning movies and draw leadership lessons from them. It is also a way to watch some great movies. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox continue our annual tradition of reviewing Best Picture-winning movies by rewatching and then considering the movie Schindler’s List. Highlights include:
Movie Storyline
How did it make you feel?
Leadership Lessons
Ethical Lessons
Servant Leadership
Final Thoughts on the Banality of Evil
Shoah and Schindler’s list
Resources 10 Leadership Lessons from Schindler’s List Oskar Schindler-a Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing Evaluating Ethics and Leadership in Schindler’s List Ethics on Film: A Discussion of Schindler’s List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Richard Lummis and I explore leadership lessons from Toussaint Louverture, who led the only successful slave revolt in the Western Hemisphere. Our remarks are based on the recent biography of him entitled, Toussaint Louverture by Phillipe Gerrard. While not an obvious character for study in a business leadership podcast, Louverture nonetheless presented several important lessons which translate into to today’s business environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are on a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Eumenes and the Roman Sertorius. Highlights include: · Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work. · Lives of Eumenes and Sertorius. · Comparison in the lives of Eumenes and Sertorius. · Are they really tragic figures? · The role of prominent citizens outside the capital cities of Athens and Rome. · What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives Eumenes and Sertorius. Resources Plutarch’s Lives by Bill Thayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are on a series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Timeleon and the Roman Aemilius. Highlights include: · Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work. · Lives of Timoleon and Aemilius. · Comparison in the lives of Timoleon and Aemilius. · Are they really tragic figures. · The role of prominent citizens outside the capital cities of Athens and Rome. · What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives Timoleon and Aemilius. Resources Plutarch’s Lives by Bill Thayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are on a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Cleomenes and Giaus Graccus. Highlights include: · Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work. · Lives of Cleomenes and Giaus Graccus. · Comparison in the lives of Cleomenes and Giaus Graccus. · Land and Judicial reform in ancient Greece and Rome. · The role of the Plebians. · What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives Cleomenes and Giaus Graccus. Resources Plutarch’s Lives by Bill Thayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are on a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek (Spartan) Agis and Tiberius Gracchus. Highlights include: · Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work. · Lives of Agis and Tiberius Gracchus. · Comparison in the lives of Agis and Tiberius Gracchus. · Land reform in ancient Greece and Rome. · The role of the Plebians. · What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives Agis and Tiberius Gracchus
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12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are on a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Phocion and the Roman Cato the Younger. Highlights include: · Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work. · Lives of Phocion and Cato the Younger. · Comparison in the lives of Phocion and Cato the Younger. · What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives of Phocion and Cato the Younger. Resources Plutarch’s Lives by Bill Thayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are in a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Epaminondas and the Roman Scipio Africanus. Highlights include:
Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work.
Lives of Epaminondas and Scipio Africanus.
Comparison in the lives of Epaminondas and Scipio Africanus.
What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives of Alcibiades and Coriolanus.
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12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox begin a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Alcibiades and the Roman Coriolanus. Highlights include: · Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work. · Lives of Alcibiades and Coriolanus. · Comparison in the lives of Alcibiades and Coriolanus. · What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives of Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Resources Plutarch’s Lives by Bill Thayer See also Stephen Pressfield book: The Tides of War, for a historical novel on Alcibiades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox begin a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Pericles and the Roman Fabius Maximus. Highlights include:
Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work.
Lives of Pericles and Fabius Maximus.
Comparison in the lives of Pericles and Fabius Maximus.
What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives of Pericles and Fabius Maximus.
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12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox begin a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Solon and the Roman Poplicola. Highlights include:
Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work.
Lives of Solon and Poplicola.
Comparison in the lives of Solon and Poplicola.
What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives of Solon and Poplicola.
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12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox begin a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Themistocles and the Roman Camillus. Highlights include:
Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work.
Lives of Themistocles and Camillus.
Comparison in the lives of Themistocles and Camillus.
What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives of Themistocles and Camillus.
Resources Plutarch’s Themistocles and Camillus by Timothy Duff Plutarch’s Lives by Bill Thayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I am pleased to host Alyson Van Hooser, well know leadership consultant and coach. She is a partner at Van Hooser Associates. In this episode, we discuss the story of the Goldman Sachs employees and their PP slide deck about working 100+ hours per week. What does this tell us about priorities of and the leadership of Millennials. Highlights include:
Many of us worked very long hours early in our professional careers. It does several things: Forces you to learn about a wide variety of topics, work under pressure, weeds out the go-getters from those only along for the ride, ETC. It also makes it very difficult for women who are young mothers. What are your thoughts on a 100+ work week from a leadership perspective?
How does this type of attitude work for Millennials?
Will businesses, managers and employers have to adjust?
I have worked very long hours but never complained because that’s ‘just the way it was’ or it was expected or some other reason. What is it about millennials that they would speak up about that type of treatment?
Also at least I could commiserate with my peers about the long hours. But in Covid-19 everyone is working from home and there is largely no support. Has that made a difference?
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Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I am pleased to host Rod Robertson. Robertson is the Managing Directors at Briggs Capital. In this episode, we discuss how much Baby Boomers can learn from Millennials and GenZs and how business culture will change as they and the next generation move into the workplace. We have a special shout out to Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Highlights include:
The work of Briggs Capital.
What is a ‘no show’ transaction?
What does the phrase “dependents of the pandemic” mean?
Why employers should allow canines in the office.
Why is this issue so important to GenZers and Millennials?
What does this issue teach us OWG (old white guys) about listening to and managing GenZers and Millennials?
How does Goldman Sachs and its 100-hour work week for junior employees fit into broader context of managing Millennials?
What do companies and individuals need to be thinking about into 2025 and beyond regarding managing GenZers and Millennials?
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Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I am pleased to host Thomas Gelmi. Gelmi is a world-renowned executive coach and leadership trainer. In this episode, he explains why he is so passionate about leadership and executive coaching. Highlights include:
What is the difference between executive coaching and executive sparring?
Why do you maintain that leadership in the 2020s requires a stable personality, someone who knows their own strengths and limitations and who deals with these in an authentic, relaxed and open way?
How do you coach leadership development?
What Cabin Crew can teach you about Leadership, Teamwork and Customer Contact?
Why did you write this book?
Who is its target audience?
Why use the analogy of the cabin crew to teach leadership?
Favorite real-life story from the book?
How has the Coronavirus health crisis over this year changed your approach to leadership?
What do companies and individuals need to be thinking about regarding leadership into 2025 and beyond?
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Richard Lummis and Tom Fox conclude a two-part series on leadership lessons from Woodrow Wilson. In this Part 2, we look at lessons from Wilson’s two terms as President, his illness and short post-Presidential life and early death. Highlights of this podcast include: A. New Freedom Agenda 1. Tariff and Tax 2. Federal Reserve 3. Anti-Trust Legislation 4. Labor and Agriculture 5. Immigration (here we go again) 6. Judicial Appointments B. Race relations and Wilson’s attempts at Segregation C. Foreign Policy-how did he “keep us out of war”
Re-Election in 1916
Move towards and declaration of War
D. Miscalculation by Germany and Wilson Response
14 Points
The Peace Conference
Ratification debate and Incapacity
Death
Leadership lessons
Resources Ten Ways to Judge a President Woodrow Wilson Quotes Woodrow Wilson-a Failure in Leadership How Woodrow Wilson Lost the Peace Woodrow Wilson-Life Before the Presidency 13 Leadership Lessons from WWI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and Tom Fox begin a two-part series on leadership lessons from Woodrow Wilson. In this Part 1, we look at lessons from Wilson’s formative years in growing up in the South, his educational career, his academic profession and thought leadership; his Presidency of Princeton, his governorship of New Jersey and the Presidential election of 1912. In Part 2 we will take up his Presidential years. Highlights of this podcast include:
Intro of Woodrow Wilson
Discussion on impact of slavery on Wilson and being a Southerner
Academic Work History
Professor at Johns Hopkins
Publication of Congressional Government
Move to Wesleyan
Move to Princeton in 1992-textbooks on government
President of Princeton-1902
Achievements
Seeds of character defects revealed?
Health issues
Governor of New Jersey
Surprise Candidate- "it came to me unsought, unanimously, and without pledges to anybody about anything."
Reformist and turned back the Bosses?
Nomination and Campaign of 1912
Dark Horse Candidate
Impact of William Jennings Bryan
New Freedom platform - breaking up trusts and lowering tariff rates
Leadership Lessons
Resources Ten Ways to Judge a President Woodrow Wilson Quotes Woodrow Wilson-a Failure in Leadership How Woodrow Wilson Lost the Peace Woodrow Wilson-Life Before the Presidency 13 Leadership Lessons from WWI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and I are back for another episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership. Today, we take up the issue of how to brief senior leadership in an organization. This podcast is based upon a recent Harvard Business Review article How to Brief a Senior Executive by Grant T. Harris. Harris notes in his article, “Briefing a senior executive is an art and adept White House staffers do it every day under the most stressful of circumstances. They’re masters of compressing the right information into the right amount of time, no matter how complex the topic or short the briefing. The skills needed to brief the chief executive in the Oval Office are directly applicable to briefing any executive in the C-suite.” Some of the highlights include: 1. Before You Walk into the Room (or Log in) a. Identify the “crucial nodder.” b. Know your boss’s “tells.” c. Find out how the boss engages with the material. d. Plan for gradations of success and failure. e. Keep an idea alive to fight another day or, in the best-case scenario, go bigger and faster in implementation. 2. In the Room (or on the Video Conference Call) a. Read the room, not your notes. Whether the briefing is in person or virtual, you need to read cues and body language. In short, “take cues, not notes.” b. Stay laser focused on your task. c. Practice the art of staying silent. 3. What does it all mean? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and I are back for another episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership. Today, we take up the issue of what is ‘focused leadership’. Our podcast is based on the Harvard Business Review article, The Focused Leader by Dan Goldman, who notes "A primary task of leadership is to direct attention. To do so, leaders must learn to focus their own attention. When we speak about being focused, we commonly mean thinking about one thing while filtering out distractions. But a wealth of recent research in neuroscience shows that we focus in many ways, for different purposes, drawing on different neural pathways—some of which work in concert, while others tend to stand in opposition. Grouping these modes of attention into three broad buckets—focusing on yourself, focusing on others, and focusing on the wider world—sheds new light on the practice of many essential leadership skills." Richard Lummis and Tom Fox break it down for you. It consists of self-awareness, self-control, the empathy triad and building relationships. We look at it in the context of long-term strategy, innovation and system awareness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and I are back for another episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership. Today, we end this most unusual year of 2020 with our annual wrap up and look forward into 2020. We consider where have we been over the past year with our Presidential series, some of our favorite episodes and why researching Theodore Roosevelt was almost as much fun as recording the podcast series on leadership lessons from TR and we conclude with where we might head in 2021 and a sneak peek at our February month of leadership lessons from Oscar-winning best pictures.
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In this episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership, Richard Lummis and myself consider how leaders grew and evolved during crucible crisis in their professional careers. This podcast is based on the Harvard Business Review article, Crucibles of Leadership by Warren Bennis and Robert J. Thomas, where the authors posited that “a crucible is, by definition, a transformative experience through which an individual comes to a new or an altered sense of identity. It can often involve the experience of prejudice, as “it forces an individual to confront a distorted picture of him- or herself, and it often unleashes profound feelings of anger, bewilderment, and even withdrawal. For all its trauma, however, the experience of prejudice is for some a clarifying event. Through it, they gain a clearer vision of who they are, the role they play, and their place in the world.” The key is how individuals deal with such or even any similar adversity. You can and indeed must learn from negative events. This is not simply learning from your mistakes but forces you into a deep self-reflection where you examine a wide set of core beliefs, including your own judgment. A successful leader will emerge from such a personal trauma stronger, more confident, with more purpose and indeed more committed to your values and work. Some of the highlights include:
1. What a “Crucible of Leadership”? 2. Some examples of crucibles of leadership. a. Sidney Harman-Richard b. Vernon Jordan-Tom 3. Four Essential Leadership Skills a. Engage Others in Shared Meaning b. Distinctive, Compelling Voice c. Integrity d. Adaptive Capacity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One of the key components for any successful business leader; yet one rarely discussed, is judgment. I was therefore intrigued by a Harvard Business Review article on the topic by Sir Andrew Likierman, entitled “The Elements of Good Judgment: How to Improve Your Decision-Making”. Most of us have heard, been told or believe that you should always ‘listen to your gut’ and that ‘gut instinct’ is something you either have or you do not. As Likierman noted, “A lot of ink has been spilled in the effort to understand what good judgment consists of. Some experts define it as an acquired instinct or “gut feeling” that somehow combines deep experience with analytic skills at an unconscious level to produce an insight or recognize a pattern that others overlook. At a high level this definition makes intuitive sense; but it is hard to move from understanding what judgment is to knowing how to acquire or even to recognize it.” Interestingly, Likierman finds it all starts with listening and, more importantly, good listening. Listeners to the podcast series 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership will recognize that as a key trait for almost any successful business leader. Yet, perhaps even more significant, is that he has found that “leaders with good judgment tend to be good listeners and readers—able to hear what other people actually mean, and thus able to see patterns that others do not. They have a breadth of experiences and relationships that enable them to recognize parallels or analogies that others miss—and if they don’t know something, they’ll know someone who does and lean on that person’s judgment. They can recognize their own emotions and biases and take them out of the equation. They’re adept at expanding the array of choices under consideration. Finally, they remain grounded in the real world: In making a choice they also consider its implementation.” Likierman identified six key elements of good judgment. They are: (1) learning, (2) trust, (3) experience, (4) detachment, (5) options and (6) delivery. It is important to define each of them and have actionable steps to improve your judgment making skills and help you make some sense of not only ambiguous information but the data, data, and data which will become the basis of many corporate decisions in 2020 and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I am pleased to host Tom Pilotti. Tom is a world-renowned trainer of professional sales teams. In this episode, he explains his sales training process and how leaders can benefit from not simply an understanding of how to sell and market but how those skills are needed by successful leaders. Some of the highlights include:
Why is sales training so critical for business leaders?
Why do most business leaders get sales so wrong?
How can you sell during the era of Covid-19?
Why is great leadership even more important now?
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Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I am pleased to host Nick Gallo, co-CEO of ComplianceLine for a special episode. In this episode Nick and I take a deep dive into Doris Kearns Goodwin’s class Doris Kearns Goodwin Teaches U.S. Presidential History and Leadership, where Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin teaches you how to develop the leadership qualities of exceptional American presidents. In her class, Goodwin shares how some of the greatest presidents have made consequential decisions and how we can use their approach in our own lives. She also talks about how to heal divisions and build consensus. MasterClass is an immersive online experience that offers access to genius by allowing anyone to take online classes with the world's best leaders, instructors and commentators. MasterClass produces the courses directly with the instructors to capture exactly what the masters want to teach. I highly recommend their classes as a great learning tool. Some of the highlights include:
Who is Doris Kearns Goodwin?
What is MasterClass?
Are great leaders born or made?
Great leaders have the ability to not just react but embrace the unexpected.
Making decisions and managing in a crisis.
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Richard Lummis and Tom Fox continue their a five-part series on leadership lessons from Theodore Roosevelt. We will look at lessons from Roosevelt’s early years in New York up to his cowboying days in Montana; the second phase of his public career, from NYC Police Commission to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, San Juan Hill and the Vice Presidency; his leadership from his Presidency; his life in the post-Presidency and the election of 1912 and we will end with leadership lessons from his post Bull Moose Party life, World War I and event surrounding his death. In this fourth episode, we consider the leadership lessons learned from Roosevelt’s years after the end of his second term up through his run for President at the head of the Bull Moose Party in 1912. Highlights of this podcast include: Roosevelt goes big game hunting and holds meetings with political leaders across all of Europe. What led to the schism in the GOP and Roosevelt’s defeat at the GOP 1912 Convention? The formation of the Bull Moose Party and his survival of an assassination attempt. The election of 1912, his loss to Wilson but his overwhelming defeat of his former protegeé, William Taft. We conclude this episode with three key leadership lessons, including: 1. Change when the facts change; 2. Don't be afraid of making unpopular decisions; and 3. Leaders are Learners. Resources Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 10 Leadership Lessons from the White House 6 Leadership Hacks From The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt 10 top Leadership Principles of Teddy Roosevelt The Roosevelts: Eight presidential lessons in leadership Lessons in Leadership from 100 years ago Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership 10 Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Lessons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and Tom Fox continue their a five-part series on leadership lessons from Theodore Roosevelt. We will look at lessons from Roosevelt’s early years in New York up to his cowboying days in Montana; the second phase of his public career, from NYC Police Commission to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, San Juan Hill and the Vice Presidency; his leadership from his Presidency; his life in the post-Presidency and the election of 1912 and we will end with leadership lessons from his post Bull Moose Party life, World War I and event surrounding his death. In this third episode, we consider the leadership lessons learned by Roosevelt in his ascension to the Presidency and his first and second terms as 26th President. Highlights of this podcast include: Roosevelt’s ascension to the Presidency after the assassination of President McKinley; his domestic policies including: trust busting, issues with railroads, starting the American conservation movement and regulation of food and drugs. We then turn to foreign policy and his arbitration of the Russo-Japanese War which won him the Nobel Prize, the Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine and construction of the Panama Canal. We look at the clection of 1904 and his second term. We conclude with three key leadership lessons: 1. Surround yourself with other leaders; 2. Maintain an Open Channel with Adversaries; and 3. Be able to take criticism. Resources Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 10 Leadership Lessons from the White House 6 Leadership Hacks From The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt 10 top Leadership Principles of Teddy Roosevelt The Roosevelts: Eight presidential lessons in leadership Lessons in Leadership from 100 years ago Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership 10 Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Lessons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and Tom Fox continue their five-part series on leadership lessons from Theodore Roosevelt. We will look at lessons from Roosevelt’s early years in New York up to his cowboying days in Montana; the second phase of his public career, from NYC Police Commission to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, San Juan Hill and the Vice Presidency; his leadership from his Presidency; his life in the post-Presidency and the election of 1912 and we will end with leadership lessons from his post Bull Moose Party life, World War I and event surrounding his death. In this second episode, we consider the leadership lessons learned by Roosevelt in the second phase of his political career, which took him from Police Commissioner of NYC to the Vice Presidency. Highlights of this podcast include: What led to appointment to New York Civil Service Commission and then to the NYC Police Commissioner? His move to the National Stage as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. This led to his work in the War with Spain and Admiral Dewey in Manilla Bay. He founded the Rough Riders, his leadership in Cuba and ride up San Juan Hill. He becomes Governor of New York. This leads to joining the McKinley ticket in the election of 1896 and becoming Vice President. We conclude with three key leadership lessons, including: 1. Pick yourself up when you fall; 2. Find a cause; and 3. Communicate Simply and Directly Through Stories. Resources Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 10 Leadership Lessons from the White House 6 Leadership Hacks From The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt 10 top Leadership Principles of Teddy Roosevelt The Roosevelts: Eight presidential lessons in leadership Lessons in Leadership from 100 years ago Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership 10 Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Lessons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I am pleased to host Paul Mueller, who coaches on leadership. Mueller, a certified business coach, is the owner of Excel Business Coaching and Consulting, Inc, a Focal Point franchise. Paul’s passion is working with business owners to align their organizations around clear vision, mission, and value statements. These statements pave the way for them to achieve their goals for their businesses, families, employees, and communities. Some of the topics we discuss are Focal Point-Coaching and Training Excellence; the attributes of a broken culture and how Paul sees it sees it in a hierarchy. In an organization, what is the catalyst for change and what is the organizational model for change? Finally, what does the model of a healthy organization look like? Resources Paul Mueller LinkedIn Page here Paul Mueller website here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and Tom Fox begin a five-part series on leadership lessons from Theodore Roosevelt. We will look at lessons from Roosevelt’s early years in New York up to his cowboying days in Montana; the second phase of his public career, from NYC Police Commission to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, San Juan Hill and the Vice Presidency; his leadership from his Presidency; his life in the post-Presidency and the election of 1912 and we will end with leadership lessons from his post Bull Moose Party life, World War I and event surrounding his death. In this first episode, we consider the leadership lessons learned by Roosevelt from his parents, his sickly childhood, initial forays into public life, widowhood and cowboying in Montana. Highlights of this podcast include: Roosevelt’s parents, his upbringing, education and early book publishing. Roosevelt’s widowhood in his early 20s and his election to the New York State Assembly. From the Presidential election of 1884, up to his cowboying in Dakota. We conclude with three key leadership lessons, including 1. The beginning of his lifelong learning; 2. How he came to view merit, not privilege as the key to advancement, and 3. How hard work is required to be a great leader. Resources Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 10 Leadership Lessons from the White House 6 Leadership Hacks From The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt 10 top Leadership Principles of Teddy Roosevelt The Roosevelts: Eight presidential lessons in leadership Lessons in Leadership from 100 years ago Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership 10 Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Lessons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis is on assignment this week as we are preparing a multi-part series on leadership lessons from the life and Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. Today, I am hosting Paul Simkins, a long-time leadership and training expert. Simkins believes that we should move away from leadership training to leadership development. He has some unique ideas on how organizations can develop leaders. Highlights of this podcast include:
Why does Simkins say its “not leadership training but leadership development”?
What is the difference in training and development?
Why is employee engagement really about leadership?
What are Ten Signs Your company should invest in leadership Development?
Where can listeners go for more information on how to Boldly Lead?
Resources
Boldly Lead website.
Blog post 10 Signs You Should Invest in Leadership Development-Part 1
Blog post 10 Signs You Should Invest in Leadership Development-Part 2
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Richard Lummis and I are back with more business leadership lessons. In this episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership, we take a look at leadership lessons from William Howard Taft, the 27th President, who had the misfortune to follow one of America’s greatest and most popular Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt. Taft was a mountain of a man, weighing over 300 lbs. He is also the only President to become Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court after he left the office of the Presidency. Highlights of this podcast include:
Background of Taft.
Education and early professional life in Ohio.
Move to Washington, role of Nellie and work in the Philippines.
Work in the Roosevelt Administration.
Presidential Term.
1912 Presidential election.
Final thoughts on leadership lessons.
Resources
National Park Service article on his home and upbringing.
Taft as good-hearted
Taft, TR and the Bully Pulpit-Forbes
General Review of Taft
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Richard Lummis and I are back with more business leadership lessons. In this episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership, we take a look at leadership lessons from the Marcus Aurelius who was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He was a Stoic philosopher and it is from that tradition we present his leadership lessons applicable to today’s business executive. Highlights of this podcast include:
Background of Marcus Aurelius.
Philosophical learnings of Marcus Aurelius.
What led to writing of Mediations?
Lessons from Meditations.
Business lessons.
Leadership lessons. Why did they participate? Is there one right reason?
Rules for life.
Final thoughts on leadership lessons.
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Richard Lummis and I are back with more business leadership lessons. In a nod to the current Coronavirus health crisis, we wanted to look for leadership lessons in prior epidemic emergencies. Today, we take a look at leadership lessons Colonel Walter Reed, as he led the team which discovered what caused yellow fever, how yellow fever was transmitted and developed steps to eradicate it. Highlights of this podcast include:
Background of Walter Reed and his work on to discover how typhoid was transmitted.
Formation of the Yellow Fever Commission
Two key questions-what caused yellow fever and how was it transmitted?
Conduct of the experiments.
Ethics of the experiments.
What about the participants. Why did they participate? Is there one right reason?
Early death and legacy.
Final thoughts on leadership lessons
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Richard Lummis and Tom Fox conclude our four-part series on leadership lessons from George Washington. We will look at lessons from Washington’s colonial and frontier period, focusing on the French and Indian War, leadership lessons from Washington’s generalship of the Continental Army, his leadership in both the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention and we will end with leadership lessons from both terms of Washington’s presidency. In this fourth and concluding episode, we consider the leadership lessons demonstrated by Washington during his two terms as the first President of the United States. Highlights of this podcast include: 1. Introduction into Washington’s two terms as President. 2. A team of rivals? How did he manage them? 3. Leading by example, yet in a measured and nuanced manner-the Whiskey Rebellion. 4. Foreign Affairs-Citizen Genet and Jay Treaty with Britain. 5. Farewell Address-how did this encapsulate Washington’s leadership? 6. Final thoughts on leadership lessons still relevant today from George Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and Tom Fox continue our four-part series on leadership lessons from George Washington. We will look at lessons from Washington’s colonial and frontier period, focusing on the French and Indian War, leadership lessons from Washington’s generalship of the Continental Army, his leadership in both the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention and we will end with leadership lessons from both terms of Washington’s presidency. In this third episode, we consider the leadership lessons demonstrated by Washington at the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention. Highlights of this podcast include:
Introduction into Washington’s generalship of the Continental Army.
Why silence and listening can be so powerful.
Call for strong union in Constitutional Congress.
How did Washington’s leadership in the Constitutional Convention influence the creation of the Chief Executive role?
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Richard Lummis and Tom Fox begin a four-part series on leadership lessons from George Washington. We will look at lessons from Washington’s colonial and frontier period, focusing on the French and Indian War, leadership lessons from Washington’s generalship of the Continental Army, his leadership in both the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention and we will end with leadership lessons from both terms of Washington’s presidency. In this second episode, we consider the leadership lessons demonstrated by Washington as General of the Continental Army. Highlights of this podcast include:
Introduction into Washington’s generalship of the Continental Army.
First 3rd of the War-Boston and NY disasters to Trenton and Princeton.
Valley Forge.
Use of French General Rochambeau and commutation of Charles Asgill from death sentence.
Resignation as General of the Armies.
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Richard Lummis and Tom Fox begin a four-part series on leadership lessons from George Washington. We will look at lessons from Washington’s colonial and frontier period, focusing on the French and Indian War, leadership lessons from Washington’s generalship of the Continental Army, his leadership in both the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention and we will end with leadership lessons from both terms of Washington’s presidency. In this first episode, we consider the leadership lessons learned by Washington in his colonial and frontier period and how his failures during the French and Indian War influenced his later leadership. Highlights of this podcast include:
Introduction into Washington’s early life.
Washington’s Ambition and the Battle of Jumonville Glen.
Battle of Fort Necessity and Washington’s surrender.
Massacre of Braddock’s troops by the Iroquois.
What did Washington learn from these experiences?
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Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I am pleased to host Alyson Van Hooser, who was recently in Houston. We sat down for a live recording about her recent LinkedIn post, “3 Gen Z Perspectives Leaders Need to Know”. Highlights of this podcast include:
Why are you in Houston?
Why did you write the article?
How is Gen Z leadership different from Boomer leadership?
Why do leaders need to learn from stories from their people, not statistics about them?
How does the style of Gen Z parenting different from that of Gen X (or Boomers) and why is that important to a business leader?
Why do you advise Gen Z leaders not to roll up their eyes but to roll up their sleeves?
Why is connecting fast so important to training and communications?
Why are you so passionate about leadership?
Resources Alyson’s weekly leadership blog HERE. If your business would benefit from higher-performing leaders, check out more information about the comprehensive leadership development training Alyson does training, HERE. If you want to reach out to Alyson directly, email alyson@vanhooser.com. P.S. Share and tag Alyson on social -- @AlysonVanHooser Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I am pleased to host Jeffery Hayzlett, the Chairman of C-Suite Network (including C-Suite Radio) and Prime Time Television and Podcast Host. Among all these other activities, he is prolific author. Today, we visit about Jeffery’s most recent book The Hero Factor. Highlights of this podcast include:
Why Hazylett wrote this book?
What is Hero Leadership?
What is Hero Intensity?
Values Values Values
Why are a hero’s values so important?
The book has questions, practices pointers and even a self-assessment in the book. Why are these tools include in the book?
Who should read this book?
What is the Hero Club?
Why is Hayzlett so passionate about the Hero Club and Hero Leadership?
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Richard Lummis and I are back. Today, continue our annual review of Oscar winning Best Pictures and the leadership lessons drawn from them. Over the next four weeks we will consider the following movies: Casablanca, Rocky, The Greatest Show on Earth and Out of Africa. Today, we conclude our series with Out of Africa. Highlights of this podcast include:
What are our favorites scenes from the movie?
What are the leadership lessons from Karen Blixen?
What are the leadership lessons from Denys Finch Hatton?
Is your business resilient?
Culture outside the US?
Do these lessons from this movie hold up today?
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Richard Lummis and I are back. Today, continue our annual review of Oscar winning Best Pictures and the leadership lessons drawn from them. Over the next four weeks we will consider the following movies: Casablanca, Rocky, The Greatest Show on Earth and Out of Africa. Today, we continue our series with one of the very all-time boxing movies, Rocky. Highlights of this podcast include:
What are our favorites scenes from the movie? No one who you anything, you owe yourself, get the work done and we are all underdogs.
What are the leadership lessons from Rocky Balboa? Repetition will make you great, tech can be a great business advantage but never forget the human element and practice for the worst.
What are the leadership lessons from Apollo Creed? The mind is the greatest muscle and pay attention to those behind you.
What are the leadership lessons from Rocky’s trainer-Mick?
What are the leadership lesson from the boxing ring? Go the distance and think long term, it’s not about how hard you punch but how hard a punch you can take and go back into the ring when it’s the toughest.
Do these lessons hold up today?
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Richard Lummis and I are back. Today, begin our annual review of Oscar winning Best Pictures and the leadership lessons drawn from them. Over the next four weeks we will consider the following movies: Casablanca, Rocky, The Greatest Show on Earth and Out of Africa. Today, we begin our series with one of the very all-time greats, Casablanca. Highlights of this podcast include:
What are our favorites scenes from the movie?
What is the world view from Casablanca, including actions and behaviors, values and belief systems and stories of life?
What are the leadership lessons from the nobility of Rick Blaine?
What can you learn from one of the movie’s greatest lovers?
What does compassion help in leadership?
Do these lessons hold up today?
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This week I have a special five-part podcast series where I am joined by Amii Barnard-Bahn to review some of the top business leadership failures of 2019. Today, we conclude our series by considering some of the leadership failures of the Swedish telecom company Ericsson in connection with its stunning FCPA enforcement action of over $1bn in fines and penalties. Some of the issues we explore in this podcast include:
Ericsson is the second largest FCPA settlement of all time.
Why is telecom such a riskiest industry for FCPA violations?
This matter had shockingly simple bribe schemes together with an appallingly weak control system and compliance culture.
Thus far, the communications from leadership thus far seem to be driven by legal, lack depth and have a defensive tone. They recently brought in a new CCO and revamped their compliance team.
The company will have a monitor for 3 years.
About Amii Amii Barnard-Bahn, JD, PCC, CCEP, CCEP-I is an executive coach who specializes in accelerating the success of legal and compliance executives and their teams. A leadership columnist for Compliance Week and Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching, Amii previously shaped company culture and strategic initiatives as an executive (CAO, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Human Resources Officer) at companies such as McKesson and Allianz. Forbes has recognized Amii as “one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives.” Contact Amii Executive Coach and Strategic Advisor Barnard-Bahn Coaching & Consulting Office: (510) 301-0400 | Email: amii@barnardbahn.com |website: www.barnardbahn.com Resources For helpful insights and actionable tips on accelerating your career, sign up for Amii's bi-monthly newsletter at bit.ly/amiibbnews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week I have a special five-part podcast series where I am joined by Amii Barnard-Bahn to review some of the top business leadership failures of 2019. Today, we take a look at the continued leadership failures of Wells Fargo. Some of the issues we explore in this podcast include:
The bank recently hired a new CEO, Charles W. Scharf, who is taking on one of the toughest jobs in the country.
The bank has sustained an unremitting run of four years of crisis, unethical consumer practices with incentives that rewarded unethical behavior and poor/no controls. When will Wells Fargo finally turn the corner?
Scharf and Wells Fargo will need to initiate a complete turnaround of culture, incentives and senior leadership.
About Amii Amii Barnard-Bahn, JD, PCC, CCEP, CCEP-I is an executive coach who specializes in accelerating the success of legal and compliance executives and their teams. A leadership columnist for Compliance Week and Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching, Amii previously shaped company culture and strategic initiatives as an executive (CAO, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Human Resources Officer) at companies such as McKesson and Allianz. Forbes has recognized Amii as “one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives.” Contact Amii Executive Coach and Strategic Advisor Barnard-Bahn Coaching & Consulting Office: (510) 301-0400 | Email: amii@barnardbahn.com |website: www.barnardbahn.com Resources For helpful insights and actionable tips on accelerating your career, sign up for Amii's bi-monthly newsletter at bit.ly/amiibbnews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week I have a special five-part podcast series where I am joined by Amii Barnard-Bahn to review some of the top business leadership failures of 2019. Today, we take a look at leadership failures from Goldman Sachs and the 1MDB corruption scandal. Some of the issues we explore in this podcast include:
The Goldman Sachs/1MDB imbroglio is one largest geopolitical scandal of the decade and may well be for the 2020s as well.
This matter featured widespread corruption in the level of controls circumvented, at the very top levels of leadership. A settlement seems close as Goldman Sachs has announced a reserve of over $2bn to resolve the matter.
There is hope that new CEO David Solomon will initiate a major culture change.
About Amii Amii Barnard-Bahn, JD, PCC, CCEP, CCEP-I is an executive coach who specializes in accelerating the success of legal and compliance executives and their teams. A leadership columnist for Compliance Week and Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching, Amii previously shaped company culture and strategic initiatives as an executive (CAO, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Human Resources Officer) at companies such as McKesson and Allianz. Forbes has recognized Amii as “one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives.” Contact Amii Executive Coach and Strategic Advisor Barnard-Bahn Coaching & Consulting Office: (510) 301-0400 | Email: amii@barnardbahn.com |website: www.barnardbahn.com Resources For helpful insights and actionable tips on accelerating your career, sign up for Amii's bi-monthly newsletter at bit.ly/amiibbnews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week I have a special five-part podcast series where I am joined by Amii Barnard-Bahn to review some of the top business leadership failures of 2019. Today, we take a look at leadership failures from the continuing saga of Boeing. Some of the issues we explore in this podcast include:
This case is a tragic ethical failure, which caused significant loss of life.
Boeing clearly has a broken culture. There is low trust, lack of accountability between employees and management, coupled with unhealthy cultural norms at work.
What has been the role of the FAA? Has there been questionable regulatory oversight?
Boeing has a brand new CEO but the entire company needs total turnaround.
About Amii Amii Barnard-Bahn, JD, PCC, CCEP, CCEP-I is an executive coach who specializes in accelerating the success of legal and compliance executives and their teams. A leadership columnist for Compliance Week and Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching, Amii previously shaped company culture and strategic initiatives as an executive (CAO, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Human Resources Officer) at companies such as McKesson and Allianz. Forbes has recognized Amii as “one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives.” Contact Amii Executive Coach and Strategic Advisor Barnard-Bahn Coaching & Consulting Office: (510) 301-0400 | Email: amii@barnardbahn.com |website: www.barnardbahn.com Resources For helpful insights and actionable tips on accelerating your career, sign up for Amii's bi-monthly newsletter at bit.ly/amiibbnews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week I have a special five-part podcast series where I am joined by Amii Barnard-Bahn to review some of the top business leadership failures of 2019. Today, in our first episode, we take a look at leadership lessons from the rise and fall of Adam Neumann, the former CEO of WeWork. Some of the issues we explore in this podcast include:
How did a charismatic, eccentric and inexperienced Founder CEO went boom ($47B valuation) to bust, all in the space of a few short months?
How and why did Neumann create a toxic culture with major conflicts of interest and poor corporate governance.
Neumann was forced out, the company’s IPO postponed and its future remains to be seen.
Have investors have finally had it with startups that aren’t following basic rules of monetary gravity? Have we turned a corner?
About Amii Amii Barnard-Bahn, JD, PCC, CCEP, CCEP-I is an executive coach who specializes in accelerating the success of legal and compliance executives and their teams. A leadership columnist for Compliance Week and Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching, Amii previously shaped company culture and strategic initiatives as an executive (CAO, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Human Resources Officer) at companies such as McKesson and Allianz. Forbes has recognized Amii as “one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives.” Contact Amii Executive Coach and Strategic Advisor Barnard-Bahn Coaching & Consulting Office: (510) 301-0400 | Email: amii@barnardbahn.com |website: www.barnardbahn.com Resources For helpful insights and actionable tips on accelerating your career, sign up for Amii's bi-monthly newsletter at bit.ly/amiibbnews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and I are back. Today, we take a look at leadership lessons from a trifecta of failed leaders, including Adam Neumann, the founder and former CEO of WeWork, Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos and Travis Kalanick, founder and former CEO of Uber. Highlights of this podcast include:
What happens when charismatic leaders have disruptive visions?
What happens when a brilliant jerk is a CEO?
They all had and maintained asymmetrical power, total control and maintained dual-class ownership structures.
What happens when the CEO creates a cult of personality?
All three valued opaqueness over transparency so that they could control the flow of information.
Where was the Board of Directors?
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Richard Lummis and I are back and today for our initial podcast of 2020 and the second decade of the 21stCentury. Today, we take a look at leadership lessons from the rise and fall of Adam Neumann, the former CEO of WeWork. Highlights of this podcast include:
How did Neumann obtain the amplified shareholder rights and how did that contribute to his downfall?
What was the role of Softbank in enabling Neumann?
What is the role of a visionary after the vision is gone?
How was Neumann enabled by the conflicts of interest?
Where were the professional managers for WeWork?
Why was the abortive IPO pulled and what does it demonstrate about leadership in a company seeking to go public?
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Richard Lummis and I are back and today for our final podcast of 2019 and the second decade of the 21stCentury. Today, we provide a wrap up of 2019 podcasts, giving some of our favorites and new issues we learned about or perhaps reacquainted ourselves with from history. We then consider some of the topics we will explore in 2020. Highlights of this podcast include:
Leadership series based upon the book by Retired General Stanley McCrystal.
How economic bubbles from the 18th and 19th century inform leadership, business and crowd psychology today.
Leadership lessons from our fan favorite Oscar Best Pictures series.
Presidential series from the post-Civil War Presidents up to TR, proving once again there are no new issues in American politics.
Our tribute to author Phillip Kerr and his final Bernie Gunther novel Metropolis.
A series on General MacArthur and President Truman, exploring their diverse leadership styles.
The significance of the title to this podcast.
What are we looking forward to talking about in 2020?
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I turn the tables on Richard Lummis this week as I interview him on the recent bestseller Super Pumped-the Battle for Uber by Mike Issac. Highlights of this podcast include:
What were Kalanick’s leader failures?
How did Trump’s first Muslim ban negatively impact Uber and start Kalanick’s downfall?
What was the role of the Susan Fowler blog in the downfall of Kalanick
What was the role of the Board and what were the Board missteps?
What were the structural issues around stock ownership and how did they negatively impact corporate governance?
Does Uber have a valid business model going forward?
What is disruption and why can it be so powerful?
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Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I take this week’s episode solo to discuss how you can begin to evaluate a leader’s conduct around not simply compliance and ethics but also how a leader can improve culture. Highlights of this podcast include:
The DOJ wants to see more evidence of leadership.
How can a leader use current events to lead culture?
What messages can a CEO push out around culture?
A leader should be an ambassador of compliance, ethics and culture.
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Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I am pleased to host Alyson Van Hooser. Alyson is passionate about leadership. She has her own consulting practice on leadership as well as her own podcast on leadership. She recently wrote an article on leadership lessons from Grey’s Anatomy and I asked to come on 12 O’Clock High to expound on some of her thoughts. Highlights of this podcast include:
Why did Alyson write the article on Grey’s Anatomy Leadership Lessons?
How does Alyson see useful leadership lessons from movies, books and TV?
If you stumble as a leader, why is it important to get back up?
When looking for leadership opportunities, why should you not take the first opportunity?
Why is it important to push through hard things and how does someone do so?
Why did you end your article with “It’s not about Jo, it’s about you”?
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I recently listened to the Great Courses series of lectures entitled, Crashes and Crisis: Lessons form a History of Financial Disasters, hosted by Professor Connel Fullenkamp. Although the lecture series focused on economic disasters, I found many leadership lessons embedded in the lecture. In prior podcasts, host Richard Lummis and myself have considered the Dutch Tulip Bubble from the 1630s, the South Sea Bubble of 1720 and the Mississippi Bubble of 1720. Today we conclude with the Panic of 1907 and see how one person’s integrity and leadership can actually work to stop a panic and save a national economy. While there were obviously many moving parts to stopping the Panic of 1907, with the personal integrity of JP Morgan and his knowledge of the domestic and international financial markets, it is very doubtful the Panic could have been stopped. If the Panic had been allowed to spread unchecked it likely could have brought down the entire US economy. This example shows that the right person, at the right place, at the right time can make all the difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I recently listened to the Great Courses series of lectures, entitled Crashes and Crisis: Lessons form a History of Financial Disasters, hosted by Professor Connel Fullenkamp. Although the lecture series focused on economic disasters, I found many leadership lessons embedded in the lecture. In prior podcasts, host Richard Lummis and myself have considered the Dutch Tulip Bubble from the 1630s and the South Sea Bubble of 1720. Today we consider the leadership lessons and failures which led to the Mississippi Bubble of 1720. The Mississippi Bubble has nothing to do with the state of Mississippi or the great river but rather a French trading company which had been granted an exclusive charter by the King of France to develop France’s territory in the Mississippi territory in the New World. This lack of seeming awareness of enhanced risks, is a confounding aspect of this Bubble. If your own company policies, procedures, controls and personnel cannot determine how business is transacted in your organization, you run the risk of a legal violation or something similar to the fall of the Mississippi Company and John Law, who was forced to flee France disguised as a woman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Part 2 of this special four-part podcast series, Richard Lummis and myself consider business leadership from a different angle, that of great economic disaster. This podcast series was inspired by the Great Courses series of lectures entitled, Crashes and Crisis: Lessons form a History of Financial Disasters, hosted by Professor Connel Fullenkamp. In this podcast series, we will consider the Dutch Tulip Bubble from the 1630s, the South Sea Bubble of 1720, the Mississippi Bubble of 1720 and the 1907 Panic. Today we continue with the South Sea Company Bubble of 1720. Fullenkamp said of the scandal, “The South Sea Company went from an obscure British trading organization in the early 18th century, with a share price of £128, to England’s most important company, with its shares trading at more than £1000—over the course of just 6 months. The company was at the center of one of history’s most interesting stock bubbles, one largely built on stock price manipulation and corruption. The South Sea bubble is a complex, fascinating story about the early days of the stock market in England and a cautionary tale about the dangers of mixing private enterprise and government finance.” What does the South Sea bubble teach us about the nature of bubbles and crashes? Fullenkamp identified three general points. First, “When governments get too involved in any asset market, there’s bound to be danger. People interpret the government presence as a sign that the asset can’t lose, so they’re willing to overpay for it .” Second, the South Sea bubble, similar to the tulip bubble that preceded it, “was made possible by easy credit. The ability to buy stocks on credit, with absurdly low down payments, made people all too willing to buy the company’s shares.” The third and final point is that “Market manipulation can, and does, play a role in bubbles. And manipulation can be difficult to detect until after a bubble bursts.” Focusing on the fraud and market manipulations of the South Sea Bubble, James Narron and Richard Skeie, in their article “Crisis Chronicles: The South Sea Bubble of 1720—Repackaging Debt and the Current Reach for Yield”, found four factors. (1) Start with insider trading, here by picking up the British National Debt; (2) Pay bribes to those who have to approve the deal, here Members of Parliament; (3) Ban rivals, here the South Sea Company persuaded Parliament to pass the ‘Bubble Act’ which banned corporations in competition with the South Sea Company; and (4) Repackage worthless old debt for new investors, here think “Asset-backed securitization and collateralized debt obligations” in 1720 and you begin to see the problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special four-part podcast series, Richard Lummis and myself consider business leadership from a different angle, that of great economic disaster. This podcast series was inspired by the Great Courses series of lectures entitled, Crashes and Crisis: Lessons form a History of Financial Disasters, hosted by Professor Connel Fullenkamp. In this podcast series, we will consider the Dutch Tulip Bubble from the 1630s, the South Sea Bubble of 1720, the Mississippi Bubble of 1720 and the 1907 Panic. Today we begin with the Dutch Tulip Bubble. Tulips had been imported into what became the United Provinces of Holland in the late 1500s from Turkey. They became quite fashionable with the smart set at the time (i.e. royalty and the aristocracy) and by the early 1630s prices in Holland were already quite high. Then two things happened to create the bubble of 1634-1637. First the small group of tightly knit Dutch traders who bought and sold tulips were overrun by speculators. Second and perhaps more significantly, a type of formal futures market was created where contracts to buy bulbs at the end of the season were bought and sold, beginning in mid-1636. But this market was sanctioned or regulated as their trades were not made on formal Dutch exchanges. Different groups of traders began to meet together in taverns where they did not have to put much money down and the contracts were not legally enforceable. This significantly lessened any downside in not getting carried away in bidding. Traders were required only to pay a 2.5% “wine money” fee, up to a maximum of three guilders per trade. Neither party paid an initial margin, nor a mark-to-market margin, and all contracts were with the individual counterparties rather than with the Exchange. The entire business was accomplished on the margins of Dutch economic life, not in the Exchange itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and I are back to continue our series of exploring leadership through the study of US Presidents. This episode begins a short series on Gilded Age Presidents, now largely forgotten. In this episode we take up Grover Cleveland.Some of the highlights include:Educational and Professional-background of Grover ClevelandNew York Politician including his term as Mayor of Buffalo and Governor of NY Election Campaigns, including Rum, Romanism and Rebellion Presidency including Reform (1st term); the Tariff (1st term); Military Policy (1st term); Labor unrest and Pullman Strike (2nd term) and Foreign affairs (2nd term)Leadership Issuesincluding (1) Why tone at the top matters? A Public Office is a Public Trust; (2) How Cleveland helped to return power to the Executive Branch; (3) When is the ‘vision thing’ needed? and (6) Servant Leadership- Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and I are back to continue our series of exploring leadership through the study of US Presidents. This episode begins a short series on Gilded Age Presidents, now largely forgotten. In this episode we take up Chester A. Arthur. Some of the highlights include:Educational and Professional Background of Chester A. ArthurHis time as a New York politician, including work in the Conkling Political Machine and as Head of Customs House and conflict with President HaysHis Stalwart Candidacy as Vice PresidentHis election and short tenure as VP.Leadership issues from his Presidency, including the confusion on how to take office, his enactment of Civil Service reform, his work on the surplus budget and the tariff, immigration issues and Civil Rights in the South.Leadership Issues, including (a) What are your expectations? (b) How much does a leader’s health matter? (c) Arthur adopted a code for his own political behavior but subject to three restraints: he remained to everyone a man of his word; he kept scrupulously free from corrupt graft; he maintained a personal dignity, affable and genial though he might be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and I are back to continue our series of exploring leadership through the study of US Presidents. This episode begins a short series on Gilded Age Presidents, now largely forgotten. In this episode we take up James Garfield. Some of the highlights include:James Garfield Educational and Professional Background.History as Radical Republican.Crédit Mobilier scandal of 1872.Nomination and Election of 1880.Presidency including the Tariff, Purging the Post Office, Supreme Court Nominations, Proposal for universal education and Assassination.Leadership Issues including the importance of strong ethics, a strong believer in education and Goldbug-a man for his times? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and I are back to continue our series of exploring leadership through the study of US Presidents. This episode begins a short series on Gilded Age Presidents, now largely forgotten. In this episode we take up Rutherford B. Hayes. Some of the issues posed include: Some of the issues posed include: Hayes Educational and Professional Background
The Disputed Election of 1876 and Compromise-(1)Election Commission; (2) Terms of the Compromise and (3) Was it necessary? Hayes’ Presidency-(1) Reconstruction ends-was it inevitable? (2) Civil Service Reform; (3) Cabinet Selections; (4) Port of New York and (5) the Post Office. Foreign Policy-(1) Paraguay War settlement; (2) Mexican border crisis and (3) Immigration issues. Great RR Strike of 1877, the Great Western Tour, his Indian Policy and Lemonade Lucy Hayes Leadership Issues-(1)“He serves his party best, who serves his country best.”; (2) Rutherford the Rover; (3) Use of veto and (4) Conflicts with Congress over Congressional v. Executive Power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and I are back and we head in a different direction today. This episode begins a three-part podcast series where consider the two principals from a titanic struggle in the early 1950s. It was between President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur. In today’s Part 3, we consider some of the leadership lessons from Truman’s decision to and sacking of MacArthur. Some of the issues posed include: · Was the sacking inevitable? · How much control must you have on subordinate? How much should you have?· MacArthur said he wanted to save live; Truman wanted to end the war. Were these mutually exclusive bargaining positions? · Was MacArthur subordinate when he sabotaged Truman’s attempt at a cease fire?· What would you have done?· What should a leader do in the face of criticism like the Benning letter? Additional resources The Firing of MacArthurThe Benning Letter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and I are back and we head in a different direction today. This episode begins a three-part podcast series where consider the two principals from a titanic struggle in the early 1950s. It was between President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur. In today’s Part 2, we consider some of the leadership lessons from MacArthur. Some of the issues posed by a study of MacArthur’s leadership style include: · Some of the leadership principles of MacArthur included: (a) The Confidence to Stand Alone; (b) The Courage to Make Tough Decisions; and (c) The Compassion to Listen to the Needs of Others. · Treat subordinates with respect but when it comes time to terminate, do so. · Delegate when appropriate but keep the decisions you to make to yourself.· Stay cool, calm and collected. · Always set an example for your subordinates. Additional resources 3 Traits of a True LeaderLeadership Lessons for New Managers from an Old General Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and I are back and we head in a different direction today. This episode begins a three-part podcast series where consider the two principals from a titanic struggle in the early 1950s. It was between President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur. Some of the highlights of this podcast include: · Some of the leadership principles of Truman included: (a) do not mistake yourself for the institution; (b) keep a court jester; (c) understand the limits to your power; and (d) don’t worry about being or staying popular. · Make peace with your decisions and move on. · You can get much more done if you don’t worry about who gets credit.· Surround yourself with the top talent and listen to them. · Truman’s personal assets included, humility, honesty, intellectual integrity, homespun character and the ability to speak plain truths. Additional resources Harry Truman’s Reality-Based LeadershipLeadership Qualities of Harry S. Truman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richard Lummis and I are back and today we head in a different direction. We consider the final Bernie Gunther novel by Philip Kerr Metropolis. It is the final Gunther novel as Kerr died earlier this year. The novel is a prequel to the entire series, taking place in 1928, near the end of the Weimar Republic. Some of the highlights were:The city of Berlin as a character in the novel;Bernie Gunther as Phillip Marlow?How close are the police to those they police?What is the symbiotic relationship between the police and criminals of the city?Why is the Weimar Republic in many ways the undiscovered country for Americans? andRichard and I asses not only this book but the entire Gunther series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We are back with our fan favorite Oscar movie month. During the month of February each year, we look at Oscar-winning Best Pictures and consider the leadership lessons we glean from our viewing. This month we look at three: No Country for Old Men, The Sting and The Last Emperor. In this episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership, Richard Lummis and I take at the 1987 Best Picture winning film, The Last Emperor. Some of the highlights were: · This was the first movie shot in the Forbidden City;· How does one lead in an era or region of different values and different cultures?· Are the trappings of your power as a business leader only that, mere trappings? If so what does this mean?· How does your company do business outside the US? and· Why does even the best leader sometimes need to bring in an outside expert to assist? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We are back with our fan favorite Oscar movie month. During the month of February each year, we look at Oscar-winning Best Pictures and consider the leadership lessons we glean from our viewing. This month we look at three: No Country for Old Men, The Sting and The Last Emperor. In this episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership, Richard Lummis and I take at the 1973 Best Picture winning film, The Sting. Some of the highlights were: · Best Costume Design Oscar to Edith Head was key reason for the film’s success;· How many red flags did Doyle Lonnegan miss involving Gondorff and Hooker?· How did Marvin Hamlisch’s interpretation of Scott Joplin enhance the movie?· The script was discovered in an agent’s ‘slush pile’ of unread scripts; and· How can a leader use the talent and resources available to him or her to achieve a goal? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We are back with our fan favorite Oscar movie month. During the month of February each year, we look at Oscar-winning Best Pictures and consider the leadership lessons we glean from our viewing. This month we look at three: No Country for Old Men, The Sting and The Last Emperor. In this episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership, Richard Lummis and I take at the 2007 Best Picture winning film, No Country for Old Men. Some of the highlights were: · One of the key themes of the movie is the tension between destiny and self-determination;· What have been the changes in law enforcement in the former wild west?· What does it mean to enforce laws on the former frontier?· Crime has changed and become more sophisticated. The regulator and enforcers must also change; and· What happens when a hero, or business leader grows old? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership, Richard Lummis and I take a look back at some of our favorite (and listener favorites as well) episodes from 2018 and where we may take the podcast in 2019. Some of the highlights were: · Leadership lessons (or not) from the US Presidents from the first half of the 19thCentury;· The ongoing and continued leadership challenges for GE;· Our exploration of leadership lessons from early 20thcentury Antarctic explorers Ernest Shackleton, Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen and Henry Worsley; and the modern explorers and Pole racers;· Our fan favorite leadership lessons from Oscar winning Best Pictures; and· Top corporate, business and leadership scandals from 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special five-part podcast series, we consider the business leadership issues raised by General Stanley McChrystal (ret.) recent book Leaders-Myth and Reality, which he co-authored with Jeff Eggers and Jason Mangone. Using Plutarch’s Lives as their model they considered multiple leaders and leadership styles. These include: Founders, Walt Disney and Coco Chanel; Geniuses, Albert Einstein and Leonard Bernstein; Heroes, Zheng He and Harriet Tubman; Power Brokers, Boss Tweed and Margaret Thatcher. In this episode IV, we take up the Power Brokers-Boss Tweed and Thatcher. Some of the highlights include: 1. A power broker wields influence and symbols like a tangible good. 2. Power is an arrangement among stakeholders. 3. Tweed used the social identity of the Irish as the basis for his power.4. Margaret Thatcher resurrected the feeling of national pride for the British people. 5. There must be a consolidation of and working with groups with which they shared power. Tweed had his lunch club and Thatcher had her breakfast club. 6. The true leadership of power brokers is to manage the followers and institutions which enable them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special five-part podcast series, we consider the business leadership issues raised by General Stanley McChrystal (ret.) recent book Leaders-Myth and Reality, which he co-authored with Jeff Eggers and Jason Mangone. Using Plutarch’s Lives as their model they considered multiple leaders and leadership styles. These include: Founders, Walt Disney and Coco Chanel; Geniuses, Albert Einstein and Leonard Bernstein; Heroes, Zheng He and Harriet Tubman; Power Brokers, Boss Tweed and Margaret Thatcher. In this episode II, we take up the Geniuses, Albert Einstein and Leonard Bernstein. Some of the highlights include: 1. There is more to their genius than intelligence, just as there is more to their leadership than genius. 2. Einstein’s correspondence and collaboration demonstrated that the lone genius (and solitary mad scientist) not realistic.3. Bernstein demonstrated that even the most outgoing person needed solitude to compose. 4. They both made genius accessible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special five-part podcast series, we consider the business leadership issues raised by General Stanley McChrystal (ret.) recent book Leaders-Myth and Reality, which he co-authored with Jeff Eggers and Jason Mangone. Using Plutarch’s Lives as their model they considered multiple leaders and leadership styles. These include: Founders, Walt Disney and Coco Chanel; Geniuses, Albert Einstein and Leonard Bernstein; Heroes, Zheng He and Harriet Tubman; Power Brokers, Boss Tweed and Margaret Thatcher. In this episode V, we take up the Reformers-Martin Luther and Martin Luther King, Jr. Some of the highlights include: 1. Reformers must agree to shoulder burdens when asked to or they were thrust upon them. 2. The leadership of Reformers comes through existing structures. King’s leadership came through the framework of the SCLC and strategy of the civil rights movement. Luther’s leadership was more based on commentary. 3. Both used new technologies. Luther used the printing press and King used television.4. Reformers must seize the moment, as demonstrated by King’s ad libs in his I have a dreamspeech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special five-part podcast series, we consider the business leadership issues raised by General Stanley McChrystal (ret.) recent book Leaders-Myth and Reality, which he co-authored with Jeff Eggers and Jason Mangone. Using Plutarch’s Lives as their model they considered multiple leaders and leadership styles. These include: Founders, Walt Disney and Coco Chanel; Geniuses, Albert Einstein and Leonard Bernstein; Heroes, Zheng He and Harriet Tubman; Power Brokers, Boss Tweed and Margaret Thatcher. In this episode III, we take up the Heroes, Harriett Tubman and Zheng He. Some of the highlights include: 1. The Hero’s Journey is Separation->initiation->return. Tubman demonstrates setting forth into the unknown, emerging victorious and then returning. 2. Leadership is not magic. It occurs at a specific time and place in certain circumstances. Once again, the right person must be at the right time and the right place. 3. Great leaders must be surrounded by people who enable their activities and find meaning in what they have to offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special five-part podcast series, we consider the business leadership issues raised by General Stanley McChrystal (ret.) recent book Leaders-Myth and Reality, which he co-authored with Jeff Eggers and Jason Mangone. Using Plutarch’s Lives as their model they considered multiple leaders and leadership styles. These include: Founders, Walt Disney and Coco Chanel; Geniuses, Albert Einstein and Leonard Bernstein; Heroes, Zheng He and Harriet Tubman; Power Brokers, Boss Tweed and Margaret Thatcher. In this episode I, we take up the Founders, Walt Disney and Coco Chanel. Some of the highlights include: 1. What are creative and obsessive perfectionism?2. How do they help (or hurt) the leadership process. 3. Right Place, Right Time-founders must take advantage of opportunity when it knocked. 4. Founder Dilemma-is it to manage or to create?5. Is leadership about the Mission or People? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership, Richard Lummis and I continue to explore leadership lessons from GE. Today, we continue our exploration of the travails at GE, focusing on the mergers and acquisition strategy which led to the company’s problems Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What is due diligence? What is zero tolerance? How do these impact employee morale? How do these concepts link together? Richard Lummis and I explore these questions and more in considering the July Houston Astros trade for closer Roberto Osuna. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Richard Lummis and I consider how the Houston Astros went from literally the worst team ever in baseball to World Series Champions, as been chronicled by Sports Illustrated writer Ben Reiter in his book “Astroball: The New Way to Win It All”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One of the challenges many compliance practitioners face when they move up in their careers is to move from tactical to strategic thinking. It is a requirement for any Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to be able to think strategically as well as tactically but as you move up the corporate ladder, the strategic becomes more important. Strategic thinking is not something taught in law schools and in most business programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The golden age of polar exploration lasted from about 1895 to 1912 during which time explorers reached both the North Pole and the South Pole. Yet even today their explorations and expeditions raise admiration and even awe. In this episode, we discuss the race to the South Pole and what leadership lessons may be drawn from it. The three principals we discuss in this episode are Englishmen Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott and Norwegian Roald Amundson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Henry Worsley and Ernest Shackleton are related by more than blood. They are related by their souls. In this episode, we explore leadership lessons from both in the Antarctic expeditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On of the traditions of this podcast is each February, Richard Lummis and I rewatch Oscar winning movies with an eye towards the leadership lessons that might be drawn from them. It is a great way to honor the Oscars, rewatch some great old movies and garner some interesting perspectives on leadership. We continue that tradition this month as we are back with more leadership lessons from Oscar-winning Best Picture movies and today’s offering is the 1981 film Chariots of Fire 1981. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, I visit with Andi Simon, the Principal of Simon Consulting and author of On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights. Simon is a corporate anthropologist and works with corporations to improve culture and effect change. She discusses why she wrote On the Brink and how leaders can use it to effect cultural change, bring businesses greater success and drive profits. Andi details her six steps for changing culture in an organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special 2017 year-end wrap up, host Richard Lummis and myself reflect back on the leadership lessons we explored over the past year. In this momentous year for leadership, both in business and the wider polis, we considered academics, numerous Presidents, movies, sports figures and some of the current corporate scandals which populated the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode Richard Lummis and I explore the leadership lessons from the Battle of Hue in Vietnam in 1968. We consider the failures of the American high command, the role of leaders on the ground and the NVA and Viet Cong perspectives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the episode, I consider two different issues around communication skills. The first is communicating across cultural boundaries. The second is the technique of asking questions to boost leadership. One of the things most critical issues to a compliance function is breaking through a company’s internal cultural boundaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It is difficult to imagine today a harder situation than the country faced when FDR came to power in 1933. The task must have seemed overwhelming. Starting a new compliance leadership position at a new company can seem equally daunting. You need to not only think through your steps going forward but also how to execute them for maximum performance in this early part of your corporate career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, I consider the book Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. It focuses two different types of leaders, Diminishers and Multipliers. Multipliers are leaders who encourage growth and creativity from their workers, while Diminishers are those who hinder and otherwise keep their employees’ productivity at a minimum. The authors give what they consider to be solutions and guidance to the issues they bring up in the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We discuss the work of the Holt Development company and how it interacts with other organizations. He explains what makes the method work for such a disparate group of organizations: from non-profits to commercial businesses to sports franchises, including his work with the San Antonio Spurs. Dan discusses the work on influence by Bob Cialdini informs the work of Holt Development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What branding lessons can the business leader draw from Count Dracula? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What are the leadership lessons to be drawn from the fifth President of the US, James Monroe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There are several leadership lessons which I believe can be learned from the British (and German) experiences at Dunkirk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The OODA feedback loop provides a framework for the obtaining and consideration of information; then using it going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, I visit with Margaret Johnson, the author of the book from From SOS to WOW. This book can help you to move your leadership skills to a new level through by helping you bust through assumptions, unleashing your creative ideas and taking courageous action to finally make the move to where you really want to be personally or professionally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices