Podcasts about leadership in turbulent times

Today's wisdom comes from Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin.   If you're loving Heroic Wisdom Daily, be sure to subscribe to the emails at heroic.us/wisdom-daily.   And… Imagine unlocking access to the distilled wisdom form 700+ of the greatest books ever written.   That's what Heroic Premium offers: Unlimited access to every Philosopher's Note. Daily inspiration and actionable tools to optimize your energy, work, and love. Personalized coaching features to help you stay consistent and focused   Upgrade to Heroic Premium →   Know someone who'd love this? Share Heroic Wisdom Daily with them, and let's grow together in 2025!   Share Heroic Wisdom Daily →

In this episode, TEDx speaker and bestselling author, Barron Witherspoon shares his expertise on how leaders can safely navigate turbulent times. In addition to understanding and addressing the diverse needs of multiple audiences, including employees and stakeholders, Barron discusses the key traits that make a successful leader, highlighting the significance of resilience and adaptability.Additionally, Barron reveals the inspiration behind his book “The Black Exec” and sheds light on two of the 'seven myths' he debunks, illustrating how it impacts the journey of Black executives in corporate America.This insightful conversation provides valuable strategies for leaders looking to navigate challenges and make a lasting impact in their organizations.Website: www.theblackexec.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barron-witherspoon-9b8357b/ Let's Stay in Touch! LinkedIn (be sure to mention you heard the podcast ;-)) Twitter Instagram Website - B.O.O.S.T.® Your Brilliance

In this episode, I welcome Oleksandr Buratynskyi, a dynamic founder and executive coach based in Kyiv. Oleksandr shares his journey from a diverse career background, including roles in IT, logistics, and travel blogging, to becoming a startup founder and volunteer amidst the challenges of war in Ukraine. He is currently founder and CEO of tTravel.me, an app that allows travellers to keep all their itinerary and memories together in one location. We explore his role as a Jooble Agile Coach, where he helps businesses solve complex problems through communication and training. Oleksandr discusses the importance of breaking down silos within organisations and fostering a culture of collaboration. We also delve into his personal experiences during the war, highlighting resilience, unity, and the power of community. Oleksandr's insights offer a unique perspective on navigating uncertainty and building a meaningful life and business in turbulent times. Join us as we uncover lessons in agility, adaptation, and the enduring spirit of Ukraine.

"Sports & Outdoor Mentors" is thrilled to present a profound episode with Noah Reis, the Senior Managing Director of Snow Peak for North America and Europe. Explore Noah's heartfelt and human-centric leadership journey, from his roots in the travel and consulting industries to his transformative role at Snow Peak. In this episode, Noah shares his personal and professional challenges, including navigating the financial crisis and making difficult decisions during the pandemic. He discusses the emotional weight of leadership, the importance of maintaining humanity in business, and his commitment to compassion and authenticity. Noah's story is a testament to the power of vulnerability and emotional intelligence in shaping a successful and sustainable leadership style. Join us for this enlightening conversation that delves into the delicate balance of managing with empathy while driving forward with a clear vision. Subscribe to Sports & Outdoor Mentors to gain insights from leaders making a difference in the sports and outdoor worlds. Thank you for tuning in. Noah's journey is sure to inspire and challenge your thinking about leadership and life. Noah's Book Recommendations:

Listen to SAPIR Institute Director Chanan Weissman host a conversation with Rabbi Cosgrove and Rabbi Rachel Isaacs about the future of synagogue life in a time of disruption.   For more Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, follow @Elliot_Cosgrove on Instagram and Facebook.   Want to stay connected with PAS? Follow us @ParkAvenueSyn on all platforms, and check out www.pasyn.org for all our virtual and in-person offerings.

SAPIR Institute Director Chanan Weissman hosted a conversation about the future of synagogue life in a time of disruption with Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City and Rabbi Rachel Isaacs of the Center for Small Town Jewish Life in Maine. They explored the shock of the October 7 attacks, the long-term structural changes brought on by the Covid pandemic, and their visions for the synagogue in a digital age.

Brought to you by Sidebar—Catalyze your career with a Personal Board of Directors | Superhuman—The fastest email experience ever made | Vanta—Automate compliance. Simplify security.—Noah Weiss is Chief Product Officer at Slack, where he leads all aspects of the product organization, including the self-service SMB business, the team that launched huddles and clips, and the search and machine-learning teams. Prior to Slack, Noah served as SVP of Product at Foursquare. He started his career at Google, leading the structured data search team and working on display ads. In today's episode, we discuss:• The top 10 traits of great PMs• How “complaint storms” helped Slack teams foster empathy• How Slack's product team is approaching AI• “Comprehension desirability” and other key factors leading to Slack's success• Why you should be customer-aware but not customer-obsessed• Important areas of growth for both new PMs and senior PMsCurious to learn more about Slack? You can try Slack Pro and get 50% off using this link.—Find the transcript at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/the-10-traits-of-great-pms-how-ai-will-impact-your-product-and-slacks-product-development-process/—Where to find Noah Weiss:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/noah_weiss• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahw/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Noah's background(04:22) Noah's advice on new parenthood(07:23) Lessons learned from leading product at Foursquare(11:33) Advice for working with strongly opinionated founders(14:14) Thinking of involvement on a U-shaped curve(16:53) Principles at Slack(19:32) Implementing ML, AI, and LLMs in meaningful ways(25:11) How Slack structures AI teams(26:59) Complaint storms and how they help foster empathy(30:01) Slack's approach to prioritization (32:26) How delight is baked into the DNA of Slack(34:41) How Slack thinks about competition (38:04) Building a culture that takes big bets(41:40) Rituals at Slack(44:51) How Slack unlocked new levers of growth and revived their self-serve business(52:01) Slack's early success and the factors that made them successful (58:08) Slack's pilot programs for testing new features(1:02:03) Noah's famous blog post: “The 10 Traits of Great Product Managers”(1:10:15) Book recommendations to improve your writing(1:12:30) Managing up and the importance of data fluency(1:14:54) The most important skills to improve as an early-career PM and as a senior PM(1:17:16) Lightning round—Referenced:• Emily Oster: https://emilyoster.net/• Dennis Crowley: https://denniscrowley.com/• Stewart Butterfield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stewart• Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability: https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability/dp/0321965515• Gustav Söderström on Lenny's Podcast: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/lessons-from-scaling-spotify-the-science-of-product-taking-risky-bets-and-how-ai-is-already-impacting-the-future-of-music-gustav-soderstrom-co-president-cpo-and-cto-at-spotify/• Seth Godin: https://seths.blog/• Noah's blog post on the 10 traits of great PMs: https://medium.com/@noah_weiss/10-traits-of-great-pms-a7776cd3d9cd• Five Dangerous Myths about Product Management: https://medium.com/@noah_weiss/five-dangerous-myths-about-product-management-d1d852ed02a2• Paul Graham: http://paulgraham.com/• Ben Horowitz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bhorowitz• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Memoir-Craft-Stephen-King/dp/1982159375• On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548• Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: And Other Tough-Love Truths to Make You a Better Writer: https://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Wants-Read-Your-Tough-Love/dp/1936891492• Several Short Sentences About Writing: https://www.amazon.com/Several-Short-Sentences-About-Writing/dp/0307279413• Paige Costello on Twitter: https://twitter.com/paigenow• Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs: https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Selection-Inside-Apples-Process/dp/1250194466• The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail: https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Technologies-Management-Innovation/dp/1633691780• Radical Candor: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-Revised-Kim-Scott/dp/1250258405• Leadership: In Turbulent Times: https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Turbulent-Doris-Kearns-Goodwin/dp/1476795924• Succession on HBO: https://www.hbo.com/succession• The Bear on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-bear-05eb6a8e-90ed-4947-8c0b-e6536cbddd5f• Nanit: https://www.nanit.com/• Snoo: https://www.happiestbaby.com/products/snoo-smart-bassinet• Uppababy: https://uppababy.com/—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

In this thought-provoking episode, we embark on a captivating journey through the untold chapters of Lyndon B. Johnson's life, beyond the realms of his presidency. Inspired by Doris Kearns Goodwin's illuminating book Leadership In Turbulent Times, we delve into the extraordinary story of Johnson's tenure as a school principal. Set in a time marred by segregation and societal divisions, we witness Johnson's unwavering commitment to Mexican American students at Welhausen School in Cotulla, Texas. Through his remarkable leadership and unyielding belief in the transformative power of education, Johnson defied expectations, bridged divides, and kindled hope in the hearts of marginalized youth.

Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Dawn to speak on new History Channel Series "FDR". “FDR” charts Roosevelt's formative years, his marriage to Eleanor Roosevelt, his early political career, being afflicted by polio, and how he translated his personal struggle with disability to connect to and help the American people navigate the depths of the Depression, ultimately culminating in his partnership with UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill that aided in his adept handling of World War II. Told through exceptional, dramatic narrative sequences, insightful expert interviews and contemporary scholarship, and dynamic archival footage, this six-hour miniseries will chronicle his growth as a leader at one of the most perilous moments in history, with the immeasurable help of his wife and advisor Eleanor by his side. This premium miniseries features expert commentary from renowned authors, historians and witnesses to history including Pulitzer Prize-winner Jon Meacham, Michael Beschloss, Allida Black and Evan Thomas, internment camp survivor and actor George Takei, Holocaust survivor Paul Galan, professors Leah Wright Rigeur, Dr. H.W. Brands and Col. USMC Ret. Doug Douds as well former speechwriter for President Barack Obama Sarada Peri. DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN is a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times best-selling author. Her seventh book, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, became an instant New York Times bestseller and serves as the basis for a new The HISTORY Channel documentary event “FDR.” A culmination of Goodwin's five-decade career of studying the American presidents, Leadership: In Turbulent Times offers in depth studies of Presidents Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson that will also serve as the basis for future HISTORY documentaries on each of the presidents and provides an accessible and essential road map for aspiring and established leaders in every field, and for all of us in our everyday lives. Catch the "FDR" mini-series which premieres on May 29th!  Tune in 10 AM - 12 PM EST weekdays on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT; YouTube.com/@1210WPHT; or on the Audacy app!

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ashish Nagar, CEO of Level AI, a contact center software platform that's raised over $35 Million in funding, about why machine learning might just finally be the customer service solution the market has been searching for. AI has come a long way in recent years, with increasingly sophisticated solutions available to emulate the human experience, and Level AI promises an automated system for analyzing and enhancing the customer service experience, particularly for companies with complex customer service needs in sectors like healthcare, finance and travel. We also spoke about how AI is shifting from traditional language development models, the challenge of brands competing to differentiate themselves on customer service, and how Level AI manages to stand out in an oversaturated, highly commodified marketplace. 10 years ago the idea of having a meaningful conversation with a machine was the stuff of science fiction, but it looks set now to be the customer service solution of tomorrow. Topics Discussed: How a product-focused background helped Ashish pioneer the customer service AI system The current state of conversational AI, and how recent developments promise some exciting transformations in how we relate to machine-led systems Why so many businesses have sub-par customer service systems, and how automation could offer a solution to the problems for all the parties involved Taking a product to market in an overcrowded space, including education and careful positioning for the future Why inertia has set in in how we implement customer service, and why it can be a real challenge to implement wholesale transformations alongside existing operational needs The future of AI, and how the jump from simple reasoning to complex analysis is the real holy grail on the horizon   Favorite book:  Leadership: In Turbulent Times

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Empathy is frequently cited as one of the most important qualities in hiring, management, and corporate culture in general. Empathy peaked in 2020 as communities and companies rallied to withstand the pandemic, but time has a way of wearing away all things. Are we finally succumbing to ‘empathy fatigue?' In this week's Dial P audio podcast, Kelly Barner gathers data and anecdotes – plus a little custom research – to assess how effective our current empathy practices are: • What empathy really means on individual and leadership levels • The costs associated with practicing empathy • Why empathy is not happiness and can't be mandated • How we can all get better together Additional Links & Resources: Learn more about Dial P for Procurement: https://supplychainnow.com/programs/dial-p-for-procurement (https://supplychainnow.com/programs/dial-p-for-procurement) Subscribe to Dial P for Procurement: https://dial-p-for-procurement.captivate.fm/listen (https://dial-p-for-procurement.captivate.fm/listen) This episode was hosted by Kelly Barner. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/sustained-empathetic-leadership-dp37

Amazing conversation with  Dheeraj Pandey, CEO of DevRev, ex-Founder/CEO of Nutanix. In this episode we talk about building companies during down market cycles, invisible AI, the ying and yang of AI, developer in the center of the builder universe, product-led sales and much more. Be sure to like and subscribe for more.    Dheeraj's Bio: Dheeraj founded Nutanix in 2009 and built the company from the ground up to over 5,000 employees in just over 10 years. He led Nutanix through its 2016 IPO and exceeded $1 billion in revenue as its tenth anniversary approached. In August 2020, Pandey announced his retirement from the company, seeking to work from home and spend more time with his wife and children. Upon retiring from Nutanix, he co-founded Param Hansa Values and Param Hansa Philanthropies. He has now recently launched his newest venture, DevRev. Prior to founding Nutanix, Pandey worked for Aster Data Systems from 2007 to 2009, first as director of engineering and then as vice president of engineering. Previously, from 2003 to 2007, he was a software development senior manager at Oracle, where he managed the storage engine group and co-authored numerous patents in distributed databases. Pandey began his career as a software developer for Trilogy Software in 1999, moving on to Zambeel Inc. where he worked as a senior software engineer. Pandey has received recognition for his work, including being named Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year and among Dell's Founders 50. He currently serves on the boards of Adobe and the University of Texas at Austin. Pandey received a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology. He also holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. Find him at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpandey/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dheeraj   A note about our sponsor: Experian is the world's leading global information services company. We empower our clients to manage their data with confidence and build trusted relationships with consumers, using advanced analytics, decisioning technology, and fraud prevention tools. We help businesses to make smarter decisions and thrive, lend more responsibly, and prevent fraud and financial crime. As the world's leading repository of consumer credit data, Experian is transforming data into solutions that facilitate transactions, ensure financial safety and improve the financial lives of millions of consumers around the world.

The Melbourne Awards Alumni Breakfast Panel Discussion. A panel conversation exploring the topic of redefining leadership in turbulent times, featuring Lord Mayor Sally Capp, Peggy O'Neal AO (President of the Richmond Football Club and Chancellor of RMIT University), Dr Linny Phuong (Founder of The Water Well Project) and Daniel Manly (Brand Director, Arbory Bar & Eatery/Arbory Afloat/HER Bar/BKK.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 438 with Doris Kearns Goodwin. Executive Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Doris Kearns Goodwin, The HISTORY Channel's newest presidential documentary, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, premieres this Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, airing over two nights. Based upon the New York Times bestseller Leadership: In Turbulent Times by world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize®-winning bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin, the five-hour television event provides a rich, panoramic portrait of the first modern President of the United States – Theodore Roosevelt, a champion of social justice, a passionate conservationist and the self-proclaimed “bull moose” who once delivered an 84-minute speech bleeding from the chest after being shot in a failed assassination attempt.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 438 with Doris Kearns Goodwin.Executive Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Doris Kearns Goodwin, The HISTORY Channel's newest presidential documentary, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, premieres this Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, airing over two nights. Based upon the New York Times bestseller Leadership: In Turbulent Times by world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize®-winning bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin, the five-hour television event provides a rich, panoramic portrait of the first modern President of the United States – Theodore Roosevelt, a champion of social justice, a passionate conservationist and the self-proclaimed “bull moose” who once delivered an 84-minute speech bleeding from the chest after being shot in a failed assassination attempt.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 438 with Doris Kearns Goodwin. Executive Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Doris Kearns Goodwin, The HISTORY Channel's newest presidential documentary, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, premieres this Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, airing over two nights. Based upon the New York Times bestseller Leadership: In Turbulent Times by world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize®-winning bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin, the five-hour television event provides a rich, panoramic portrait of the first modern President of the United States – Theodore Roosevelt, a champion of social justice, a passionate conservationist and the self-proclaimed “bull moose” who once delivered an 84-minute speech bleeding from the chest after being shot in a failed assassination attempt.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 438 with Doris Kearns Goodwin. Executive Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Doris Kearns Goodwin, The HISTORY Channel's newest presidential documentary, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, premieres this Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, airing over two nights. Based upon the New York Times bestseller Leadership: In Turbulent Times by world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize®-winning bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin, the five-hour television event provides a rich, panoramic portrait of the first modern President of the United States – Theodore Roosevelt, a champion of social justice, a passionate conservationist and the self-proclaimed “bull moose” who once delivered an 84-minute speech bleeding from the chest after being shot in a failed assassination attempt.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 438 with Doris Kearns Goodwin. Executive Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Doris Kearns Goodwin, The HISTORY Channel's newest presidential documentary, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, premieres this Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, airing over two nights. Based upon the New York Times bestseller Leadership: In Turbulent Times by world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize®-winning bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin, the five-hour television event provides a rich, panoramic portrait of the first modern President of the United States – Theodore Roosevelt, a champion of social justice, a passionate conservationist and the self-proclaimed “bull moose” who once delivered an 84-minute speech bleeding from the chest after being shot in a failed assassination attempt.

Dr. Amer Kaissi is an award-winning Professor of Healthcare Administration at Trinity University, Speaker, Executive Coach, and author of Humbitious. A good leader often has a healthy balance of low ego and high ambition. If you're looking to create long-lasting change and longevity in a company, it comes down to balancing the humbitious approach. Amer shares how busy business leaders can experience a sense of profound transcendence, get their ego in check, and practice a bit of humility.   Key Takeaways [2:30] Dr. Amer grew up during the Lebanese civil war and he shares how this profound experience has shaped the way he thinks about leadership today. [6:25] Jim Collins proposed a concept of Level 5 leadership, and this framework shaped a lot of what Dr. Amer's book, Humbitious, is about. [8:35] In the short term, power and ego are very important. However, long-term leadership effectiveness has the humbitious approach. [11:10] The aggressive leader vs. the passive leader. Neither is a good approach, but every leader must find a balance between the two. [15:00] Dr. Amer shares strategies to work through imposter syndrome. [18:55] Genuine humility can be an indicator of a lack of confidence. These leaders need to have their voices heard. [20:45] Humble leaders might not feel the need to step up for themselves, but if you frame it from the advantage of the team, they will begin to understand why it's important to speak up. [27:50] Dr. Amer shares the important impact of love in the workplace. [30:30] It was not too long ago that leaders would give advice to management to never show emotions because it was perceived as weak. Dr. Amer admits this is horrible advice. [31:30] Dr. Amer explores the importance of human touch in the workplace. Leaders are often afraid to have it be seen as an HR complaint. [33:30] We overcomplicate certain topics because we're too afraid to have the conversation. Do you want to touch? Have the conversation. [34:55] Dr. Amer shares what role “transcendence” plays in a leader's emotional wellbeing. [36:10] When you're deep in nature, it can almost feel like your own ego is dissolving. [37:15] Arrogance can make you feel like you're the center of the universe. [39:20] If you want to lead, you have to read. [41:35] Listener challenge: Humility is a strength, not a weakness. It's a superpower when combined with ambition.   Quotable Quotes “Leaders who combine humility with ambition are those who will leave a long-lasting impact.” “Take some time to think about what you've achieved in the last five years. Most people who have imposter thoughts are comparing themselves to an ideal version that's impossible to achieve.” “As we all know as coaches, a strength that's overused becomes a weakness.” “The research was very clear that the NBA teams that touched more and celebrated more ended up succeeding more.” “Pause and reflect on all the things that are bigger than you. That may be nature, but it could also be the whole universe, history, or God.”   Resources Mentioned Theleadershippodcast.com Sponsored by: Darley.com Amerkaissi.com Dr. Amer on LinkedIn Dr. Amer on Twitter Grab Dr. Amer's book: Humbitious: The Power of Low-Ego, High-Drive Leadership Jimcollins.com Jeffreypfeffer.com Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin  

Doris Kearns Goodwin is one of our most respected and celebrated historians. She is the author of seven books, including No Ordinary Time, which won the Pulitzer Prize for history, and Team of Rivals, which was adapted into Steven Speilberg's film Lincoln. Her latest book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, looks at four Presidents she has studied closely as a biographer: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson, for whom she worked as a White House Fellow before helping him write his memoir after he left the presidency.  This conversation took place on September 26, 2018, at the LBJ Presidential Library. 

In this episode we talk to Dr. Karen Y. Wilson Starks, who joins us from Colorado Springs in the United States. Karen is President and CEO of TRANSLEADERSHIP, INC., and the 2021 recipient of The RHR International Excellence in Consultation Award. Karen hosts The Voice of Leadership podcast,as well as the Dr. Karen Speaks Leadership TV show. She is author of the book Lead Yourself First: The Senior Leader's Guide to Engaging Your People for Greater Performance and Impact. For more than 30 years Karen has worked with values-based and Christian corporate executives in secular businesses. She advises executives on how to create a powerful leadership legacy that leaves the organization, the people, and themselves transformed and equipped for the next chapter. She is a trained clinical psychologist and served in the U.S. Army on active service as an officer and psychologist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Don't miss this vblog on YouTube or catch our Read This segment of our One Thing Series podcast--books you need to read to lead better and grow faster. Featured Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin Featured Books: Leadership: In Turbulent Times Why We Love This Book for School Leaders We love this book for school leaders, especially now, because Kearns draws on the skills and attributes of four American presidents--Abraham Lincoln, Theodre Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson--who encountered times of confusion, fear, despair, and hope. Leadership: In Turbulent Times is destined to be a classic. Here are just a few reasons to pick it up: The author points out the specific traits that make for a successful leader in any organization. For example, we learn that not only was Lincoln ambitious--running for the office of the presidency at age 23--he had “the motivation and willpower to develop every talent he possessed to the fullest.” This is something that school leaders can emulate and model to develop a learning culture for themselves and others. Reflection Question: What learning experiences do you have lined up for this year that will help to develop your talents to the fullest? The last four chapters are a ton of fun, including transformational leadership, crisis management, turnaround leadership, and visionary leadership. It's almost like this book was written exclusively for school leaders, although it's universal to any organization. Reflection Question: How will you communicate your vision for change in your school this year? Lastly, this is an incredible book to lead a book study on with other educational leaders. Kearns Goodwin is remarkable about describing each leader's journey. As we move into our second school year filled with uncertainty and doubt, having candid leadership conversations that go beyond procedures and processes, and into the heart of tough decision-making, can prove to be invaluable. Reflection Question: How will you support others this year along their leadership journey? Becoming a Better School Leader During a Disruptive Time in Education Another book that we recommend in this ReadThisSeries episode is Leading Schools in Disruptive Times: How to Survive Hyper-Change by Mark White and Dwight Carter. We appreciate this book because it redefines certain aspects of school leadership for those who are experiencing overload and demands beyond control. The authors have a CAT strategy--coping, adjusting, and transforming--strategy that they embed within the conversation about school safety. Safety is no longer just about the physical aspects of school violence but also the psychological safety that students need to be effective learners. This point and many others make the book an important read for all school leaders. Let us know what you think, and don't miss our podcast episode with Dwight Carter. Let us know what you're reading by contacting us at contact@theschoolhouse302.com. We can't wait to hear from you. Joe & T.J. PS -- If you have a topic you want us to cover or need recommendations on books to read in a particular area of leadership, just send us a tweet or an email. This episode was brought to you by GhostBed, a family-owned business of sleep experts with 20+ years of experience. With 30K+ 5-star reviews, you can't go wrong with GhostBed. Their mattresses are handcrafted, and they come with a 101-night-at-home-sleep trial. For a limited time, you can get 30% by using our code — SH302 — at checkout. And, even if you tell someone about GhostBed, you can earn a $100 referral reward. Go to Ghostbed.com today and use SH302 at checkout.

Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Email patrick@paytongroupllc.com for more info and rates!Leadership In Turbulent Times, by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Steven R. Covey"Leadership is influence; nothing more, nothing less." John Maxwell1. Value/Goodwin: Acknowledge when failed policies demand a change in direction.Covey: Shifting your paradigm*policies = efforts, strategies, plans2. Value/Goodwin: Gather firsthand information and then ask questions (as well as understanding the emotional needs of each member of the team). Set a standard of mutual respect and dignity. Be accessible and easy to approach.Covey: Seek first to understand before being understood. Practice win-win situations.3. Value/Goodwin: Find time and space to think.Covey: Sharpen the saw.4. Value/Goodwin: Exhaust the possibilities for compromise before imposing unilateral decisions/executive power.Covey: Working with a win-win mindset, seeking synergy, creative compromiseYou should know your people well enough to somewhat know their response before you bring things forward.Always shield your team/colleagues from blame.Go back to point 1; acknowledge if the policy has failed.5. Value/Goodwin: Refuse to let past resentments fester; transcend personal vendettas.Covey: Begin with the end in mind. You'll get where you going with people and not through people, and you set them free without holding grudges.6. Value/Goodwin: Maintain perspective in the face of both accolades and abuse.Know who you are, what you stand for, and where you're going.Where does your identity lie? Is it secure?Covey: Creating a personal vision of humility.Maintain perspective. Be cautious of social media exposure, and watch how you read and respond to emails.7. Value/Goodwin: Keep your word.Covey: Putting first things first.8. Value/Goodwin: Know when to hold back, and know when to move forward.Covey: Begin with the end in mind. Think win-win.In moving forward, you have to apply the rest of these principles. These will help you know when to hold back and when to move forward.9. Value/Goodwin: Balance transactional and transformational.Covey: Paradigms of Interdependence; synergizeYou're not always wheeling and dealing.We live in a culture where most things are transactional and not big-picture transformational.

Today on the podcast we interview Nick Petrie, Author of Work Without Stress: Building Resilience for Long-Term Success. Whereas many teams fail under stress there are certain teams that build resilience and can actually thrive under stressful conditions. Nick shares with us the secrets of how hybrid and virtual teams confront today's turbulence, focus on strengthening their relationships, looking for new opportunities and reframing to take advantage of the disruptions in today's new work environment.Responding to Hardship DifferentlyEveryone initially has the same response when faced with a difficult experience. At first, everyone has a big drop off, and their typical levels of functioning and results go down across the board. Meanwhile, after the initial hit of hardship, people begin to respond in different ways. Some People Struggle to Recover At All: The Crisis PhaseSome People Partially Recover or Recover, But Come out of Hardship Looking Exactly the Same: The No Change PhaseSome People Not Only Bounce Back, They Become Anti-Fragiles: The Opportunist PhaseThe Widening Leadership GapThe Poor Performing Leaders are Struggling Even WorseIn the office, if you didn’t have good one-on-one meetings with your people before, that was bad. If you’re not doing it now, it’s disastrous. The same is true for a leaders’ practices. The ties that were weak have dwindled and died in the remote setting; people are not meeting anyone from other departments, and they are not meeting in the cafeteria at lunch. There are even many people who joined in the last year and who have never actually met someone from their company in person.The Strong Leaders Are Feeling Better Than Ever BeforeThe strong leaders are feeling closer to their teams than ever before. Strong leaders have built deeper connections and ties with their teams. These leaders are getting their teams to think strategically about what their networks need to look like across the organization. These leaders then create intentional plans for people to interact to build these relationships. Research on Stress & Resiliency: Is Stress and Tension the Same?Why is it that two people can go through the same event and one person gets stressed and overwhelmed but the other person is fine? Events don’t equal stress. There is a difference between pressure and stress and we usually put them together like they’re the same thing. Pressure is defined as an external demand in your environment. When people ruminate on the pressure, they convert the pressure into stress, which impacts their health and well-being. Leaders need to distinguish these two terms, and come up with strategies that prevent rumination to build resilience.The Redefining Mindset: A Phase of Re-Exploration in LeadershipMany Leaders reach a level of success where they find themselves asking, “is this all there is?” These leaders have accomplished everything they thought was going to make them happy, but they still don’t feel fulfilled and begin to burn out.This phase can mimic a mid-life crisis. Nick helps leaders see where they are on these developmental stages. By discovering what this phase is, leaders often feel relieved. They realize they’re not losing motivation, they’ve just moved to a new developmental stage as a leader and adult.  An In-Person 360˚ Assessment? Nick recommends that leaders dedicate time to seek in-person 360˚ Feedback.  Learn more inside the episode or read the full summary on our blog.

In this podcast Ralph Khoury CFO of Omnicom Media Group MENA region - discusses how the 2020 crisis has impacted the market and what steps any business should consider before progressing.Ralph states that in these turbulent times it is crucial to understand how to prioritize activities; to stabilize the company's position in the market. How to optimize already existing cash flows and budgets, and how to integrate new contingency plans into the company's current structure.In the media business employees are the most valuable asset the company has. Therefore, it is the company and consequently the team leader's responsibility to ensure that employees can perform at their best level. During the pandemics, company's should consider the following;Invite a mental health expert to guide employees to a positive mental attitude and fitnessKeep lifestyle and events as close to the pre-crisis period as possible. Have uplifting events such as a Halloween party online, coffee breaks online, and dress up for the working hours! Retain the usual behavior pattern just as beforeTo encourage employees to maintain a healthy lifestyleRalph also provides some great insights from a book by Nancy Koehn - 'Forged in Crisis' In this book she discusses how to tackle the crisis to come out as a winner on the other side. There are a lot of pathways on how to accomplish this depending on the company.Nevertheless, the leadership style and guidance ought to become the solid foundation for moving onward. Hence, the leader's focus should be on:Focusing on what is achievable firstTalking to the team about relevant activities and strategiesLooking for support from the community in legislations and regulations adjustmentsLeading by example on how to regulateBeing honest Last but not least, hope is the most crucial generator of ideas for unorthodox solutions.

Intro.(1:22) - Start of interview(2:23) - Amy's "origin story"(3:41) - Her time as a journalist at Businessweek (US, UK and Japan).(5:02) - Her return to the US in 1990, where her last beat was to cover the SEC and corporate governance (including corporate scandals from the early 2000s and SOX).(6:32) -  Her start at the Council of Institutional Investors in 2006.(7:52) - The history of CII, founded in 1985 "at a time of corporate takeovers, imperial CEOs and insulated boards of directors."(9:23) - The three founding principles of CII:Investors benefit when corporate boards provide robust and effective oversight of management (directors are accountable to shareowners);Investors are more powerful when they speak with one voice; andInvestors are not monolithic so CII focuses on "big tent issues" where there is consensus.(10:31) - Members of CII: asset owners, asset managers and other investors - combined AUM: $40T.(12:31) - The evolution of governance since SOX in 2002. "When I joined CII, corporate governance was kind of a backwater." "Since then it has gone mainstream."(15:01) - Her take on BRT's purpose of the corporation restatement (2019) and CII's response letter. "At the end of the day, the north star for public companies is driving sustainable long term shareholder value."(22:14) - Her take on how Say-on-Pay was a catalyst for more engagement between companies & shareholders.(24:06) - The evolution of engagement by CII: it used to be done directly, now not so much because CII members are engaging directly.(26:15) - Her take on ESG. "We focus primarily on the G." "We think that strong governance standards and practices are the linchpin for appropriate attention to the E and the S issues." "We put governance first."CII's Special Reports and Publications.CII's Education Initiatives.(30:03) - "CII's policies on board diversity have always adopted a broad view of diversity including background, experience, age, gender, ethnicity and culture." "It's a bulwark against clubbiness, against having blinders on." "We believe diverse boards can be achieved without quotas."(32:44) - CII's policies on  dual class stock. "We've evolved into a compromise position [with sunset provisions]." "If you want to stay private fine, but if you want to tap the public markets you need to treat your public shareholders appropriately - there is a certain baseline expectation." "We have an international race to the bottom with London, HK, Singapore, etc allowing dual class share listings."(42:03) - CII's advocacy priorities for 2021:Investors rights and protections:Independent proxy research. CII's amicus brief in support of ISS lawsuit against the SEC.CII is opposed to SEC's Rule to Limit Shareholder Proposals (Amend Rule 14a-8)Sunset Provisions for Dual Class Shares.Clawbacks for executive compensation.Corporate disclosure:Climate change risk disclosure.Board diversity.Human capital disclosure.Political spending disclosure.Market systems and structures:Abuse of 10b5-1 Plans.Share buybacks: there should be stronger disclosures.End-to-end vote confirmation.Universal proxies in contested elections.High frequency tradingStock exchanges(48:06) - Her take on the GameStop saga, "the real danger there is that it undercuts public confidence and integrity of the markets, and that is not good. It's long term problem."(50:02) - Some of her favorite books:A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles (2016)Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow (2005)Leadership: In Turbulent Times, by Doris Kearns Goodwin (2018)On corporate governance:Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou (2020)Too Big to Fail, by Andrew Ross Sorkin (2010)(52:25) - Her mentors (in addition to her father):Ann Yerger (former Exec Dir of CII)Ken Bertsch (former Exec Dir of CII)(54:31) - Her favorite (current) quotes:"Be curious not judgmental" (Walt Whitman)"To whom much is given, much will be required."(56:30) - Her "unusual habit": she loves architecture and city/urban planning.Amy Borrus became executive director of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) in July 2020. She joined CII in 2006 as deputy director, and was interim executive director in 2015-2016. She serves on the boards of the CII Research and Education Fund and the Sinai Assisted Housing Foundation. She also serves on the Best Practice Principles Oversight Committee, which will monitor principles underpinning services of leading proxy advisory firms. Prior to CII, she was a correspondent for Businessweek magazine for more than 20 years. Her journalism career included multi-year assignments in London, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. She earned an MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in History and English from the University of PennsylvaniaIf you like this show, please consider subscribing, leaving a review or sharing this podcast on social media. __Follow Evan on:Twitter @evanepsteinSubstack https://evanepstein.substack.com/Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

My unusually well informed guest today is Dr. Gareth Doherty. Gareth is an organizational performance and strategic human resources management expert with extensive research and consultation experience with academic, private and public sector organizations. Gareth has also published numerous white papers on decision support systems, business intelligence, and business analytics. Today Gareth and I are discussing what makes organizations tick, the importance of psychology and philosophy to understanding how people work together, and how organizations can thrive in chaotic and turbulent times. References Mark Cuban/ Philosophy degree will be worth more than computer science https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/20/mark-cuban-philosophy-degree-will-be-worth-more-than-computer-science.html "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" By Daniel Pink https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi4jqjI0fvuAhUhEVkFHYpxB-IQFjAAegQIARAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.ca%2FDrive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates%2Fdp%2F1594484805&usg=AOvVaw0zz1ztM6VrR1TJkSaPrDe7 Disclaimer The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation. Host and Producer: Tim Hampton https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/ https://designthinkingtoronto.com Guest: Dr. Gareth Doherty https://www.linkedin.com/in/gdoherty/ Virtual voice over https://www.nuance.com/ Music Consequences by Nihilore https://youtu.be/BaWaucm-ewc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unusuallywellinformed/message

For the past few weeks, Boyd has been exploring what lessons in hindsight from 2020, can we apply as insight to 2021 and beyond? For this New Year’s  Eve special, he concludes that conversation while reflecting on some radio guests and segments from this year.  Boyd reads a poignant children’s story for our time,"What Do You Do with A Problem?" by Kobi Yamada. We re-listen to a talk from the G20 Interfaith Forum on the essentialism of religion in society, by Elder David A. Bednar, an Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Review the question of ‘Leadership In Turbulent Times” from Lincoln to Now featuring Boyd’s conversation with Doris Kearns Goodwin on his “Therefore, What?’ podcast. And Boyd concludes the special with his own thoughts on knowing when a new day (or new year) has dawned. Happy New Year! ‘Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson,’ Opinion Editor at Deseret News, takes you inside the latest political news and current events, providing higher ground for today's discussions. Listen live Monday through Thursday from 11 am to noon at 1160 AM and 102.7 FM, online at KSLNewsradio.com, or on the app. Listen on-demand as a podcast on your favorite platform or web browser. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.  Want more Boyd? Don’t forget to listen to his Deseret News podcast ‘Therefore, What?,’ sign up for his weekly newsletter, and follow him on Twitter.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are smack dab in the middle of one of the most turbulent times in modern history, and have just called a whole new batch of leaders to guide our path. What lessons from our nation's historical past can these leaders build upon? Boyd revisits the book ‘Leadership In Turbulent Times: from Lincoln to Now.’ Featured in his Therefore, What? podcast conversation with Doris Kearns Goodwin in November 2019 titled, ‘A History Lesson for the Future: Conversation with a presidential historian.’  ‘Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson,’ Opinion Editor at Deseret News, takes you inside the latest political news and current events, providing higher ground for today's discussions. Listen live Monday through Thursday from 11 am to noon at 1160 AM and 102.7 FM, online at KSLNewsradio.com, or on the app. Listen on-demand as a podcast on your favorite platform or web browser. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.  Want more Boyd? Don’t forget to listen to his Deseret News podcast ‘Therefore, What?,’ sign up for his weekly newsletter, and follow him on Twitter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2020 is arguably the most tumultuous year in modern US history. What lessons we can glean from past crises? What kind of presidential leadership we need during turbulent times and how to move forward? Margaret O’Mara, history professor at the University of Washington and author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, offers her assessment on presidential leadership from a historical perspective.

This week on Think Negative: SGA President Amanda Rappa and Vice President Caroline Levine join us to talk about the changes SGA has had to make to respond to the pandemic, how they think COVID has changed student life for good, and what they have planned for the future.

On Tuesday evening, noted presidential historian and best-selling author Doris Kearns Goodwin will deliver the 25th annual Governor’s Lecture in the Humanities. Because of the pandemic, she’ll speak virtually from her home in Massachusetts, with her comments shaped around her recent book, “Leadershi...

Thursday on Political Rewind, an encore presentation of our interview with historian and author Doris Kearns Goodwin. As the 2020 presidential continues to dominate headlines, our conversation with Goodwin on presidential leadership is as important as ever. In her book, “Leadership in Turbulent Times,” Goodwin recounts pivotal moments in the lives of four presidents – Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson, and explores how they maneuvered through crises that may have brought down lesser figures.

South Carolina councilwoman, attorney, and work-life balance expert Devine shares her take on leadership, productivity and community advocacy.

South Carolina councilwoman, attorney, and work-life balance expert Devine shares her take on leadership, productivity and community advocacy.

How did Lincoln, Lyndon Johnson and the Roosevelts develop the leadership skills they needed to handle crisis in both their lives and Presidency? NET Radio’s “All About Books” welcomes guest reviewer Chris Sommerich, Executive Director of Humanities Nebraska. He reviews “Leadership in Turbulent Time...

In Chapter number 9 we review the book: Leadership in Turbulent times, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Every leader, every presidency, every person has his struggle. But how do you deal with them? Learning of history is something that we humans don't easily do. But Doris Kearns Goodwin a Historian and Pulitzer price winner has written this great books so we can learn from different leaders. In 25 minutes we touch on two of the four presidents being talked about in the book. Want to know more about them and go more into depth? Just buy the book! Want Mijndert to review a book? contact us on info@50bookseachyear.com or go to www.50bookseachyear.com

Frandley Defilie teaches us about emergency preparedness in higher education and how it impacts student success. He shares great insights and advice for anyone working in higher education including faculty, student affairs personnel, and administrators. Resources from the Interview 1. FEMA Higher Education Program = https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/ 2. FEMA Campus Emergency Management Resources = https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/cemr.aspx 3. Florida Health Emergency Preparedness and Response = http://www.floridahealth.gov/PROGRAMS-AND-SERVICES/emergency-preparedness-and-response/index.html 4. Florida Division of Emergency Management = https://www.floridadisaster.org/dem/ 5. Clery Act Policy = https://clerycenter.org/policy-resources/ 6. Stafford Act = https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1582133514823-be4368438bd042e3b60f5cec6b377d17/Stafford_June_2019_508.pdf Emergency Preparedness and Higher Education Print Resources 1. Campus Emergency Preparedness: Meeting ICS and NIMS Compliance = https://amzn.to/3e30sra 2. Action Guide for Emergency Management at Institutions of Higher Education = https://amzn.to/38ABRcf 3. Campus Crisis Management: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Prevention, Response, and Recovery = https://amzn.to/3f08OkI Crisis Leadership Print Resources 1. Crisis Leadership in Higher Education: Theory and Practice = https://amzn.to/2YZTRJL 2. Crisis Leadership: How to Lead in Times of Crisis, Threat, and Uncertainty = https://amzn.to/3e35Xq3 3. Leadership: In Turbulent Times = https://amzn.to/2Z28c8w 4. Crisis Leadership Now: A Real-World Guide to Preparing for Threats, Disaster, Sabotage, and Scandal = https://amzn.to/3e0tTdD 5. You're It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most = https://amzn.to/3ixi7uQ 6. Forged in Crisis: The Making of Five Courageous Leaders = https://amzn.to/2Z1se3h Release Date: July 20, 2020

Today’s chief risk officers must not only contend with the economic impact and shock of the pandemic but also manage complex challenges like racial violence, climate change, geo-political change and global supply-chain failure.  Robert Sales, GARP’s Editorial Director, speaks with Brenda Boultwood, former senior vice president and chief risk officer at Constellation Energy, and who has served as a board member at both the Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO) and GARP,  about what issues top risk executives should be prioritizing, and how standard risk management techniques help firms reinvent themselves and find timely answers to risk quandaries.   For more from Brenda on this topic, click here for her CRO Outlook Column in GARP’s Risk Intelligence area.   Speaker Bio   Brenda Boultwood is an independent risk management consultant. She is the former senior vice president and chief risk officer at Constellation Energy, and has served as a board member at both the Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO) and GARP. Previously, she was a senior vice president of industry solutions at MetricStream, where she was responsible for a portfolio of key industry verticals, including energy and utilities, federal agencies, strategic banking and financial services. Before that, she worked in a number of risk management, business roles and as the global head of strategy, Alternative Investment Services, at JPMorgan Chase, where she developed the strategy for the company's hedge fund services, private equity fund services, leveraged loan services and global derivative services. She currently serves on the board of directors at the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation.

In this episode, Nicholas Barton talks with Jeff Grout to discuss some of the key challenges for leaders during these turbulent times. Tune in to this insightful conversation addressing;What leaders should be focusing on todayBuilding commitment and trust in a remote environmentHow leaders can empower, motivate and build resilience with their teamsFacilitating the reintegration of colleagues back into the businessAn effective framework for addressing performanceInsights from celebrated leaders Dame Stella Rimington, Sir Clive Woodward & Greg Dyke

‘Leadership In Turbulent Times: from Lincoln to Now. Featuring a ‘Therefore, What?’ podcast excerpt from Boyd conversation with Doris Kearns Goodwin in November 2019, ‘A History Lesson for the Future: Conversation with a presidential historian.’ ‘Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson,’ Opinion Editor at Deseret News, takes you inside the latest political news and current events, providing higher ground for today's discussions. Listen live Monday through Thursday from 11 am to noon at 1160 AM and 102.7 FM, online at KSLNewsradio.com, or on the app. Listen on-demand as a podcast on your favorite platform or web browser. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.  Want more Boyd? Don’t forget to listen to his Deseret News podcast ‘Therefore, What?,’ sign up for his weekly newsletter, and follow him on Twitter. 

To kick off Season 2 of our 'Transportation Matters' podcast, Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum remotely connects with Daniel Harkavy, author, leadership expert and CEO of Building Champions, an executive coaching and management development company. The current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic challenges the daily lives of people around the globe. Most of the private and business life is transferred from public or work spaces into private homes while interaction with friends and colleagues is limited to remote options like video calls. Martin Daum and Daniel Harkavy discuss leadership in turbulent times, and how the current crisis impacts the role of leaders and leadership behavior. How can leaders navigate their people through difficult times in the best possible way? From emotionally adjusting to this new situation to concrete advice and takeaways, the two spin a highly relevant discussion in a time, when leadership is more crucial than ever. Enjoy!

Amidst the turbulent times right now with the global pandemic of Coronavirus, it is essential that leaders stand up and help calm the chaos.In this episode, Tully O'Connor, a transformational leadership and relationship coach is giving you his perspective on the chaos and how you as a leader can help your fellow human citizens.It's jammed packed full of goodness and one very important topic you want to hear is on the social responsibility that you have as a leader.Enjoy this one & I am sending you Love where ever you are listening in the world right now!----more----Get In Touch with Tully O'ConnorTully's CoachingInstagram----more----More From LukaShift Your Reality Free Training & E-book Instagram 

CLR 1419. Air Date March 2, 2020.  Doris Kearnes Goodwin's latest book reminds us how former U.S. Presidents rose to the challenge of leadership in turbulent times and makes clearer than ever the need for leadership today and its glaring absence in the current administration.

Doris Kearns Goodwin, I have a question for you. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the leader make the times or do the times make the leader? As the impeachment train wends its way down the tracks these questions and more seem uniquely relevant. And it is the reason why I invited historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, the author of LEADERSHIP IN TURBULENT TIMES to discuss Donald Trump, leadership, and so much more this week on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, posted at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com. And, as we do every week, my partner in politics former White House corespondent, Matthew Cooper and I will slice and dice all things politics. In her #1 New York Times bestseller, LEADERSHIP IN TURBULENT TIMES, now out in paperback, Doris Kearns Goodwin combines her signature storytelling with essential lessons from four of our nation's presidents—Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson. She writes that no common pattern describes the trajectory of leadership. Although set apart in background, abilities, and temperament, these men shared a fierce ambition and a deep-seated resilience that enabled them to surmount uncommon adversity. At their best, all four were guided by a sense of moral purpose. And then there was Donald Trump. Are leadership and moral purpose a thing of the past? My good friend and Pulitzer Prize winning author and baseball aficionado, Doris Kearns Goodwin joins me on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. Do tune in!Doris Kearns Goodwin, LEADERSHIP IN TURBULENT TIMES, Donald Trump, impeachment, political news, Lindsey Graham, Ukraine, quid pro quo…we tackle it all this week on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show always available at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com and on all your favorite apps.

Pulitzer-winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her book, "Leadership in Turbulent Times," at the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum on Dec. 6, 2018. Interviewed by A. Scott Berg. +

Discussions examining how not-for-profit leaders are expected to navigate complexities in an increasingly turbulent world. CPA Canada no 2685 Innovation, Change, Leadership, 2019, NFP Forum CPA Canada

The leadership of R' Chaim Ozer Grodzinski manifested itself in many diverse spheres of influence. As the premier Halachic authority, founder and titular head of the Vaad Hayeshivos, leader of Agudas Yisroel and rabbinical representative at government conferences, he stood at the forefront during a rapidly changing Jewish society. At the same time, he exhibited almost a fatherly love to every individual Jew who came to his door, his care for his people was expressed in both the public arena and in personal interaction. In commemoration of his yahrtzeit, we'll attempt to gain a glimpse of this great man. Subscribe To Our Podcast on: Apple: tinyurl.com/yy8gaody Google Play: tinyurl.com/yxwv8tpc Spotify: tinyurl.com/y54wemxs Stitcher: bit.ly/2GxiKTJ You can email Yehuda at YGebss@Gmail.com Enjoy Jewish History Soundbites? Please give us a 5-Star Rating and write a positive review! I

Making sure workers feel safe to speak up is paramount to business success. The trouble is, too many leaders are still stuck on old-style dictatorial leadership that capitalises on fear.

In our last +1, we talked about the wonderful little book-gift I received from Cal Newport and we reflected on a particular passage from that book (Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin) that really jumped out and grabbed me.   The essence of that passage?   Our presidential luminaries differed in many ways. But they ALL shared a “fierce ambition.”   Of the heroic kind.   Today I’d like to talk about another passage from the book. This one’s from page 106. I actually STARTED reading the book on this page because, in his thoughtful gift note, Cal told me that the wisdom on that particular page made him think of me and of our recent chats.   Here’s how page 106 starts: “What fired in Lincoln this furious and fertile time of self-improvement? The answer lay in his readiness to gaze in the mirror and soberly scrutinize himself. Taking stock, he found himself wanting. From the beginning, young Lincoln aspired to nothing less than to inscribe his name into the book of communal memory. To fulfill what he believed to be his destiny, a different kind of sustained effort and discipline was required, a willingness to confront weakness and imperfection, reflect upon failure, and examine the kind of leader he wanted to be.   The passage continues: “The diligence and studiousness he exhibited during this period of introspection would have been remarkable in a young student; in a man of forty, it was astounding.”   Um. Yah.    That’s powerful.   (btw: Self-efficacy 101 style, this is one of the reasons reading biographies of great humans is such a wise thing to do—we gain strength in other people’s examples!!)   That passage is from Part II of the book in which we learn about all the EXTRAORDINARY (!) challenges our heroes faced in their quests to fulfill their destinies.    (Lincoln’s was dramatic. He was so depressed after letting down his constituents in Illinois after his tenure as a state legislator that his friends feared for his life and removed every sharp object from his house.)   Fierce ambition.   Equally huge failure.   Then what?   Then our hero doesn’t feel like a hero.   Then what?   Then he (or she) gets to work.    As we’ve discussed countless times, this isn’t supposed to be easy. (And, thinking that it should be easy is probably the biggest challenge we face.)    Echo: We’re not sidestepping lizards en route to our destiny. We’re battling dragons.    As such, building our heroic strength for two demands a FIERCE commitment to self-improvement (Optimizing!!) to match that fierce ambition to make a difference.   As Lincoln said, “I must die or be better.”   Today’s +1.   How about YOU?   How’s your fierce ambition?   And…    How’s your strength-building going?   Here’s to having the audacity to dream big and the heroic humility and self-mastery to do the work we need to do so we can most fully give ourselves to the world.   Starting Today.   Continuing forever.    +1. +1. +1. 

In our last +1, we talked about the wonderful little book-gift I received from Cal Newport and we reflected on a particular passage from that book (Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin) that really jumped out and grabbed me.   The essence of that passage?   Our presidential luminaries differed in many ways. But they ALL shared a “fierce ambition.”   Of the heroic kind.   Today I’d like to talk about another passage from the book. This one’s from page 106. I actually STARTED reading the book on this page because, in his thoughtful gift note, Cal told me that the wisdom on that particular page made him think of me and of our recent chats.   Here’s how page 106 starts: “What fired in Lincoln this furious and fertile time of self-improvement? The answer lay in his readiness to gaze in the mirror and soberly scrutinize himself. Taking stock, he found himself wanting. From the beginning, young Lincoln aspired to nothing less than to inscribe his name into the book of communal memory. To fulfill what he believed to be his destiny, a different kind of sustained effort and discipline was required, a willingness to confront weakness and imperfection, reflect upon failure, and examine the kind of leader he wanted to be.   The passage continues: “The diligence and studiousness he exhibited during this period of introspection would have been remarkable in a young student; in a man of forty, it was astounding.”   Um. Yah.    That’s powerful.   (btw: Self-efficacy 101 style, this is one of the reasons reading biographies of great humans is such a wise thing to do—we gain strength in other people’s examples!!)   That passage is from Part II of the book in which we learn about all the EXTRAORDINARY (!) challenges our heroes faced in their quests to fulfill their destinies.    (Lincoln’s was dramatic. He was so depressed after letting down his constituents in Illinois after his tenure as a state legislator that his friends feared for his life and removed every sharp object from his house.)   Fierce ambition.   Equally huge failure.   Then what?   Then our hero doesn’t feel like a hero.   Then what?   Then he (or she) gets to work.    As we’ve discussed countless times, this isn’t supposed to be easy. (And, thinking that it should be easy is probably the biggest challenge we face.)    Echo: We’re not sidestepping lizards en route to our destiny. We’re battling dragons.    As such, building our heroic strength for two demands a FIERCE commitment to self-improvement (Optimizing!!) to match that fierce ambition to make a difference.   As Lincoln said, “I must die or be better.”   Today’s +1.   How about YOU?   How’s your fierce ambition?   And…    How’s your strength-building going?   Here’s to having the audacity to dream big and the heroic humility and self-mastery to do the work we need to do so we can most fully give ourselves to the world.   Starting Today.   Continuing forever.    +1. +1. +1. 

What qualities make a good leader? Are leaders born with these attributes or can they be learned? In her seventh book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin writes about the lives of four presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Though their backgrounds were different, these men shared a powerful ambition and resilience that carried them through hardship. Goodwin writes that they were “guided by a sense of moral purpose.” She speaks with Kitty Boone, vice president of public programs at the Aspen Institute, about how the presidents’ leadership traits can be adopted and used by aspiring leaders. Show Notes Listen to The Impact of the Women's Wave from Aspen Insight. Email your comments to aspenideastogo@gmail.com. The views and opinions of the speakers in the podcast do not necessarily reflect those of the Aspen Institute.

On this special edition of Political Rewind, we take a deep dive into American history with presidential biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks to C4 broadcaster Jon Snow about the qualities that make truly great leaders - those who summon their talents to enlarge the opportunities and lives of others. In today’s polarized world, stories of authentic leadership in times of apprehension and fracture take on a singular urgency, offering essential lessons for aspiring and established leaders from every field. This event was recorded live at The RSA on Monday 19th November 2018. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2018/11/leadership-in-turbulent-times

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her new book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, which explores the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson, with Robin Young, co-host of WBUR's Here and Now. This program is supported in part by Frank F. Islam and Debbie Driesman.

Are great leaders born or made? Do circumstances make great leaders or do great leaders change the times? These are a few of the big picture questions my guest explores in her latest book. Her name is Doris Kearns Goodwin, she’s a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, and in her latest book, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, she explores the makings of great leaders by looking at the biographies of four US presidents who led the country through periods of crisis: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson. We begin our conversation discussing the ambition all four of these leaders had as young men to do something great and how they connected their personal ambition to the greater good. We then discuss the personal setbacks all of them experienced early in life and how these challenges influenced them as leaders. Doris then shares the leadership traits and skills all of them implemented during their presidencies as well as how they did things differently. We end our conversation discussing whether any other leader could have managed the crisis each of these presidents confronted or if these men were singularly suited to the circumstances. Get the show notes at aom.is/turbulent.

If you’ve got a question, Doris Kearns Goodwin has a charming, insightful, well-told presidential anecdote for you. Actually, a couple of them. I interviewed the Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian live onstage for the release of her new book, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, and left the building slightly in awe: Some people are truly masterful storytellers, and Goodwin is one of them. In the book, Goodwin examines how Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson became the men we remember. She focuses, in particular, on the periods of suffering that softened them, eras that preceded the soaring leadership etched into history. Threaded through the book’s pages, then, is a lot of pain, a lot of mental illness, a lot of uncertainty. That opened space for a conversation about the recurrent link between the presidency and mental illness, about how Goodwin researches the personal lives of presidents, about who the best analogues to our current president may be, about how history will have to be researched and written differently in an age when few write letters but text constantly. Goodwin makes the humanity of our past vivid enough that it is able to provide ballast, just for a moment, to the inhumanity of our present. Enjoy! Recommended books: The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin unveils her new book, Leadership In Turbulent Times - a culmination of five decades of acclaimed study in presidential history, comparing the leadership styles of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Questions or comments about the podcast? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin revisits four of her favorite U.S. Presidents for her new book Leadership: In Turbulent Times.  Today she discusses the ideological family tree shared by Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson, how their character was shaped by their setbacks, and how their destinies were forged in times of crisis.  She shares how Abraham Lincoln gave purpose to the Civil War, how Teddy Roosevelt averted a coal strike that would have left millions of Americans in the cold, how Franklin Roosevelt got America through our greatest economic crisis by talking to every American as a trusted friend, and how Lyndon Johnson managed to accomplish what JFK could not on civil rights.  She recounts a meeting between a wily President Franklin Roosevelt and a young Congressman Lyndon Johnson, the time Theodore Roosevelt showed up to cheer on his own protesters, and how President LBJ gradually won over a very young and very skeptical Doris Kearns Goodwin. Order Leadership: In Turbulent Times on Amazon, Audible or wherever books are sold.  Keep up with Dorris Kearns Goodwin at www.doriskearnsgoodwin.com or on twitter at @DorisKGoodwin.  Today's episode was sponsored by Espresso Monster, Heineken, Bombas, and BambooHR.  Visit Kickass News at www.kickassnews.com, subscribe to Kickass News on Apple Podcasts, and follow us on twitter at @KickassNewsPod.

I love learning about the amazing leaders our country has given birth too. I decided to pick this book up to learn a little more about some of these individuals. I hope you pick up a copy :)  To obtain a free audible version of this book, email me at worldofjesus@icloud.com. Thank you for joining me on this journey towards a happier and healthier lifestyle. Telegram: https://t.me/dailyjesus Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/worldofjesus/ Instagram: @worldofjesus Email: worldofjesus@icloud.com Oct. 9th 2018.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, September 21st, 2018. We opened the lines and asked you what role does race, power and privilege play in the quick defense and treatment of Brett Kavanaugh, and the sexual abuse allegations made against him ? Tech writer Andy Ihnatko talked about the newest edition of the Apple watch. Callie Crossley previewed Michelle Obama's book tour appearance at the Boston Garden on November 24th. The President of the Museum of Science Yannis Meow-liss joined us to talk about all the upcoming events at the Museum. Actor Ethan Hawke was in the studio to talk about the new movie he wrote and directed about country music legend Blaze Foley,* Blaze.* Comedian and host of HQ Trivia Scott Rogowsky joined us for a special HQ news quiz. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talked about her new book, Leadership: In Turbulent Times.

In her new book on presidential leadership, Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin asks: Do leaders shape the times or do the times summon their leaders? Goodwin argues persuasively that while great presidents were highly ambitious and driven to succeed, they also overcame devastating personal setbacks to lead the country through the most difficult challenges our republic has ever faced.In Leadership in Turbulent Times, Goodwin chronicles Lincoln’s struggles with depression and his handling of the Civil War. She explores how Theodore Roosevelt’s leadership philosophy changed after his young wife and his mother died on the same day, and how he went on to broker a settlement in a potentially crippling coal strike. She writes of Franklin Roosevelt’s struggle with polio, and his decisive moves to end the Depression and win World War II.Goodwin’s explication of Lyndon Johnson’s unsurpassed achievements in the wake of John F. Kennedy’s assassination are informed by her working relationship with LBJ, which included a stint as a White House Fellow, and later, assisting Johnson with his memoirs. LBJ’s legislative record, particularly in the area of Civil Rights, remains unparalleled.In her latest book, Dr. Goodwin examines what each of these men can teach us about the nature of leadership. She demonstrates with authority, acuity and grace just how important compassionate, informed, and nuanced leadership is to the vitality and future of our country. She will be speaking about it Sunday night at the Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore. That event is sold out.

Hamilton Morris (TW: @hamiltonmorris, IG: @hamiltonmorris) is a writer, documentarian, and scientific researcher who currently studies the chemistry and pharmacology of tryptamines at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.His writing has been featured in Harper’s Magazine, Playboy, and Vice, and he is the creator of the television series Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia, which recently completed its second season, and it is absolutely one of my favorite series of the last five years.Hamilton is exceptionally good at explaining complex subjects simply and making science sexy, as you’ll discover in this episode.Enjoy!This episode is brought to you by Inktel. Ever since I wrote The 4-Hour Workweek, I’ve been frequently asked about how I choose to delegate tasks. At the root of many of my decisions is a simple question: “How can I invest money to improve my quality of life?” Or “how can I spend moderate money to save significant time?”Inktel is one of those investments. They are a turnkey solution for all of your customer care needs. Their team answers more than 1 million customer service requests each year. They can also interact with your customers across all platforms, including email, phone, social media, text, and chat.Inktel removes the logistics and headache of customer communication, allowing you to grow your business by focusing on your strengths. And as a listener of this podcast, you can get up to $10,000 off your start-up fees and costs waived by visiting inktel.com/tim. That’s inktel.com/tim.This episode is also brought to you by Leadership: In Turbulent Times by the ever-amazing, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin — who you may have heard on this podcast recently (if not, I recommend checking out our conversation at tim.blog/doris).Leadership: In Turbulent Times is a culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, which offers an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership drawing from the experiences of four presidents — Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR, and LBJ. Goodwin asks and answers questions like: Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the leader make the times, or do the times make the leader? This seminal work provides an accessible and essential roadmap for aspiring and established leaders in every field. I highly recommend Leadership: In Turbulent Times, and you can find out more about it at doriskearnsgoodwin.com.***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews!For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Visit tim.blog/sponsor and fill out the form.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Her latest book examines the lives of four past presidents to understand what it takes to lead in turbulent times. Their stories, she says, hold valuable lessons for today.

Doris Kearns Goodwin (@DorisKGoodwin) is a biographer, historian, and political commentator who found her curiosity about leadership sparked more than half century ago as a professor at Harvard. Her experiences working for LBJ in the White House and later assisting him on his memoirs led to her first book, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She followed up with the Pulitzer Prize-winning No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. She earned the Lincoln Prize for the runaway bestseller Team of Rivals, the basis for Steven Spielberg's award-winning film Lincoln, and the Carnegie Medal for The Bully Pulpit, the chronicle of the friendship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.Her newest book, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, examines how the four presidents she's studied most closely — Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR, and LBJ — found their footing. It goes all the way back to when they first entered public life and takes a look at the daily habits, tricks, and tools they used to navigate confusion, uncertainty, fear, and hope to establish themselves as leaders.Enjoy!This podcast is brought to you by Audible. I have used Audible for years, and I love audiobooks. I have a few to recommend:Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Tao of Seneca by SenecaThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanAll you need to do to get your free 30-day Audible trial is visit Audible.com/Tim. Choose one of the above books, or choose any of the endless options they offer. That could be a book, a newspaper, a magazine, or even a class. It's that easy. Go to Audible.com/Tim or text TIM to 500500 to get started today.This episode is also brought to you by Inktel. Ever since I wrote The 4-Hour Workweek, I've been frequently asked about how I choose to delegate tasks. At the root of many of my decisions is a simple question: "How can I invest money to improve my quality of life?" Or, "how can I spend moderate money to save significant time?"Inktel is one of those investments. It is a turnkey solution for all of your customer care needs. Its team answers more than one million customer service requests each year. It can also interact with your customers across all platforms, including email, phone, social media, text, and chat.Inktel removes the logistics and headache of customer communication, allowing you to grow your business by focusing on your strengths. And as a listener of this podcast, you can get up to $10,000 off your start-up fees and costs waived by visiting inktel.com/tim.***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews!For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Visit tim.blog/sponsor and fill out the form.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss

January 29, 2018 at the Boston Athenæum. An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights that will be of interest to a wide range of readers—including those in government, business, education, and the arts—Forged in Crisis, by celebrated Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn, spotlights five masters of crisis: polar explorer Ernest Shackleton; President Abraham Lincoln; legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass; Nazi-resisting clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer; and environmental crusader Rachel Carson. What do such disparate figures have in common? Why do their extraordinary stories continue to amaze and inspire? In delivering the answers to those questions, Nancy Koehn offers a remarkable template by which to judge those in our own time to whom the public has given its trust.

FORGED IN CRISIS The Power of Courageous Leadership In Turbulent Times by Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn For leaders in the 21st century, there is one pressing question: What set of skills is required to lead in crisis, and can history give us answers? Harvard Business School historian and professor Nancy Koehn has surveyed some of history’s greatest leaders and made an incredible discovery: courageous leaders are not born but made, and the power to lead resides in each of us. Forged in Crisis is the dramatic, insightful epic that can teach anyone how to develop remarkable leadership skills. We live in a time when faith and confidence in leaders—whether in government, business, or religion—is nil. People sense with growing unease that everything is at stake—long-formed international alliances, the economy, a unified Europe, even the fate of the planet—and yet the highest offices across the globe are occupied by the inexperienced and untested, those who lack the decency, decorum, and courage required of the positions they hold. We’re led by people we cannot fully trust and the pressing questions are great: what set of skills is required to lead, both in times of stability and of crisis? What traits must we seek in those to whom we hand our fate? How do we become the types of leaders the world needs right now? In her masterly new book FORGED IN CRISIS: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times, celebrated Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn delivers in-depth portraits of five of history’s most brilliant leaders, spotlighting the diverse skills they relied on to lead, especially in moments of crisis. Based on personal letters, diaries, archival material, and official records, Forged in Crisis presents the remarkable life journeys of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton; President Abraham Lincoln; legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass; Nazi-resisting clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer; and environmental crusader Rachel Carson—united here in their struggle to transform from ordinary people into great leaders. Koehn begins each of the book’s five sections by showing its protagonist on the precipice of a great crisis: Shackleton marooned on an Antarctic ice floe; Lincoln on the verge of seeing the Union collapse; escaped slave Douglass facing possible capture; Bonhoeffer agonizing over how to counter absolute evil with faith; Carson racing against the cancer ravaging her in a bid to save the planet. The narrative then reaches back to each person’s childhood and shows the individual growing—step by step—into the person he or she will ultimately become. Readers observe the qualities that these icons draw on to not just meet but triumph over great challenges, in the process becoming real leaders. By examining how these qualities emerge, Forged in Crisis offers a remarkable template by which to judge the leaders of our own time. Koehn also delivers an inspiring and important reminder that great leaders are made, not born, and that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things. In the vein of works by David McCullough and Doris Kearns Goodwin, Forged in Crisis is a compelling historical narrative and a repository of great insight. More than that, it is a book that matters, perhaps now more than ever. Ten years in the writing, Forged in Crisis stands as a towering achievement.

Graham talks down-the-line with leadership mentor, and South Carolina city councillor Tameika Isaac Devine. They discuss her upbringing, how her father's history, growing up in the segregated south encouraged her advocacy, leading through turbulence, and juggling her role on the city council with her full-time job as an attorney in a law firm she founded in 2001. In 2002, at the age of 29, Tameika became the first African American woman to serve on the city council. She still serves on the city council, and has overseen dramatic weather events, civil action (recently in the form of the removal of the confederate flag), and the church shooting that made international headlines. During these events, Tameika has not simply presided over these events, but actively worked within her community to help recover from, or otherwise make sense of them. Graham and Tameika also discuss her take on work-life integration, including defining and managing goals, measuring success, avoiding burnout and saying “no”. [Graham Allcott](http://www.grahamallcott.com/) is the founder of [time management training](http://thinkproductive.co.uk/ "Link: http://thinkproductive.co.uk/") company [Think Productive](http://thinkproductive.co.uk/). This podcast is produced by [Origin](https://origin.fm/).

Mike talks to historian Nancy Koehn, who holds the James E. Robison chair of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Dr. Koehn's research focuses on effective leadership and how leaders, past and present, craft lives of purpose, worth, and impact. She's the author of multiple books, including Ernest Shackleton: Exploring Leadership, The Story of American Business: From the Pages of the New York Times, and Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell. Her latest book is Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times, which has just been released. Mike and Dr. Koehn discuss the common traits great leaders possess, reasons for declining trust in our political leaders, her advice for those who aspire to be great leaders, her leadership comparison of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, and lots more. - follow Dr. Koehn on Twitter | https://twitter.com/nancykoehn - Dr. Kohen's website | http://nancykoehn.com/ - Forged in Crisis (Amazon) | http://amzn.to/2fIEthp We hope you'll check out the sponsor of today's show: Blue Apron. Check out this week's menu and get $30 off your first meal - with free shipping - by going to http://www.blueapron.com/TPG Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you're interested in supporting the show, go to http://www.politicsguys.com and click on the Patreon link. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy