12 O'Clock High

By Tom FoxBusiness History

12 O'Clock High episodes

March 12, 2020Episode 132-Alyson Van Hooser on Gen Z Leadership Perspectives
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 [email protected].
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16 min
March 05, 2020Jeffrey Hayzlett on The Hero Factor
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?
Resources
For information about the C-Suite Network, click here
Find out more about The Hero Club, click here
Purchase The Hero Factor here.

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17 min
February 27, 2020Leadership Lessons from Out of Africa
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?
Resources
Leadership Lessons from Out of Africa
Study Guide to Out of Africa
A Historian Goes to the Movies
Out of Africa – 10 Inspirational Quotes from Karen Blixen

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21 min
February 23, 2020Leadership Lessons from Rocky
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?
Resources
Five Business Lessons I Learned from Rocky
4 dialogues from Rocky series that helped me become a better leader
Leaders as Storytellers
4 Motivational Lessons that Rocky Can Teach

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27 min
February 13, 2020Leadership Lessons from Casablanca
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?
Resources
Roundup the Usual Suspects for Leadership Lessons
Leading from the Lover Archetype: Rick Blaine
Casablanca and the Four Levels of Worldview
Casablanca Lessons

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24 min
February 07, 2020Business Leadership Failures from 2019-Ericsson
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: [email protected] |website: www.barnardbahn.com
Resources
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12 min
February 06, 2020Business Leadership Failures from 2019-Wells Fargo
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: [email protected] |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

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14 min
February 05, 2020Business Leadership Failures from 2019-Goldman Sachs
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: [email protected] |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

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14 min
February 04, 2020Business Leadership Failures from 2019-Boeing
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: [email protected] |website: www.barnardbahn.com
Resources
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13 min
February 03, 2020Business Leadership Failures from 2019-WeWork
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: [email protected] |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

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