Bob Nunnally and Tom Oates join me to discuss how they apply esteemed leadership principles in conversations with individuals and teams about many specific issues - building trust, sharing power, shifting power in hierarchies, building a positive organizational culture, mentoring new leaders, and more. Devotees of Commander's Intent and Intent-Based Leadership, Tom and Bob compare and contrast them as we pick up where interviews with both colleagues ended - Bob's on 10 Nov 21, and Tom's on 21 Sep 21. This is another episode you'll want to listen to with a notepad! Here are some of my ahh-ha! moments:

2:46 - Why teams and organizations need the art of leadership and the science of management, and how the best leaders do both.

5:39 - How shifting power in hierarchies moves people from fear to freedom, and how freedom unleashes creativity.

9:22 - Commanders Intent - what it is, why it's needed, and how it works.

11:28 and on - Intent-based Leadership - what it is, why it's needed, how it works, and comparison with Commander's Intent.

19:09 - Leaders are sometimes promoted not because they're ready for the job, but because they have the potential to lead at that level. They're ready to learn the job and a useful lesson for them is, "None of us is good as all of us together."    

23:27 - No leaders knows as much about operations as the people who run them. Great leaders use the intelligence of their teams.

32:58 - Inspire is from the Latin, inspirare, to breathe into. How does a leader breathe life into his or her team, or organization, every day?

33:46 and on - How have you helped teams rethink something? What do you say to inspire them to stretch?

And more. Much more!