It’s one thing to be smart and curious. But to truly differentiate yourself as a leader requires processing time to look for patterns, lessons, and insights, says Adam Bryant.

In this episode, Bryant and Susan Paley discuss the difficulties of and the motivations behind modern leadership, including the importance of listening, the paradoxes of leadership, and how the best leadership wisdom is also life wisdom.

Host: Susan Paley, NACD advisor

Guest: Adam Bryant, senior managing director and partner with the ExCo Group, former Corner Office columnist for the New York Times, author of The Leap to Leader, and coauthor of The CEO Test

NACD Resources:

• Twenty-First–Century Board Oversight of Talent and Succession
• Summer Reading: The Evolving Nature of Leadership

Visit nacdonline.org for further research and information.