Timeless Leadership

There is one commodity that is the great equalizer for everyone in the world: time. There are 24 hours in a day for each of us. The question is how we use it.

Decision-making is expected at lightning speed, even with the complexity and rigors swirling around us. And while speed is important, so is accuracy.

Your decisiveness ought to be guided by wisdom and acuity as well as by velocity.

Links

* Episode 51: The Time to Win with Jay Baer

* Off the Clock newsletter

* The Time to Win (book)

* Email questions and feedback to us at [email protected]

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Music

Americana - Aspiring by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Customer experience is the key business differentiator of the 2020s. But what about the customer experience matters?

Simply put, speed.

When 66% of customers say speed is as important as price, the conclusion is simple: give your customers time and they’ll give you money.

Leaders like Jay Baer understand what makes customers tick — too slow or too fast, and you’ll find yourself in a jam.

In this episode, Jay shares some insightful stories, funny anecdotes, and his research findings. He also has six ways to use speed as a competitive business advantage, including the Got It Audit, Answer Before They Ask, The Right Now, Close Uncertainty Gaps, and more.

Links

* The Time to Win (website) | The Time to Win (book)

* The Time to Win Consumer Patience Study (PDF)

* JayBaer.com

* Jay’s new podcast The Spirit Guides

Music

Americana - Aspiring by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200092

Artist: http://incompetech.com

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Thinking about the conversation with Laura Gassner Otting in Episode 49, I was struck by our human desire to put a definition on success, and oftentimes, never being satisfied.

Kind of like how we constantly chase happiness, promising ourselves that “if only” we achieve a certain milestone, we’ll be happy.

It turns out, there’s a different formula.

Join me for this reflection. And let me know if you have any questions I can answer, like I did for Victoria in this episode. Email by replying to this post, leaving a comment, or at timelesspod [AT] scottmonty.com.

Links

* Episode 49: Wonderhell with Laura Gassner Otting

* If Only (Timeless & Timely)

Music

Americana - Aspiring by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200092

Artist:  http://incompetech.com

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When you’re greeted with success — sweet, well-earned, heady success— it isn’t always what expect.

In fact, sometimes, you don’t know what to expect at all.

That’s where Laura Gassner Otting’s latest book comes in. Punch your ticket for Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn’t Feel Like It and What to Do About It and take your own tour of the amusement park that is success.

Success is wonderful. But it’s also kind of hell. Success is Wonderhell.

Links

* Wonderhell (website) | Wonderhell (book)

* Laura Gassner Otting

* Laura on Good Morning America

Music

Americana - Aspiring by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200092

Artist: http://incompetech.com

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The hiatus is over! Timeless Leadership is back for a fourth season.

This time around, we’ll be alternating interviews and a shorter commentary episode every other week, to give you a chance to keep up.

We’re changing podcast hosting services, so make sure you’re subscribed here on Substack so you don’t miss a single episode.

And we’ll be looking for your input and questions to include in the commentary episodes. Email us at [email protected] and we’ll include your questions in the show.

Stay tuned as the new episodes begin to air in September 2023.

Thanks, and I'll see you on the Internet.

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Tom Peters should be a familiar face around these parts. He was first with us on Episode 9 of Timeless Leadership, when we talked about the concept of extreme humanism.

The topic hasn’t changed much, but the format certainly has. Tom’s latest book, Tom Peters’ Compact Guide to Excellence, is a collaboration with award-winning designer Nancye Green, bringing Tom’s most poignant work to life in a new way.

For anyone who wants to know what’s important in business — no, make that what’s important in life — Tom’s book is a must-read.

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Links:

• Book: Tom Peters’ Compact Guide to Excellence (Amazon)
• Tom Peters’ website
• David Brooks on resume virtues vs. eulogy virtues in “The Moral Bucket List” (New York Times gift article)
• The Tyranny of Metrics by Jerry Z. Muller
• Management Lessons from the Mayo Clinic by Leonard Berry
• The Whiz Kids from Ford Motor Company
• How do you measure leadership? (Y Combinator)

 

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What do you get when you combine the fiery personality of a food influencer with a vision to empower women’s social impact projects around the globe, backed by the power of the U.S. Department of State?

You get IMPERIA, Jennifer Iannolo’s global incubator that is connecting creative and motivated minds from 195 countries.

What made Jennifer go from a food podcast network to a global impact entrepreneur? What kinds of projects and success stories does the incubator already have? And who are the people who make up the partners and participants in this impressive mission?

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Links:

• Imperia
• Jennifer’s website
• Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn and Twitter

 

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Podcast discovery tool Goodpods informed us that Timeless Leadership is #5 in the Top 100 Management chart and #11 in the Top 100 Philosophy chart.

 

 

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How can you feel fulfilled and live your best life at any stage of your development?

Whether you’re enduring a midlife crisis, grappling with the effects of ageism in the workplace, or feeling as if you’ll never achieve the level of success you once did (or even a level you had once hoped for) — this discussion is for you.

The late Stephen R. Covey spent his career inspiring millions to make their lives more effective, compassionate, and meaningful. And his daughter Cynthia Covey Haller co-wrote and published his final book posthumously — a book that Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — felt was his greatest work yet.

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Links:

• Live Life in Crescendo: Your Most Important Work Is Always Ahead of You (Amazon)
• Why Doesn’t Success Doesn’t Bring Happiness? (Laura Gassner Otting TEDx Talk)
• Timeless Leadership Ep. #1: Luck (with Laura Gassner Otting)
• David Brooks on eulogy virtues (New York Times - gift article)
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey (Amazon)
• Bridle Up Hope

 

Music

Maurice Ravel - Bolero
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Jean, conductor
Naxos 8.550173
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

 

Contact

To reach Scott to discuss a public speaking engagement, or to talk about his leadership advisory and coaching services, please email [email protected]

Twitter: @scottmonty

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To disabuse you of what might be your first reaction: this is interview is not about gratitude — although that’s part of one of the lessons.

Jim Edwards sent out an email years ago with 19 bits of advice for a colleague who was taking a leadership position. Little did he realize that the email would not only be a set of timeless principles for any manager, but that he would add more to it — including many true, harrowing, and funny anecdotes — enough to warrant an entire book.

Jim joins Timeless Leadership to discuss many of these stories, as well as tactics and strategies to help you become a more effective leader, no matter what level of management you’re in.

You’ll especially want to hear the story about his worst job that led to him discovering the three most important things about leadership.

 

Links

• Leadership Is About Translation
• Say Thank You For Everything: The secrets of being a great manager – strategies and tactics that get results
• Jim Edwards' site
• Connect with Jim on Twitter (@Jim_Edwards) and LinkedIn

Contact

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The world is a by-product of innovation. We know the names of famous innovators — people like Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, and Socrates — for every one of them, there have been thousands of anonymous innovators.

But there are common themes we can find in the stories of innovators and Dr. Jim Webb takes us through some of those stories in his new book Innovators Who Changed the World: Timeless Leadership Lessons from West Point, Green Berets, Sherlock Holmes, and Wall Street.

Jim joins us to talk about the leadership lessons he draws from these, plus others in his book that include such a variety of topics and personalities as judo, the Army Rangers, J.P. Morgan, Manchester United, and more.

 

Links

• Innovators Who Changed the World: Timeless Leadership Lessons from West Point, Green Berets, Sherlock Holmes, and Wall Street
• Jim’s website: Breakthrough Strategy

Contact

To reach Scott to discuss a public speaking engagement, or to talk about his leadership advisory and coaching services, please email timeless @ scottmonty.com

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