Timeless Leadership

This week on Timeless Leadership (available everywhere you get podcasts), the topic is Long-Term Thinking.

It seems like the 21st century is conspiring against us, giving us the opportunity to multitask like never before, flashing never-ending notifications on our phones, and giving us everything on demand.

But we're being short-changed, as our ability to focus on the long term is knee-capped.

Dorie Clark has the answer in her latest book The Long Game: How to be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World. And she joins us to talk about how we can focus and keep the faith as we embrace bigger goals in our lives.

 

Links

• “The Common Denominator of Success” (Timeless & Timely)
• Dorie's book: The Long Game: How to be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World
• Dorie’s site: dorieclark.com
• Connect with Dorie on Twitter and LinkedIn
• Other resources mentioned:
  • The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
  • Laura Vanderkam's time-tracking challenge
  • The Progress Principle by Teresa Amabile

 

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This week on Timeless Leadership (available everywhere you get podcasts), the topic is Influence.

“Influencers” get a lot of press, and not all of it is good. But rather than focusing on influencers and influencer marketing, Jason Falls focuses on influence: where does it come from? What are the principles behind it? And how can you prepare yourself to influence others, whether you’re a fashionista on Instagram or the CEO of your company?

As you would guess, the concepts are universal. We cover topics like:

• Robert Cialdini’s Six Principles of Persuasion
• The Five Key ‘Tudes of Audiences
• The difference between popularity and influence
• The intersection of technology and humanity in driving influence

Links

• “Manufacturing Fame” (Timeless & Timely)
• Jason’s book: Winfluence: Reframing Influencer Marketing to Ignite Your Brand (Amazon)
• Winfluence Podcast
• Jason’s site: JasonFalls.com
• Connect with Jason on Twitter and LinkedIn

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This week on Timeless Leadership, the topic is Inspiration.

Thomas Edison said “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration,” but that’s giving too much credit to the hard work. Without the inspiration to set someone in the right direction, the work would never begin.

Chris Voss, of The Chris Voss Show Podcast and author of Beacons of Leadership: Inspiring Lessons of Success in Business and Innovation, knows a few things about finding the right direction and being inspired to pursue a passion.

He talks with us about what he has learned in his three-decade journey of entrepreneurship and from hundreds of interviews with guests on his show. From a movie-inspired submarine maneuver to essential office supplies, and Ted Lasso’s coaching hero to ancient mythology, Chris shares with us his top five leadership traits, a leadership toolbox, and how self-awareness is at the root of inspiring leaders.

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Links

• Chris’s book: Beacons of Leadership: Inspiring Lessons of Success in Business and Innovation
• Beacons of Leadership
• The Chris Voss Show
• @ChrisVossShow1 on Twitter
• Chris Voss on LinkedIn
• Be-Know-Do (U.S. Army)
• John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success

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This week on Timeless Leadership, the topic is Realism.

As we blast into the future together on Spaceship Earth, what awaits us? Everywhere we turn, there are examples of future states that are alternatively cheery or hopeless.

But Kate O’Neill argues that the future is not binary. In fact, there are many futures that await us; it depends on how we look at it. That’s the premise of her book A Future So Bright: How Strategic Optimism and Meaningful Innovation Can Restore Humanity and Change the World.

We can’t assume that the future is a given, nor that we don’t have the power to change it. When we operate in the realm of reality, we can choose the world we leave to the next generation.

Links

• Kate’s book: A Future So Bright: How Strategic Optimism and Meaningful Innovation Can Restore Humanity and Change the World
• Kate’s site: KO Insights
• How conspiracy theories bypass people’s rationality (Psyche)
• Edelman Trust Barometer
• Previous episodes mentioned:
  • Optimism with Harry Cohen
  • Humanity with Tom Peters
  • Trust with Margot Bloomstein

 

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This week on Timeless Leadership, the topic is Trust.

What’s the shortest distance between cynicism and hope? If you said trust, then you’re aligned with Margot Bloomstein, author of Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap.

Trust also happens to be, in our opinion, the basis of any kind of relationship — and certainly of leadership. Without trust, you’re a boss, not a leader.

Margo Bloomstein joins us to talk about the trust gap, how building trust is about consistency and context, and how voice, volume, and vulnerability come into play.

  Links

• The Basis of the Best Relationships
• Margot’s website: Appropriate, Inc.
• Margot’s book: Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap

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This week on Timeless Leadership, the topic is Attentiveness.

When we’re leading — particularly in moments of success — it’s common to let our guard down. To take our eyes off the ball for a moment.

It’s at that very moment that we need to be more attentive, more vigilant, than ever. And that’s what Len Herstein writes about in his new book Be Vigilant! Strategies to Stop Complacency, Improve Performance, and Safeguard Success.

Len talks with us about the connection between his volunteer police job and business, and has these takeaways:

• Steps you can take to avoid crises through threat awareness and management, scenario planning, and strategic communication.
• Assessment tips to help focus efforts on what went wrong, and what went right, after every project—and how to learn from both.
• The strategy of simple, sensory-based reminders to enforce positive behaviors at the workplace and at home.
• Better management accountability and protection against harmful organizational complacency through a more engaged team.

Not to mention some dynamite quotes like this:

“Success is not the goal. Keeping it is.” — Len Herstein

 

Links

• Leadership Can Be Like the Dog in the Night-Time (Timeless & Timely)

• Len’s book: Be Vigilant! Strategies to Stop Complacency, Improve Performance, and Safeguard Success

• Len’s website: LenHertsein.com

• Connect with Len on LinkedIn

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This week on Timeless Leadership, the topic is Adaptability.

There are many ways to become a better leader. But there’s no single way. Every leader needs to be prepared for changes that they didn’t anticipate.

You can’t bury your head in the sand, nor can you chase the latest fad. There’s a balance and a number of things to consider as change happens.

Our guest this week is analyst, speaker, and advisor Jeremiah Owyang. And he has a process by which he coaches leaders on being adaptable for the future, including a set of five questions that every leader must ask.

 

Links

• Jeremiah’s website (Web Strategy)
• Kaleido Insights
  
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• “The Three Reasons the Collaborative Economy is Happening” (Web Strategy)
• “Big Brands Experiment with NFTs, and a Look to the Future” (Web Strategy)
• “Leadership in an Uncertain Future” (Timeless & Timely)

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This week on Timeless Leadership, the topic is Intentionality.

We go through our days, flitting from one meeting to the next, firing off emails, and swatting down Slack messages. But as we do so, are we spending much time really thinking about things?

How much deliberation are we giving them? How often do we stop to register whether something fits with our beliefs or values? And what do our actions say about our values?

David Amerland wrote Intentional: How to Live, Love, Work, and Play Meaningfully to address the interconnection between many of the principles of Timeless Leadership.

 

Links

• David Amerland’s website
• David’s book: Intentional: How to Live, Love, Work, and Play Meaningfully
• Preface to the book
• David on Twitter, LinkedIn, Medium, YouTube, and Instagram

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And if you enjoyed this episode, you might also enjoy our episodes on Resilience and Control.

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This week on Timeless Leadership, the topic is Entrepreneurship. Even in the most conventional of ivory towers, leaders need to exhibit some form of entrepreneurship.

Initiative, integrity, creativity, courage, and a number of other factors come together to form what’s needed for the entrepreneurial spirit.

Freddie Laker, CEO of Chameleon Collective is an inveterate entrepreneur and is our guest this week on Timeless Leadership.

Links

• The Entrepreneurial Son with Everything to Prove
• Freddie Laker (Wikipedia)
• Chameleon Collective
• Oh Ship! Show
• The 10 Most Important Leadership Questions Answered

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