Untaught Essentials

As featured in the InnerMBA program

I recently appeared on a webinar with the legendary Tami Simon, founder of multimedia publisher Sounds True which is a partner in creating the InnerMBA.

We discussed one of the fundamental aspects of inner mastery that no one ever teaches you in school. How to manage your nervous system, and what are the leadership consequences when you can do this well and when you can't.

How to find meaning after midlife? This is the question that Chip Conley explores in this episode...

New York Times bestselling author Chip Conley is the hospitality maverick who helped Airbnb's founders turn their fast-growing tech start-up into a global hospitality brand. In Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder he shares his unexpected journey at midlife — from CEO to intern — learning about technology as Airbnb’s Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy. Chip is the founder of the Modern Elder Academy, where a new roadmap for midlife is offered at a beautiful oceanfront campus in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

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To take the warrior's path is to learn from your shortcomings. You have to look inside yourself and embrace your inner trauma and pain. It's not easy to do, but it is the best way to achieve personal development. Join Katherine Twells as she talks to Jeremy Hunter about his warrior's journey. Discover how Jeremy dealt with his inner struggles to solve his external problems. He has gone through so many challenges. Be inspired to that take the warrior's path today!

Richard Boyatzis is an organizational theorist and Distinguished University Professor of Organizational Behavior, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University. He is considered an expert in the field of emotional intelligence, behavior change, and competence

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Check out the Coaching at Weatherhead program and content:

His most recent book is Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth. Find it now, wherever books are available.

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David L. Cooperrider is the Fairmount Minerals Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. Professor Cooperrider is past President of the National Academy of Management’s OD Division and has lectured and taught at Harvard, Stanford, University of Chicago, Katholieke University in Belgium, MIT, University of Michigan, Cambridge and others.

Currently David serves as Faculty Director of the Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit. The center’s core proposition is that sustainable value creation is the business opportunity of the 21st century, indeed that every social and global issue of our day is an opportunity to ignite industry leading innovation, eco-entrepreneurship, and new sources of value.

This is episode part 2 of our conversation with heather Dyer. Heather is CEO and general manager of San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, [email protected].

Heather Dyer is CEO of the San Bernadino Valley Municipal Water District. She is the first woman to lead this agency that brings water to over 800,000 people in one of the fasting growing parts of water-poor Southern California.

She is the first and perhaps only endangereed species biologist to lead such and organization in the country.



She is also my former student. What makes this episode especially powerful for me is that the transformation she underwent as a result of our work together and how it directly informed her talents and effectiveness as a leader.



She offers a fresh, exciting and powerful perspective on how to be an effective leader in an era of continual disruption and adaptation. She shares what endangered species can teach us about leadership and our relationship to ourselves, to each other and how we can productively face change (from changes in ourselves to changes in the planet’s climate).



Heather outlines a view of leadership that moves beyond coercion, command and control to one that is fundamentally based on quality of connection and mature adult relationships.

Her principles empower, trust and ennoble the teams she works with. She helps them become islands of calm in a sea of chaos. This results in a profound commitment and abillity to find solutions to our most pressing problems.

The best part of this is that, this worldview arises from her own personal exploration of the challenges she faced to live an effective life. She can speak with authority because she’s already lived it.

We’re going to bring this to you in 2 parts so you have time to let her message sink in more deeply.

Today's guest is Heather Dyer. Heather is CEO and general manager of San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, [email protected].

Heather Dyer is CEO of the San Bernadino Valley Municipal Water District. She is the first woman to lead this agency that brings water to over 800,000 people in one of the fasting growing parts of water-poor Southern California.

She is the first and perhaps only endangereed species biologist to lead such and organization in the country.



She is also my former student. What makes this episode especially powerful for me is that the transformation she underwent as a result of our work together and how it directly informed her talents and effectiveness as a leader.



She offers a fresh, exciting and powerful perspective on how to be an effective leader in an era of continual disruption and adaptation. She shares what endangered species can teach us about leadership and our relationship to ourselves, to each other and how we can productively face change (from changes in ourselves to changes in the planet’s climate).



Heather outlines a view of leadership that moves beyond coercion, command and control to one that is fundamentally based on quality of connection and mature adult relationships.

Her principles empower, trust and ennoble the teams she works with. She helps them become islands of calm in a sea of chaos. This results in a profound commitment and abillity to find solutions to our most pressing problems.

The best part of this is that, this worldview arises from her own personal exploration of the challenges she faced to live an effective life. She can speak with authority because she’s already lived it.

We’re going to bring this to you in 2 parts so you have time to let her message sink in more deeply.

This episode is a repost from a podcast with Akiko Katayama from Japan Eats! where Jeremy explores Japanese food and culture.

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Originally posted on Japan Eats! Podcast hosted by Heritage Radio Network

This episode we talk with legendary leadership professor Jay Conger on the power of stories. It’s a great follow on from last episode’s talk with Robert Walter and the power of mythology. Jay shares with us why storytelling is such a powerful leadership skill, what makes a compelling story and how to effectively deliver them. This episode is jam-packed with incredibly useful information and, happily, some great stories.

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