Subscribe and listen on Spotify or Apple … or watch below. A good leader is tenacious. Socrates said so. (At least, Plato’s Republic said Socrates said so.) Mike and Mark look at another universal leadership quality, one that helps you stick with your efforts to grow. How do you show up tenacious? Listen in to find out. Questions or ideas …
Podcast 54: Plato’s 8 Universal Leadership Qualities (Part 5: Good Memory)
Subscribe and listen on Spotify or Apple … or watch below. Last episode, Mike and Mark explored what it is to be sharp and quick at learning–one of eight characteristics Socrates (in Plato’s Republic) says a leader must have. Now we turn to one of three keys to keeping at your learning: memory. It seems so simple, but it means …
Podcast 51: Plato’s 8 Universal Leadership Qualities (Part 2: Courage)
Subscribe and listen on Spotify or Apple … or watch below. In Plato’s Republic, Socrates defines eight characteristics a leader must have. Number 2 is courage. Can you stand short-term pain for long-term gain? Are you willing to show your heart? If you don’t see the connection, this episode is for you. Questions or ideas for the podcast? Email Mike and …
50: Plato’s 8 Universal Leadership Qualities (Part 1: Reliability)
Subscribe and listen on Spotify or Apple … or watch below. In Plato’s Republic, Socrates defines eight characteristics a leader must have. The list starts with reliability. How big a deal is it? And how do you become more reliable? Questions or ideas for the podcast? Email Mike and Mark.
Podcast 49: Plato’s 8 Universal Leadership Qualities (Introduction)
Subscribe and listen on Spotify or Apple … or watch below. Plato’s Republic is perhaps the most influential book spreading Western culture throughout the world. He describes his teacher, Socrates, exploring if morality really makes us happy. And tucked away toward the end is a list of eight characteristics a leader must have. How do you stack up to the …
Pre-judging
I’m not sure a white man should post about prejudice during Black History Month. But here are two stories about prejudice, one that brags on my family, one that shows my failings: My great uncle made the trek from Mexico to visit back when I was in college. We didn’t get to see Uncle Dick much, but I certainly made …
King David was a redneck.
Swept under the rug Rednecks have a communication problem. It may be one you share as a leader. Following is how to address that communication problem. But first, a tragic cautionary tale from a famous redneck: King David. King David’s son, Amnon, raped his half-sister, Tamar. Amnon method was to pretend to be sick and ask their father to send …
Fast Company on the power of vulnerability
An incredibly successful client had an employee team blow up. They were originally excited to be tasked by management to address a big employee headache. It was to improve a process that touched a lot of people in the organization. And then the team self-destructed. It was due to poor communication and ego. (But isn’t it almost always that?) The …
Want fulfilling work? Take naming seriously.
Made to Work I was sitting across the desk of a man who had worked his way up in a corporation to be managing partner. He ran one of the company’s locations, had a minority stake and participated in leadership’s inner circle. He was facing retirement. And he was not happy about it. He had done well for himself and …
Emotional Intelligence primer
This is a lovely summary of Daniel Goleman’s seminal work on Emotional Intelligence. It starts with what and who, then moves into why, EI matters. Great quotes from the book are listed at the bottom. I’m posting it here because it’s good stuff … and also because it ties in directly to our current podcast series on “The Lost Tools …