Scott A. Snook, Ph.D. | How to develop authentic leaders

Leadership expert, Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer and bestselling author of Friendly Fire Scott A. Snook discusses what he’s learned over his time in the military and academia about what it takes to lead. Snook, a decorated veteran and victim of friendly fire himself, studies these incidents of tragedy as a way to make sense of — and ultimately prevent — organizational dysfunction. Among other things, they discuss why every leadership program should cover “followership” and the art of managing up; how leaders fundamentally cannot control outcomes, and can only shift the odds; the importance of finding the right balance between high challenge and high support; and why ultimately, what leaders need most is self-awareness and self-acceptance — or, in other words, to be both socially intelligent and secure.

 

 

 

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11:42 How Scott describes leadership

14:13 The deep connection between leadership and “followership”

19:00 The organizational lessons from a “friendly fire” incident

23:45 Why your core values are so critical for leaders

28:58 The worst attribute in a leader

29:52 The intersection of high performance, high support and high challenge