Leadership Lessons From The Great Books

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books

Understanding great literature is better than trying to read and understand (yet) another business book, Leadership Lessons From The Great Books leverages insights from the GREAT BOOKS of the Western canon to explain, dissect, and analyze leadership best practices for the post-modern leader.

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April 29, 2025 6 mins

Leaders, ignore the appeals of the unserious people here at the end of the Enlightenment.
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Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford with Libby Unger
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00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford.
02:00 Parade's End and the 19th Century's Third Turning: An Era of Unraveling.
08:10 Lost Paradise Post-WWI Reflections.
10:26 WW1 Resentment and WW2 Post-Colonial Aftermaths.
18:10 Modern French Ghetto Issues Ignored.
25:05 Modern UK Governance and Contemporary Leadership Issues.
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RE-BROADCAST: The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare w/Libby Unger
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  • Welcome & Introduction - 0:01:35
  • CEOs Building Stronger Companies with Common Touch Leadership
  • Lessons from Shakespeare's King Lear for Modern Leaders
  • Never Forget Your Roots: Lessons in Humility and Servant Leadership
  • Challenge Assumptions 
  • Cultivate Servant Leadership
  • Build What Good Looks Like
  • Leadership Lessons from the Great Books
  • The Im...
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April 15, 2025 4 mins

I don't believe in reincarnation.
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Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz by Stanley Crouch
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00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz by Stanley Crouch
01:00 Jazz, Music, and Chaos as Leadership

06:40 Leontyne Price: Breaking Musical Barriers

07:56 Stanley Crouch: Jazz Critic Remembered

11:05 Stanley Crouch on Louis Armstrong

18:24 Louis Armstrong: Jazz's Moses

22:05 Miles Davis: From Jazz Icon to Controversy

24:09 Miles Da...

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April 8, 2025 4 mins

Leaders, in those days, there were no leaders in the United States of America, and every man was a leader in his own eyes.
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The Collected Poetry of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash w/Ryan J. Stout
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00:00 Welcome and Introduction - The Collected Poetry of Ogden Nash
02:00 Misconceptions of Ogden Nash

06:05 Ogden Nash's Career Transformation

14:02 Differentiating Poems from Songs

19:32 Radio's Role in Early Marketing

25:38 Monday Dread and Weekend Relief

28:54 "Tech Reveals, Doesn't Change Us"

37:39 "Building a Resilient Family Life"

38:15  Choosing...

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Leaders must have language to deal with the fact of endings.
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The Count of Monte Cristo - Part 2 by Alexandre Dumas w/Christen Blair Horne
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00:00 Welcome and Open - "The Tuileries Cabinet Prelude"

09:56 Louis XVIII and Napoleonic Era

11:11 King Louis XVIII: Exile and Challenges

17:34 "Highlighting Human Ridiculousness"

22:52 "Beware of Preachy Narratives"

28:07 Understanding Trump and Obama's Humanity

33:58 Post-Crisis Exhaustion Analysis

40:54 "Baron's Dilemma with Louis XVIII"

44:...

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March 25, 2025 5 mins

Leaders, it's time to stand astride history, yet again.
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March 19, 2025 31 mins

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
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Leaders, become not the tools you use.
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is the Hand That Leads the World...
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  • There’s No Book to Read Today on the Podcast - 00:05
  • Mothers, and Motherhood, are Fundamental in our Society and in our Culture - 00:25
  • Things I Hear About the Podcast From You the Listener - 00:35
  • How Can You Hope to Make a Dent in Leadership with a Podcast? - 00:40
  • Who Do I Listen to When I’m Not Reading Classic Books - 00:43
  • On Building Real Things ...
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Leaders, our eyes are watching the future.
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Interview with Brian Morgan, Founder of Think Deeply, Write Clearly
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00:00 Introduction to Brian Morgan, Founder of Think Deeply, Write Clearly.
08:44 The Kardashians vs. Meaningful Influence.
13:09 Craving Authentic, Thoughtful Content.
20:02 "Focus on Audience, Not Virality."
26:41 Identification Is Not Power.
30:47 Everyday Unspoken Choices.
37:24 Education System-Conspiracy Theory Debate.
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The Omni-Americans by Albert L. Murray w/Tom Libby
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00:00 Insightful African-American Narrative

08:55 "Generational Ethnic Awakenings in America"

16:49 Critique of Moynihan Report Impacts

19:14 White Perceptions of Black Defiance

27:41 Unconditional Embrace Beyond Color

30:18 Talent Overcomes Boundaries

37:56 Debating Ancestry and Identity Perception

43:53 "Harriet Tubman's Heroic Legacy"

47:07 "American Identity in Polit...

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February 25, 2025 5 mins

Leaders, start your comments with the words, "I think..."
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The Storyteller - Reflections on the Works of Nikolai Leskov by Walter Benjamin.
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00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Decoding Walter Benjamin's "The Storyteller"

05:21 The Decline of Human Experience

07:16 Walter Benjamin's Influence on Philosophy

13:11 Exploring Life's Perplexity through Novels

14:24 Storytelling vs. Technology Disruption

17:45 Herodotus and Psammites' Humbling by Cambyses

21:29 Craftsmanship, Nihilism, ...

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Leaders, wisdom in a fragmented communication environment is hard to come by.
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#138 - Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver w/Dorollo Nixon
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