Leadership Lessons From The Great Books

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books

Because 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.

Episodes

March 29, 2023 55 min

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
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Leaders, the bigger the problems, the more resistance to solving them there usually is.  
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The Way of the Samurai by Inazo Nitobe w/John Hill aka Small Mountain
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  • Welcome & Introduction  - 00:23
  • Inazo Nitobe on Politeness - 02:50
  • Why Be Polite? - 08:47
  • Scaling up Politeness - 17:00
  • Tying Politeness to Empathy - 20:35
  • Does Atomization Lead to an Increase in Empathy - 25:40
  • "No Society Can Survive Anonymity in Communication" - 27:16
  • 15% of Jesan Sorrells's Over 26K Tweets are Objectionable - 28:15
  • The...
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Leaders, the work of leadership is not over yet. 
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"You Can Learn Leadership From Anything and Anyone," w/Tom Libby 
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  • Welcome & Introduction  - 00:23
  • Learning Hard Lessons From Paper Leaders - 02:40
  • Introducing Thomas Libby - 04:00
  • Leadership Consistency and Time - 05:30
  • This Podcast is Fundamentally Different from Anything Else Out There - 08:30
  • You Can Learn from Anyone - 09:30
  • Lawrence of Arabia, Episode #40 - 11:00
  • Controversy Comes When You're Inconsist...
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Leaders, the point is to become competent. 
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The Magic in Intentional Leadership with Jesan Sorrells
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Leaders, here's part two of my thoughts about the future of leadership from Episode #68...
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Black Indian Slave Narratives by Patrick Minges w/Tom Libby
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  • Welcome & Introduction  - 00:23
  • Black Indian Slave Narratives - 01:00
  • Moses Lonian Interview - 02:25
  • Slavery is a Complicated Thing - 05:30
  • Integrations Between Native Americans and Black Americans - 07:30
  • The Trail of Tears, The Indian Removal Act, and Martin Van Buren - 08:30
  • The Fourth Turning  - 17:00
  • A Leader's Decisions are Crucial Right Now i...
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Leaders, stop thinking and start doing. 
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Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois w/Dorollo Nixon
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  • Welcome & Introduction  - 00:20
  • The Problem of the 20th Century - 02:45
  • The Literary Life of W.E.B. Du Bois - 06:56
  • Slavery and the Indigenous Question - 12:00
  • The Spirit of Our Age - 17:37
  • What Responsibility Do Black Americans Have to Native Americans? - 20:00
  • The Anti-Federalist Papers and Arguments Against Slavery - 34:00
  • Suffrage Does Not Automatical...
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Letter From A Birmingham Jail by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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  • Welcome  - 2:00
  • Leaders Read The Great Leaders of the Past - 3:00 
  • The Negro is Your Brother - Open - 4:00
  • Saints Turn Out To Have Feet of Clay - 6:00
  • Saying "Yes" to the Work - 7:00
  • Doing All That You Can...Even the Uncomfortable Things - 8:15
  • Asking Your Followers Hard Questions - 11:10
  • Leaders Know What They Want and Say Clearly Before Nego...
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Leaders, make sure that your followers are understanding what you're writing.
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Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
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Leaders, figure out what your moral core is. 
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The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck w/Tom Libby
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  • Welcome & Introduction  - 00:20
  • Wang Lung Watching O-Lan - 02:00
  • The Literary Life of Pearl S. Buck - 05:16
  • Why No One Reads Pearl S. Buck Anymore - 11:20
  • Occam's Razor of Defense - 15:00
  • Reading Historical Fiction - 23:00
  • What Do Leaders Buy With Money - 26:00
  • Nothing is Better than the Land - 31:10
  • Getting Back to the Land...in the Cities - 36:26
  • Fixed Mindsets -...
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Leaders, restore the roots of tradition to create a culture at work.
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Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion
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  • Welcome & Introduction  - 00:33
  • Play It As It Lays as The "No Fault" Novel - 01:38
  • Relationships are Based in Gambling - 05:15
  • Navigating the Freeway Like a Riverman - 09:15
  • There's Only Nietzschean Chaos at the End of Meaning - 14:39
  • Carter and Maria Wyeth - 20:36
  • Avoiding the Real and Embracing the Pretend in Interpersonal Relationship - 23:30
  • Arguing with Avatars on the I...
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Leaders, don't worry a bit about Chat GPT.
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Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
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