Leadership Lessons From The Great Books

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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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Leadership Lessons From the Great Books - Shorts #132 - The Bible Still Sells 80 Million+ Copies...

Leaders understand that the Bible describes the structure of reality itself. --- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON ! Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list! --- Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/ . Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/ Check out Leadersh...

Jun 04, 2024•8 min

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books - Their Eyes Were Watching God (Part 1) by Zora Neale Hurston w/Tom Libby

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books #108 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. --- 00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. 02:00 Catching Up With Tom Libby. 05:29 Their Eyes Were Watching God - Chapters 1-4 Summary. 08:00 The Literary Life of Zora Neale Hurston. 13:08 The Impact of Dialects and Language on Leadership. 15:00 Their Eyes Were Watching God - Chapters 5-9 Summary. 19:29 Hurston, Eatonville, and The Way We Talk. 21:00 In...

May 29, 2024•2 hr 37 min

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books (Bonus) - Memorial Day Message

Gettysburg Address by President Abraham Lincoln --- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON ! Check out the Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list! Listen to our Veteran's Day Message here--> https://share.transistor.fm/s/00d87512 --- Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/ . Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/ Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/ ...

May 27, 2024•9 min

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books - Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books #107 - Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter --- 00:00 Welcome and Introduction Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter. 01:00 Leaders, We are at the Start of a Reckoning. 03:00 Miranda and Death Riding in on a Pale Horse. 05:00 The Literary Life of Katherine Anne Porter. 12:00 Miranda, Adam, and Liberty Bonds' Sales Ensure Social Norming. 19:00 Love in a Time of COVID (The Book of Revelation). 22:00 Contracting the Spanish Flu. 30:00 Dea...

May 22, 2024•58 min

Leadership Lessons From the Great Books - Shorts #131 - The Writing of 'Dead White Men' Matters for Leaders

Leaders are readers. --- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON ! Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list! --- Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/ . Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/ Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/ Contact HSC...

May 21, 2024•6 min

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott w/Tom Libby

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books #106 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. --- 00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. 05:00 Tom's Birthday and the Passing of a Few Summers. 08:25 Little Women and Bonding with irascible Aunt March. 12:44 Louisa May Alcott: Transcendentalism, poverty, and writing. 28:43 Surprised to enjoy, despite initial reluctance. 40:14 Underlying themes in the Barbie Movie, societal importance discussed. 51:05 Characters express shame and re...

May 15, 2024•2 hr 17 min

Leadership Lessons From the Great Books - Shorts #130 - Leaders Say "No."

Leaders know that "no" is a sentence. --- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON ! Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list! --- Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/ . Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/ Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbo...

May 14, 2024•4 min

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books - Seven Gothic Tales by Baroness Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen)

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books #105 - Seven Gothic Tales by Baroness Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen). --- 00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Seven Gothic Tales by Baroness Karen Blixen 01:00 Karen Blixen, World Traveler, and Old Money Aristocratic Gatekeeper 03:00 Leaders Man the Gates of Culture 05:00 "The Deluge at Norderney" - Part One 08:00 The Literary Life of Baroness Karen Blixen 11:00 "The Deluge at Norderney" - Part Two 14:00 Out of Africa in Gothic Style 15:00 Women as Cultural Gate...

May 08, 2024•1 hr 5 min

Leadership Lessons From the Great Books - Shorts #129 - Gatekeeping Leadership

Leaders, man the gates. --- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON ! Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list! --- Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/ . Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/ Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/ Contact ...

May 07, 2024•5 min

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books - (Bonus) - A Conversation with Peter Ainley

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books - (Bonus) - A Conversation with Peter Ainley --- 00:00 Welcome and Introduction to Peter Ainley. 05:00 Peter Ainley - Background and Personal Story. 15:00 Left Brain versus Right Brain in Leadership. 20:38 "Features" versus "Bugs" in the Leadership Experience. 21:08 How Does a Leader 'Get Things Done?' 26:38 Becoming Effective at the Human Parts of Business. 28:00 The Challenges of Inspiring versus Influencing as a Leader. 35:30 Lessons from the Mass Leade...

May 01, 2024•2 hr 21 min

Leadership Lessons From the Great Books - Shorts #128 - About Those Unsealed DOJ Anti-Trust Documents

Leaders, stop writing books to "win" the search game. --- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON ! Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list! --- Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/ . Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/ Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://...

Apr 30, 2024•8 min

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Part One) w/Tom Libby

Leadership Lessons From The Great Books #104 - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Part One) w/Tom Libby --- 00:00 Welcome and Introduction - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Part One) w/Tom Libby. 02:20 War and Peace as a Complex, Hard to read, and THematically Drived Book for Leaders. 06:53 Anna Pavlovna's Soirre was in Full Swing... 11:58 Women Controlled Networking Back in the Day. 17:18 Anna Pavlovna and Prince Vassily - How to Make a Good Impression. 22:19 Honor Code, Politeness, and Direct Communi...

Apr 24, 2024•2 hr 35 min

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