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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.

Episodes

BONUS - Interview with Brian Morgan - Think Deeply, Write Clearly

Interview with Brian Morgan, Founder of Think Deeply, Write Clearly --- 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. 40:08 Privileged Upbringing's Educational Impact. 44:21 "Globalism Education Gap." 50:25 Human Succes...

Mar 05, 20251 hr 25 min

The Omni-Americans by Albert L. Murray w/Tom Libby

The Omni-Americans by Albert L. Murray w/Tom Libby --- 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 Political Shifts" 51:17 "Debating America's Global Role" 58:40 Bipartisan Lea...

Feb 26, 20251 hr 39 min

Shorts #167 - Feelings Strike Back

Leaders, start your comments with the words, "I think..." --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! --- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https:...

Feb 25, 20255 min

BONUS - The Storyteller - Reflections on the Works of Nikolai Leskov by Walter Benjamin

The Storyteller - Reflections on the Works of Nikolai Leskov by Walter Benjamin. --- 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, and Leskov's Legacy 26:41 "Entertainment vs. Wisdom" 29:28 Narrative Wisdo...

Feb 19, 202547 min

Shorts #166 - Wisdom from all the Wrong Places

Leaders, wisdom in a fragmented communication environment is hard to come by. --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! --- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT P...

Feb 18, 20256 min

Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver w/Dorollo Nixon

#138 - Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver w/Dorollo Nixon --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! --- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://w...

Feb 12, 20251 hr 54 min

Shorts #165 - Resist or Obey

Leaders, be careful who you serve. --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! --- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.co...

Feb 11, 20254 min

Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy w/Chris Widner and John Hill aka Small Mountain

#137 - Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy w/Chris Widner and John Hill aka Small Mountain. --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! --- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFT...

Feb 06, 20252 hr 4 min

Shorts #164 - Competence and Feelings

Leaders, how you feel about competence isn't particularly interesting. --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! --- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishi...

Feb 04, 20256 min

The Interpretation of Quotes for Business Success by Tom Libby

#135 - The Interpretation of Quotes for Business Success by Tom Libby --- BUY The Interpretation of Quotes for Business Success by Tom Libby at the link here - https://www.amazon.com/Interpretation-Quotes-Business-Success-ebook/dp/B0DR54BFBR/ --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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 re...

Jan 29, 20251 hr 31 min

Shorts #163 - The Zeitgeist is Shifting...

Leaders, the zeitgeist is shifting. Can you feel it in the air? --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! --- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: ...

Jan 28, 20256 min

Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World by Joe Rigney w/Brian Bagley

#135 - Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World by Joe Rigney w/Brian Bagley --- 00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World by Joe Rigney 05:05 "Joe Rigney's Succinct Exploration" 07:35 Leading Through Crisis and Emotional Sabotage 12:52 Worldviews and Postmodern Meaning Crisis 14:55 John Piper: Pi...

Jan 22, 20251 hr 2 min

Shorts #162 - Don't Get Fooled Again

Leaders don't get fooled by scams again. --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! --- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublish...

Jan 21, 20257 min

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford

#134 - Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford --- 00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford. 05:55 Discussing "Shop Class as Soulcraft" core ideas. 11:24 Matthew B. Crawford: Author exploring work, virtue, vehicles. 14:17 Matthew B. Crawford: humble origins, manual competency, influence. 20:07 Craftsmanship values substance over appearance in leadership. 23:19 Wisdom evolved; now f...

Jan 15, 202559 min

Shorts #161 - Maybe Its the Fault of Reality

Leaders take on doing work with your hands. --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! --- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpubl...

Jan 14, 20256 min

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli w/Erika Weed

BONUS - The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli w/Erika Weed --- Welcome - 15:00 A Critique of Meritocracy from the Left - 21:00 Personality and Leadership Behavior - 33:30 Leadership, Self-Actualization, and Social Media - 38:00 Leadership and Self-Awareness - 43:00 Complexity and Truth - 46:00 Leadership and Creating Effective Teams - 55:00 Leadership and Adapting to Change - 58:00 Amazon, Whole Foods, Rebellion and Resistance to Change - 1:08:00 The Dark Triad - 1:21:15 Staying on the Path - 1:35:0...

Jan 08, 20251 hr 47 min

BONUS - Season Four Trailer - The End of the Quarter Century

Season Four Trailer - The End of the Quarter Century --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! --- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www...

Jan 07, 202513 min

When the Man Comes Around by Douglas Wilson and The Book of Revelation w/Brian Bagley

Leadership Lessons From the Great Books #133 - When the Man Comes Around by Douglas Wilson and The Book of Revelation w/Brian Bagley --- 00:00 Welcome and Introduction - When the Man Comes Around by Douglas Wilson and The Book of Revelation . 08:59 Book Explains Postmillennialism and Reformed Theology. 15:55 Early Church Councils' Traditions, Scripture, and Discontents. 19:50 Christianity's History: Struggles, Influences, Key Figures. 25:51 Doug Wilson's COVID Position. 31:36 What Will You Build...

Dec 31, 20241 hr 59 min

BONUS - The Book of Matthew - Christmas Day Message

The Book of Matthew , Chapter 1:1 through Chapter 2:23, KJV Translation --- Music: Orchestra Gli Armonici, 100908 Concerto della Madonna dei fiori, 18 G.F.Haendel, The Messiah, Hallelujah & Carol of the Bells ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dec 25, 202410 min

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry aka William Sydney Porter w/Tom Libby

#132 - The Gift of the Magi/Short Stories by O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) w/Tom Libby --- 00:00 Exploring leadership lessons from O. Henry's story. 09:05 William Sydney Porter charged, imprisoned, wrote stories. 12:34 Licensure is now formal, unlike 200 years ago. 18:14 At least three jailed for non-murder crimes. 21:40 Porter used O. Henry pseudonym to hide shame. 30:47 Treat others kindly; you'll need them later. 34:44 O. Henry's stories contrast Gilded Age's wealth. 40:22 Perception shape...

Dec 25, 20241 hr 18 min

Shorts #160 - Closing Out 2024

Some thoughts for leaders at the end of 2024. --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! --- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpu...

Dec 24, 20248 min

The New Jerusalem by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

#131 - The New Jerusalem by Gilbert Keith Chesterton --- Leaders, lay the cornerstone for those who come next, or the stone you should have laid will be pushed atop you by the next generation and grind you to powder. --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! --- ★ Support ...

Dec 18, 202439 min

Shorts #159 - The Literary Novels Men Will Read

There are novels men will read, but it'll take courageous leadership to write them. --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ --- Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out ...

Dec 17, 20249 min

Poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson w/Ryan J. Stout and Dr. Moumin Quazi

#130 - Poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson w/Ryan J. Stout and Dr. Moumin Quazi --- 00:00 Lifelong quest for knowledge and legacy fulfillment. 18:53 Generational influence and struggle to pass legacy. 30:33 Honoring language, nostalgia, poetry process, 17 years. 41:43 Science clarifies understanding, not fragmenting knowledge. 51:03 Debate: evolution vs. creationism and existence meaning 57:36 America's lack of public grieving for disasters. 01:11:02 Mythological past remains relevant and impactful t...

Dec 11, 20242 hr 6 min

Shorts #158 - Leadership Games

Leaders, understand the games you are playing now and in the future. --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ --- Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing...

Dec 10, 20246 min

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens w/Tom Libby

#129 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens w/Tom Libby --- Welcome & Introduction - 00:23 Charles Dickens - A Literary Life - 02:56 Charles Dickens Would Have Loved Twitter - 08:15 A Christmas Carol 's Core Themes - 12:15 The Brilliance of the Small Things for Leaders - 16:00 The Tension Between the Material and the Spiritual - 19:14 What Leaders Can Learn From Ebenezer Scrooge - 30:00 Could A Christmas Carol Be Written Today? - 49:29 The Hockey Stick - 55:00 On Being Removed From the Inter...

Dec 04, 20241 hr 36 min

Shorts #157 - The Embodied Meaning of the Winter Season

Leaders, the actions you take--or don't take--at this time of year are weighted with extra meaning. --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ --- Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubs...

Dec 03, 20245 min

BONUS - The 1789 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation by President George Washington

From The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, The 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation --- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ . The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington - https://www.mountvernon.org/library/ Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789 - https://www.mountvernon.org/education/primary-sources-2/article/thanksgiving-proclamation-of-1789/ T.K. Byron - Dalton College - Thanksgiving - https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital...

Nov 28, 202410 min

Leadership Lessons From the Great Books - Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain w/Brian Bagley

Leadership Lessons From the Great Books - #129 - Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain w/Brian Bagley --- 00:00 Welcome and Introduction to Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain w/Brian Bagley 02:00 Honoring uncompromising comedic perspective on social issues. 08:27 Mark Twain's life story is widely known. 15:24 Free speech enables essential humor and discourse. 20:12 Leaders struggle with authenticity during unraveling periods. 22:55 Perception shaped reality amid societal changes. 30:48 Bill Burr roasts Bil...

Nov 27, 20241 hr 38 min

Leadership Lessons From the Great Books - Shorts #156 - Thankful for the Weight of Knowledge

Leaders whose presence you should be thankful for. --- Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music . --- 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! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ --- Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribe Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.h...

Nov 26, 20245 min
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