http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/LWAS_107.mp3Podcast (lead-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSSI’ve interviewed a number of people who’ve run multi-billion dollar companies. But this might be the first time I’ve interviewed someone who’s LOST a multi-billion dollar business. At the age of 26, and fresh out of Harvard Business School, Warwick Fairfax made a successful play…
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The Five Voices in Your Company and How to Lead Them
If you’ve ever tried to use Myers Briggs in your organization, you know the problem with it. It’s just too complicated. Most people can’t remember which of the 16 personality types they are

What Are Your Leadership Blind Spots?
This week I had a chance to talk to Rich Berens, the CEO and Chief Client Fanatic of Root Inc. (seriously, the best job title I’ve ever heard),

Leaders Have No Rules
This week I got the chance to chat with Kevin Kruse, the founder and CEO of LEADx, a company that offers a leadership development

How to give your leaders a year's worth of decision-making experience in a single day, risk-free
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/LWAS_103.mp3Podcast (lead-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSSMost leadership development is leadership training — you go to a class, listen to the teacher, take some notes, do a few exercises, and then you’re done. And there’s nothing wrong with that. It can work. The problem is that I think we all know that…

Three Questions Every Leader Needs to Ask Themselves
My guest this week is executive coach, Kim Ades. She shared a memorable story about a client of hers who came to her after he’d been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

Employee to Entrepreneur
Have you ever considered quitting your corporate job and starting your own business? Most of us have thought about it a little. But not as much as Steve Glaveski has. Steve’s the CEO and Co-founder of

My 6 Favorite Leadership Metaphors and 2 Methods to Create Your Own
When my then son Matthew came home from his first day of fifth grade, he announced, “I’m going to learn to play the euphonium!”

Long-Term Strategic Planning Doesn't Have to Be Boring
Sometimes a long-term vision is so lofty or so aggressive it comes across as an unachievable dream, instead of a realistic vision.

Un-Stuffing the Stuffed Shirts
It’s lonely at the top. Or, so I’ve heard. And the reason is that senior executives are often viewed as unapproachable and impersonal.