Dr. Thom Mayer highlights new book, "Leadership Is Worthless...But Leading is Priceless"

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Dr. Thom Mayer, who highlights his 25th book and new release, "Leadership Is Worthless...But Leading Is Priceless: What I Learned from 9/11, the NFL, and Ukraine." The book is available for pre-order now and will be released May 7, 2024.

Dr. Thom Mayer has been a leader in times of crisis for over 25 years, navigating some of the most significant challenges imaginable. He is the Medical Director for the NFL Players Association, as well as an emergency physician-sports medicine leader of international renown. He served as the Command Physician at the Pentagon Rescue/Recovery Operation on 9/11, Incident Commander for the inhalational anthrax outbreak in Washington, DC that same year, and led a Team Rubicon Mobile Emergency Team in Ukraine following the outbreak of war. He is among the most widely respected leaders in times of crisis and is a highly sought after speaker and consultant across many businesses and industries. Dr. Mayer has been featured at the cityCURRENT signature speaker series, was recently nominated to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio and is a member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame and the Hanover College Athletic Hall of Fame. USA Today named him one of the “100 Most Important People in the NFL.

During the interview, Dr. Thom Mayer shares what led him to write the book and how true leadership stems from our actions, not our positions, especially in times of crisis. He talks about some of his experiences and lessons learned heading the 9/11 Pentagon rescue efforts, dealing with on-field emergencies in the NFL (he was at Damar Hamlin’s bedside after his injury), and training mobile response medical teams in Ukraine. He ties those stories into some of the key takeaways, like "innovation at the speed of trust" and "stop sucking up...start sucking down" to get the most valuable information from those who know best. He notes that leadership is worthless because it is something you say, a noun. But leading is priceless because it is a verb—it is the things we do that make a difference.

Visit https://thommayermd.com to pre-order the book and learn more about Dr. Thom Mayer.