Leadership Lessons From The Great Books
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.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 123
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford w/Libby Unger
Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford with Libby Unger
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00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford.
02:00 Parade's End and the 19th Century's Third Turning: An Era of Unraveling.
08:1…
RE-BROADCAST - The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare w/Libby Unger
RE-BROADCAST: The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare w/Libby Unger
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- Welcome & Introduction - 0:01:35
- CEOs Building Stronger Companies with Common Touch Leadership
- Lessons from Shakespeare's K…
Shorts #173 - Once to Die...
I don't believe in reincarnation.
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Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.
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- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadersh…
Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz by Stanley Crouch
Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz by Stanley Crouch
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00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz by Stanley Crouch
01:00 Jazz, Music, and Chaos as Leadership
06:40 Leonty…
Shorts #172 - The Book of Judges
Leaders, in those days, there were no leaders in the United States of America, and every man was a leader in his own eyes.
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Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn M…
The Collected Poetry of Ogden Nash w/Ryan J. Stout
The Collected Poetry of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash w/Ryan J. Stout
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00:00 Welcome and Introduction - The Collected Poetry of Ogden Nash
02:00 Misconceptions of Ogden Nash
06:05 Ogden Nash's Career Trans…
Shorts #171 - We Must Come to Grips with Endings
Leaders must have language to deal with the fact of endings.
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Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.
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- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundati…
The Count of Monte Cristo - Part 2 by Alexandre Dumas w/Christen Blair Horne
The Count of Monte Cristo - Part 2 by Alexandre Dumas w/Christen Blair Horne
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00:00 Welcome and Open - "The Tuileries Cabinet Prelude"
09:56 Louis XVIII and Napoleonic Era
11:11 King Louis XVIII: Exil…
Shorts #170 - Great Men of History
Leaders, it's time to stand astride history, yet again.
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Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.
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- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of…
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
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Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.
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- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership…
Shorts #169 - They That Make Them Are Like Unto Them
Leaders, become not the tools you use.
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Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.
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- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Lead…
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is the Hand That Leads the World...
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is the Hand That Leads the World...
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- There’s No Book to Read Today on the Podcast - 00:05
- Mothers, and Motherhood, are Fundamental in our Society and in our Culture - 0…
Shorts #168 - Our Eyes Are Watching the First Turning
Leaders, our eyes are watching the future.
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Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.
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- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional …
BONUS - Interview with Brian Morgan - Think Deeply, Write Clearly
Interview with Brian Morgan, Founder of Think Deeply, Write Clearly
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00:00 Introduction to Brian Morgan, Founder of Think Deeply, Write Clearly.
08:44 The Kardashians vs. Meaningful Influence.
13:09 C…
The Omni-Americans by Albert L. Murray w/Tom Libby
The Omni-Americans by Albert L. Murray w/Tom Libby
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00:00 Insightful African-American Narrative
08:55 "Generational Ethnic Awakenings in America"
16:49 Critique of Moynihan Report Impacts
19:14 White P…
Shorts #167 - Feelings Strike Back
Leaders, start your comments with the words, "I think..."
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Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.
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- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation …
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.
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00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Decoding Walter Benjamin's "The Storyteller"
05:21 The Decline of Human Experience
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Shorts #166 - Wisdom from all the Wrong Places
Leaders, wisdom in a fragmented communication environment is hard to come by.
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Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.
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- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Lead…
Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver w/Dorollo Nixon
#138 - Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver w/Dorollo Nixon
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Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.
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- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of …
Shorts #165 - Resist or Obey
Leaders, be careful who you serve.
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Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.
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- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadersh…