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David Rubenstein: The Highest Calling

Prominent American businessman and philanthropist, David Rubenstein, joins On Leadership for a third time to discuss his latest book, The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency. David discusses some key takeaways from the new book, and from his time working with and learning from some of America’s most respected leaders. He shares his perspectives on the key leadership qualities and competencies that make an effective president, including a desire and intentional effort to bring the country together.
6 Shifts to Develop a Leader's Mindset: Organizations have felt the effects of rapid changes like structure, schedules, and the broad adoption of remote or hybrid environments. This disruption has pushed organizations to adopt new mindsets and policies to set their people up for success. Leaders are no exception when it comes to these changes. To be successful today, leaders need to shift their mindsets and innovate their styles of leadership.

Nicole Lowenbraun and Maegan Stephens: Adaptive Listening

Cultivate more trust and traction at work and in your relationships by using adaptive listening to level up communication in your personal and professional life. Authors Maegan Stephens and Nicole Lowenbraun highlight the importance of balancing both expressive communication and active listening, and provide a framework for four different listening styles: support, advance, immerse, and discern.
Listen Like a Leader: Read our guide to learn how to listen and then pick one or two skills you can start building this week.

Maha Abouelenein: Developing Self-Reliance

Take proactive steps to owning your future with practical tips that help you foster more self-reliance in your life. Join strategic communication and branding expert, Maha Abouelenein, as she shares the core tenants of cultivating self-reliance. She offers insights on building a strong brand and reputation online and offline, fostering and growing relationships, and how to make self-reliance a superpower personally and professionally.
6 Ways to Help Your Team Handle Stress During Times of Change: Humans are wired to react to change—it's a survival mechanism. And while everyone experiences change differently, how we choose to react to change can set us apart and chart a productive course forward.

Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal: The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People

Discover the power of personal change and resilience with Wall Street Journal bestselling author and resilience expert Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal. Through her extensive research on resilience, vulnerability, perseverance, connection, gratitude, generosity, and possibility, Dr. Taryn has developed a valuable framework for training what she refers to as your “resilience muscle.” She outlines the five myths and truths about resilience, including that resilience is about bouncing forward, not just bouncing back, and that it involves an active process of self-connection, not just passively waiting for time to heal. The conversation culminates in practical advice for how to cultivate resilience by engaging in self-reflection and positive self-talk, rather than dismissing or diminishing one's own experiences.
Thriving Through Tough Times: Download our guide and explore four tactics you can use to navigate the negative mindsets that creep in during times of stress.
 

Malcolm Gladwell: Revenge of the Tipping Point

Malcolm Gladwell returns to On Leadership to discuss his journey as a multiple New York Times bestselling author, noting that it took years of hard work and constant engagement with readers before his first major book, The Tipping Point, became a huge success. He emphasizes that there is no such thing as "overnight success" - it requires patience, perseverance, and continually connecting with your audience where they’re at. Malcolm also shares insights from his new book Revenge of the Tipping Point, including the importance of understanding "superspreaders,” a small percentage of people who are responsible for the vast majority of the spread of ideas, behaviors, and even infectious diseases. This has important implications for how leaders and organizations approach driving change.
The 80/20 Activity Analyzer: 80% of your results will come from 20% of your activities—are you focusing on the right ones?

Deepak Chopra: Using AI to Elevate Spiritual Inteligence and Personal Wellbeing

Join renowned spiritual teacher and bestselling author of 97 books, Deepak Chopra, for an exploration of how artificial intelligence can be used as a tool to access the wisdom and insights of spiritual thinkers throughout history. Deepak describes how AI can serve as a personal assistant, confidant, health coach, and guru to help people delve into questions of purpose, consciousness and personal growth. He emphasizes that while AI itself is not "wise,” it can provide access to a vast database of spiritual knowledge that can guide people on their own journeys of self-discovery and transformation.
Impact Your Organization's Results: Turn Average Employees Into High Performers: By applying some basic truths about human motivation, you can turn average employees into high performers and typical teams into powerhouses. Moving your middle has dramatic results on your organization’s overall performance.

Connie Chung: Leading with Authenticity

Connie Chung, the iconic journalist, anchor, author, and leader, has had an incredibly accomplished and groundbreaking career. As the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News and the first Asian to co-anchor any news program in the U.S., Chung describes her tenacious journey into journalism, starting as a newsroom secretary and then fighting her way up to become a respected reporter. Over her storied career, Chung covered major events like the Watergate scandal and interviewed influential figures like Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. She says she always aimed to be authentic, respectful, and bold - qualities she believes can help women and minorities achieve more parity in leadership roles.
Inclusive Leadership: Three Keys to Build an Authentic, High-Trust Organizational Culture: Our free guide outlines practical steps leaders can take to lead more inclusively and create a high-trust environment where everyone feels safe to contribute their best ideas and efforts.  

Paul Walker: Growing With the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

There is much to celebrate in this 400th episode of On Leadership with Scott Miller. FranklinCovey’s CEO Paul Walker joins Scott to provide a valuable overview and discussion of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in honor of and in alignment with the forthcoming fifth iteration of the training program. The timeless, principle-based framework for personal and professional effectiveness provides a common language and culture that can be transformative for organizations, helping to align employees, improve communication and collaboration, and drive results.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: A Brief Guide–Download our guide for a summary of principles and practices that can help you cope with change in resilient, creative ways.

Keith Ferrazzi: Competing in the New World of Work

Thinking intentionally about how to adapt effectively in an uncertain world is among the game-changing insights offered by Keith Ferrazzi in this On Leadership conversation. The New York Times bestselling author discusses how organizations can thrive in times of disruption by prioritizing agility, foresight, resilience, and inclusion as the four critical elements of radical adaptability. He emphasizes the importance of “co-elevation” as a method of building collaborative teams that constantly push each other to new heights.
Leadership Approaches for a New World: Download our guide to help leaders in your organization embrace this new world of work and understand the fundamental principles that will help them move forward.

Geoff Woods: AI Leadership

Discover some practical ways to harness AI in a way that makes it work for you and your business in this insightful conversation with Geoff Woods. Geoff returns to On Leadership to share thoughts from his new book, The AI-Driven Leader: Harnessing AI to Make Faster Smarter Decisions. He emphasizes that AI is not just another Google - it has immense potential, but users need to approach it as a "thought partner" rather than an oracle. Geoff outlines key strategies for crafting effective prompts, such as clearly describing the task, providing context, assigning a persona, and asking probing questions to elicit more information.
Impact Your Organization's Results: Turn Average Employees Into High Performers: By applying some basic truths about human motivation, you can turn average employees into high performers and typical teams into powerhouses. Moving your middle has dramatic results on your organization’s overall performance.