Read Less and Listen More to Be a Better Leader

Sometimes you can learn more from listening than you can from reading. I know I’ve been asking you to do a lot of reading lately so today I’m changing it up and giving your eyeballs a rest. Instead I’m going to give your ears something to do with a bunch of interviews you can listen to in the spirit of becoming a better leader.

Lately Victor Prince and I have been fortunate enough to have been interviewed by some really smart people about our new book Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results. In this post I’d like to share several of those interviews with you where we talk about things like leading the team you’ve got, how leadership is like value investing, and how to improve how you’re allocating your time and energy.

So sit back, relax, grab a glass of wine (unless you’re at work – no wine), and listen to some fun and interesting interviews.

The Investor’s Podcast

This podcast answers the following questions:
– How can you be more efficient in how you invest your time and energy?
– How do stock investors assess the performance of leadership?

Red Cape Revolution

Darcy Eikenberg and Mike Figliuolo explore how to assess the members of your team and improve their performance.

Lead With a Story

Paul Smith interviews Victor Prince about how great leadership helped make President Obama’s 2009 inauguration a success.

33 Voices

Moe Abdou interviews Mike Figliuolo about what it takes to engage your people by treating each one as an individual.

Dr. Liz Alexander

Mike and Dr. Liz Alexander discuss how to think about your market challenges in a fresh and compelling way.

CLICK HERE for the interview.

They also discussed what it’s like to co-author a book and how to do so successfully without killing your colleague.

CLICK HERE for the interview.

VoiceAmerica Business

Maureen Metcalf interviews Mike Figliuolo about leadership in the coming decade and what it will take to be successful.

CLICK HERE for the interview.

School for Startups

Jim Beach and Mike Figliuolo explore leadership for entrepreneurs and startups.

CLICK HERE for the interview.

Scott Eblin

Leadership expert Scott Eblin discusses more effective allocation of your scarcest resource – time!

CLICK HERE for the interview.

So there you go – several hours of listening to help you be a better leader. I hope you enjoy the programs!

Obviously all these interviews center around the content of Lead Inside the Box.  I hope you’ll pick up a copy, tell others about it, and share your thoughts here on the blog.  For an in-depth look at techniques for leading all different types of team members, check out the book’s website. We have a nifty assessment tool there where you can answer a few simple questions about your team members and get clear recommendations on how to lead them more effectively.

In addition to the book, classroom instruction and keynote presentations on the Lead Inside the Box method are available.  Please contact us to arrange for this course to be trained at your organization or to have us come deliver a keynote presentation on the topic at your next event.

– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC

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