Episode 72: Collaboration, Teamwork, and Building Positive Relationships with Joe Hinrichs

06/19/23 • 62 min

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In this episode of The Thinking Leader, Bryce Hoffman talks with Joe Hinrichs - President & CEO, Director of CSX.

He speaks about the dynamic world of railroads and the importance of effective leadership. Hinrichs, formerly the President of Ford Motor Company, brings his wealth of experience to CSX, one of the largest railroads in the United States.

Joe's focus is on collaboration, teamwork, and building positive relationships. He highlights the significance of working together, drawing from his experiences at Ford and the North American restructuring plan. He emphasizes the value of honest dialogue and negotiations with stakeholders, particularly his experience with the UAW.

Bryce and Joe explore the concept of thinking differently and embracing new perspectives, underscoring the importance of strategic planning and red team thinking. Hinrichs exemplifies the qualities of a forward-thinking leader by using the power of leveraging teamwork and transformative thinking to drive success in an organization.

In this episode:

Why you should place emphasis on effective leadership and collaboration
Hinrichs' experience as the former President of Ford Motor Company
The importance of working together and building positive relationships
Insights from Hinrichs' experiences at Ford and the North American restructuring plan
Why you should focus on strategic planning
What leaders need to do to embrace new perspectives

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Bestselling business author Bryce Hoffman and agility expert Marcus Dimbleby talk about decision making, strategy, resilience and leadership with some of the world’s best CEOs, cognitive scientists, writers, and thinkers in this weekly podcast. Each episode offers new ideas and insights you can use to become a better leader and a better thinker – because bad leaders react, good leaders plan, and great leaders think!

In this episode of The Thinking Leader, Bryce Hoffman talks with Joe Hinrichs - President & CEO, Director of CSX.

In this episode:

Why you should place emphasis on effective leadership and collaboration
Hinrichs' experience as the former President of Ford Motor Company
The importance of working together and building positive relationships
Insights from Hinrichs' experiences at Ford and the North American restructuring plan
Why you should focus on strategic planning
What leaders need to do to embrace new perspectives

Sign up to the Red Team Thinking Community - Use the coupon code THINKINGLEADER for a free 30-day trial: https://community.redteamthinking.com/checkout/general-membership

Want to find out if you’re a Red Team Thinker? Click here to take a free assessment and get your personalized report: https://www.redteamthinking.com/rttassessment

Visit our website: https://redteamthinking.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: www.red-team.tv

Connect with Bryce: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brycehoffman/

Connect with Marcus: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusdimbleby/

Previous Episode

Episode 71: Rebroadcast - Using PreMortem Analysis to Make Better Decisions with Gary A. Klein

This week on the show we throw back to one of our most requested episodes, Bryce’s conversation with Dr. Gary Klein.

Gary is the creator of PreMortem Analysis, a powerful tool designed to help leaders understand the ways their plans could fail so that they can ensure that they don’t. In addition to discussing the origins of PreMortem and how it is used, they talk about how humans make decisions and how leaders can make better ones – particularly in these challenging times.

Gary also discusses his latest innovation, a training tool he calls ShadowBox. Dr. Gary A. Klein is a cognitive psychologist and one of the world’s leading experts on human decision making. He is the author of several books, including Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions and Seeing What Others Don’t: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights. Gary pioneered the naturalistic decision-making movement and is the president of ShadowBox Training.

In this episode:

What is naturalistic decision making and what it reveals about how people make decisions
How Gary analyzed the way in which people really make decisions, particularly under time pressures
What leaders can learn from firefighters in order to make better decisions
What is ShadowBox and how it works

Sign up to the Red Team Thinking Community - Use the coupon code THINKINGLEADER for a free 30-day trial: https://community.redteamthinking.com/checkout/general-membership

Want to find out if you’re a Red Team Thinker? Click here to take a free assessment and get your personalized report: https://www.redteamthinking.com/rttassessment

Visit our website: https://redteamthinking.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: www.red-team.tv

Connect with Bryce: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brycehoffman/

Connect with Marcus: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusdimbleby/

Next Episode

Episode 73: The Lost Art of Contradiction

In this episode of The Thinking Leader, Marcus Dimbleby talks about The Lost Art of Contradiction, a keynote speech he gave at Scrum Day London.

Marcus explains the process of Agile and Scrum and how it has changed over the years. Despite the recent backlash against Agile, Marcus is a firm believer in the system and believes it is the implementation of Agile which is failing an otherwise great system.

He talks about the three P’s of project management, People, Process, and Platform. However, with the advance of technology, People have been forgotten in a lot of management systems. Marcus emphasizes the importance of re-empowering the People in your organization to survive the complexity of the modern world. He also goes over techniques to engage your employees and principles to avoid in your business.

In this episode:

What is Agile and how it has evolved over the years
The problems with how Agile is currently used
How to engage your employees and increase their productivity
Why conforming to expectations causes more problems than it solves
The importance of critical thinking and how to encourage it within your organization

Sign up to the Red Team Thinking Community - Use the coupon code THINKINGLEADER for a free 30-day trial: https://community.redteamthinking.com/checkout/general-membership

Want to find out if you’re a Red Team Thinker? Click here to take a free assessment and get your personalized report: https://www.redteamthinking.com/rttassessment

Visit our website: https://redteamthinking.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: www.red-team.tv

Connect with Bryce: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brycehoffman/

Connect with Marcus: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusdimbleby/