Timeless Leadership

As vice president, executive managing editor and copy chief, at Random House, Benjamin Dreyer pays attention to words. And people pay attention to Dreyer's words. More recently, they've been paying attention to Dreyer's English, a New York Times bestseller.

In this episode, we explore the importance of language with respect to leadership: the connection between leadership and word choice, being mindful of what we write (and say), drawing a line from clarity to morality.

We also ponder how music and the written word contribute to our understanding of language, stopping to admire Julia Child and Judith Jones along the way.

Full show notes are available at: https://www.timelesstimely.com/p/language

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Links

• The Language of the Mind (Off the Clock)
• I will not be edited. (Letters of Note)
• Dreyer’s English
• STET! Dreyer’s English Game
• Dreyer’s English 2022 Day-to-Day Calendar
• Benjamin Dreyer’s website
• @BCDreyer on Twitter

What would you do when you’re out of luck and your only communication is as far as you can shout?

That’s what faced Antarctic explorers of the Heroic Age, and Brad Borkan has analyzed their decisions — good and bad — and identified the behaviors and skills that we can apply to everyday scenarios on the other six continents.

In When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme Decision-Making Lessons from the Antarctic, we go on a storytelling journey and explore eleven situations through the eyes of Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and Douglas Mawson.

Music

Antarctica by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Full show notes are available at: https://www.timelesstimely.com/p/extreme-decision-making

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The world has changed. Unfortunately, leadership styles haven’t changed with it. The old “Command & Control” leadership approach is no longer tenable in an era with a hybrid workforce.

Stephen M.R. Covey, a noted authority on trust and inspiration, helps 21st century leaders grasp this new reality in his book Trust & Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others.

In our interview for Timeless Leadership, we explore this shift, looking at the three stewardships of modeling, trusting, and inspiring against a backdrop of uncertainty and urgency — challenges all leaders face today.

Links

• Related: “First Days” (Timeless & Timely)
• Stephen’s book: Trust & Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others
• Trust & Inspire website
• Connect with Stephen on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn

Contact

To reach Scott to discuss a public speaking engagement, or to talk about his leadership advisory and coaching services, please email timeless @ scottmonty.com

We hear a lot about soft skills for leaders these days. But Mark Crowley has been beating this drum for over a decade.

His 2011 book Lead From the Heart: Transformational Leadership for the 21st Century has been updated for 2022, and the timing is perfect. With so many challenges the modern leader has to face, from the pandemic to remote work and more, Mark’s book offers the perfect solution.

The conversation with Mark covers the life-threatening inspiration for his work, looks at why job satisfaction is down globally, and provides leaders with four practices of leading from the heart that will guarantee a kinder, more compassionate, and dedicated workforce.

Links

• Lead From the Heart: Transformational Leadership for the 21st Century
• Mark’s website
• Lead From the Heart podcast
• Connect with Mark on Twitter and LinkedIn

Music

That Kid in Fourth Grade Who Really Liked the Denver Broncos by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/uvp/

Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

Contact

To reach Scott to discuss a public speaking engagement, or to talk about his leadership advisory and coaching services, please email timeless @ scottmonty.com

How can you feel fulfilled and live your best life at any stage of your development?

Whether you’re enduring a midlife crisis, grappling with the effects of ageism in the workplace, or feeling as if you’ll never achieve the level of success you once did (or even a level you had once hoped for) — this discussion is for you.

The late Stephen R. Covey spent his career inspiring millions to make their lives more effective, compassionate, and meaningful. And his daughter Cynthia Covey Haller co-wrote and published his final book posthumously — a book that Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — felt was his greatest work yet.

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Links:

• Live Life in Crescendo: Your Most Important Work Is Always Ahead of You (Amazon)
• Why Doesn’t Success Doesn’t Bring Happiness? (Laura Gassner Otting TEDx Talk)
• Timeless Leadership Ep. #1: Luck (with Laura Gassner Otting)
• David Brooks on eulogy virtues (New York Times - gift article)
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey (Amazon)
• Bridle Up Hope

Music

Maurice Ravel - Bolero
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Jean, conductor
Naxos 8.550173
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

Contact

To reach Scott to discuss a public speaking engagement, or to talk about his leadership advisory and coaching services, please email [email protected]

Twitter: @scottmonty