Episode 38: The Language of Leaders

05/26/22 • 67 min

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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

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We often think of nerds as “others.” Those whom Judge Smails in Caddyshack said “don’t belong.” But we all have quirks and ultimately we all find people with whom share our passions, interests, and ideas; from there, leadership can take root.

Curtis Armstrong is the perfect example of that. In his memoir Revenge of the Nerd, he takes us on a touching and hilarious journey from the Beatles to Sherlock Holmes and from acting to producing, with insights on leadership along the way.

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

Artist: http://audionautix.com/

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