The Captain Class: The Hidden Force Behind the World’s Greatest Teams On a chilly Wednesday in 1953 a buoyant England played a friendly football match at home against an upstart team from communist Eastern Europe. Although unbeaten for twenty-three matches, the Hungarians had only played matches against relatively weak competition. Smaller, less professional and from…
David Marquet. Intent Based Leadership. Hear (but don’t see) David Marquet, former submarine Captain and author of ‘Turn the Ship Around‘ explain how he used mission command and genuine empowerment (he calls it ‘intent based leadership’) to turn around the way his submarine worked. David was posted to a submarine of a different type to…
Roselinde Torres. What it Takes to be a Great Leader. In this 10 min video Rosalinde suggests that 21st Century leadership is referenced by three questions: Where are you looking to anticipate change in your organisations life? And if you are looking, are you willing to make a decision to overcome the problems that the…
This TED Leadership playlist brings together 12 episodes on the subject of leadership and motivation. As well as the other TED talks already posted here, there are talks on tribal leadership, trial and error and how to lead like the great conductors. Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action Fields Wicker-Miurin: Learning from leadership’s missing manual Itay…
Simon Sinek. How Great Leaders Inspire Action. Good leaders inspire and give you a vision that you can buy into. They inspire you to action, to achieve the vision. Without action, without achieving a task, a team isn’t a team. Its just a collection of people. Simon Sinek explains why the ‘why’ is more important…
The NPR TED Radio Hour brings together some of the best TED talks as a podcast, but then also interviews the presenters as well, allowing them to delve deeper into what they said. This 50-minute episode is about Disruptive Leadership or, as Seth Godin describes it, leadership that makes things better for followers. It brings…
The Leaders Huddle podcast is provided by the US Army’s snappily-titled Center for the Advancement of Leader Development and Organisational Learning. Unsurprisingly, it goes it its short name, CALDOL. Its target audience is platoon to company commanders – so the ranks of Lt to Capt in the US Army, but Lt to Maj in the UK…
Becoming an Extraordinary Leader Tony Robbins’ podcast is full of motivational and inspirational advice from this gravely-voiced life coach. Not all of his podcasts are about leadership, or indeed worth listening to. In this episode Tony interviews Gen Stanley McChyrstal and Chris Fussell, authors of Team of Teams, about modern military and business leadership. The…
Simon Sinek. Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe. Simon Sinek talks about psychological safety and how leaders provide it. The talk links to the Army Leadership Framework’s idea of ‘what leaders are’: leaders have psychological influence because they prove they are in it for their tribe (and its reputation), not in it for themselves.…
Drew Dudley. Everyday Leadership. A short video that asks whether you are having a small effect on peoples’ lives without even knowing it. Leaders can have these positive and negative effects, often without being aware that they are doing it. As Patton, said, you are always on parade. Not only does this mean you are…