Effective Leadership

They were some of the most turbulent years of British politics as Prime Minister Theresa May steered her Brexit deal, via unprecedented disasters and triumphs, through parliament. The ultimate insider, Tim Shipman, Sunday Times’ chief political commentator was there throughout and shares new revelations and his unfiltered reflections on the politicians who led us through it all.

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Guest: Tim Shipman, chief political commentator, The Sunday Times and author of No Way Out: From the Backstop to Boris

Host: Luke Jones.

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From the way you communicate, to the way build your life and career, Graham Weaver, MBA ’99, says it’s about “giving yourself permission to fully be yourself. You can never go wrong when you’re saying your truth.”

Weaver is a lecturer in management, a GSB alum, and the founder and a partner of Alpine Investors. He stresses the importance of direct communication, highlighting how avoiding it can lead to wasted time, energy, and even financial losses. Reflecting on his own experiences in private equity, Weaver admits to struggling with being conflict-averse and not speaking his truth directly, which resulted in getting into bad deals and big losses for his company. “People think that by being indirect, they’re being kind, but all they're doing is creating confusion,” he says. “Clarity is compassionate. Even if it's not what they want to hear, the more direct and clear you can be, the more compassionate that is for the other person.”

In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Weaver and host Matt Abrahams explore how being true to oneself not only fosters personal fulfillment but also enables us to show up better for others. Authenticity and self-belief lay the foundation for effective communication, leadership, and ultimately, success.

Episode Reference Links:

• Graham Weaver: Website
• Last Lecture Series: How to Live an Asymmetric Life (Link to Graham’s Last Lecture)
• H. Irving Grousbeck (Stanford profile of Graham’s mentor and communicator he most admires)
• Ep.82 - It’s Not About You: Why Effective Communicators Put Others First YouTube / Website 
• Ep.118 - Maximizing Your Personal Brand: Communicating Who You Are to Help Get What You Want YouTube / Website

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Chapters:

(00:00:00) Introduction

Matt Abrahams introduces guest Graham Weaver, a Stanford alum and lecturer in management at GSB.

(00:0:43) Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Skills in Business

How skills like understanding personal dreams and overcoming limiting beliefs play a critical role in business success.

(00:04:58) Living an Asymmetrical Life

Living an asymmetrical life, including the importance of doing hard things, pursuing your passions, committing long-term, and writing your own story.

(00:10:10) Lessons from Taylor Swift

Business and personal inspiration from Taylor Swift's response to professional setbacks, highlighting her work ethic and resilience.

(00:13:04) Personal Growth and Enlightenment

Graham’s journey towards enlightenment and the practices he adopts to improve his personal and professional life.

(00:16:08) The Final Three Questions

Graham shares what differentiates an exceptional from average leader, a communicator he admires and his ingredients for successful communication.

(00:21:05) Conclusion

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You know "what got you here won’t get you there." With the near-constant rate of change in our world today, if you aren’t adapting your leadership approach, you’re likely getting left behind. Today, Craig shares three keys to staying agile in leadership.

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On this episode of the "Garyvee Audio Experience", I sit down with former CEO and Chairman of Best Buy, Hubert Joly, for an extremely insightful conversation around his impressive career. We talk about the definition of winning, what makes a good leader, how businesses can stay ahead of the competition, and more... Enjoy!

Today we pay tribute to the late, great Kobe Bryant, a legendary figure whose impact transcended the basketball court. Lewis  takes us on a heartfelt journey through Kobe's remarkable life, celebrating not just his athletic achievements but his extraordinary character. Known for his 'Mamba Mentality,' Kobe inspired millions with his dedication, resilience, and relentless pursuit of greatness.

In this episode you will learn

• The essence of Kobe Bryant's Mamba Mentality and how it can be applied to your own life.
• Strategies for transforming failures into stepping stones for success.
• The importance of dedication and daily effort in achieving greatness.
• How to stay focused on your goals, regardless of obstacles.
• Insights into Kobe's journey beyond basketball, and the legacy he left behind.

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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson speaks with the CEO of QOL Medical, Derick Cooper. They discuss how immunological systems confront pathogens and store information, the trait most associated with entrepreneurial success, the complicated patterns of behavior that scale from cellular interaction to metaphysics, and how a spirit of reciprocity can be utilized to uplift the individual as well as the community, society, and upward.

Derick Cooper is the Chief Executive Officer of QOL Medical, LLC, a large, private specialty biopharmaceutical company that makes drugs and biologics for rare diseases. QOL is a commercial stage company founded in 2003 with fully integrated capabilities ranging from sales and marketing to drug development to bioprocess-based manufacturing. Prior to 2010, Cooper spent 16 years in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate finance, and operations with The Robinson-Humphrey Company in Atlanta, as a portfolio manager with Sirrom Capital, formerly the largest mezzanine lender in the US, and with CooperSmith, formerly the largest independent baked foods company in the US.

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On Piers Morgan Uncensored: From New York, President Biden is trying to jump start his re-election campaign, as polls show the Democrats are sleepwalking into electoral disaster... why don’t they have a Plan B? The world’s biggest aviation authority says it's actively recruiting more people with mental health problems.

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Jason chats with Scott Orn about founder salaries, discussing the trade-offs of starting a company, the importance of board-approved salaries, and equity. They also address gender disparities in founder salaries, managing personal expenses, and investor expectations.

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(0:00) Scott Orn joins to discuss founder salaries

(2:25) Trade-offs of starting a company and how salaries increase with funding

(4:41) Role of builder founders and dangers of underpaying oneself

(8:05) Transitioning into entrepreneurship and managing side hustles

(10:03) Importance of board-approved founder salaries and discussing equity

(13:05) Gender disparities in founder salaries and efforts to close the gap

(15:52) Managing personal expenses and company accounts

(17:05) Leading by example and salary distribution within a company

(20:26) Investor expectations and high-value employees earning more than founders

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Anuj Rathi is the Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Jupiter Money, where he leads product management, marketing, design, growth, and analytics. Before Jupiter Money, Anuj served as the Senior Vice President of Revenue and Growth at Swiggy, VP of Product at SnapDeal, a Senior PM at Walmart Labs and the first-ever PM at Flipkart. He’s also one of the most beloved and respected product leaders in India. In this episode, we discuss:

• How product management is different in India

• How to rethink your approach to new users

• How Anuj operationalizes the “working backwards” framework

• Why Anuj thinks PMs should be more full-stack than they are

• How to use Anuj’s “4BB” framework to get better at product strategy and prioritization

• Advice on developing innovative roadmap ideas

• The three essential skills of a successful PM

• Three reasons why leadership fails

• Why OKRs don’t work in marketplaces

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In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Anuj’s background

(04:28) How product differs in India 

(08:34) When modern product thinking started to gain traction in India

(14:01) How Anuj thinks about new-user experiences

(15:07) Scott Belsky’s “lazy, vain, and selfish” framework 

(19:59) Why PMs must understand category consumers

(22:30) Anuj’s philosophy on the PM job

(23:59) How Anuj applies the working-backwards framework

(28:36) The importance of FAQs

(30:10) The full-stack PM mindset

(33:06) Anuj’s “show don’t tell” framework

(36:19) How to use the show-don’t-tell framework

(39:14) The impact of using this framework

(41:27) Anuj’s “4BB framework” for product strategy

(48:59) Contrarian corner

(50:49) Anuj’s “framework of 3” for great PMs

(52:34) How to develop grit and influence

(54:00) Three reasons why leaders fail 

(56:21) AI corner

(57:51) Lessons from building a successful marketplace

(1:02:19) How to balance and maintain stability on all sides of a marketplace

(1:07:48) Lightning round

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Referenced:

• MakeMyTrip: https://www.makemytrip.com/

• Shaadi.com: https://www.shaadi.com/

• Bharat Matrimony: https://www.bharatmatrimony.com/

• Flipkart: https://www.flipkart.com/

• Ola: https://www.olacabs.com/mobile

• Swiggy: https://www.swiggy.com/

• Jio: https://www.jio.com/

• UPI: http://cashlessindia.gov.in/upi.html

• The First 15 Seconds by Scott Belsky: https://medium.com/positiveslope/the-first-15-seconds-9590d7dabc

• Jupiter: https://jupiter.money/

• How to get better at influence: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-get-better-at-influence#

• Working Backwards: https://www.workingbackwards.com/

• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World: https://www.amazon.com/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World/dp/0735214484

• In Search of Greatness on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/Search-Greatness-Wayne-Gretzky/dp/B07P5X99P5

• Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow: https://www.amazon.com/Team-Topologies-Organizing-Business-Technology/dp/1942788819

• Conway’s Law: https://www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwork/what-is-conways-law-acmi

• Lessons from scaling Spotify: The science of product, taking risky bets, and how AI is already impacting the future of music | Gustav Söderström (Co-President, CPO, and CTO at Spotify): 

https://www.lennyspodcast.com/lessons-from-scaling-spotify-the-science-of-product-taking-risky-bets-and-how-ai-is-already-impac/

• Taobao: https://world.taobao.com/

• Alibaba: https://offer.alibaba.com/

• Working Backwards: https://www.amazon.com/Working-Backwards-PB/dp/1529033845

• How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't Know: https://www.amazon.com/How-Brands-Grow-What-Marketers/dp/0195573560

• The Luxury Strategy: Break the Rules of Marketing to Build Luxury Brands: https://www.amazon.com/Luxury-Strategy-Break-Marketing-Brands/dp/0749464917

• The Office on Peacock: https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/the-office

• Rise: https://www.risescience.com/

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Keeping up with AI can seem like a tsunami at times. How can we make use of all the need tools and technologies that are always coming out. What strategies can we create to put AI to use? Usha Jagannathan, a Responsible AI Leader and Ex-McKinsey, joins us to discuss how to use AI for recruitment, retention, and growth.

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Timestamps:
[00:01:25] Daily AI news
[00:05:10] About Usha Jagannathan
[00:10:08] Using AI in recruitment
[00:12:50] Upskilling with AI
[00:18:33] AI has an easy learning curve
[00:23:22] Example of an AI solution
[00:27:33] Identifying skills with AI
[00:31:08] Usha's final takeaway

Topics Covered in This Episode:
1. Strategies for recruitment in AI
2. Upskilling and reskilling with AI
3. Navigating the ever-evolving AI landscape
4. Identifying skills in candidates or employees using AI

Keywords:
Usha Jagannathan, software engineering, corporate work, Marsh McLennan, McKinsey, fairness, transparency, accountability, AI applications, smaller companies, AI recruitment strategies, current trends in recruitment, job seekers, company study, upskilling, reskilling, changing job market, company-specific skills, half-life of skills, reskilling revolution, AI landscape, technology skills, technologically obsolete, AI learning, low-code solutions, technology training programs, partnerships with universities, apprenticeship programs, work-study programs, customer-facing solutions, claims approval, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, Anthropics, Claude language model, extended context window, API improvements, OpenAI's Playground, Greg Brockman, diversity in leadership, explainability in AI, lime, SHAP, AI algorithms, project work, industry knowledge, unpaid internships, low code development, cloud services, ethically responsible AI products

Full podcast and transcript: https://augurian.com/blog/how-i-work-jennifer-jones/

Jennifer Jones, VP of Marketing at TIDI Products LLC, draws from her two-decade medical devices career in a compelling interview. She highlights her passion for leadership development, advocating team empowerment. In episode 53 of "How I Work," Jennifer candidly explores her unconventional journey, emphasizing the value of career "stumbles."

The discussion extends to team management intricacies, the post-pandemic virtual work landscape, and addressing workplace PTSD challenges. As a CMO, Jones offers profound insights into cultivating a failure-centric learning culture and the pivotal role of marketing in organizational influence. Key topics include:

• Balancing Micromanagement and Empowerment
• CMO Longevity: Tips, Tricks, and Mistakes in Marketing Careers
• Leadership Learning Resources: Jennifer's Book and Resource Recommendations
  
  Explore Jones' wisdom on effective leadership, workplace culture, and navigating change, enriching this insightful interview.

Explore more content from leaders in the marketing community on our podcast. Or visit our blog to find more digital marketing tips and ideas.

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(0:00) Bestie intros!

(3:05) GOP Primary update: polling, acceptable candidates, tentpole issues

(11:56) All-In Summit 2023 recap

(24:12) IPOs and M&A heat up: Arm, Instacart, and Klaviyo go public, Cisco acquires Splunk for $28B, but did the "great reopening" fall short?

(42:34) Did the Fed break the VC model? How LPs will evaluate fund managers going forward

(50:45) Breaking down Instacart and Klaviyo's businesses

(1:01:12) Revaluing Airtable and the path forward for ZIRP-era unicorns

(1:13:14) Fed pauses rate hikes, but says rates will stay higher for longer, plus: what breaks next in the economy?

(1:32:51) Science Corner: new "inverse-vaccine" treatment is a potential game changer for autoimmune diseases

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https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/2024/new-hampshire

https://youtu.be/yjj1QjZlQMM

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-21/cisco-to-buy-splunk-for-157-a-share-in-28billion-deal

https://twitter.com/pitdesi/status/1704874017357025499

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/ARM:NASDAQ?comparison=NASDAQ%3ACART%2CNYSE%3AKVYO&window=5D

https://twitter.com/aswathdamodaran/status/1704246090198036914

https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-81823-q2-earnings

https://www.lendingtree.com/content/uploads/2023/08/ccs-chart-3-3.jpg

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US

https://www.ey.com/en_gl/ipo/trends

https://stockanalysis.com/ipos/statistics

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/COIN:NASDAQ

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/EXPE:NASDAQ

https://www.axios.com/2023/09/19/instacarts-ipo-venture-capital

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579091/000119312523221345/d55348ds1.htm

https://influencermarketinghub.com/amazon-ad-revenue

https://twitter.com/jasonlk/status/1704212644402540573

https://www.saastr.com/5-interesting-learnings-from-klaviyo-at-650000000-in-arr

https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1078755080478715904

https://i.insider.com/4dd4d1cf4bd7c8c90f000000

https://twitter.com/asanwal/status/1703492397739516068

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/20/fed-rate-decision-september-2023-.html

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil

https://kalshi.com/markets/fed/fed-interest-rates#fed-23nov

https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electric/a42558850/tesla-price-cuts-worth-buying

https://hellometer.io

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-023-01086-2

Axing generous fuel subsidies was just one necessary reform promised by Bola Tinubu. A hundred days into the president’s term, we examine his ideas for change—finding they do not seem to be backed by real plans. Our correspondent says India’s decrepit cities would fare better if permitted to govern themselves more (09:58). And the kinder, gentler trend in video games (17:13)

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"We're unhappy when our expectations of how we think life is supposed to be going are unmet." Today, join Alex (@AlexHormozi) as he guests on Diary of a CEO to discuss the pressure of external expectations set by social media and society on how life is supposed to be. He emphasizes the importance of shifting expectations and doing what makes oneself happy and talks about his perspective on work-life balance and the skill of making offers. This is part 2 of the interview.

Welcome to The Game w/Alex Hormozi, hosted by entrepreneur, founder, investor, author, public speaker, and content creator Alex Hormozi. On this podcast you’ll hear how to get more customers, make more profit per customer, how to keep them longer, and the many failures and lessons Alex has learned on his path from $100M to $1B in net worth.

Check out the episode on Diary Of A CEO's YouTube Channel!

Timestamps:

(9:18) - Shifting life expectations

(15:23) - Caring what others think

(27:12) - The psychology of clicks

(38:10) - The cost of ignorance

(46:50) - Maximizing leverage and capital

(49:42) - Reflecting on cherished failures

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