Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan

What is the impact of a great leader inside of your company? When you work for a great leader, you feel like you can do anything. In fact, a study ‌by Zenger Folkman found that great leaders can double company profits. Not only does this help the employees, but it also helps your organization as a whole from a financial perspective. When you work for a great leader, their behaviors, attitudes, and...

My guest today is Sally Helgesen, leadership coach and author of the best-selling book, How Women Rise which was written with Marshall Goldsmith. She has a new book in February called Rising Together. In today's discussion we look at some of the unique challenges that women face when it comes to career success. These are self-imposed challenges which oftentimes don't have anything to do with corpo...

Have you ever thought about what a toxic leader does to your organization? Toxic leaders literally kill the people who work for them! A study by the University of Manchester looked at 1200 participants to explore the impact of bad leaders. They found people who worked for a toxic boss had lower satisfaction, and those who worked for a narcissistic or psychopathic boss were more likely to experienc...

Today's guest  is Carolyn Dewar is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company where she founded and coleads their CEO excellence work. She's also the author of a book called CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest. In today's episode you will learn what separates great leaders from everyone else, the 6 mindsets that the world's best leaders practice, and why le...

Everybody needs leadership training. Most people become leaders in their mid to late 20s or early 30s. However, most people don't get any kind of formal leadership training until their late 30s and perhaps early 40s. They have to figure out how to become leaders because nobody taught them how to. This is one of the biggest things we need to fix. Give everyone in your company access to leadership t...

Today's discussion is with Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. Ray is also the author of several books including his mega best-seller Principles: Life and Work which has sold well over 5 million copies.  Our conversation today goes into some areas which I haven't explored much in the previous episodes because I was a bit nervous to touch on...

As a leader, giving your team the answers is tempting. Everybody comes to you for guidance and feedback. But the best results come from not giving your team the answer, even if you know it. If you keep giving them answers and finding the solutions for your team, you'll become a decision-making bottleneck. When that happens, your impact as a leader gets diminished considerably. ------------------ G...

Today's guest is Tom Peters, author of many best-selling books including In Search of Excellence, Extreme Humanism, and his newest book, Tom Peters' Compact Guide to Excellence. Tom was also on the first list of "100 most powerful people in Silicon Valley" from 1965 to 2000 and in 2017, he received the Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award. He also served in the Navy, worked at The White House, an...

There's an old saying: Good fences make for great neighbors. If you didn't have fences, there would be no boundaries, and your neighbors could come over whenever they wanted. You need to set up those similar types of fences in your organization. Setting up fences is healthy both at work and in your personal life. It allows you to protect your time and figure out the things you should be working on...

Dave Gilboa is the co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker. An online retailer of glasses, sunglasses, and contact lenses which was founded in 2010. Today Warby Parker is a publicized traded company with a market cap of almost $2 billion and over 3,000 employees.  In today's discussion we look at the importance of values and vision in growing and running a business, how to turn an idea into a produc...

I don't like every part of my job. I don't like if I'm working with a difficult client, don't get a speaking gig that I was excited for, or am working on a project I don't like. But that doesn't mean I don't love my job. It's ok to not like some parts of your job. You don't need to love every minute of your job. It's ok to have bad days where you're frustrated, feel a little bit disengaged, or are...

Rita McGrath  is a best-selling author and long-time professor at Columbia Business School. She received the #1 award in strategy from Thinkers50 and is one of the top 10 management thinkers in the world. When it comes to strategy and innovation you won't find anyone smarter than Rita. In today's discussion we look at what Elon Musk is doing with Twitter and if it's a good idea, the current strate...

Have you ever noticed that when we have a problem with technology, we often turn to our kids? In today's world, every company is a technology company. That means that every leader needs to be a technology-driven leader. This doesn't mean you should learn how to create your own AI or be able to build your own blockchain. But you need to understand the different technologies, how they might impact y...

Himanshu Palsule is the CEO of Cornerstone, a 4,000 person talent experience platform with thousands of business customers and millions of users around the world. Himanshu and his wife came to the U.S. from Bombay in the 80's for a one year project at IBM that they both worked on, and they never left. In today's discussion we take a look at some pretty tough topics, including cancel culture, if wo...

If you were to write down your corporate values on a piece of paper and walk around your space, would you see these values come to life? In the eyes of your employees, your physical space acts as a symbol that represents what your organization stands for. If your employees are on the frontlines, the customer experience starts to mimic the employee experience because that is where employees are wor...

Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen who is the Associate Administrator at NASA Science. He actually just stepped down from his role after leading NASA science for over 6 years. He's behind many of the space initiatives over the past few years including the Mars Lander InSight and the James Webb Telescope.  Today's episode we discuss how old the universe is and if there is intelligent life somewhere in space, if...

The skill of Yoda is one of the most important things to have for future leaders. This means having empathy and self-awareness. Empathy is about being able to put yourself in somebody else's shoes and understanding their perspective and where they're coming from. Self-awareness is about how you view yourself internally and how other people view you externally This is a crucial skill for leaders to...

Chano Fernandez, Former Co-CEO of Workday , a software solution provider with 17,000 employees that supports 50% of the fortune 500 companies.  He grew up in one of the poorest regions of Spain, and has now lived in London for over 10 years. Chano is responsible for Workdays customer acquisition, and is also one of the companies board directors.  In today's episode Chano shares his experiences and...

Throughout history, we've created jobs that were perfect for AI. They were repetitive jobs that anybody could do. But we didn't have AI before. We didn't have bots and robots that could do these things. So what did we do? We put humans in those jobs. Now, we're at the point where we actually have the AI technology that can do the jobs that were designed for them. And that poses a very important qu...

Today's discussion is with Rick Hanson who is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author of seven books including his recent one, Making Great Relationships: Simple Practices for Solving Conflicts, Building Connection, and Fostering Love.  Today's conversation is fascinating and wide ranging. We look at the role that vulnerabi...

Curiosity is a key ingredient for innovation. According to research ‌by Dr. Todd Kashdan, there are four characteristics that highly curious people with the greatest ability to innovate possess. 1. Joyous exploration. It's the fun and excitement of trying to discover something new. 2. Deprivation sensitivity. There's a gap between what you know and what you want to know, and you have to try to clo...

Sebastian Mallaby who has written several books including The Man Who Knew, More Money Than God, and his most recent book called The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future. He is also a senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. In today's episode Sebastian shares how he's spent a lot of time exploring the world of venture capital, start-ups...

Boundaries are crucial in a hybrid world As flexible work becomes a reality, one of the most important things we need to do is to set boundaries with our leaders, letting them know what's acceptable and what is not. Connectivity does not imply availability. --------------------- This episode is sponsored by Cornerstone . Cornerstone combines best-in-class learning with growth-centric talent capabi...

Frank Blake, the former chairman and CEO of The Home Depot . P rior to this he worked for the U.S. Department of Energy and General Electric. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Delta Air Lines. Frank also spent several years working for the Bush White House administration. In today's episode Frank shares his experiences with being vulnerable, how he managed his role as CEO of Home Dep...

What exactly does it mean to possess the skill of the translator? Listening and communication has never been more important than it is now. Today, there are so many distractions around us like our phones, computers, social media, and more. You need to make sure you're listening intently and not distracted. Also, you need to make sure your message is getting across, regardless of the platform or ch...