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The Jordan Harbinger Show
It was intended to be a deep dive into leadership, examining historical figures and exploring the myths surrounding successful leadership, specifically through the lens of General Robert E. Lee.
It's an intimidating read man.
— Episode: 111: General Stanley McChrystal | Decons...
Episode: 111: General Stanley McChrystal | Deconstructing M...
It was intended to be a deep dive into leadership, examining historical figures and exploring the myths surrounding successful leadership, specifically through the lens of General Robert E. Lee.
It's an intimidating read man.
It's loaded with historical examples of leaders.
We wanted to do a Plutarch based study of leadership go back to sort of first principles because we realized we really didn't think we understood leadership like we thought we did.
These were founders who created something from whole cloth they created companies they created empires they created brands but they were not easy people to work for.
We didn't know these myths when we started this book and this was an interesting process because we didn't have a hard thesis. We let our study and the profiles pull us where they did and and what we came to fairly early in the process was the confirmation that leadership isn't something we truly understand.
Episode: 111: General Stanley McChrystal | Deconstructing M...
It was discussed in depth, with a focus on leadership myths and the importance of adaptability in different contexts. The book used a Plutarch-based study of leadership and explored how leaders are often over-simplified in history.
It's a big tome. There's a lot in there.
We actually wanted to do the the research in a in a thoughtful way.
We figured out who should we do and at one point we said well, we should have genres and we determined that power brokers would be one and geniuses would be one and heroes would be one.
We didn't know these myths when we started this book and this was an interesting process because we didn't have a hard thesis.
The formulaic says that if we can get the traits if we're born with the right traits or if we can develop the right behaviors, we're going to be an effective leader.