Jonah Berger is a marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and internationally bestselling author of Contagious, Invisible Influence, and The Catalyst. He has published over 50 articles in top‐tier academic journals and he teaches Wharton’s highest-rated online course. He joins us on this episode to discuss the common mistakes people make when they seek to create change (hint: they push), what great change agents have in common, and how we can all be more effective. We also discuss his career journey, the process he follows to turn his research into best-selling books, and what advice he has for current students.
Connecting to Build Strong Culture
On the Learn to Lead Podcast, I interviewed Alain Hunkins author of Cracking the Leadership Code which was released earlier this year and featured on Amazon as their number one new release in the business communication category. I’m going to kick us off with a statistic from the book, which highlights the fact that only…
Three C’s to Cultivate Culture
Alain Hunkins is a leadership expert who connects the science of high performance with the performing art of leadership. He is the author of Cracking The Leadership Code and his work has been published in Fast Company, Forbes, and Business Insider. He joins us on this episode to discuss what’s wrong with the command and control model of management, how his experience with an election loss at a non-profit organization set him on his path to studying and teaching leadership, and the Three C’s you can leverage to cultivate a culture of collaboration at your organization.
How to Have “Questioning Leadership” with Liz Kislik
I’m going to kick us off with a recent article that you wrote for Forbes that described a magic ingredient for leaders’ success. Can you start us off by telling us what that magic ingredient is and how leaders can cultivate it? This comes from a book by Marilyn Gist, and the magic ingredient is…
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Managing Energy with Molly Fletcher
CNN once called Molly Fletcher “the female Jerry Maguire” due to the fact that she recruited and represented hundreds of sport’s biggest names as their agent. She’s been featured by ESPN, Fast Company, Forbes, and Sports Illustrated. She’s the author of five books, including A Winner’s Guide to Negotiating and The Business of Being the…
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Lessons in Managing Energy
Molly Fletcher spent two decades as one of the world’s only female sports agents. Hailed as the “female Jerry Maguire” by CNN, Molly has been featured in ESPN, Fast Company, Forbes, and Sports Illustrated and is the author of five books including Fearless At Work, The Business of Being the Best, and The 5 Best Tools to Find Your Dream Career. On this episode, we discussed with Molly the difference between managing your energy and managing your time as well as lessons in peak performance she learned from working with hundreds of sports biggest names.
