Episode 044 of my leadership podcast is a great interview with an engaging author, Bob Burg.

Our discussion is packed with compelling stories to help you learn how to be a leader of influence.
Bob Burg and I have similar passions—empowering leaders to pursue the next best versions of themselves.

Here’s a little about Bob Burg:

  • He’s named one of the 30 Most Influential Leaders by The American Management Association.
  • He’s an avid supporter and defender of the free society, free enterprise, and free people (believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people one serves).
  • He co-authored The Go-Giver, a bestselling business leadership parable, and then a follow-up parable, The Go-Giver Leader—both books challenge the long standing paradigm of being a go-getter and other conventional ideas about business success.

Bob and co-author, John David Mann, are back with another compelling story in the Go-Giver series: THE GO-GIVER INFLUENCER: A Little Story about a Persuasive Idea tackles the paradox of achieving what you want by focusing on the other person’s interests and needs—not in a way that is self-sacrificial but rather in a way where all parties benefit greatly.

 

Listen to episode 044 of Garage to Goliath | Leaders Building Legacies podcast to hear:

  • Bob talk about leadership ideas that can unite even two people with opposite perspectives—like Glenn Beck AND Arianna Huffington. [3:17]
  • Why the free market is the only system where people can only prosper by serving others. [4:06]
  • Why millennials unfairly get a bum rap. [6:12]
  • Bob and Dan’s advice on how to disagree without being disagreeable and how to have more fruitful interactions when we don’t agree. [7:40]
  • How to use the principles of influence to delight and more importantly persuade others. [13:12]
  • A plan for how to master your emotions. [15:45]
  • Strategies to communicate with tact and empathy. [26:00]
  • How letting go of the need to be right can actually make you, as a leader, more influential. [30:05]
  • The one sentence that leaders can use to mitigate conflict and misunderstanding. [35:15]
  • The 8 keywords you can use to move someone to your side. [38:44]
  • Why compromise is typically NOT the answer. [41:18]
  • How Bob describes his leadership style. [44:46]
  • The one trait Bob looks for in his top people. [46:10]
  • Bob share what he learned from his life mentors. [48:33}
  • How Bob wants to be described when he’s gone. [50:05]

Listen and enjoy!

Links from episode 044 of Garage to Goliath | Leaders Building Legacies podcast:

 

Lead well,

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