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132: Distilling the Hailstorm with Claire Lew
02:06 - Claire’s Superpower: The Ability to Distill Things and Catching Pellets
05:21 - Janelle’s Superpower: Seeing the Gifts of Others and Bringing Them to Surface
08:19 - Sam’s Superpower: Being Able to Make Connections Between the Shapes of Things Even if They Don’t Look the Same on the Surface
09:13 - Bad Bosses
- Panelist Experiences,
- Symptoms of Poor Leadership and Management
- Are We Bad Bosses?!
Command and Control Leadership
26:18 - Talent vs Skill
Questions to ask yourself if you’re an aspiring manager:
- How much do you enjoy being in Flow?
- How much do you enjoy repeating yourself?
- Do you like to play detective about people?
Me, Myself, and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being by Brian R Little
Reflections:
Sam: “Do we ever think about ourselves, that we me be someone else’s worst boss?”
Arty: Claire asking the panelists questions was different! (In a lovely way!)
Claire: The different forms and threads that real leadership can take.
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Special Guest: Claire Lew.
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