Leadership EPISODES

Leadership is the most challenging of human endeavors. We explore those leadership books, strategies, and tactics to help you flourish in your life.
Aug. 22, 2021

MM#39--Bonus Episode--Leaders Eat Last

In this special BONUS MOJO leadership minute, we discuss how corporate culture can affect character and we dig into two stories from Simon Sinek's great book, Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't (affiliate link)

Key points:
How corporate culture can affect your own personal character

We share two stories from the book, Goldman Sachs and their downfall in the 1990s and The Taj Mahal Place Hotel of 2008.

We reflect on the quote, "so goes the culture, so goes the peop...
Aug. 20, 2021

MM#38--Leadership week #5--Whats The Most Challenging Aspect Of Leadership?

In this final special, MOJO leadership minute, we capture the balance required of leadership in The Dichotomy of Leadership (affiliate link)

Key points:
Recaps of the past four days of leadership week

We unpack and define the many dichotomies of leadership from the book.

It's one of the best leadership books in the last twenty years to come out.

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Aug. 19, 2021

MM#37--Leadership week #4--What Does Right Look Like?

In this special, MOJO leadership minute, we read from a quote from 7 Leadership Lessons of D-Day: Lessons from the Longest Day--June 6, 1944. (affiliate link)

Key points:
Recaps of Day’s 1, 2 and 3 of Leadership week

To be a good leader you have to be a good follower

David shares a personal story of how he learned what right looks like and how we, as leaders, have to share the concept of what right looks like with our teams.

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Aug. 18, 2021

MM#36--Leadership week #3--The Law of Connection

In another special, MOJO leadership minute, we take a look at John Maxwell and his Law of Connection from John’s great book, the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You (affiliate link)

Key points:
Recaps of Day’s 1 and 2 of Leadership week

President Bush’s examples of the Law of Connection. The good and the bad.

We close with a leadership list of self assessment questions. Where do you rank?

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Aug. 17, 2021

MM#35--Leadership week #2--Lets Grab Our Chisels

In this special MOJO minute of Leadership week at the MOJO Academy, we explore character by digging into the quote from Leading an Inspired Life (affiliate link) by Jim Rohn.

Key points:
Recap of Day 1 of Leadership week

The Greek word for character means "to chisel."

Good character is the surest foundation to developing to be the leader we are capable of being.

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Aug. 16, 2021

MM#34--Leadership week #1--How Do We Grade Leadership?

In this special MOJO minute, we kick off Leadership week at the MOJO Academy by defining how to grade Leadership best?

We utilize, Extreme Ownership (affiliate link) as the resource to unpack this brilliant definition of Leadership!

Key points:
We conduct a thought experiment about how to grade Leadership with General George Patton from WWII and the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin.

Then, we uncover the best definition of how to grade Leadership?

We challenge ourselves in growing i...
Aug. 10, 2021

MM#32--Do the Work

In this MOJO Minute, we recap a Pittsburgh Steeler's Pro Football Hall of Fame speech and offer a unique observation about our culture, ultimately concluding with Steven Pressfield's wisdom in Do The Work (affiliate link)

Correction: In the podcast, I said six Pittsburgh Steelers were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Just five Steelers went into the Hall this past weekend. Troy Polamlau, Bill Cowher, Donnie Shell in the 2020 class and the 2021 class included Alan Faneca and Bill Nun...
June 22, 2021

MM#17--We Got to Move it, Move it!

In this episode, we stay on the exercise theme and find out why exercise is super-important in the book, Move your DNA by Katy Bowman. (affiliate link)

Key points:
15 to 70 trillion cells in our bodies

All of our cells are tied and vitally connected to our movement

No matter how great your nutrition, your sleep and how clean you keep your house, if you are not moving, your body is not at an optimal level.

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May 13, 2021

MM#5--the Art of Playing Badly, well!

In this episode, we explore Jack Nicklaus quote on playing badly, well!

Key points:
Jack Nicklaus's quotes

Arnold Palmer quote

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May 11, 2021

MM#4--The Power of Forgiveness and Example

In this episode, we explore George Weigel's Witness to Hope (affiliate link)

Key points:
The power of great leadership, great example and great forgiveness.

Leo Clifford's wonderful preaching on forgiveness

Great prayer at the end in hopes that it finds an echo in your heart today

Other resources (possible affiliate links)

Reflections by Fr. Leo Clifford

Great video on Forgiveness by Fr. Leo Clifford

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