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There’s No Ocean There

On Leading with Greatness ·

2022/06/02

Much of my perspective on the working world and on leadership has been shaped or warped by my experience as a faculty member and then a dean at a small university outside of Baltimore. It’s a good part of the reason I have such a low tolerance for incompetent leadership and have made it my goal to guide leaders to greatness. The university had once been a dynamic place, but it had long fallen into dysfunction and moral corruption by the time I left. Therefore, many of the lessons that I took away

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Every Leadership Problem Is a Teaching Problem

On Leading with Greatness ·

2022/05/26

Every leadership problem is a teaching problem.In other words, the same skills one uses to teach are precisely the ones an effective leader needs. Now, when I talk about teaching, I am drawing on my background as a college professor and administrator, but please don’t picture a sepia-toned image of some tweed-clad egghead behind a podium perched on a platform droning on as students attempt to capture his (yes, his) pearls of wisdom in their notes. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss

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Rocket Squirrel

On Leading with Greatness ·

2022/05/19

The squirrel is a curious creature that is one-third rat, one-half furniture duster, and four-fifths dog toy. I have always enjoyed the antics of squirrels although I have also rained curses upon them as they raided my bird feeders. As thieves, they are relentless and clever as you may surmise from the many squirrel-proof feeder designs on the market. The squirrel can climb anything you hang a feeder from. If you install some sort of baffle to deter climbing, the squirrel will leap down from above

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What If You Really Could Learn to Fly through a Hole...

On Leading with Greatness ·

2022/05/12

You are no doubt aware of the series of megahit movies that started with The Matrix in 1999. Here is a brief overview for those who — due to a lengthy coma or prison sentence — remain somehow ignorant of the premise of the original movie: Sometime in the future, humanity has been linked en masse to a simulated reality called, you guessed it, “the matrix,” which is run by artificial intelligence. (As I wrote that sentence, I swear I heard Alexa giggle. This is a public episode. If you’d like to

Sunk Virtue

On Leading with Greatness ·

2022/05/05

The sunk cost fallacy assumes that because something warranted a significant financial investment in the past, it is too valuable to do away with no matter the evidence.Similarly, what I call the sunk virtue fallacy assumes that because a significant investment of effort in the past was effective, it is too valuable to do away with, no matter the evidence. Clinging to sunk virtue can be like clinging to a half-wrecked boat. You are lucky to keep your head above water. This is a public episode. If

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What’s the Value of Values-Driven Leadership?

On Leading with Greatness ·

2022/04/28

Pam was a senior manager with ambitions. She had climbed higher in her organization than she had ever before imagined, but now, heady with that success, she could easily imagine climbing higher still. What got her to this level was tenacity and focus, never being satisfied with anything less than perfection. She always got the job done at any cost, and she made damn sure others saw her that way. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus

The Bootstrap-to-Butt Surety

On Leading with Greatness ·

2022/04/21

Do you know what a bootstrap is? It’s that little loop or tab at the top of a boot. It may in the back, or there may be one on each side. It’s there to help you pull the boot onto your foot.Do you have a pair of boots like that? I want you to try something with them. Go ahead and get them. I’ll wait. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimsalvucci.substack.com/subscribe