{"id":4572,"date":"2020-05-08T12:05:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T19:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markccrowley.com\/?p=4572"},"modified":"2020-06-03T15:18:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T22:18:43","slug":"stewart-friedman-be-a-better-leader-and-have-a-better-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/stewart-friedman-be-a-better-leader-and-have-a-better-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart Friedman: Be a Better Leader And Have a Richer Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fleadfromtheheartpodcast%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fleadfromtheheartpodcast%2FLFTH_-_Episode_48.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging-wmplo.xyz%2Fmark-c-divi5%2Fstewart-friedman-be-a-better-leader-and-have-a-better-life%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/content.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/LFTH_-_Episode_48.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/?powerpress_pinw=4572-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/content.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/LFTH_-_Episode_48.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"LFTH_-_Episode_48.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4573\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Stew-Friedman-1000-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><em>What percentage of people would say they&#8217;ve ever had a really great boss?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an ideal world, most of us could recall a long list of past and present managers who fit the bill. But\u00a0we know highly caring &amp; supportive managers remain rare in most workplaces.<\/p>\n<p>As evidenced by consistently low employee engagement scores around the globe \u2013 &amp; record high turnover leading up to the COVID pandemic \u2013 the signs are everywhere that too few managers possess an ability to inspire people while concurrently driving performance.<\/p>\n<p>According to long-time <strong>Wharton Business School\u00a0emeritus professor, Stewart Friedman<\/strong>, one reason business has a legacy of having so many poor leaders is because it\u2019s only fairly recently that companies placed a premium on leadership development. In fact, only in the past several years have top MBA programs begun to put leadership training on par with traditional curriculum elements.<\/p>\n<p>This means many people who graduated from elite universities, &amp; are now at the top of the ladder at major organizations, had an education that emphasized accounting, financial analysis, marketing &amp; operations \u2013 but provided only a cursory exposure to ethics, trust &amp; human motivation.<\/p>\n<p>In this truly wonderful conversation, Friedman describes why business schools mostly ignored leadership for decades, &amp; shares how world events effectively forced them to begin teaching more humane managerial practices.<\/p>\n<p>As we slowly emerge from the COVID-crisis, the experience that millions of people around the globe are having in working from home will have permanently changed them. One key outcome of this is that organizational leadership will need to quickly pivot and begin to authentically care about people not just as employees, but also with respect to how their work experience affects all the other important aspects of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>With the exception of two years spent running Ford Motor Company\u2019s leadership development program, Friedman has been at Wharton since 1984. He&#8217;s the <strong>founder of his school\u2019s leadership development program in addition to its \u201cWork\/Life Integration Project. <\/strong>He\u2019s also the <strong>author of <em>\u201cTotal Leadership: Be A Better Leader, Have A Richer Life\u201d <\/em>&amp; co-author of the brand new, <em>\u201cParents Who Lead.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As genuine of a human being as it gets, Stew Friedman has amassed a truly\u00a0comprehensive understanding of personal and workplace leadership \u2013 and graciously shares much of that knowledge here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What percentage of people would say they&#8217;ve ever had a really great boss? In an ideal world, most of us could recall a long list of past and present managers who fit the bill. But\u00a0we know highly caring &amp; supportive managers remain rare in most workplaces. 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