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LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM A BRONZE AGE WAR
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THE ODYSSEY: A PARABLE OF FAILED LEADERSHIP
The leadership errors made by the heroes of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were truly epic. But strip away those heroes’ names – Achilles, Odysseus, Agamemnon, Helen of Troy – and suddenly those same errors begin to look remarkably familiar.
WHAT I DO
- First, I engage you in an absolutely compelling story, up till the moment when one of Homer’s characters blunders into a leadership error.
- Next, I deconstruct the error, by asking what went wrong and why did it go wrong? Here I utilize current findings in Behavioral Economics, including:
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- human personality and cognitive motivations;
- workplace and corporate culture;
- teamwork and communications styles;
- decision-making in high-pressure environments.
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- Next, I reinforce the “leadership lesson” through anecdotes and examples from our own century.
- Finally, I offer “best practice insights” for avoiding the leadership errors ourselves.
WHY MY PRESENTATIONS DELIGHT AUDIENCES
- I am a performance storyteller with years of professional experience entertaining audiences in classrooms, theaters, boardrooms, and at Canada’s National Arts Centre My podcasts – Trojan War: The Podcast and Odyssey: The Podcast – have been downloaded over a million times.
- My presentations are refreshingly free of screen-shots, slide-shows, charts and PowerPoints. It is just me, a mic, and one fast-paced, FUN, and thought-provoking show.
- I tailor my content and delivery to your unique needs. For example, I have performed for senior managers at the Bank of Canada; for Officer Candidates at the United States Naval Academy; for team leaders at a leading coffee-shop chain; and for leadership students at a host of public and private schools.
- My presentations do not tell you how to do your job; nor do I weigh-in on the particulars of your workplace. Rather, I tell a story of Bronze Age leadership blunders, then trust to my audience to connect the dots and apply the lessons as they choose. This approach ensures a comfortable, fun, and safe place for meaningful learning to happen