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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?!

Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went from Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things by Courtenay Hameister

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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