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Readers: What they care about regarding the environment
Leadership / Nature / Podcast

Readers: What they care about regarding the environment

Readers responded more thoughtfully and with more variety and sensitivity than I expected when I asked them: If you care about the environment, what do you think of when you think about caring about it? Some people think of childhood memories, others the Grand Canyon, others fishing, and so on. Can you email me what caring about the environment makes you think of? in my post "Do you want to make the world a better place (and yourself)?", announcing my launching my podcast, Leadership and the Environment. Here are some of their responses: Jared Angaza: To answer your question about the environment… I think mostly of my kids, and their connection to the land. I think about them growing up knowing that we are all…

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December 1, 2017
Leadership and the Environment is Live!
The Leadership and the Environment podcast
Audio / Leadership / Nature / Podcast

Leadership and the Environment is Live!

[Below is the content of my fourth email announcement of my podcast, which I just released. It's over 12 years in design, based on 3 years of testing the underlying techniques and 1 year making the podcast. I intend for it to change culture, I hope broadly and fast enough.] Hello all, Leadership and the Environment is live! The first four episodes are up, featuring Dan Pink, multiple #1 NY Times bestseller, over 40 million TED views Marshall Goldsmith, multiple #1 bestseller, #1 rated leadership coach Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and New Yorker writer Michael Bungay Stanier, WSJ bestselling author Many more coming soon, two episodes per week. I hope you'll subscribe and review on iTunes, Stitcher, PlayerFM, and Castbox. Most of all, please…

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November 30, 2017
How to Lead People So They Want You to Lead Them Again… and help the environment
Leadership / Nature / Podcast

How to Lead People So They Want You to Lead Them Again… and help the environment

[Below is the content of my third email announcement of my podcast, which I'm releasing tomorrow. It's over 12 years in design, based on 3 years of testing the underlying techniques and 1 year making the podcast. I intend for it to change culture, I hope broadly and fast enough.] Hello all, It's my second-to-last email on my podcast launch. I'm enjoying the email dialogs on leadership and the environment arising from my last email, especially the diversity in views. Thank you for emailing and sharing! ... I'm happy to answer more. We were talking about leading people and systemic change so they thank you for it. My podcast shows how in the context of the environment, but you can apply it everywhere. People love…

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November 29, 2017
How to change a system (and enjoy the process)
Leadership / Nature / Podcast

How to change a system (and enjoy the process)

[Below is the content of my second email announcement of my podcast, which I'm releasing this Thursday. It's over 12 years in design, based on 3 years of testing the underlying techniques and 1 year making the podcast. I intend for it to change culture, I hope broadly and fast enough.] Hello all, Thank you to all who responded with their passions on the environment. I was pleasantly surprised by how many wrote, and the feeling behind the notes. You're the reason for the podcast. Helping people achieve goals they care about is the foundation of the leadership I teach. Enjoying the Earth's bounty while protecting it is the foundation of my environmental work. (Actually, delicious is my main association with it. You'll hear why…

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November 28, 2017
Do you want to make the world a better place (and yourself)?
Leadership / Nature / Podcast

Do you want to make the world a better place (and yourself)?

[Below is the content of my first email announcement of my podcast, which I'm releasing this Thursday. It's over 12 years in design, based on 3 years of testing the underlying techniques and 1 year making the podcast. I intend for it to change culture, I hope broadly and fast enough.] Hello all, Do you want to improve your leadership skills? To be part of a team building something greater than yourself? To leave the world better than you found it? People around me are like that. It's what I teach through my book and courses. I'm writing to announce a podcast on it that I'm launching this Thursday. But it's on more than leadership. Do you also care about the environment? How much garbage…

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November 27, 2017
The 20/80 Rule, Leadership, and Integrity
The 20/80 Rule, Leadership, and Integrity
Education / Exercises / Inc.com / Leadership

The 20/80 Rule, Leadership, and Integrity

My Inc. post today, "The 20/80 Rule, Leadership, and Integrity," begins The 20/80 Rule, Leadership, and Integrity In a leader's relationships, the 20/80 rule counts, not the 80/20 rule. Leadership means people watch you--not to what you want to say or do, or mean to, but what you actually say and do. Attention to detail counts. Not sometimes, but always. What Vince Lombardi said about winning applies to leadership: Leading is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't lead once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all of the time. Leading is a habit. Unfortunately, so is failing to lead. You can learn attention to detail. I would say you have to, to lead authentically. Notice that attention to detail works the opposite…

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November 21, 2017
6 Lessons I Learned Teaching Leadership With a 4-Star General at West Point
6 Lessons I Learned Teaching Leadership With a 4-Star General at West Point
Education / Inc.com / Leadership

6 Lessons I Learned Teaching Leadership With a 4-Star General at West Point

[EDIT: Lloyd Austin has since become the United States Secretary of Defense. He also endorsed my book, Leadership Step by Step, saying: Great leaders aren't born with a 'leadership gene'; great leaders develop the necessary skills and gain confidence through practice and hard work. In Leadership Step by Step Joshua Spodek presents a thoughtful approach to becoming a highly effective leader that emphasizes the importance of experiential learning. It will serve as a valuable resource for leaders at all levels in any profession. Indeed, Joshua's practical exercises will help prospective, as well as experienced leaders, to master their craft and ultimately to succeed in leading and inspiring others in their various pursuits. Now back to the original post.] My Inc. story today, "6 Lessons I…

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November 13, 2017
How to Practice Leadership: The Inner Changemaker interview
Audio / Leadership

How to Practice Leadership: The Inner Changemaker interview

Jay Wong's Inner Changemaker podcast is growing like crazy, making #1 in self-improvement on iTunes. He just released our interview. We talked about passion and how to create more, leadership, the environment, sidchas, and the passions I'm working on. Listen to our conversation Here's a preview: Listen to our full conversation

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November 3, 2017
The Business Skills That Will Solve Global Warming
The Business Skills That Will Solve Global Warming
Inc.com / Leadership / Nature

The Business Skills That Will Solve Global Warming

My Inc. post today, "The Business Skills That Will Solve Global Warming," begins The Business Skills That Will Solve Global Warming Science and education got us far, but won't get us to the finish line. We need to understand what motivates people and use it to change our behavior. As New York City prepares for another 74 degree November day this week, it's getting harder to remember that warm weather isn't climate. Sadly, the evidence for climate change is overwhelming anyway, along with its calamitous predictions. Want to change a nation's behavior regarding climate? Leaders know what will work more than anyone, and not just bringing technology like renewable energy or electric cars to market. Technology is essential, but I mean leadership to drive systemic change. Technology is just one element of that…

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October 31, 2017
West Point and Leadership: First Impressions
The U.S. Military Academy (West Point)
Education / Leadership

West Point and Leadership: First Impressions

[EDIT: Lloyd Austin has since become the United States Secretary of Defense. He also endorsed my book, Leadership Step by Step, saying: Great leaders aren't born with a 'leadership gene'; great leaders develop the necessary skills and gain confidence through practice and hard work. In Leadership Step by Step Joshua Spodek presents a thoughtful approach to becoming a highly effective leader that emphasizes the importance of experiential learning. It will serve as a valuable resource for leaders at all levels in any profession. Indeed, Joshua's practical exercises will help prospective, as well as experienced leaders, to master their craft and ultimately to succeed in leading and inspiring others in their various pursuits. Now back to the original post.] Yesterday I got back from three days…

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October 26, 2017
An Inside Look at the World of Career Coaching
Columbia Alumni Association post by Joshua Spodek
Education / Leadership

An Inside Look at the World of Career Coaching

Columbia University's Alumni Association posted a piece I wrote, "An Alum's Inside Look at the World of Career Coaching," which included a video of my WBECS talk from a couple months ago. It begins An Alum's Inside Look at the World of Career Coaching By Joshua Spodek '93CC, '96GSAS, '99GSAS, '06BUS of the Columbia Career Coaches Network Spodek shares valuable insight from his job as a career coach and details the real value in working with the Network to better your career. With five diplomas from Columbia, I love our alma mater's education, but I recognize the limitations of traditional education. What we learned in classrooms may have been decades ago. The world has changed, as have we, and much of university learning doesn't apply outside academia. Coaching…

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October 25, 2017
See me on Leadership, the Environment, and Navigating Your Business’s Greatest Challenges November 2 in Manhattan
Education / Entrepreneurship / Events / Leadership

See me on Leadership, the Environment, and Navigating Your Business’s Greatest Challenges November 2 in Manhattan

See me next Thursday, November 2 at the NY Public Library Science, Industry, and Business branch in midtown Manhattan. I'm honored to present at such a prestigious and storied institution. As I'm approaching launching my podcast, Leadership and the Environment, I'll speak on our sore need for leadership in the environment, as well as how it applies to the greatest challenge most leaders face: leading people without using authority. Whether your greatest concern is your business, your personal or professional development, or the environment, you will enjoy the event and gain skills you can use that day. The event is free and open to the public. From the library's page: REGISTER HERE. Josh Spodek is the bestselling author of Leadership Step by Step: Become the…

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October 23, 2017
How Do I Live My Values?
Living Your Values Daily -- Better Leaders Better Schools' Joshua Spodek interview
Audio / Education / Leadership / Stories

How Do I Live My Values?

Daniel Bauer uncovered what I'm up to next and what led me to it in his second interview of me for his Better Leaders Better Schools podcast. He released it yesterday. All the burpees, vegetables, and so on are leading up to a lot more than just personal habits, as the conversation reveals. The next big step is the podcast launch, featuring some big names---a Pulitzer Prize winner, tens-of-millions-times-viewed TED talker, New York Times bestselling authors, and more---sharing their struggles you don't normally see. Daniel and I talked about its origins and why such big names are doing it, even pre-launch. Listen to the conversation Listen to the conversation Daniel also interviewed me in episode 79: Great Leaders Aren't Superheroes. Daniel's show notes: Josh Spodek…

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October 21, 2017
I’m no longer “not flying”
Habits / Leadership / SIDCHAs / Visualization

I’m no longer “not flying”

A friend wrote Your perseverance in not flying around is beyond impressive. :) Are you still not consuming normal packaging? The longer you live outside a system, the less its goals and values control you. As with fitness, my skills living by my pollution-related values becomes easier all the time. I responded I'm no longer "not flying" or avoiding food packaging. I'm living by my values, which means creating adventure, cultural exchange, and what flying and eating brings without polluting the fuck out of the environment and lying to myself that I'm not, or that I'm powerless to do anything about it. I recommend not being impressed by taking others' into account in your choices, but viewing it like brushing your teeth -- something you…

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October 18, 2017
Read Scott Mautz’s new book, Find the Fire: Ignite Your Inspiration & Make Work Exciting Again
Leadership

Read Scott Mautz’s new book, Find the Fire: Ignite Your Inspiration & Make Work Exciting Again

Scott Mautz just released his book, Find the Fire: Ignite Your Inspiration & Make Work Exciting Again. I read a pre-release and recommend it. I like Scott's work---his books, his posts for Inc., and his speaking---and am honored to have written a blurb for it: If you want to do more than you can alone, you want to motivate yourself and others, even to inspire. Most people don't think they can inspire. If you want to understand inspiration so you can do it, Scott Mautz's book will help. He's thought about it deeply, clearly from experience, and explains it so you can understand and practice inspiration more. His key insight that we are already inspired points to a simple strategy most people miss: to undo…

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October 16, 2017
The Simple Reason to Learn to Lead Yourself First
Lead Yourself First
Inc.com / Leadership

The Simple Reason to Learn to Lead Yourself First

My Inc. article today, "The Simple Reason to Learn to Lead Yourself First," begins: The Simple Reason to Learn to Lead Yourself First Leading others before you know your direction can lead you nowhere, or in circles. Inc. readers love leading. We love learning to lead better. Usually that means learning to lead others. Leading others sounds sexier. In my leadership courses and workshops, nearly everyone prefers the exercises that lead others over ones to build self-awareness and self-leadership. I recommend learning to lead yourself first. Here's why. Learn to lead yourself first To see what happens if you learn to lead others first, imagine learning a foreign language. Say it's Italian. With dedication and practice, you learn the language. The natural next step is to spend time with…

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October 7, 2017
Videos and a short history of my invention and Submedia, the company I co-founded in 1999
Submedia's logo
Entrepreneurship / Leadership / My Favorite Posts / Stories

Videos and a short history of my invention and Submedia, the company I co-founded in 1999

Ten or fifteen years ago most people knew me through Submedia, the company I co-founded to market I technology I conceived of in 1996. My invention The technology was a display we'd install on subway tunnel walls that looked to riders between stations like a movie screen outside the subway car windows. From a business perspective, we were a billboard company: we installed the displays at our cost, sold media to advertisers who wanted large audiences, and shared revenue with our landlords---transit agencies. From a technological perspective we created a new medium that reached people where no one had before, in places with a lot of people. I wrote the patent and we filed it in 1998. The company I co-founded We got our first…

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October 3, 2017
An ideal year’s outcome
Leadership And The Environment Coming Soon
Audio / Leadership / Models / Nature / Podcast

An ideal year’s outcome

A recent workshop I attended had me write my dream of a "Year of Opportunity"---that is, what I'd like to make happen if I achieved everything I could. Normally we don't share our greatest hopes and expectations since they enable others to judge us---for dreaming too much, for being unrealistic, for thinking too much of ourselves, for not achieving our dreams, and so on. So what? I'm going to share anyway. It's mostly about the podcast I'm working on, Leadership and the Environment, as the start of a movement to change mainstream beliefs and behaviors so people want to lower or reverse their impacts enough to act meaningfully. For context, the podcast features well-known and influential people taking on personal challenges to live by their…

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September 30, 2017
On the Schmooze with Robbie Samuels
Joshua Spodek on On The Schmooze with Robbie Samuels
Audio / Leadership

On the Schmooze with Robbie Samuels

Robbie Samuels hosts the On the Schmooze podcast and today he released his conversation with me, "Leadership Through Living." I love that, unlike many podcasters, he enjoys the conversation and has fun, not just asks questions. Listen to the conversation Listen to the conversation Robbie's show notes: Today's guest is an "astrophysicist turned new media whiz" who has earned five Ivy League degrees and holds six patents. He helped build an X-ray observational satellite for NASA, and has co-founded and led several ventures. A serious athlete, he has completed six marathons and competed at the World and National level of Ultimate Frisbee. He has swam across the Hudson River, and has done burpees every day for six years, 90,000 and counting. Although his passions are…

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September 26, 2017
The massive power of habitually doing what you don’t have to do: The Ziglar Show interview
The Ziglar show with Joshua Spodek
Audio / Habits / Leadership / SIDCHAs

The massive power of habitually doing what you don’t have to do: The Ziglar Show interview

An early memory is of my mother, when she moved into sales and more entrepreneurship, having Zig Ziglar books. This was the late 70s. I was in grade school and knew nothing of business or this guy, except his memorable name. I'm pleased to announce that the Ziglar show, featuring Zig Ziglar's son Tom and Kevin Miller posted an interview of me, "The massive power of habitually doing what you don't have to do." Tom and Kevin make a positive and inquisitive team that led to a wonderful conversation. Kevin, in particular, recognized the value of sidchas, so we talked about them in depth. Kevin "got" them and got me to share their value. In fact, he has kept up a burpee sidcha since before…

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September 20, 2017
How to Create Real Change: Smashing the Plateau with David Shriner-Cahn
Audio / Leadership

How to Create Real Change: Smashing the Plateau with David Shriner-Cahn

David Shriner-Cahn hosts the Smashing the Plateau podcast and today he released our conversation, "How to Create Real Change." As fellow New Yorkers, David and I have met in person many times since my first time on his show, including at events he's organized through his firm, TEND Strategic Partners, which helps small firms and entrepreneurs advance. Being friends makes the conversation more open and friendly. I talk more about developing my upcoming podcast, Leadership and the Environment. Listen to the conversation Here are the show notes: Today we welcome back Joshua Spodek, founder of Spodek Academy and bestselling author of Leadership Step by Step. Topics include: Why leadership and big social changes usually come from outside of government The challenge that actually comes with…

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September 18, 2017
Lead Yourself Before Blaming Scientists for Not Solving Global Warming
Lead Yourself Before Blaming Scientists for Not Solving Global Warming
Inc.com / Leadership / Nature

Lead Yourself Before Blaming Scientists for Not Solving Global Warming

My Inc. article today, "Lead Yourself Before Blaming Scientists for Not Solving Global Warming," began Lead Yourself Before Blaming Scientists for Not Solving Global Warming Everyone is quick to point fingers. We're less quick to take responsibility, but that's what leaders do. Leaders take responsibility. We know the futility of blaming others, however much we indulge in doing so. We can't change the past. We can, however, act in the present. A leadership and business perspective can help a lot in climate change, and I don't mean by promoting technical innovation. Twice in the past two days, and many times in past months and years, have I heard people fault scientists for things like Publicizing their findings ineffectively Not publicizing their findings enough Sharing data…

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September 15, 2017
The environment: Little things matter but NOT because they add up
Little tips to help the environment
Awareness / Choosing/Decision-Making / Leadership / Nature

The environment: Little things matter but NOT because they add up

The internet is filled with "10 tips to lower your carbon footprint" and "21 easy ways to help the environment." Here's a screen shot: There are too many pages of them to count. They aren't working. Sure, some people might change a light bulb or two, but greenhouse gas levels aren't decreasing, nor is pollution, nor resource depletion. The number one problem with "little tips" People say enough little things add up to big differences. When the people leading others to consume fossil fuels wantonly are the Koch Brothers and Donald Trump, the measure of change is against their results and no amount of changing to LED bulbs will accumulate to compare with their results. Even so I still recommend acting on small things, but…

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September 13, 2017
Leadership Step by Step in elevators
Education / Leadership

Leadership Step by Step in elevators

I woke to emails that media coverage of my book, Leadership Step by Step, is appearing in elevator TV screens in office buildings. Naturally, being interviewed to appear in the pieces means I knew it was coming, but it still feels great for people to see it. Thank you to C-Suite TV for hosting!

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September 12, 2017
Leadership & The Environment. How to Align Your Life With Your Values & Live Purposefully
Joshua Spodek on the Hidden Why with Leigh Martinuzzi
Audio / Leadership

Leadership & The Environment. How to Align Your Life With Your Values & Live Purposefully

In June, Leigh Martinuzzi, host of the Hidden Why podcast, gave me a break/kick-in-the-butt to record my first audio in "My first guest "host" on a podcast: The Hidden Why, by Leigh Martinuzzi." We met online. Talking about podcasts, I thought he might have me as a guest. Instead he suggested I record a solo message. I was anxious to fly solo, but did, despite taking weeks to record. It got me over the hump of taking initiative, leading, in part, to my starting my Leadership and the Environment podcast. Thank you, Leigh! Listen to the new recording. We've since recorded a two-way conversation and it's live. We had a great conversation about growth, values, and many aspects of personal leadership. As he wrote in…

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September 9, 2017

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