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Seeing Leadership Step by Step at a party on the host’s bookshelf!
Leadership

Seeing Leadership Step by Step at a party on the host’s bookshelf!

Over the weekend, I found myself in my first social occasion where my book was on the shelf! It could have been a scene in a Woody Allen movie---an NYU/Columbia professor with his just-released book with intelligentsia enjoying cocktails. That made two copies there, since I bring a copy everywhere too. You never know when it might come in handy. I couldn't help making it a topic of conversation. Another author was there too whose book was also on the shelf and had been out longer and had sold far more. The guests seemed to enjoy being there with us. One took pictures of me with my book, which she sent to me, included in the pictures below. Here are some pictures, including the book…

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February 28, 2017
The heart of my leadership technique in a 46 second video!
Inc.'s Playbook: "How to Get Your Employees to Work With Passion," by Joshua Spodek
Inc.com / Leadership / Tips

The heart of my leadership technique in a 46 second video!

On top of my column with Inc., I did a series of videos in their Inc. Video: The Playbook series. Other speakers in the series include Tim Ferriss and Tony Robbins. Yesterday we posted a video of me: How to Get Your Employees to Work With Passion subtitled Joshua Spodek, author of Leadership Step By Step, explains the importance of making members of your team comfortable sharing their motivations with you. Click here or the image below to see the video.

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February 24, 2017
Watch Callie Schweitzer, of Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global, interview of me
Callie Schweitzer, Global Managing Editor for Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global, interviewed me about Leadership Step by Step
Education / Leadership

Watch Callie Schweitzer, of Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global, interview of me

Yesterday Callie Schweitzer---Global Managing Editor for Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global, where I write a column---interviewed me about Leadership Step by Step and leadership in general. Click here or on the image below for the interview. She described it after as the best interview she'd done. Over 4,000 people have watched it already, so it's one of my biggest exposures so far. I recommend watching it!

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February 23, 2017
Leadership Step by Step spotted in the wild!
Exercises / Leadership

Leadership Step by Step spotted in the wild!

Seen at the Barnes and Noble in Union Square! Some are in the business section, aside Richard Branson, some are downstairs, on the first floor, center. If you're looking for a copy of Leadership Step by Step, and you should get one if you don't, I recommend buying these copies. I signed them. I have to say, most of the stages I've passed---signing an agent, signing a publisher, finishing drafts, getting blurbs from prominent people, going on sale online---were meaningful, but seeing it on the shelf at a bookstore, and on a table, surprised me most with the intensity of feeling at seeing them. In other news, the Amazon reviews are up to 35, all 5-star but one 4-star. Still averages 5.0.

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February 22, 2017
The Benefits of Experiential Learning for Leaders with Rocket Scientist Joshua Spodek
Audio / Awareness / Education / Entrepreneurship / Exercises / Habits / Leadership / Perception

The Benefits of Experiential Learning for Leaders with Rocket Scientist Joshua Spodek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-DZIZxl1IM Mark Bidwell, founder and podcast host of Innovation Ecosystem, posted today a wonderful interview about Leadership Step by Step, experiential learning, exercises, and more. I can only describe Mark as someone who gets it. He ascended the corporate ladder, where he drove innovation, built teams, and so on, then found there was more to life and is creating resources to enable others to. If you are looking to improve your leadership, social, and emotional skills, Mark gets to the heart of how to, covering techniques that work, as well as the problems of traditional education that suppress learning these things. Listen to the interview! A few words about Mark and the Innovation Ecosystem podcast: We interview remarkable and thought-provoking guests about innovation, leadership and…

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February 21, 2017
How To Lead Better Through Practice: Watch a video with me and David Burkus
Education / Exercises / Leadership

How To Lead Better Through Practice: Watch a video with me and David Burkus

David Burkus is a writer, speaker, and coach on leadership and creativity. A mutual friend put us in touch and he's helped me with my book, coaching, and writing since. He's also hosting the Work Smarter Summit, an online summit of speakers, interviews, teachers, and thought leaders. I'm one of the speakers! ... That means it's quality. Here's a screen shot: My conversation with him is full of useful information, background, and tips. Here's a screenshot of my talking to him: Click here to view the video, which covers leadership techniques, perspectives, and a lot of what is in my book but live and interactive. I describe a few exercises from Leadership Step by Step and demonstrate a few with him. Then click here to…

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February 20, 2017
Neil Strauss, 7-time NY Times bestselling author, covers Leadership Step by Step
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Neil Strauss, 7-time NY Times bestselling author, covers Leadership Step by Step

Two weeks in North Korea gives you the chance to get to know someone. Few writers define a genre. Neil Strauss made himself one of the great writers of our time by creating Transformational Journalism. His About page begins: Neil's Journey into Transformational Journalism Neil Strauss is a seven-time New York Times best-selling author. His books, The Game and Rules Of The Game, for which he went undercover in a secret society of pickup artists for two years, made him an international celebrity and an accidental hero to men around the world. Both books topped The New York Times best-seller list and were #1 on Amazon, and the former has the dubious distinction of being the most stolen book at Barnes & Noble besides The…

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February 18, 2017
Pirates, leadership, and museums
Audio / Leadership

Pirates, leadership, and museums

A few weeks ago the team at one of my favorite companies (because a friend founded it and I knew it before it was cool), Museum Hack: This Isn't Your Grandma's Museum Tour, recorded a podcast with me, "Leadership & Pirates". They love all things historical and asked me to analyze the leadership of one of the most successful pirates of all time, Ching Shih. According to Wikipedia, she was a prominent pirate in middle Qing China, who terrorized the China Sea in the early 19th century. She personally commanded over 300 junks manned by 20,000 to 40,000 pirates—men, women, and even children. The rest of her fleet, commanded by her subordinates, had more than 1,500 vessels with a crew upwards of 180,000. She entered…

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February 18, 2017
Genuineness and authenticity: What it takes
Art / Creativity / Education / Leadership / Visualization

Genuineness and authenticity: What it takes

I finally watched Gone With the Wind. People routinely rate it one of the top movies. Watching it, you automatically rate it by the standards of its time. But watch the acting these iconic scenes. The morning after watching the movie, I woke up realizing how ungenuine and inauthentic the acting was. Sure, by the standards of its time, the acting was probably great. But watch this scene, the opening scene of the movie. Do you not see what are supposed to be grown men behaving like caricatures of children? At 0:56 the man shows his happiness by dancing. What grown man dances and whoops to show happiness for such a trivial reason? Actors call such acting indicating, which means behaving to indicate the emotion…

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February 17, 2017
Amazon ships Leadership Step by Step today!
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Amazon ships Leadership Step by Step today!

Several milestones mark a book's publication. Amazon.com is the dominant book retailer and today they officially started shipping my book, Leadership Step by Step. Early reviews look promising: 27 5-star reviews and 1 4-star. Here's a screenshot The book has jumped to 472nd place in leadership, an auspicious beginning. Still, 471 places to go. I recommend reading the reviews and buying copies for everyone you know ;). Thank you! Reaching this point took a lot of work from many people, too many to list. But I have to thank my agent Melissa, who ushered me from drafts whose poor writing hid the ideas she saw and nurtured into a much more readable proposal, and the editor, Stephen, who signed me at Amacom who had faith…

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February 16, 2017
My first Huffington Post piece
Leadership

My first Huffington Post piece

Huffington Post signed me as a contributor and I jumped in head first with a piece, "If You Don't Want To Make It Eight Years For Trump...," on politics, influence, our president, and what to do about it. I'm not a fan of how people who don't like Trump are responding to him. I'd advise them, "Don't be Walter," but I'm not sure everyone would get the point of a video from The Big Lebowski. This piece follows my Inc. pieces on connecting with Trump supporters. It begins If You Don't Want To Make It Eight Years For Trump... People can vote for whatever reason they want. You telling them you're right and they're wrong won't motivate them. Living in lower Manhattan, teaching at New…

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February 16, 2017
Struggling To Find Your Authentic Voice As A Leader? Try These Exercises
Exercises / Leadership

Struggling To Find Your Authentic Voice As A Leader? Try These Exercises

My guest post, "Struggling To Find Your Authentic Voice As A Leader? Try These Exercises," posted today on the American Management Association's AMACOM Playbook. It begins What is an authentic voice and why does it matter? I'm asked this question a lot because my company has developed an exercise called "Your Authentic Voice." First, let's look at the benefits of an authentic voice and the costs of not having one. Shortly after the presidential election, I led a leadership workshop where all the attendees happened to have supported Hillary Clinton (common in Manhattan). I asked them to forget whether they agreed with or believed the candidates, but to identify which they thought spoke more authentically. All agreed on Donald Trump. By contrast, when I ask…

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February 15, 2017
The One Way Ticket Show podcast: the American Revolution and Leadership
Audio / Choosing/Decision-Making / Freedom / Leadership

The One Way Ticket Show podcast: the American Revolution and Leadership

Steven Shalowitz, host of The One Way Ticket Show podcast, posted yesterday our interview, "Josh's one way ticket is back to this historic time in American history," which covers the time in history I would choose to go to if I could magically go there with no chance to return, as well as Leadership Step by Step. Click here to listen! I find the show fascinating, as well as his guests, who include Nobel Prize winners, heads of state, heads of industry, and more, including, at last, me. From the podcast's about page: There was one question Steven Shalowitz thought to ask his many celebrity guests while hosting his radio show, Encuentro Latino, on Singapore's Gold 90.5 FM: "If I gave you a one way…

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February 15, 2017
Leadership / Relationships

Becoming The Person Others Follow: the Art of Authenticity awesome second interview!

Laura Coe, host of The Art of Authenticity podcast, posted today our second interview, "Joshua Spodek: Becoming The Person Others Follow," which covers Leadership Step by Step, along with authenticity in general. Laura is a wonderful interviewer who genuinely cares about her guests. A second interview means more familiarity and comfort, which means covering perspectives and details beyond what a first interview can cover. Listen to the interview! (scroll down) Here are Laura's notes: In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Joshua Spodek, an astrophysicist, entrepreneur, leader, and author of the book Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow. Today, we have our very first repeat guest. We have Joshua Spodek joining us. He is a professor…

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February 14, 2017
My radio interview on Jim Blasingame’s Small Business Advocate
Jim Blasingame's interview of Joshua Spodek
Audio / Entrepreneurship / Leadership

My radio interview on Jim Blasingame’s Small Business Advocate

This morning Jim Blasingame interviewed me on his Small Business Advocate Show. Here is the interview: Find interviews with Small Business experts on the Small Business Advocate show Find interviews with Small Business experts on the Small Business Advocate show If you don't have javascript (and you see white space above this line), click the image below: Click below for three edited highlights: Defining leadership elements that sustain success: Joshua Spodek joins Jim Blasingame to reveal more key leadership disciplines, including serving others and creating new leaders. Defining leadership with four key steps: Joshua Spodek joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how he defines leadership, including the paradox of leadership as a way of serving others, and to advance the leadership discipline of introspection. Defining leadership…

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February 13, 2017
Leadership / Relationships / Tips

Is leading with empathy and compassion soft? Will you get taken advantage of?

A reader wrote with some questions common enough from other readers to share. His second message is the common one. The first sets the context of dealing with a difficult person. Here's the first message: I'd like to know how to deal with the type who is indifferent to the possible adverse repercussions for his actions (or lack thereof) and may actually want to deliberately trigger you to intervene and micromanage even if that's the last thing you have time for and it defeats the purpose of having the individual take on a role in the first place. In other words, you may assume that the person is on your team due to idle talk in their initial application and evaluation, but once they're given…

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February 11, 2017
Forbes on marketing Leadership Step by Step
Entrepreneurship / Leadership

Forbes on marketing Leadership Step by Step

Cheryl Conner at Forbes wrote, "Three Entrepreneurs Share How They Took Their Public Relations Strategy To A New Level," which covered me. Lord knows I'm in the middle of public relations! Anyone who has seen me in person this year has heard me say "I can't believe how much work goes into launching a book." I'm the third of three entrepreneurs profiled in the story. The part about me begins Joshua Spodek is a New York City-based executive coach and academic (he's an adjunct professor for NYU) who is passionate about transformative leadership, creativity, strategy and motivation. His problem: A great book that nobody knew about. "I signed my contract with a publisher [the American Management Association] almost exactly a year ago to write my book,…

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February 10, 2017
“Great book. Truly a must-read.” — Eric Jacobson on Leadership Step by Step
Leadership

“Great book. Truly a must-read.” — Eric Jacobson on Leadership Step by Step

Eric Jacobson writes an award-winning leadership blog, "Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership: Tips, ideas and techniques for leaders and managers" and reviews books. Yesterday, he posted a review of Leadership Step by Step. It begins Yes, it will take you some time to read Joshua Spodek's new book, Leadership Step by Step. Yes, it will be a little like doing "homework." Yes, this is a book you'll read and likely need to revisit a few times for the concepts to fully sink in. Yes, this is a book you must read if you want to become the person others will follow. The time and effort you put into, Leadership Step by Step, will be well worth it! Spodek guides you through what to do and…

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February 9, 2017
An educational, learning perspective on Leadership Step by Step from the Better Leadership Better Schools podcast
Education / Leadership

An educational, learning perspective on Leadership Step by Step from the Better Leadership Better Schools podcast

Daniel Bauer of the Better Leaders Better Schools podcast interviewed me and posted it today. As Daniel helps develop school leaders, mainly K-12, he approached Leadership Step by Step and my work from a more learning and educational perspective than most of the business and personal development approaches of other interviews. It's a natural perspective since I'm teaching, so I'm glad he did. The interview touched on a lot of where my material came from, and at least one very vulnerable moment I don't often share because it was such a difficult time---actually, one particular painful, tearful day that I talk about in the interview. This episode is called, "Joshua Spodek: Great leaders aren't superheroes," after my remark that anything any great leader did, you…

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February 8, 2017
Join my workshop at the New York Public Library, Sunday February 19!
Education / Events / Exercises / Leadership

Join my workshop at the New York Public Library, Sunday February 19!

You've heard a lot about my book, Leadership Step by Step, its 5-star reviews, and how its exercises change people's lives. I may have told you about the standing ovation I got at Saturday's workshop with Marshall Goldsmith. Now you can see me at a public workshop where I'll cover one of my book's most popular (and fun to learn) exercises. Here are the details. Be sure to register! (You can buy a copy of Leadership Step by Step first to prepare for it and for me to sign there.) Meaningful Connection: A Workshop Time: Sunday, February 19, 2017, 2 - 4 p.m. Location: Jefferson Market Library, First Floor   Register Now for: Meaningful Connection: A Workshop   Meaningful Connection: this workshop practices the skills of…

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February 7, 2017
Listen to my second Join Up Dots podcast interview with David Ralph!
Audio / Leadership

Listen to my second Join Up Dots podcast interview with David Ralph!

Today, David Ralph of the Join Up Dots podcast, posted our second interview, "Finding Passion Through Leadership." He interviewed me in January 2015 in my first podcast interview, "A Man Who Thrives One Step After Anxiety," his 271st podcast. Today's interview is his 653rd. In the intervening two years we've both developed and the new interview shows. We're both more free to speak openly and have more fun.. The interview was a delight! Listen to Finding Passion Through Leadership! Here are the interview notes: My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who is joining a merry bunch of former guests who have appeared on the show twice, back on episode 271. He is  Inc. columnist, Professor…

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February 6, 2017
Education / Leadership / Models

How I will measure the success of my book

People keep congratulating me on publishing my book, for selling copies, for celebrities mentioning me. I like those things, but the book is a medium of communication. I consider it a means to an end. The point of the book is to give people tools to improve their lives, to develop the skills of empathy, compassion, responsibility, self-awareness, discipline, creating meaning, value, importance, purpose, passion, and related social and emotional skills that traditional education doesn't teach. "Leadership" is the closest word to it, but conjures up mental images of a man in a business suit giving orders for many people that my material doesn't relate to. I'll measure the success of my book most by how many people report that it enabled them to improve…

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February 4, 2017
The Leadership Podcast interviewed me. What great interviewers!
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The Leadership Podcast interviewed me. What great interviewers!

The Leadership Podcast---hosted by Jan Rutherford and Jim Vaselopulos---posted their interview of me today, "What An Ivy League Degree Can't Teach You." Jan and Jim have clear passions and experience for leadership and interviewing. Their questions got to the heart of what I teach, what my book, Leadership Step by Step, is about, my goals in teaching, my motivations, and the inside story. Highly recommended! Here's their introduction and description on their page with the interview Professor and scientist, Josh Spodek, created specific exercises that teach emotionally intelligent behaviors   Summary & Ideas for Action Co-hosts Jan Rutherford and Jim Vaselopulos interview Josh Spodek, an Adjunct Professor at NYU, leadership coach, workshop leader for Columbia Business School, columnist for Inc., founder of Spodek Academy, and…

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February 1, 2017
Becoming Your Best Podcast interviews me!
Entrepreneurship / Leadership

Becoming Your Best Podcast interviews me!

Steven M. Covey said about Steve and Rob Shallenberger's work and book: "The 12 Principles are crucial to the success of any leader, in any organization, in any industry!" Steve and Rob run Becoming Your Best, and Steve interviewed me in their podcast. He got to some of my formative experiences and the views that emerged from them. They introduced the interview as follows: If you are going to become a good pianist it takes practice. If you want to be a good athlete it takes practice. The same goes for becoming a good leader. Joshua Spodek earned such praise as "Best and Brightest" (Esquire Magazine's Genius Issue), "Astrophysicist turned new media whiz" (NBC), and "Rocket Scientist" (Forbes Magazine and ABC News) with success in…

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January 30, 2017

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