Feb 5, 2021
As leaders continue to guide
their teams into the unknown of the future, the most essential
leadership skills they need can be found in the past. On today’s
episode of The Forward Thinking Podcast, FCCS VP of Marketing and
Communications Stephanie Barton interviews Jeff Ton, speaker, author, IT professional,
explorer, host and guest of numerous podcasts. Jeff is also a
key collaborator on the now-open FCCS transformative leadership
development opportunity The Lewis and Clark Experience. In
their conversation, Jeff highlights several of the timeless
leadership lessons that can be gleaned from Lewis and Clark and
their relevance to today’s leaders. He offers insights into the
importance of developing resilience as a leader, how to pivot,
collaborate, and handle disagreements, and how to lead your team
into the future with the confidence and skills of some of history’s
greatest leaders.
Today’s Insights
Include:
The relevance of the Lewis and Clark story
today
- There are numerous timeless leadership lessons
to learn from Lewis and Clark.
- Despite changes in today’s business landscape
and technologies, key leadership traits have not
changed.
- Unprecedented events such as the pandemic have
proven that effective leaders are still
essential.
- The future is always an unknown and unchartered
territory.
- Leadership skills that were needed in the
wilderness are still needed today.
The greatest challenges for today’s leaders
- Paralysis in the face of the unknown has the
potential to greatly challenge today’s leaders.
- Leaders must take action — they cannot afford to stop and wait to see what is
going to happen next.
- Leaders who continue to move forward are the
leaders who are going to excel.
- The ability to effectively pivot is an
essential leadership characteristic today.
Developing resilience and handling disagreements as
leaders
- Individual and team resilience are equally
essential skills in today’s world.
- Reflecting on overcoming past adversity will
help understand how to overcome obstacles today.
- Collaboration with teams is more essential than
ever before, even virtual collaboration.
- Lewis and Clark’s decision point teaches a
powerful lesson for handling team disagreements.
- When making a verdict, the
why can be just as important as the
what.
- Once a decision is made, the team needs to be
all in on it together.
This podcast is powered
by FCCS.
The Lewis and Clark
Experience —
registration is now open
From Sea to Shining Sea: A
Novel by James
Alexander Thom
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether
Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American
West by Stephen
Ambrose
Everything I Learned About
Leadership, I Learned from Lewis and Clark by Jeffrey S. Ton
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