#137: Governor Bill Haslam—Leadership Lessons Straight from the Governor’s Office

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4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

As the Governor of Tennessee for the last eight years -- and a successful business leader before that -- Bill Haslam knows a lot about leadership. In this special episode of the Building a StoryBrand podcast, he joins Don for an earnest and inspiring conversation. Whether you lead in the public or private sector, you’ll find practical wisdom that’ll sharpen your leadership skills.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Building a Story Brand podcast where we believe if you confuse you'll lose noise is the
0:13.8	enemy and creating a clear message is the best way to grow your business I'm your
0:17.4	host Donald Miller I'm joined by my co-host jay jay peterson hi jay jay jay jay
0:20.8	today i get to introduce you to an unlikely friend.
0:25.0	Yes.
0:26.0	It is Governor Bill Haslam of Tennessee.
0:28.0	Oh my gosh.
0:29.0	Governor Haslam left office a month or so ago.
0:32.0	He did eight years, term limits, had him leaving office. I think
0:34.9	he's in New Zealand now, getting a well-deserved vacation. And the governorship has been taken over
0:41.0	by Bill Lee, a fantastic new governor, but he scaled up a $200 million
0:46.3	air conditioner company. We felt like he wanted to serve at a higher level and he ran for governor
0:50.2	as the most humble, soft-spoken guy and he got elected.
0:55.0	So I'm excited about the leadership here in Tennessee, but Bill Haslam became a friend
0:58.9	accidentally.
0:59.9	Betsy and I moved into a house in Nashville, Tennessee. I'd never lived here. But Betsy and I moved into a house in Nashville, Tennessee.
1:03.3	I had never lived here, but Betsy and I weren't married yet.
1:05.8	Before Betsy and I got married, we bought this house and then I went and lived with her parents
1:09.3	until the wedding and then we moved in.
1:11.5	And the neighbor after we moved in said hey well neighborhood you know
1:14.6	we're just talking he said by the way sometimes you'll see secret service in the
1:18.1	neighborhood and they're they're following a guy running well that's weird a guy running
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