236: How to Master the Flow of Talent, with Sydney Finkelstein

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2016

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Sydney Finkelstein: Superbosses Sydney Finkelstein, author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent*, shows us how leaders can elevate their view of talent to benefit an entire organization -- and industry. Quotes A superboss is a boss who helps other people accomplish more than they ever thought possible. —Sydney Finkelstein When you help other people get better on your team … the payoff to you is exponential, because you’re now surrounded by superstars. —Sydney Finkelstein Superbosses will regularly create a job for a person when they didn’t even have the job open in the first place … wherever they go, they’re on the lookout for great talent. —Sydney Finkelstein Superbosses are not afraid of making a bad hire. —Sydney Finkelstein Superbosses are always looking for talent that is the absolute best, and and they know they need to look in places that the average person isn’t. —Sydney Finkelstein Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

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0:00.0	There are leaders out there who have mastered the flow of talent to transform the careers of others, their organizations, and even entire industries.
0:11.0	Our guest today calls those people super bosses and on this episode
0:15.1	what the research shows and how they do it. This is coaching for leaders
0:19.5	episode 236. Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.
0:27.0	Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your
0:36.1	host Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born, they're made, and this weekly show will
0:42.4	give you access to the best thinkers, resources, and
0:46.4	actions to develop your leadership skills.
0:49.5	And I do say that at the beginning of every show leaders aren't born they're made.
0:54.0	Boy that really reminds me of the lesson that I think we're going to be learning today
0:58.4	from this conversation.
1:00.4	A conversation about what the best leaders out there do in order to influence and lead talent.
1:08.0	I'm really thrilled to be able to welcome Sidney Finkelstein to the show.
1:12.5	He is the Stephen Roth Professor of Management
1:15.6	at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
1:18.8	as well as the director for the Tuck Center for Leadership.
1:21.4	He's published eight previous books including the Wall Street Journal
1:24.9	Best Seller, Why Smart Executives Fail. He's listed in The Thinkers 50, which is the world's
1:30.2	most prestigious ranking of leadership gurus and he is here today to talk
1:34.9	about his brand new book, Super Bosses, how exceptional leaders master the flow of
1:40.5	talent.
1:41.5	Sydney, welcome to coaching for leaders.
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