385: The Power of Vulnerability in Leadership, with Jason Brooks
Coaching for Leaders
Dave Stachowiak
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2018
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Jason Brooks
Jason Brooks is a member of the Coaching for Leaders Academy and principal of a high school in Los Angeles.
Key Points
- People respond to honesty from a leader.
- Admitting that you don’t know all the answers helps build bridges and gets your team working together.
- Deciding what not to do can actually be harder than deciding what to do.
- Working out a vision for your life can reduce the constant anxiety of wondering whether you’re making the best use of your time.
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| 0:00.0 | Leaders who are willing to lean into vulnerability often emerge with great strength. |
| 0:06.0 | On this Saturday cast, Academy member Jason Brooks and his story of the power of vulnerability in leadership. |
| 0:13.2 | This is coaching for leaders episode 385. |
| 0:16.5 | Produced by Innovate Learning |
| 0:19.4 | Maximizing Human Potential. maximizing human potential. |
| 0:29.0 | Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host, Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born, they're made, |
| 0:36.0 | and this weekly show gives you access to the practical wisdom that will empower you to become a better leader. |
| 0:42.0 | And this is the monthly Saturday. power you to become a better leader. |
| 0:42.8 | And this is the monthly Saturday cast. |
| 0:45.6 | About once a month I air a special episode here on a Saturday. |
| 0:49.2 | That's a chat with one of our Academy members or listeners. |
| 0:52.8 | The next episode is still coming on Monday. |
| 0:55.2 | This is a bonus show. |
| 0:56.5 | The Saturday casts are sponsored and brought to you |
| 0:59.2 | by the Coaching for Leaders Academy. |
| 1:01.4 | The Academy is a year-long cohort of participant leaders who work personally |
| 1:06.9 | with me to drive movement in their leadership development. You can discover a lot more and get alerted about future opportunities to apply for the Academy by going to coaching for leaders. |
| 1:18.0 | com slash Academy. And I'm pleased to welcome one of our members of the Coaching for Leaders Academy, |
| 1:24.0 | Jason Brooks. |
| 1:25.0 | Jason is a high school principal here in the Los Angeles area. |
| 1:28.0 | He's got a master's degree from Harvard. |
| 1:30.0 | He's a talented guy who speaks four languages, including Mandarin, Spanish, and French, |
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