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The Greg McKeown Podcast

57. What's Essential: Jacob Morgan on The Future of Leadership

The Greg McKeown Podcast

Greg McKeown

Self-improvement, Business, Education

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Trained futurist and leadership authority Jacob Morgan (author, The Future Leader) shares his data on what it takes to be an effective leader over the next decade. He and Greg discuss the evolving landscape and the need for organizations and leaders to embrace new skills and mindsets. They explore the importance of clearly defining leadership and the significance in striving for improvement every day. This episode's book recommendation: The Future Leader by Jacob Morgan For a limited time purchase Effortless and get the 21-Day Challenge (and download Chapter 1 of Effortless) FREE! Share the What’s Essential podcast with your co-workers & friends and earn rewards: 1 Referral - Access the exclusive "Tim Ferris" episode 3 Referrals - 21-day Challenge PDF  15 Referrals - $10 digital gift card you can use at stores like Real Simple, Container Store, etc. What's Essential Podcast Twitter Facebook Greg McKeown Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Scratch Audiohouse Instagram LinkedIn Credits: Hosted by Greg McKeown Produced by Greg McKeown and Scratch Audiohouse Executive Produced by Greg McKeown, Avi Gandhi, Brent Montgomery, and Ed Simpson Co-Produced by Paul Dizon

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the show I'm Greg McEwen and I'm your host for the What's Essential Podcast.

0:09.5

There are lots of shows on how to improve, on how to become successful, but there is only

0:15.4

one on what to do once you are.

0:19.1

This is essential because success can be a catalyst for failure, especially if it leads to

0:25.3

the undisciplined pursuit of more.

0:28.5

This show is about how to become successful at success.

0:32.3

It's for high performers who are on the edge of exhaustion, solving problems completely

0:38.2

before they even arise.

0:39.7

It's about turning tedious tasks into joyful rituals.

0:44.9

It's about simplifying your processes and making your most essential activities the

0:49.8

easiest ones.

0:51.8

So if you're a driven, hardworking, productive person who is running out of space but still

0:56.8

wants to make a higher contribution effortlessly, the What's Essential Podcast is designed

1:03.5

especially for you.

1:07.5

So let's begin.

1:10.6

Yeah, I think I'm ready to go.

1:17.8

So cool.

1:20.0

And I saw your book hit the New York Times best seller list.

1:24.2

Congratulations.

1:25.2

And listen, that's why I hit record right then was you can't miss a compliment like

1:31.6

that.

1:32.6

Don't interrupt the man when he's paying you a compliment.

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