How Eisenhower Led — A Conversation with Ike's Granddaughter

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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From guiding the Allies to victory in World War II as supreme commander, to steering the ship of state for eight years as one of the country's least partisan and most popular presidents, few leaders in history have had to make as varied and consequential decisions as Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Brett. We're taking a break today. So I got a re-broadcast for you. It's episode number 641,
0:04.1	How Eisenhower Lead, where I talked to Susan Eisenhower. She's a writer, consultant,
0:08.1	a policy strategist, and one of Dwight D Eisenhower's four grandchildren. We talk about
0:12.6	her grandfather's leadership principles and styles from her book How Ike Lead.
0:16.5	Hope you enjoy it. We'll be back with a brand new episode on Wednesday. See you then.
0:19.9	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast. From guiding the
0:32.0	allies to victory in World War II as a supreme commander, to steering the ship of state for eight
0:35.9	years as one of the country's least partisan and most popular presidents, few leaders in history
0:39.8	have had to make as varied and consequential decisions as Dwight D Eisenhower. My guest day
0:44.2	possesses insights into how he made the mini-choicey with space with and his military and political
0:48.1	careers that are gleaned not only from studying Ike's life, but from personally knowing the man
0:52.0	beneath the mantle. Her name is Susan Eisenhower. She's a writer, consultant and policy strategist,
0:56.7	one of Dwight's four grandchildren, and the author of the new book How Ike Lead,
1:00.5	the principles behind Eisenhower's biggest decisions. Susan and I begin our conversation with
1:04.8	her relationship with Ike as both historic leader and ordinary grandfather, and why she decided
1:08.8	write a book about his leadership style. We then delve into the principles of his leadership,
1:12.7	beginning with his decision to greenlight the D-Day invasion, what her reveals about his iron
1:16.3	clad commitment to take responsibility and how that commitment allowed him to be such an effective
1:20.3	delegator. From there, Susan explains how he loved of studying history born in Ike's boyhood,
1:24.3	allowed him to take a big picture approach to strategy, how he used a desk drawer to deal with
1:28.4	his lifelong struggle with anger, and how his belief in morale as input rather than output
1:32.8	inspired and always stay optimistic for the benefit of those he led. We then turn to how
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