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FranklinCovey On Leadership

Sheila Johnson: Walking Through Fire

FranklinCovey On Leadership

FranklinCovey

Management, Business

4.6215 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Episode 304 | There’s no such thing as overnight success. It’s a concept brought to life by Sheila Johnson, the co-founder of BET and America's first black female billionaire. Sheila shares the importance of passion and knowing oneself in pursuing a successful career as she reflects back on her own 50-year journey filled with ups and downs. She also talks about the leadership decisions she made that contributed to her success, emphasizing the importance of hiring the right people and listening to their expertise. 5 Ways to Multiply Your Team's Natural Genius: Download our guide to help your leaders get the most from their team.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back to Franklin Covey's twice weekly

0:14.0

podcast on Leadership with Scott Miller. I serve at least this week again as the

0:18.4

host of Franklin Covey's podcast that is now the world's largest

0:21.8

weekly leadership podcast airing

0:23.8

episodes twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays both on audio and video well

0:29.1

into our 300th episode where for gosh close to six plus years we've been here every

0:35.3

week now twice a week consistently taping interviews where we like to bring

0:40.5

what eyes are abundance mentality inspired by our co-founder Dr Stephen R Cuddies shining

0:46.5

the light on people who we think are great leaders, people who have had amazing journeys as perhaps business titans, best-selling authors, researchers,

0:56.2

or perhaps they've toiled in private or secret, or suffered a tragedy that they're willing

1:01.3

to talk about in the hopes that all of us can learn from their journeys.

1:05.8

Today I am honored that we have the business Titan and soon to be best-selling author.

1:10.9

Her book is just released called Walk Through Fire. A memoir of Love,

1:16.7

Loss, and Triumph. She is America's first black female billionaire. You know her as the co-founder of BET and numerous other enterprises

1:26.4

we'll talk about today.

1:28.4

Sheila Johnson, welcome to On leadership.

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Thank you.

1:32.3

It's quite an honor to be on this program, my goodness.

1:34.0

Well, the honor is all ours, I can assure you.

1:37.2

It is really a duty we have now as an investment back in our clients around the world to bring voices to the stage

1:45.9

where we think there are great leadership lessons. Some of our listeners are

1:49.8

entrepreneurs. Some are entrepreneurs. Some are entrepreneurs, some are

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