The Leadership Qualities That Will Set You Apart From the Pack

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

For the last 15 years, William Vanderbloemen has run an executive search firm that helps non-profit organizations find leaders. Over the course of conducting tens of thousands of interviews with top-tier candidates, he's tracked and recorded what qualities the best leaders — the people he calls "unicorns" — possess that set them apart from everyone else in the field. William shares what he's learned in his new book Be the Unicorn: 12 Data-Driven Habits That Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest. Today we talk about what some of those twelve distinguishing habits are, and how people can use them to move ahead at work, as well as improve their relationships outside of it. We discuss the nearly 100% difference it can make in your business to respond to people right away, the least common trait among unicorns that the general population mistakenly believes they have in spades, how mastering the art of anticipation will make you stand out, a way to use eye contact to build strong connection, and much more.

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0:00.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness
0:10.4	Podcast for the last 15 years William Vanderbilt has run an executive
0:15.0	search firm that helps nonprofit organizations find leaders. Over the course of
0:19.2	conducting tens of thousands of interviews with top-tier candidates, he's tracked and recorded what
0:23.8	quality is the best leaders, the people he calls unicorns, possess that set them apart
0:28.6	from everyone else in the field.
0:31.1	William shares what he's learned in his new book, Be the Unicorn.
0:34.0	12 data-driven habits that separate the best leaders from the rest.
0:38.0	Today we talk about what some of those 12 distinguishing habits are
0:40.0	and how people can use them to move ahead at work as well as improve the
0:43.4	relationships outside of it. We discussed the nearly 100% difference it can make in
0:47.7	your business to respond to people right away. The least common trade among
0:51.3	unicorns that the general population mistakenly believes they have in spades,
0:55.0	how mastering the art of anticipation will make you stand out,
0:58.0	a way to use eye contact to build strong connection, and much more.
1:02.0	After the show is over, check at our show notes at
1:03.9	A.w. I. S. unicorn. All right.
1:17.0	William Vanderbilt Loomin, welcome to the show.
1:20.0	Thanks for having me.
1:22.0	So you founded and run an executive search company, but you focus on helping churches find
1:28.8	pastors.
1:29.8	So I've heard, I think a lot of people probably have heard of executive search companies
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