The Let Them Lead podcast is about the risks and rewards of leading in today's world. Hosted by John Bacon, author of Let Them Lead: Unexpected lessons in leadership from America's worst high school hockey team.
Each week we'll talk to amazing leaders from around the country from just about every field you can think of and pick up their hard-won wisdom. In the words of John’s fifth-grade teacher, Mr. Pudduck, “It'll be fast fun, and we'll get it done.”
So please join us each week for inspiring discussions you’ll hate to miss.
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The Let Them Lead podcast is about the risks and rewards of leading in today's world. Hosted by John Bacon, author of Let Them Lead: Unexpected lessons in leadership from America's worst high school hockey team.
Each week we'll talk to amazing leaders from around the country from just about every field you can think of and pick up their hard-won wisdom. In the words of John’s fifth-grade teacher, Mr. Pudduck, “It'll be fast fun, and we'll get it done.”
So please join us each week for inspiring discussions you’ll hate to miss.
TWO LEADERSHIP FAILURES | Northwestern and the NFL
Let Them Lead
45 minutes 41 seconds
2 years ago
TWO LEADERSHIP FAILURES | Northwestern and the NFL
This week we're addressing current events: two leadership failures, one very shocking, and the other not surprising at all -- alas. I taught at Northwestern University for six summers, and have great admiration for the university and its amazing football program under Pat Fitzgerald. I wrote about both at length in my book Fourth and Long, so I was stunned to learn he'd been fired for failing to stop a years-long hazing custom in his program -- and hazing might be euphemistic. Lawsuits are bound to follow.
The second failure comes from the NFL, an entirely amoral organization, where Oakland coach Jon Gruden had been fired a few years ago when his racist emails were leaked to the press. Now he's suing the NFL because he believes commissioner Roger Gooddell tacitly approved former Washington owner Dan Snyder releasing the emails. Clearly, there are no heroes in this story, they all pretty much deserve each other, and the value system is almost comical.
The other change of pace this week is delivering all this through my weekly appearance on WTKA.com, hosted by the great Sam Webb and Ira Weintraub, which results in a fast, focused, and often funny exchange among us. Please leave us a review and let us know what you think.
http://www.WTKA.com
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Let Them Lead
The Let Them Lead podcast is about the risks and rewards of leading in today's world. Hosted by John Bacon, author of Let Them Lead: Unexpected lessons in leadership from America's worst high school hockey team.
Each week we'll talk to amazing leaders from around the country from just about every field you can think of and pick up their hard-won wisdom. In the words of John’s fifth-grade teacher, Mr. Pudduck, “It'll be fast fun, and we'll get it done.”
So please join us each week for inspiring discussions you’ll hate to miss.
