The Lonely Leader helps existing and aspiring leaders become the best version of themselves.
We believe that leadership on the outside begins within.
By sharing decades of leadership experience, insights and best practice we can help you sharpen your skills.
Our unique and authentic style, drawing upon learnings from success and failure, will ensure you are better prepared to optimise your performance and meet the challenges of the modern day leader.
We regularly discuss creating and sustaining high performance, enhancing resilience, empowering our mindset and finding professional and personal fulfilment.
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The Lonely Leader helps existing and aspiring leaders become the best version of themselves.
We believe that leadership on the outside begins within.
By sharing decades of leadership experience, insights and best practice we can help you sharpen your skills.
Our unique and authentic style, drawing upon learnings from success and failure, will ensure you are better prepared to optimise your performance and meet the challenges of the modern day leader.
We regularly discuss creating and sustaining high performance, enhancing resilience, empowering our mindset and finding professional and personal fulfilment.
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Episode 86
Leadership Essentials: Lifelong Learning
SUMMARY SECTION
In this episode of The Lonely Leader Podcast James Rule explores why a commitment to lifelong learning is a critical leadership essential. From childhood classrooms to corporate boardrooms, learning often fades as responsibility increases. Great leaders however, never stop growing.
James shares insights from Admiral James Stavridis, Kobe Bryant, and Bill Belichick to show how cross disciplinary learning, relentless curiosity, and humility fuel exceptional leadership.
He explores concepts like Accelerated Learning and NET Time. In addition he provides eight actionable takeaways you can implement this week to reignite your growth.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Read outside your field
Use NET Time to learn while doing daily tasks
Ask your team for insight
Study a leader you admire
Start a “Lessons Learned” journal
Join or start a round table learning circle
Teach what you’ve learned to others
ABOUT THE HOST
James is an experienced mentor, coach and thought leader who works with a range of clients from FTSE 100 companies, SME´s the NHS and wider public and not for profit sectors.
His twenty year career in elite sport initially as a professional rugby player but predominantly as a chief executive has given him an invaluable insight in managing the success, failures and pressures associated with leadership at the highest level.
As a high performance coach James specialises in enhancing resilience and leadership development. He is a passionate advocate of the notion that to find lasting fulfilment we need to take a holistic view of high performance.
EPISODES TO CHECK OUT NEXT
Episode 69 - Leadership books every leader should read
Episode 67 - How mentorship fuels your leadership journey
Episode 30 - Preventing loneliness in leadership
CONNECT & CONTACT
Website www.thelonelyleader.co.uk
Email: hello@thelonelyleader.co.uk
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