Character - The #1 Driver of Sustained Success

Transformational Leadership with Henna Inam - A Podcast Episode with Dr. Jim Loehr

How will you navigate uncertainty and challenges during this time? How do you balance stakeholders, shareholders, and customers?

If we do it right, this time will be a turning point, shaping our lives for the better.

Listen to the podcast where Henna Inam and Jim Loehr discuss the often-overlooked dimension of health is the way we treat other people.

The skillset that enables us to be trustworthy, honest, caring, grateful, humble, and respectful is vehicle that ultimately generates our long-lasting satisfaction.

We may think the secret is greater achievement, but the real driver of success is character.

People Want Your Energy, Not Your Time

Dr. Jim Loehr and Morten Kamp Andersen have a lively discussion about what it takes to change and how to make it stick.

Have you ever felt that if you want to make it big, you have to cut corners, cheat, and lie? Although poor ethics can help people gain a temporary edge, those who consistently rise to the top, are the ones with high levels of integrity.

What is character? How can you build it?

It's not the amount of time we spend that leads to great returns. Energy is life. It is the stimulus for all growth.

About Morten Kamp Anderson and What Monkeys Do Podcast: Change is hard. You know that. For some reason, you don't always do what you set out to do. In 'What Monkeys Do', we talk with experts to find out what it takes to make a change - and make it stick. Why? Because success leaves clues, and we have more knowledge and experience than ever about what is required to change well. Let's find out what that is. So, if you are looking for insights, tools, and ideas to help you change yourself or the person standing next to you, you have come to the right place. In each episode, we will bring in a new guest and give you something you can use in your everyday - both at home and in the office. The show is hosted by Morten Kamp Andersen (@mortenkamp), part psychologist, part finance guy and part just someone who struggles to change himself.

Why Character Is Destiny - Mark Crowley Interviews Dr. Jim Loehr

Listen to Mark Crowley's Podcast Lead From The Heart, where he and Dr. Loehr explore why character is destiny. Listen to the episode here.

Each and every one of us can be vulnerable to a moral collapse.

Without building up our muscles of integrity, the dark side of power can push us into a realm where we never thought we'd go. In this episode, Jim Loehr shares his most informed insights on what behaviors will shore up our character, prepare us to successfully handle leadership power – and always keep our dark side at bay.

According to Duke University researcher, Dan Ariely, every human alive has a built-in dark side. And while we are motivated to view ourselves as having good moral character, we’re also driven by a desire to benefit as much as possible by taking short-cuts – cheating. “Even the most holy among us are vulnerable to moral collapse,” says Loehr.

While we might hope otherwise, character strengths such as integrity, trustworthiness, humility, compassion, and justice are not hard-wired into human beings at birth. Instead, they must be developed the same way any muscle is developed through dedicated and consistent focus and work. Learn how you can practice character-strengthening exercises each day. Order Leading With Character today - Amazon Link