
How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Leadership video description from TED: Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers … (Filmed at TEDxPugetSound.) In 2009, Simon Sinek released the book “Start With Why” — a synopsis of…

The Puzzle of Motivation
Leadership video description from TED: Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories — and maybe, a way forward. Bidding adieu to his last “real job” as Al Gore’s…

Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders
Leadership video description from TED: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions — and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suite. As the COO at the helm of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg juggles the tasks of monetizing the…

The 3 A’s Of Awesome
Lecture video description from TED: Neil Pasricha’s blog 1000 Awesome Things savors life’s simple pleasures, from free refills to clean sheets. In this heartfelt talk, he reveals the 3 secrets (all starting with A) to leading a life that’s truly awesome. (Filmed at TEDxToronto.) Neil Pasricha uses the power of blogging to spread a little…

Smart Failure For A Fast-Changing World
Leadership video description from TED: The world is changing much more rapidly than most people realize, says business educator Eddie Obeng — and creative output cannot keep up. In this spirited talk, he highlights three important changes we should understand for better productivity, and calls for a stronger culture of “smart failure.” Our environment changes…

Leadership Skills And Style For A Global Technology And Engineering Services Organization
University Video Description from UCLA: Chuck Harrington, Chairman and CEO, Parsons Corporation.

Moving Forward To Perfection
University Video Description from UM: President Mary Sue Coleman launches new initiatives to elevate U-M’s academic excellence and impact as it approaches its bicentennial in 2017.

Building Social Business
Georgia Institute of Technology Video Description: The IMPACT Speaker Series, presented by the College of Management and the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship from Thursday, August 26: Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank were awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize in equal parts for their efforts to create economic and social development from below through a…

Magician Leadership
Description of Stanford Entrepreneurship Video: Magic experience designer Ferdinando Buscema brings an engineer’s background and a performer’s flair to this call to all entrepreneurs to think like a magician to achieve the impossible. Drawing from a rich variety of sources including psychology, the arts, and magic performance, Buscema illustrates a new leadership archetype for the…

Five Trends Reshaping the Global Economy
Description of Stanford Business School Video: Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company, highlights the five trends he sees reshaping the global economy: 1. The Great Rebalancing 2. The Productivity Imperative 3. The Global Grid 4. Pricing the Planet 5. and the Market State He concludes his presentation with a discussion about the implications…