Jacob Morgan is the international best-selling author of 5 books, keynote speaker, and professionally trained futurist. His passion and mission is to create great leaders, engaged employees, and future-ready organizations. Jacob is also the host of "Great Leadership With Jacob Morgan," one of the world's most popular leadership podcasts. His work has been endorsed by the CEOs of: Unilever, Cisco, Mastercard, Nestle, Best Buy, SAP, KPMG, T-Mobile, Audi, Kaiser Permanente, and many others. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his amazing wife Blake, their two kids, and their two Yorkie rescue dogs. You can learn more about Jacob, contact him, and get access to his content by visiting TheFutureOrganization.com.
In this episode Jacob and I talk about quitting his job, how a cup of coffee changed his life, and we really go deep on vulnerability. How being vulnerable can help build trust, but also how leading With vulnerability is an entirely different skill set.
In fact, Jacob wrote a book on the topic called Leading With Vulnerability comes out October 3. My copy is on its way.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN:
- How a cup of coffee changed Jacob's life
- Jacob's journey to where he is now
- Jacob's thoughts on micro passions and macro passions
- How Jacob brings his passion to all the things he does vs following your passion
- Authenticity vs vulnerability
- How to lead with vulnerability
- Situations where you shouldn't be vulnerable
- The importance of mental self-talk
HELP US OUT!
Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
- "Leadership + vulnerability = leading with vulnerability." - quote from Jacob
- "How you talk to yourself is one of the most important hacks there is." - quote from Jacob
- Woke Inc - a recent book that Jacob has read
- Get Jacob's book Leading With Vulnerability
- See all of Jacob's books
- Connect with Jacob on Substack, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and his website.
