The Warrior Poet
**Get yourself unstuck and be a leader.** Andrew "Sri" Sridhar is a former Navy SEAL, Harvard MBA, Wall Street escapee, and technologist. He interviews top military leaders, academic thinkers, and business phenoms to up your game. The Warrior Poet is a tightly woven tapestry of leadership expertise, philosophical inquiry, and pop culture. It's a portmanteau of Brainpickings, Wait But Why, and (Sri only wishes) Seinfeld. Yes, Sri sometimes writes haikus.
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#80: Xena's 5 R's of Leadership (Suzanne Lesko)
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Suzanne Lesko (callsign: Xena) walks us through her framework for leadership, starting with resilience.
We also talk about:
- Toxic leaders
- Female empowerment in male-dominated domains
- Networking
- Powerful communication
- Diverse work culture
- Healing (and the parasympathetic nervous system)
Suzanne's uses her Warrior Advisor brand to counsel companies on resilience and building strong teams.
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