Leadership Lessons From The Great Books

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston with Tom Libby & Jesan Sorrells
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00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
02:00 Catching Up With Tom Libby.
05:29 Their Eyes Were Watching God - Chapters 1-4 Summary.
08:00 The Literary Life of Zora Neale Hurston.
13:08 The Impact of Dialects and Language on Leadership.
15:00 Their Eyes Were Watching God - Chapters 5-9 Summary.
19:29 Hurston, Eatonville, and The Way We Talk.
21:00 Insights About Leadership and Competency.
23:30 Hurston's Research and Impact of Ethnographic Studies.
30:38 Hurston and the Truth of Life.
32:00 The Evolution of a Class-Based Life in African-American Culture.
35:35 Narrative Stratification from Hurston.
38:59 Zora Neale Hurston's Writing is Relatable and Timeless.
47:58 Leadership Education, DEI, and Workshops.
49:43 Leaders Maintain Principles.
53:00 Their Eyes Were Watching God - Chapters 9-12 Summary.
58:47 Janie's Marriage.
01:00:42 Men Die Early in Novels Written by Women.
01:05:17 Who Can Serve?
01:11:43 Family Size, Birth Order, and Leadership Success.
01:16:17 Birth Order Influences Career Paths.
01:21:11 Challenges to Racial Identity in African-American Communities.
01:27:22 Staying on the Leadership Path with Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
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Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.
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Creators and Guests

Host
Jesan Sorrells
CEO of HSCT Publishing, home of Leadership ToolBox and LeadingKeys
Host
Thomas Libby

What is Leadership Lessons From The Great Books?

Understanding great literature is better than trying to read and understand (yet) another business book, Leadership Lessons From The Great Books leverages insights from the GREAT BOOKS of the Western canon to explain, dissect, and analyze leadership best practices for the post-modern leader.