Thought Leader

The charismatic Fahd Alhattab is a millennial-workplace expert and Unicorn Leadership coach for Unicorn Lab, specializing in training new managers to become leaders of start-up teams.
Fahd explains what unicorn leadership is and how he trains young leaders to lead from a deeply empathetic and human place. As a born Kuwaiti, Fahd shares his experience moving to Canada and being a translator of language, values, and culture for his family and having a broader perspective on the society he is living in. Passionate about transforming teams, coming from a deep belief that humans are inherently good, and shifting the perspective on how we see each other are the main streams of Fahd’s life and work in creating a better human society.

Show Notes

🤓 Short practice of Arabic: born in Kuwait but has lived in Canada for 23 years.  00:49
🧆 Kuwait and Iraq cuisine is very similar: fish market. 02:19
☮️ Peace is possible. 03:26
😇 Fahd visit to New York: being a translator of culture and truth  in the USA in the ’90s 04:38
🦄 Building a leadership development agency that works specifically on intergenerational leadership. 07:58
🎩 All Fahd’s leadership hats: It all started when he was 17. 10:05
🎓 Education failed in building leadership skills: Obsession with specialization in universities. 14:51
💲 What is a unicorn company: Without people, you can’t create a unicorn startup. 17:04
 ❗ Grandiose charismatic leaders we talk about today were crappy leaders, especially in people management. 18:38
💸 Growing leaders vs. buying leaders: managers and performance are connected 20:47
✨ “Training, learning, and development are channels for a larger vision.” Don’t concede your work around the myth ‘the people will take advantage of me.’ 24:12
💊 Teaching a new way of leadership: the need for motivation is a symptom of something being wrong.  27:26

 
Connect with Fahd: www.unicornlabs.ca
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What is Thought Leader?

We put scare quotes around the term “thought leader.” Don't worry - no hagiographic interviews here. No upsells, no bullshit.

We have great conversations with true innovators, thinkers, disrupters, creatives, and a few fools. (You decide.) We ask them all for insights, stories and tools. (You'll laugh, you'll shout, you might fall asleep. It's all good.)

We are all thought leaders. Think more. Lead better.