62 | John A. Byrne, Poets & Quants (Part 1)

Pam speaks with John A. Byrne, former editor at BusinessWeek and Fast Company, about leadership and his latest project Poet & Quants. Plus Leadership in the News, Wally Bock’s best of the independent business blogs, MeetTheBoss.TV and more great podsafe music. Thanks to our sponsor! GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 45 days Please join our new Weekly Leader enewsletter mailing list and get a chance to win Tom Peter’s latest book,The Little BIG Things.   Leadership in the News HP’s Mark Hurd, Jet Blue’s Steven Slater and the whiteboard girl The Mark Hurd Saga and What it Teaches about Power | Harvard Business Review Women and the Uneasy Embrace of Power | Harvard Business Review Fall by Tiger Woods Is as Gripping as His Reign | NYTimes Social Media Minute/Website of the Week Make sure you register with MeetTheBoss.TV using your Weekly Leader code (WKLR01) to learn leadership from some of the top global executives! It’s totally free! Wally Bock’s Three Star Leadership’s Midweek Look at the Independent Business Blogs Wally’s new book with Thomas Hall: Ruthless Focus Special Wall Street Journal Offer: Get the Print or Online editions of The Wall Street Journal and receive a special free week offer! Weekly Leader John A. Byrne, former Executive Editor, BusinessWeek and Editor in Chief, Fast Company C-Change Media, Chairman and CEO Current project: Poets & Quants Twitter: @JohnAByrne and @PoetsAndQuants Contact Info Send comments to podcast@weeklyleader.net Audio comments are welcomed and encouraged. Attach an MP3 file of 5 mb of less. Weekly Leader is on Facebook, please “like us” there! Twitter: @WeeklyLeader @PamFR @PeterMello @MVittone @EdBrenegar @RunDigger @WallyBock Music Intro: Trance Sends by Trance Blackman (Music Alley) Wally Bock bumper: World Wide Web by Radio Orphans(Music Alley) Close: Put Your Hands Up High by Gangstagrass (via Ariel Publicity)