E944: Investor & coach Jerry Colonna on new book, “Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up"-PT1
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- E944: Jerry Colonna, legendary investor & executive coach, shares new book, “Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up," insights on absolute complicity in creating our own conditions & strategies we need to overcome self-imposed limitations in business & in life - Part 1
This is so true - I worked for 12 years for an incredibly gifted entrepreneur who disrupted the company every 2 to 3 years, every time we achieved smooth functioning stability. He went nuts - antsy, critical, intrusive, meddling, angry, picking fights, yelling over small issues, belittling , gave crazy orders and insisted we follow them even when we told him what the bad outcome would be - then yelled at us over the results, swore he never said it, or expected us to just know that, of course, he didn't mean what he said. He'd refuse to follow simple new systems that allowed work to go smoothly and efficiently. Over and over, he took on new too-ambitious projects / expansions, put the place into the red, made the company reorganize itself before we had even a year of stability. The frequent upheaval put everyone on edge and robbed us of the peace of mind, pride and satisfaction - even joy - of running a well-oiled machine. He could never accept in advance that the new venture might be done in a less risky, disruptive way. He craved that, but could not see it. But he always had lots of regrets when things went (predictably) too far off track. I left after the 2nd time in 3 years that I had to fire half my staff of 12 with less than 1 week notice because a dip in sales lasting a few weeks coincided with a new project. His long-time vice president had a major stabilizing effect, but he finally drove her out. After her first child, he could not stand the fact she could not stay late anymore at his whim, because she had to pick up her kid at child care. No empathy, just felt betrayed, even though he had been in the same boat with picking up his first child a couple years before. Tragically, years later, he committed suicide. A health issue had worsened over many months. He delayed treatment until he needed major surgery and a long rehabilitation, coincidentally, just as the 2008 recession hit. He came back to work too soon, tried to work while in great physical pain, which slowed his physical recovery, undercutting his ability to function like the warrior he'd always been. That prolonged debilitating pain and sent him into a serious depression. The business went into an unrecoverable dive, which shattered him. His escape by bullet shattered his family, friends and coworkers. He had always had a gift for lifting the spirits of other entrepreneurs when times were tough. At his funeral, his accountant said "When he needed that help so badly, there was no one in his circle to do that for him." I hope, Jerry, your influence will prevent many entrepreneurs from being ground under by things they really can change in themselves
Barbara Carney Thanks for sharing your story Barbara!
Powerful point in this episode was about how we deal with feelings. We are supposed to feel them and learn to manage them. As a father of young kids, I have been exploring this on a daily basis. This is why Fred Rogers and Mr. Rogers's Neighborhood was/is so important---Fred knew how critical it was for children (and adults) to learn to live with feelings and his program's mission was to teach this.
Pre-ordered audiobook today on Audible.com. Awesome interview, perhaps most insightful related to the psychology of founders (well, all humans). Thank you Jerry and Jason, this podcast consistently brings great value, much appreciated!
Always looking for a new read. Thanks!
Pre-ordered. The very best episode since I started to follow this channel.
Thank you, Eugen! Jerry is amazing. So glad you pre-ordered the book. (We got an an advanced copy and it's truly wonderful.) - Jacqui
what a fascinating conversation specially that cliffhanger ending ! Totally agree with being vulnerable and letting the feelings flow
Agree! Part 2 will be out on Friday. :-) Thanks for watching! - Jacqui
pre-ordered
btw A Whole New Mind is by Daniel Pink, and is a great book. Michael Pollan's is titled How to Change Your Mind. I haven't read that yet. Great conversation, I'm excited to read Reboot.
Oh man! I thought cliffhangers were a hollywood/netflix thing! lol