Alex Shootman, CEO of Workfront is one of my favorite tech execs because he is always positive - and that in an authentic way. I had enjoyed his book, Done Right (my review here) because he had so many examples of inspiring leadership and motivated employees. He had written a blog post couple of weeks ago about leadership during a crisis and I jumped at the opportunity to learn more from him.
The video below runs a bit over 15 minutes - you will learn a lot from it about resilience and heroics during crisis. He weaves in Napoleon and Dwight Eisenhower, Navy SEALs, human biology (hormones which can trigger positive behavior during this crisis), and true to form, he also blends in humor.
I promise it will brighten your day. I plan to interview several other executives about their leadership style and want to thank Alex for kicking this off.
