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12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. Each year during Oscar season we look at four Best Picture-winning movies and draw leadership lessons from them. It is also a way to watch some great movies and garner some leadership lessons. In this episode, we consider the movie Gladiator.  Highlights include:

Movie Storyline

Favorites Scenes

Life Lessons

•       Marcus Aurelius’ and Stoicism
•       The only constant is change.
•       Life isn’t always fair but that is not what matters. 
Business Leadership Lessons
•       Lead from the front and walk the walk.
•       Inspire great teamwork. Create an atmosphere for success of others.
•       There is no losing, only winning and learning. 
•       Train hard and practice. 
Maximus’ Relationships 
•       Jubo 
•       Proximo
Resources
8 Virtues of Gladiator Leadership
5 Powerful Life Lessons from Gladiator
Six Leadership Lessons from Gladiator
Down to Business: Seven leadership lessons from Maximus
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12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. Each year during Oscar season we look at four Best Picture-winning movies and draw leadership lessons from them. It is also a way to watch some great movies. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox continue our annual tradition of reviewing Best Picture-winning movies by rewatching and then considering the movie Schindler’s List.  Highlights include:

Movie Storyline

How did it make you feel?

Leadership Lessons

Ethical Lessons

Servant Leadership

Final Thoughts on the Banality of Evil

Shoah and Schindler’s list

Resources
10 Leadership Lessons from Schindler’s List
Oskar Schindler-a Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing
Evaluating Ethics and Leadership in Schindler’s List
Ethics on Film: A Discussion of Schindler’s List
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In this episode, Richard Lummis and I explore leadership lessons from Toussaint Louverture, who led the only successful slave revolt in the Western Hemisphere. Our remarks are based on the recent biography of him entitled, Toussaint Louverture by Phillipe Gerrard. While not an obvious character for study in a business leadership podcast, Louverture nonetheless presented several important lessons which translate into to today’s business environment. 
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12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are on a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Eumenes and the Roman Sertorius. Highlights include:
·       Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work.
·       Lives of Eumenes and Sertorius.
·       Comparison in the lives of Eumenes and Sertorius.
·       Are they really tragic figures?
·       The role of prominent citizens outside the capital cities of Athens and Rome.
·      What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives Eumenes and Sertorius.
Resources
Plutarch’s Lives by Bill Thayer
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12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are on a series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Timeleon and the Roman Aemilius.  Highlights include:
·       Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work.
·       Lives of Timoleon and Aemilius.
·       Comparison in the lives of Timoleon and Aemilius.
·       Are they really tragic figures.
·       The role of prominent citizens outside the capital cities of Athens and Rome.
·      What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives Timoleon and Aemilius.
Resources
Plutarch’s Lives by Bill Thayer
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12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are on a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Cleomenes and Giaus Graccus.  Highlights include:
·       Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work.
·       Lives of Cleomenes and Giaus Graccus.
·       Comparison in the lives of Cleomenes and Giaus Graccus.
·       Land and Judicial reform in ancient Greece and Rome.
·       The role of the Plebians.
·      What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives Cleomenes and Giaus Graccus.
Resources
Plutarch’s Lives by Bill Thayer
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