Alain Hunkins, CEO & Author

In this episode we’re talking with Alain Hunkins about tension.

These tensions are what leaders live in trying to balance relationships and the needed distance that allows for exacting decisions, the tension of transparency and privacy, and the tension of action and reflection.

Leadership can be a boring topic, seriously, but this convo isn’t and wasn’t.

Alain defines leadership as the performing art of getting others to work towards a shared purpose, emphasizing the impact of one's words and actions on others through 3 specific pillars that we dive deep on: connection, communication, and collaboration.  

Over his 25-year career, Alain Hunkins has worked with over 3,000 groups of leaders in 27 countries, including 42 of the Fortune 100 companies. In addition to being an executive coach, leadership and team development facilitator and keynote speaker, Alain is the author of the book, CRACKING THE LEADERSHIP CODE: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders (published by Wiley, March 2020)

Alain is a faculty member of Duke Corporate Education and serves on the Academic Board of Advisors for the New Delhi Institute of Management. Alain’s work has been featured in Chief Executive, Fast Company, Inc., Training Magazine, Chief Learning Officer, and Business Insider. He’s also a monthly leadership strategy contributor to Forbes Magazine. Alain is the CEO of Hunkins Leadership Group, a leadership consultancy based in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Listen in now for an intentional perspective on how to handle tension and the opportunity they present in defining your leadership.

Find out more about Alain here and his book, Cracking the Leadership Code.

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Alain is offering 2 complimentary seats per company to enroll in the next 30-Day Leadership Challenge. For more info and coupon codes, email support@alainhunkins.com. 30 days starts on (publish date)! 

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