Sinek, Simon, “If You Don’t Understand People, You Don’t Understand Business”

Via 99U: “In this wide-ranging talk, ethnographer and leadership expert Simon Sinek discusses the importance of trust, authenticity, and meaning. Sinek argues that as individuals and companies, everything that we say and do is a symbol of who we are. And it is only when we communicate our beliefs authentically that we can attract others to our cause, and form the bonds that will empower … Continue reading Sinek, Simon, “If You Don’t Understand People, You Don’t Understand Business”

Sineck, Simon, “Why Leaders Eat Last”

Simon Sinek, author of Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t, speaks about how effective leaders can motivate their teams.   If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” Tab, minus the quotation marks: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReRcHdeUG9Y” Continue reading Sineck, Simon, “Why Leaders Eat Last”

Andrew Solomon, “Depression, the Secret We Share”

American writer Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression (a 2001 National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist) and Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity (a 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award). Here he delivers a TED Talk which relates to the content of The Noonday Demon. If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & … Continue reading Andrew Solomon, “Depression, the Secret We Share”