Episode 4- Steve Farber and Greater Than Yourself

You’re going to love this episode! In it, Brad and Jerry get the chance to chat with Steve Farber, the president of Extreme Leadership, Incorporated—an organization devoted to the cultivation and development of Extreme Leaders in the business community. His best-selling book, The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership was recently named one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. His second book, The Radical Edge: Stoke Your Business, Amp Your Life, and Change the World was hailed as “a playbook for harnessing the power of the human spirit.”

His newest book, Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership, has just been published by Doubleday/Random House and was the central topic of this episode. Greater Than Yourself is a powerful and inspiring story that shows how the goal of a leader should be to lift others higher than themselves.

Steve shares his insights into what makes great leaders, and he should know: in 1989, after having run his own financial services company, Steve devoted his professional life to the field of leadership development and has been at it ever since. He was director of service programs at TMI, an international training consultancy, and then worked for 6 years as Vice President and Official Mouthpiece (that’s what it said on his business card) of The Tom Peters Company where he met several of his mentors including author/gurus Tom Peters, Jim Kouzes and Terry Pearce. In 2000, Steve established his own company, Extreme Leadership, Inc. where he is president and CEO. Steve is also the co-founding director of The Center for Social Profit Leadership (part of the Legacy XXI Institute), a non-profit organization formed to serve the leadership development needs of social entrepreneurs, and he sits on the Board of Directors of Up With People, a global leadership program for students from 18 to 29 years old.

Steve was a delightful guest, and the knowledge and inspiration he shares are outstanding. Give it a listen, then feel free to leave a comment, start a discussion or tell a friend about this episode. Then get started with your own GTY project. Like Steve says “If you want to change the world, I say, have at it! Just one piece of advice: Never–never, ever–try to do it alone.” This discussion will inspire you to do just that! Finally, I would suggest you visit the Greater Than Yourself Website, where you can get a much deeper insight into what greater than your self is, and see it in action through a GREAT series of videos.

Thanks again for listening,

Brad and Jerry

P.S. Mad props to Danny Codella for the new intro music he wrote for the show, as well as his incredible production work on this project. Check out his website www.musicismine.net, then go buy a few of his band Polare’s songs on iTunes. If you think Danny’s good, wait until you hear the whole band!

 

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