Care Builds Trust That Incentives Never Will | Dan Wolgemuth

Dan Wolgemuth spent 28 years in corporate life — nine of them at General Electric during the Jack Welch era — before serving 16 years as CEO for a national non-profit organization. What he learned along the way challenges some of the most persistent assumptions about what it means to lead.In this conversation, Dan and host Jake Smith explore the difference between authority as a right and authority as a stewardship — and why that distinction changes everything. They dig into the tension between care and accountability, what it costs to acquiesce rather than decide, and why the leaders who last often lead from the back of the room.Dan also reflects on a GE boss who couldn't explain why Dan's approach worked, a defining leadership moment that forced an unpopular call, and two teenage grandsons who turned out to be his most unexpected leadership teachers.If you lead people — a company, a team, or a family — this one is for you.