Cracking the Code of Leadership with Alain Hunkins

Alain Hunkins helps high achieving people become high achieving leaders.  Over his twenty-year career, Alain has worked with over 2,000 groups of leaders in 25 countries. Clients include Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, General Electric, Microsoft, among many others. In addition to being a leadership speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach, Alain is the author of CRACKING THE LEADERSHIP CODE: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders, which was endorsed by leadership luminaries Jim Kouzes, Barry Posner, and Marshall Goldsmith. A faculty member of Duke Corporate Education, Alain’s writing has been featured in Fast Company, Inc., Forbes, Chief Executive, Chief Learning Officer, and Business Insider.  Inside This Episode Can you really “Fake it ‘til you make it?” The Importance of Performing as a Leader Why only 23% of employees think their leaders lead well How We Inherit Our Leadership Style The Need to Get Out of Industrial Age Leadership Practices The First Step to Cracking the Leadership Code The Future of Leadership Why Organizations Need to Become More Human-Centered The 3 Secrets of Effective Leaders Why We Need to Start with Connection The Difference Between Knowing and Doing in Regard to Empathy Embracing Emotions in the Workplace Overcoming the Bias of Self-Affirming Why Leaders Need to Actively Manage Perceptions The Real Business of Leadership A Powerful Question to Ask to Transform Your Culture Links: Website  LinkedIn TEDx Talk Books