Leadership Lessons from Rocky

What are the leadership lessons from the Oscar winning movie Rocky? Richard Lummis and I are back to consider in this episode of 12 O'Clock High, a podcast on business leadership.

Episode 129 of the 12 O'Clock High podcast, hosted by Tom Fox, titled "Leadership Lessons from Rocky" was published on February 23, 2020 and runs 27 minutes.

February 23, 2020 ·27m · 12 O'Clock High

Summary

Richard Lummis and I are back. Today, continue our annual review of Oscar winning Best Pictures and the leadership lessons drawn from them. Over the next four weeks we will consider the following movies: Casablanca, Rocky, The Greatest Show on Earth and Out of Africa. Today, we continue our series with one of the very all-time boxing movies, Rocky.  Highlights of this podcast include: What are our favorites scenes from the movie? No one who you anything, you owe yourself, get the work done and we are all underdogs. What are the leadership lessons from Rocky Balboa? Repetition will make you great, tech can be a great business advantage but never forget the human element and practice for the worst. What are the leadership lessons from Apollo Creed? The mind is the greatest muscle and pay attention to those behind you. What are the leadership lessons from Rocky’s trainer-Mick? What are the leadership lesson from the boxing ring? Go the distance and think long term, it’s not about how hard you punch but how hard a punch you can take and go back into the ring when it’s the toughest. Do these lessons hold up today? Resources Five Business Lessons I Learned from Rocky 4 dialogues from Rocky series that helped me become a better leader Leaders as Storytellers 4 Motivational Lessons that Rocky Can Teach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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