OTS 197: Guide on the Side - Jamie Cohen

Today’s guest believes that the best leaders develop strengths instead of highlighting weaknesses. He is a corporate trainer, keynote speaker, and leadership strategist for Fortune 500 companies. He is the only Canadian recipient of a TED Education - Huffington Post International Education Award for Creating Innovative Learning Environments. He is a certified grapho-therapist whose TEDx talk: “How to Spot a Leader in Their Handwriting” has been viewed over 2 million times. His unique and unusual ability to analyze people’s handwriting in less than 60 seconds has been called “impressive and a bit frightening” by Forbes. His gift allows him to help spot a person’s strengths and weaknesses in ways they may not be aware of themselves. He has worked behind-the-scenes for Saturday Night Live and has appeared on CNN, CTV’s The Morning Show, and Forbes as a featured commentator on topics ranging from leadership, personality assessment through handwriting, parenting, and value-based goal setting. Please join me in welcoming Jamie Mason Cohen. In this episode we discuss: his thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is using your strengths in service of those you serve.” how he learned to lead as a teacher in economically challenged areas of Toronto and Malaysia. how his mother analyzing his handwriting helped him shift from being affected by a stutter to knowing he could grow and realize his own potential. his early dream to be a filmmaker/creative and how that desire led him to call Lorne Michaels of Saturday Night Live 25 (twenty-five!) times before getting a 1-on-1 meeting with him. how books and movies provide the inspiration to persevere. how he almost got kicked out of teacher’s college for being too creative. Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.OnTheSchmooze.com - episode 197 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices