What You Need to Know About the Business Myth of Top Down Leadership

Business myths can hold you back by wasting your precious time and money.  They’re the perfect example of business issues hiding in plain view that matter to your bottom line. Join host Hanna Hasl-Kelchner as she recalls memorable excerpts from some of this year's expert guests that bust the business myth of top down leadership.WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER ABOUT THE TOP DOWN LEADERSHIP BUSINESS MYTH: How changing times transformed top down leadership into a business myth.Why business myths stubbornly persist.The 3 reasons why the business myth of top down leadership needs to be busted.The steps you can take to mitigate the harmful effect of the top down leadership business myth.And MUCH more.GUESTS:MARK C. CROWLEYMark C. Crowley is a recognized workplace thought leader. He is a regular contributor to Fast Company Magazine and has been published in the Seattle Times, the Huffington Post, Reuters, CEO Magazine, the Great Place To Work Institute and USA Today. And if you’re on LinkedIn you might have seen his article on employee engagement that was viewed over 350,000 times.Mark is also the author of the book Lead From The Heart: Transformational Leadership For The 21st Century. His mission is to fundamentally change how we lead and manage people in the workplace.Mark's book is currently part of the curriculum at five US universities. The book not only shows why traditional leadership practices have failed; but, also why we must adopt an entirely new mindset with respect to how we motivate employee performance going forward.Forbes Magazine recently spotlighted his groundbreaking work, calling it “the future of workplace leadership.”CHRIS VOSSChristopher Voss is a former FBI hostage negotiator, who at the time he was with the Bureau was also the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator. Since leaving the Bureau in 2007 he founded and is CEO of The Black Swan Group, a business negotiation coaching advisory firm, where he helps Fortune 500 companies through complex negotiations using his hostage negotiation strategies.Chris also teaches in the M.B.A. programs at The University of Southern California and Georgetown University where he won a teaching excellence award. His program is one of the most sought after and interesting courses.Students and clients have used his techniques to successfully negotiate everything from a husband-wife dispute over a Christmas tree, to a billion dollar Wall Street transaction.Lucky for us, Chris’ strategies are now available in his 2016 book,  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hannahaslkelchner.substack.com