About this episode

In this episode, Jonathan Kirschner discusses the power of value based leadership and shares personal stories of overcoming challenges to inspire leaders.

This episode is a mega dose of inspiration with Jonathan Kirschner, Founder & CEO of AIIR Consulting and AIIR analytics, a kindred spirit, fellow podcaster, coach, hockey champ and psychology buff. He is on a mission to make the world a bit better through leadership excellence. In this episode, we dig into the power of value based leadership, why leaders lose their way and so much more: ✅ How he overcame a ‘learning disability’ and went from “the kid least likely to be CEO” to building a company that helps thousands of leaders grow ✅ How his personal challenge became a goal, … and the goal became his Purpose ✅ How his art teacher’s unique blend of support and challenge shaped his leadership ✅ His WHY for founding AIIR in grad school ✅ Case : This leaders’ career is stalling. He just doesn’t know it yet. He tries harder and harder, but nothing is working… Is it his skills, his values or his cognitive schema? A truly insightful story. ✅ Case : This leader brings an overwhelming sense of urgency and depth of expertise to engineer a transformation. But he fails. Why? What did he need to do differently? Another insightful story. ✅ What is one question that can help a leader who…

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