Donald Trump, You Don't Get Donald Trump Unless You Have a Problem

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Isa litr: Donald Trump was masterful in some ways and a dangerous genius in others. He could have been a transformative leader of the united states, but he wasn't capable of doing it because he didn't have the personality to have the strength of leadership to build that coalition. i predict there'll be many more people like me who will work against thim when he goes back out to run for re-election. If you're going up against the american president, you want to talk about balls, not b******s. Hawaout: Leadership's no ol' shithole! And so tripping over is wrong for the country. It costs me

Chris Hirst, Global CEO of advertising group Havas Creative, cuts through the bullshit and gets to the heart of modern leadership in this straight-talking podcast brought to you by Intelligence Squared.

In this episode, Christ Hirst speaks to Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House Director of Communications - a post he held for an infamous 11 days under President Donald Trump in 2017. The majority of Scaramucci’s career has actually been spent outside politics. He is the founder of global investment firm SkyBridge Capital. In 2011, Scaramucci received the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award and in 2016 was listed in Worth magazine's "100 Most Powerful People in Global Finance". He spoke to Chris Hirst about leading as an entrepreneur, having the tenacity to fail upwards, working for Donald Trump - and what he would do if Trump ran for President again.

If you enjoyed this podcast please let us know what you think by rating and reviewing No Bullsh*t Leadership on Apple Podcasts. For updates on the series follow @intelligence2 and @chrishirst on Twitter. Producer & Editor: Bella Soames; Technical Support: Mark Roberts. Chris Hirst is author of the award-winning book No Bulls*ht Leadership: Why the World Needs More Everyday Leaders and Why That Leader Is You.

Podnotes:

00:00 Intro
04:20 Your leadership style
06:02 The word you would delete from the bullsh*t business jargon dictionary
06:30 The leader you most admire
7:13 The best advice you’ve ever been given
10:14 Were you naive when you took the job at the White House?
13:09 Being fired and rehired by Goldman Sachs
17:35 Learnings from your first job
20:23 Differences in leadership as entrepreneur vs. an established corporate environment
23:30 Why you were always going to become an entrepreneur
26:32 How you ended up working for Donald Trump
30:48 Getting it wrong on Donald Trump
32:39 The influence of social media on modern leadership styles
34:27 The societal problems that made Donald Trump electable
35:53 Will Donald Trump run for president again?
38:40 Suffering from self-doubt
40:40 Getting it wrong on the impact of the pandemic in early 2020
41:55 What next?