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Podcast | Episode 295
Learning to Lead: Four Powerful Books That Have Shaped My Company & Culture
Today I am going to be talking about something I have been trying to grow in recently: leadership. Over time, I have realized that if you want to do anything meaningful, you really have to invest in and lead a team well. So in this episode, I will be sharing four books on the topic that stood out to me and explaining some of the key concepts I was able to incorporate into my company and culture.
You’ll learn:
- The benefits of great leadership
- Why you should hire stakeholders, not employees
- How to strengthen a culture that needs fixing
- The importance of taking ownership
(With your host Andrew Youderian of eCommerceFuel.com )
What Was Mentioned
- Why Employees Are Always a Bad Idea by Chuck Blakeman
- Turn the Ship Around! By David Marquet
- The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
- Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
- Call Sign Chaos by Jim Mattis
- Klaviyo
- Liquid Web
- eCommerceFuel Job Boards
- eCommerceFuel Forum
Flickr: Leader’s Corner
Post by Andrew Youderian
Founder and Chief Instigator, eComFuel
Andrew quit an early finance job to sell CB radios online — an admittedly unorthodox career path. It set him on a course to found and sell multiple businesses, host a decade-running podcast, lecture at Harvard Business School and create eComFuel, the leading community for 7- and 8-figure online business owners. Andrew is fascinated with branding, AI, building community, investing and growing meaningful businesses that don't require sacrificing what truly matters.
