Shownotes
Episode 05: Greg Peterson
Bio: https://www.cgc.edu/community/President/Pages/President's-Profile.aspx
On July 18, 2019 Greg Peterson and I caught up at Chandler-Gilbert Community College where he was just finishing his first year as college president. Greg has a pretty intense routine to keep himself fit and sharp. In this conversation, he shares some really helpful advice for leaders at all levels. Plus you get to find out his guilty pleasure.
Greg recommended the following book:
Radical Candor by Kim Scott, 2019.
https://tinyurl.com/y7ox3x8m
Playlists
Alternative playlist for working out
https://youtu.be/4Ona-iaWRBY
*Greg didn’t mention this playlist specifically – I took editors privilege in suggesting it
Dear Even Hansen
https://youtu.be/6f1-QF9jvBM
Aladdin Live Action
https://youtu.be/atc8RAtl-Ms
Lion King Live Action
https://youtu.be/0_USvdbYS1g
Naomi’s takeaways from this conversation:
1. If we focus on the why, and not the how, we can create space for people to be autonomous.
2. We need to have the discipline to focus on what has the greatest impact, how do we measure that, and how do we get there?
3. Managing change, managing decision making, is an entire journey, not just point A to point B.
4. We are all about people, and we need to spend time thinking about the experiences of people.
5. Chocolate.
Rapid-fire Questions
1. Coffee or tea? Coca tea.
2. Beatles or Rolling Stones? Beatles.
3. Favorite flavor of ice cream? Chocolate chip cookie dough.
4. Best $100 ever spent? $90 worth of European chocolates.
5. Guilty pleasure? Dark chocolate.
Special thanks to Spinningmerkaba for the use of their track Urban-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) which was edited slightly for length. You can find the mix and their creative commons license here: http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345
