How Leaders Learn - Mark Nicolson @ TEDxSantaCruz

This TEDxSantaCruz talk is one of 16 surrounding our theme of "Open" at the second full-day TEDxSantaCruz event held September 15, 2012 at the Cabrillo College Crocker Theater in Aptos, CA (Santa Cruz County). www.tedxsantacruz.org/
Mark Nicolson has been consulting and teaching for the last two decades on transformative leadership in organizations. His clients include corporations, partnerships, VCs, and social change visionaries. He is a principal consultant of Ventana Group, and he has recently worked with IDEO, BALLE, Humanity United, and the Ella Baker Center, as well as with Desmond Tutu and his family foundation. Early in his career, he worked in investment banking in the UK and Hong Kong before becoming a partner in Alexander, the UK pioneer in executive coaching. His style is warm, insightful, and humorous. In his work with groups and individuals, he creates a foundation of trust that allows people to explore their desire to transform. He has taught in executive education at Harvard and teaches teaches regularly at Stanford and Esalen. He has an MBA from Stanford, and MA in Classical Literature from Oxford, and an MA in Psychology from Meridian University.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

[@johnnyfree333]

Mark, your comments just reminded me about what I already knew (I am 66), but had gotten buried under mountains of Fear.
Your 10 minute TED talk has moved me to be much more courageous in my actions!
The key was how elegantly you expressed your ideas: Transforming Fear into Courage; Grief into Compassion; Shame into Humility; Anger into Fierceness... and how turning away from our emotions only makes us diminished.
And in my experience, turning away had left me with a broken Heart.
Thanks.

[@maggie0285]

What I got out of this is learning to transform your feelings and not run from them.

[@marticermak254]

Mark, Thank you for your insight, I needed this today and feel courageous, and able to go into a difficult counseling session. It was good to see your video, its been a long time since we have spoken. Blessings to you.

[@jack-eq8yt]

great giving hope sentences...learn a lot...thank u so much

[@johnnyfree333]

???

[@MrLaughingHeart]

1. I will admit I should of backed up my claim and probably even added more reasons than just his logical fallacies and use rhetoric. That was laziness on my part. 2. I'm not interested in his efforts or even him personally, I'm interested in the value of his ideas. and 3. If you consider that shitty then; Yes. Often. If their self-esteem and integrity is that fragile they probably should not be leaders in the first place.

[@AppliedWisdom4You]

You’re completely missing the major point of vulnerability and its power.

[@renug2448]

What the F did he just talk about? Total BS

[@MrLaughingHeart]

This man is using feel good rhetoric and not constructive reasoning or evidence for his conclusions.