Batalla Podcast S1E4-Leadership Part 2

Welcome to La Batalla Podcast where we discuss daily issues! Season 1 Episode 4 Our topic today is: Leadership at work! In this show we air part 2 of our interview with Aaron Thibault aka El Grandote. We will air the final section, part 3 of the interview in November. El Grandote, gives us his thoughts on leadership at the workplace and discusses opportunities and the possibility to expand educational programs in Puerto Rico related to the video game industry. Have something to share? Can you relate? Participate and add your comments to the comment section! Follow, subscribe and like us on SoundCloud, Apple Podcast and Stitcher! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter @batallapodcast We are now on Wordpress! Find our blog https://batallapodcast.home.blog/ Show Segments: •Colibri and Super La Vaca discuss: Are we getting dumber as a society? •Social Media •Isolation and Empathy. •The secret of empathy: Stress from the presence of strangers prevents empathy, in both mice and humans -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150115122005.htm •Grandote Interview: Continued discussion on Leadership. What is the future of education and the game industry in Puerto Rico? •Super La Vaca’s Top Ten: https://blog.taskque.com/characteristics-good-leaders/ •All Music for the show produced and edited by MVT Colibri’s list of leadership qualities inspired by Doris Kearns Goodwin. 1.Don’t surround yourself with yes men/women. 2.Acknowledge your errors 3.Ability to grow as a person 4.Self-reflection 5.Humility 6.Empathy 7.Resilience 8.Ambition for the greater good Don’t have Soundcloud? Find us on the links below! Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-batalla-podcast/id1470134803 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/la-batalla-podcast?refid=stpr Our invited guest- Aaron Thibault aka El Grandote. Aaron Thibault is a Game Developer executive with 22 years of experience in the Video Game Industry. Some of Aaron’s recommended books, mentioned in part 2 of the interview: •Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace •How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie •Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (New Edition)by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin •The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin •Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins •The SPEED of TRUST: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M.R. Covey •All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things by Robert Fulghum