Ep119: Fred Mandell on the Intersection of Business and Creativity
About Fred Mandell
Fred Mandell has earned a reputation as a highly innovative business leader, author, widely collected sculptor and painter and leadership provocateur. He has helped thousands of individuals and their organizations internationally to develop their creative skills and enhance their personal and professional growth. In 2014, Fred launched the not for profit organization The Global Institute for the Arts and Leadership (TGIAL.) Its mission is to create a more peaceful, sustainable and beautiful world by developing positive, transformational leaders through the arts worldwide. Fred also currently teaches the highly rated arts based program at MIT Sloan School of Management entitled “The Leader as Artist.”During his 21 year career at American Express Financial Advisors, Fred built the top sales division in the company. He went on to become the first sales leader in the 100-year history of the firm to run an investment company, which grew to over $3.5 billion under management, posting consecutive years of record earnings on his watch.
Key Conversation Points
Accepting and appreciating your introverted nature
Appreciating the value of an introvert’s reflection when applied to teams
Using new media analysis and understanding of introversion as a catalyst to raise awareness
Discovering the blueprint for converting introverted to extroverted behaviors
Reflecting on personal and professional transformation
The connection between creativity, art and leadership
Functioning effectively in unfamiliar terrain
Periodically reassessing your goals for yourself, your business and your community
Learning how to adapt and thrive when facing the unknown
Leaving fear behind and integrating new approaches and ideas
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast*
The Global Institute for The Arts and Leadership
Becoming a Life Change Artist: 7 Creative Skills to Reinvent Yourself at Any Stage of Life | Fred Mandell
Can Art Save Us? | Fred Mandell
Upcoming Virtual Book Groups for “The Introvert Entrepreneur”
Information about The Introvert Entrepreneur Mastermind Groups
The Artist’s Way | Julia Cameron
Coloring books by Jenean Morrison
Big Magic | Elizabeth Gilbert
Anything by Anne Lamott
Connect with Fred
Fred’s Introvert Island Book Selections*
The Hero’s Journey | Joseph Campbell
Daniel Deronda | George Eliot
The Book of Ecclesiastes (I chose to link specifically to The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter. ~BB)
Sharing is Caring!
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Are you ready to discover (or rediscover) your calling? #Podcast via @IntrovertCoach @famandell
How honing self-awareness can only help your #business. #Podcast via @IntrovertCoach @famandell
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