Men, this episode is for you.
Executive coach and author Sean Casey LeClaire joins me to describe his remarkable journey from a rough-and-tumble working poor hometown through flirtation with a professional sports career toward early success as an advertising executive and then discovery of what he calls “timeless wisdom.” This interview is filled with heartfelt stories about aspiration, loss, anger, challenge, and the still, graceful space within each of us.
Sean’s autobiographical tale provides the emotional core of my emerging series on Men in Leadership. It joins past conversations with Robert Augustus Masters about true masculine power, Janet Crawford on being a good guy and breaking with the bro code, and Keith Witt on men’s sexual shadow at work, as well as a Jedi Leadership Trick I call The Manly Apology.
Listen in, and send me an email to tell me which story resonated with you the most.
Highlights
- 9:00 Growing up with sports, violence, and poetry
- 14:00 Putting on a mask to stay alive
- 16:00 Rick, Jim, and the power of a gentle challenge
- 24:00 Anger and archetypal gestures
- 27:30 The story of hugging an angry man
- 34:30 A friend’s suicide and discovering yoga
- 37:00 Sean reads his poem “If I stopped”
- 45:30 When people think Sean is crazy or arrogant
- 49:00 When coaches get co-opted by sickness in corporations
- 53:30 Sean reads his poem “Parts”
- 58:00 Sean’s son champions him through the frustrating construction of a Darth Vader scooter
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Explore Additional Resources
- Hug An Angry Man And You Will See He Is Crying by Sean Casey LeClaire
- Mud-Wrestling With My Mind by Sean Casey LeClaire
- Timeless Wisdom At Work, Sean’s company
- Body-Centered Breaks
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