Welcome to the fifth episode of "The Art and Science of Success." This is part two of our interview with retired Brig General Tom Kolditz, executive director of the https://doerr.rice.edu/ (Anne and John Doerr Institute for New Leaders) at Rice U in Houston, Texas. In this episode, Tom continues with his advice and experience for leading people out of lockdown. We start with Tom’s research on perhaps the biggest issue in leadership today - cowardice - caused by excessive self interest. He gets into how he developed a truly amazing team and has an extraordinarily simply policy for increasing the likelihood of a successful hire. He also talk about psychological safety and how he creates it (and sometimes fails to). And how he has created a mentoring network for himself and the institute. Hope you enjoy it. Here’s the detail of the interview. 2.10 – The number one leadership problem? Cowardice (defined as excessive self interest) instead of courage– why leaders do bad things and what we can do about it. 5.30 – How Tom applies service to others in his role developing leaders. 8.56 – Arizona Airspeed parachute team – from the best individuals to the best team 7.16 – How can you get your people to commit to serving/helping the organisation first? 10.00- What qualities should you look for when recruiting people? 15.30 – Perhaps the funniest and most useful test for recruiting top team players to your team! 16.40 – Psychological Safety – how to create it (and how not to). 23.20 – Addressing bullying and harassment – fulfilling the leader’s duty. 27.15 – how Tom’s Institute is turning “competitors” into collaborators. More and better leaders- everywhere. 30.30 – The Extraordinary Board of the Institute including Klaus Schwab, Jim Collins, Colin Powell, Al Gore, and Wendy Kopp. 35.00 – Creating a demand for your services – how students are now coming to Rice for the leadership. 38.00 – Why are you optimistic about the future? 42.00 - What advice do you have for people working in an unsupportive or toxic environment? 44.00 - Focus on contribution as seen through the people you impact. Hope you enjoy it.