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34:07Calling out bad practice — from Elon Musk to blanket emailsAl Elliott: Yeah Leanne Elliott: It's not okay to make tens of thousands of layoffs in a blanket email that we saw from Elon Musk. Those practices aren't okay, and it has a serious impact on the human experience, but alsEP 230 · 9 Sept 2025·other· 34:07–40:0927:07Why we celebrate unkind leaders (Steve Jobs, Gordon Ramsay, Elon Musk)Leanne Elliott: So far we've explored how kindness, when paired with consistency and structure, can drive trust, retention, and performance. But let's be honest, not everyone's on board. Some leaders hear kindness and flEP 207 · 19 Jun 2025·interview· 27:07–31:382:51Is Tesla the new Enron? Elon Musk's leadership under fireLeanne Elliott: It is time for the news roundup. Al, cue the jingle Al Elliott: What you got, Lee? Leanne Elliott: Well, I may have been accused in the past of unfairly branding Elon Musk as a psychopath. Well, yes, and,EP 93 · 30 Apr 2024·news roundup· 2:51–8:3339:43The Elon Musk debate: what should we admire in leaders?Al Elliott: Before you go though, I had one more question for Dave, and this is a recurring theme, I think, on the pod. But I had to ask him, does he think Elon Musk is a good leader? Dave Kline: I generally don't know, EP 87 · 4 Apr 2024·interview· 39:43–44:4112:21News roundup — Elon Musk and Halli ThorleifssonLeanne Elliott: You must know what he's done. Al Elliott: I do know what he's done. The Icelandic, um, Icelandic guy. Leanne Elliott: Yeah, so Halli Thorleifsson, I think that's how you say it. Halli, I apologize if you EP 30 · 15 Mar 2023·news roundup· 12:21–14:422:03Setting the scene: what actually happened at TwitterAl Elliott: Definitely not. So just as a quick refresher then, so you must be living under a rock if you don't know that Elon acquired Twitter, the publicly traded company, now private, on October 27th. I'm going to go tEP 12 · 15 Nov 2022·other· 2:03–5:1738:00How Elon went about it: cringeworthy or calculated?Leanne Elliott: Yeah Al Elliott: Just kind of lost for words. Um, but how did he go about doing it? Cringeworthy, the way, the way he's gone about doing it Al Elliott: We actually have a lot in common. We both use behaviEP 12 · 15 Nov 2022·other· 38:00–40:30
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