#10 Moshik Temkin – Harvard Professor on Leadership Lessons from History - Part 2

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1. The course "Leaders in Leadership in History" started small but grew exponentially, attracting students from around the world.
2. Moshik believes that understanding the interaction between individual leaders and their historical circumstances is crucial for understanding leadership.
3. The example of Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression demonstrates how different leaders can be more or less effective depending on the situation.
4. Studying history can provide insights into human behavior and how people have responded to different crises and challenges.
5. Moshik encourages people to study a variety of leaders and models, not just famous figures like Machiavelli or Winston Churchill.
6. Civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and lesser-known figures who fought for social change can also provide valuable lessons in leadership.
7. Moshik believes that leadership should be about making a positive impact on society and the world, not just personal success or financial gain.
8. Studying leaders who have experienced failure, such as Robert McNamara during the Vietnam War, can also provide valuable lessons.
9. Moshik encourages people to keep an open mind about where their sources of inspiration can come

Moshik Temkin is a fellow at the Middle East Initiative and the Johnson and Johnson Chair in Leadership and History at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University. He is a specialist in international history and the author of The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair: America on Trial (Yale University Press, 2011), which was a finalist for the Cundill International Prize. His book, Undesirables: Travel Control and Surveillance in an Age of Global Politics, is forthcoming from Harvard University Press. While at MEI, his work will examine the Camp David Peace Summit of 1977. His research primarily addresses the interaction between Americans and non-Americans, such as the effects that American politics have had on the wider world, the roles that international politics have played in American society and policymaking in the United States, and the dynamics created when American and international politics come into contact or conflict. His current research interests include: the history of the death penalty in comparative perspective; the impact of war on public policy intellectuals since World War I; Malcolm X's career and politics in a global context; the relationship between American civil rights and global human rights; and the contest between global political activism and travel control since the Cold War. Temkin, formerly an Associate Professor of History and Public Policy, joined the Harvard Kennedy School faculty from 2008-2019. At Harvard, he was affiliated with the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, the Center for European Studies, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. At the Harvard Kennedy School, he convened the Harvard Seminar on History and Policy and was the co-founder and co-director of the Initiative on History and Public Policy. In 2010-2011, he co-convened the Harvard International and Global History Seminar. As of 2011, he is a Big Think Inaugural Delphi Fellow. Previously, he taught at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and at Columbia University. He received his B.A. at the Hebrew University and his M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in History at Columbia University.

EPISODE LINKS:

Moshik's Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/moshik-temkin-281156204/

Moshiks Twitter - https://twitter.com/moshik_temkin

Warriors, Rebels, and Saints: The Art of Leadership from Machiavelli to Malcolm X - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1541758471?tag=hacboogrosit-20

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