In this episode, Jeff interviews Dr. Amer Kaissi. Amer is an author of several books, an executive coach, keynote speaker, and is professor at Trinity University. Jeff and Amer discuss the meaning of humility in a leadership context, including knowing and reflecting on your own strengths and weaknesses. Amer shares how humility comes from a place of strength, not weakness. He shares how he arrived at combining the terms humble and ambitious in the title of his new book “Humbitious.” Jeff and Amer discuss the relationship between competency and humility and they talk about whether it's possible to learn to be humble. Amer reviews the benefits of mindfulness at work, reveals three blocks to humility in leaders, and shares how to apply this knowledge everyday.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amer-kaissi-ph-d-38258919/
https://smile.amazon.com/Humbitious-Power-Low-Ego-High-Drive-Leadership/dp/177458073X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=humbitious&qid=1647462725&sprefix=humbitio%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-1