Let Go & Lead With Maril Macdonald

In Pulitzer-nominated sportswriter Sally Jenkins’ experience, great leaders are less in the business of winning than the business of teaching.   Over a wide-ranging conversation, Maril and Sally explore the leadership lessons Sally has learned from a career interviewing and writing about the world’s great athletes and coaches.  They discuss why discipline is something that leaders can’t impose, but have to call up from within people; why it’s less important to take a popular position than a good position; and why leadership is less like holding the steering wheel and more like conducing an orchestra.   Learn about:   3:18 The leadership factor with the most impact 6:21 Why winning isn’t the only motivator for leaders 7:49 Why discipline is misunderstood and an interior construct 24:44 What leaders most need to let go of     —  Sally Jenkins began her second stint at The Washington Post in 2000 after spending the previous decade working as a book author and as a magazine writer. She was named the nation’s top