The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus

Q: What do you get when you combine 1-part Sean Connery, 1-part Jimmy Stewart, and 2.5-parts sketchy guy that lives in a van? A: Santa Claus.

This week we finally meet the legendary Santa Claus and he is not the jolly, old elf you imagined.  In reality, Santa is a hard-driving, down to brass tacks CEO with lots of leadership (and other) secrets to share.  We also spend some time rambling about the joys and miseries of the holiday season, discover the true meaning of “bearcat,” feel some slight remorse about being capitalist pigs, worry about our parents’ Hallmark addictions, and Andy leverages a reckless food order to brand our new bartender. In the short tradition of the modern-day office holiday party, this podcast is one-hour of mandatory fun.  

Warning: This episode contains, holiday music, bad acting, excessive consumption of raw eggs, copious swearing, an extremely deep cut to our least downloaded episode, mythical adultery, and a few explosions.

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Book: The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus; A Walk-the-Talk Resource by Eric Harvey, David Cottrell, Al Lucia, and Mike Hourigan    

Drink: Eggnog with Bearcat Bourbon

Next Episode:  How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alan de Botton

Attributes/Clips:

Opening music: Jazzy bells, by Dee Yan-Key from the album My Christmas Music, 2017 (CC BY NC SA)

Shaking Christmas Holiday Sleigh Bells Sound Effect by Sound Effect Factory (CC):  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYIxR_86Ck0sCL26eVuumvQ

Debris Sound effects by Das CREATIONS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvoCGqqsa8aYAmw_ZgWn99w