Ed Cohen, Leadership Without Borders

When I interviewed Ed Cohen, he was CLO of Satyam, one of the biggest companies you’ve never heard of (at the time of the interview, 55,000 people in 60 countries around the world). Unless of course you work in the world of corporate training, because Sataym was recognized as the top training and learning and development company by the American Society of Training and Development in 2007.

Ed Cohen took the leap to join Satyam in 2005, leaving a safe life in Virginia and heading to a new role and a new life in India. Before that he’d spent more than a quarter century of experience in corporate learning and organizational development, including managing Booz Allen’s training initiatives. Ed’s also the author of Leadership Without Borders: Successful Strategies from World-Class Leaders.

When we talked, Ed was in a Hyderabad taxi – so there’s some fabulous background noise going on during our interview. In our interview we discuss :

• learn about the importance of a mentor and a sponsor to help you achieve Great Work
• discuss how to balance the competing needs of different stakeholders
• dig down into metrics – and come up with the importance of “delight” as a key measure

Listen to my interview with Ed Cohen

0:16    Michael introduces Ed Cohen
1:54    Ed Cohen’s book Leadership Without Borders: Successful Strategies from World-Class Leaders
5:46    Learn about the importance of a mentor and a sponsor to help you achieve Great Work
7:52    Discuss how to balance the competing needs of different stakeholders
10:31  Dig down into metrics – and come up with the importance of “delight” as a key measure
14:21  How to get more Great Work into your life
19:23  How to find out more about Ed Cohen and the work he is doing
19:58  Michael closes the meeting

Visit Ed’s website Leadership Without Borders.

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