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Raise Your Game: Leadership Lessons From Adam Smith

ByRoshan Thiran
Oct 29, 2017 • 1 Min Read
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Adam Smith is a world-famous economist well known for coining the term “the invisible hand of the market”. Not usually known for his leadership prowess but for his wisdom on economics, Smith has actually written much on leadership and happiness.

Leaderonomics CEO Roshan Thiran explores the life of Smith, showcasing some leadership lessons that we can garner from him, including some amazing insights on leadership and happiness.

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Check out its corresponding article: What Adam Smith Teaches Us About Becoming Happier

 

If you would like engage with us to facilitate more engaging conversations in your organisation, email us at info@leaderonomics.com. To know more about what Leaderonomics do as a social enterprise, check out www.leaderonomics.org. For our other Raise Your Game podcasts, click here.

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Roshan Thiran

Roshan is the Founder and “Kuli” of the Leaderonomics Group of companies. He believes that everyone can be a leader and "make a dent in the universe," in their own special ways. He is featured on TV, radio and numerous publications sharing the Science of Building Leaders and on leadership development. Follow him at www.roshanthiran.com

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