Developing Future Leaders with Brian French

<p><strong>Summary: </strong></p><p>On this episode of <em>FM Evolution</em>, hosts Shawn Black and Jim Robinson were joined by Brian French, a leadership creator, teacher, and coach at Harmonic Learning, a business consulting service that partners with client organizations to create leadership development experiences. Besides his extensive learning and development background, Brian is also a professional musician and infuses musical themes within the content created by Harmonic Learning. In this episode, Shawn, Jim, and Brian discussed the characteristics of good leaders, how to create an efficient succession plan, and best practices for creating leadership development programs.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks for tuning in!</p><p> </p><p><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p><p>(0:43) Introduction to Jim</p><p>(0:54) Introduction to Brian</p><p>(1:33) About Brian and Harmonic Learning</p><p>(2:52) About Jim</p><p>(4:20) About the Restaurant Facility Management Association</p><p>(8:47) Defining Leadership</p><p>(11:00) Characteristics of Great Leaders</p><p>(15:33) Developing Future Leaders</p><p>(19:42) Succession Planning</p><p>(28:32) Leadership Development Programs</p><p>(37:36) Advice for Developing Leadership Programs</p><p>(42:26) Closing Thoughts</p><p> </p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnmblack">Shawn Black</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-robinson-18211918/">Jim Robinson</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianlfrench/">Brian French</a></p><p><a href="https://www.harmoniclearning.net/">Harmonic Learning, LLC</a></p><p><a href="https://www.rfmaonline.com/">Restaurant Facility Management Association (RFMA)</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Quotes:</strong></p><p><em>“In my view, care is at the core of being a leader. Caring for others. Caring for the group. Caring for the work. And caring for the self and equal balanced measure.”</em> - Brian French, (9:33)</p><p> </p><p><em>“Leadership development is turning the mirror around where we have the mag