The Serve to Lead | James Strock podcast features interviews with top practitioners and experts on today’s extraordinary leadership challenges–and opportunities. Host James Strock is an independent writer, speaker, entrepreneur, lawyer and reformer in business, government, and politics, in the USA and abroad. Strock is a passionate advocate of servant leadership, envisioning it as a unifying force, with its principles applying in all areas of human endeavor. His most recent book is ‘Serve to Lead 2.0: 21st Century Leaders Manual.’

Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President
In popular memory, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the quintessential political “natural.” Born in 1882 to a wealthy, influential family and blessed with an abundance of charm and charisma, he seemed destined for high office. Yet for all his gifts, the young Roosevelt nonetheless lacked depth, empathy, and an ability to think strategically. Those qualities, so essential to his success as president, were skills he acquired during his seven-year journey through illness and recovery. […Learn More]