Leader Success, Economics and Obesity, Managing Anger

Leader Success, Economics and Obesity, Managing Anger

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 4, Episode 85

  • Apr 29, 2015 6:00 am
  • 2:16:24 mins

Return on Character (20:32) Fred Kiel, PhD, co-founder of KRW International, is the author of "Return on Character: The Real Reason Leaders and their Companies Win" and coauthor of Moral Intelligence. Dr. Kiel has found that leaders with high character find high levels of achievements and companies that can be described at character-driven organizations are more successful. Can Changing Economic Factors Explain the Rise in Obesity? (56:32) Dr. Charles Courtemanche is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. He is a health economist and applied micro-economist with particular research interests in the economics of obesity, public policies to expand insurance coverage, and big box retailers.  His research has been published in a variety of journals including the Economic Journal and Journal of Public Economics. Dr. Courtemanche talks with Dr Townsend about his research entitled “Can Changing Economic Factors Expla...

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