Jerry Colonna
9 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 8, 2025 by Jerry Colonna · said 4 times in 3 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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2025 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
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May 8, 2025 positive
Colonna: You don't have to be an asshole to be successful
“And I could not think of a better summation of everything that I'm about than for a 19 year old kid to look up and say, you don't have to be an asshole to be successful. And of course the corollary to that is you don't have to feel miserable just because you'r…”
May 8, 2025 positive
May 8, 2025 negative
Colonna: Unreflective leaders curse their teams to manifest early life dysfunctions
“So if you want to create a high functioning team, do your work. And it starts with the person who has the most power in the group. If that person refuses to do their work, the entire group will become, ah, a manifestation of early dysfunction in the individual…”
May 8, 2025 negative
Colonna: Celebrating grades on the fridge signals conditional love to children
“When we take that test, that spelling test, and we stick it with magnets on the refrigerator, it's out of pride. The challenging message that we inadvertently can send to our children Is that we only love them because they got an A on the spelling test. And so…”
May 8, 2025
Colonna: Leadership development is continuous inquiry, not just continuous improvement
“The art of growing up is a practice. It's not a scientific, ah, moment where one day you wake up and you're done. It's an ongoing practice of not continuous improvement, but continuous inquiry. That can feel exhausting when you contemplate it, but enlivening w…”
May 8, 2025
Colonna: Being complicit is driving the getaway car, not robbing the bank
“So I purposely chose the word complicit, because complicit does not mean responsible. And that's a really important distinction. And as I often say, to understand the word complicit, think of the word accomplice. Right. As I will share, you are driving the get…”