Today’s guest believes that the best leaders develop strengths instead of highlighting weaknesses. He is a corporate trainer, keynote speaker, and leadership strategist for Fortune 500 companies. He is the only Canadian recipient of a TED Education – Huffington Post International Education Award for Creating Innovative Learning Environments. He is a certified grapho-therapist whose TEDx talk: “How to Spot a Leader in Their Handwriting” has been viewed over 2 million times. His unique and unusual ability to analyze people’s handwriting in less than 60 seconds has been called “impressive and a bit frightening” by Forbes. His gift allows him to help spot a person’s strengths and weaknesses in ways they may not be aware of themselves. He has worked behind-the-scenes for Saturday Night Live and has appeared on CNN, CTV’s The Morning Show, and Forbes as a featured commentator on topics ranging from leadership, personality assessment through handwriting, parenting, and value-based goal setting. Please join me in welcoming Jamie Mason Cohen.

In this episode we discuss:

• his thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is using your strengths in service of those you serve.”
• how he learned to lead as a teacher in economically challenged areas of Toronto and Malaysia.
• how his mother analyzing his handwriting helped him shift from being affected by a stutter to knowing he could grow and realize his own potential.
• his early dream to be a filmmaker/creative and how that desire led him to call Lorne Michaels of Saturday Night Live 25 (twenty-five!) times before getting a 1-on-1 meeting with him.
• how books and movies provide the inspiration to persevere. how he almost got kicked out of teacher’s college for being too creative.

Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.OnTheSchmooze.com – episode 197