"Conscious Leadership and an Abundant Mindset" - Paul Allen

Leadership LevelUp

On this episode of Leadership Level Up, founder and former CEO of Ancestry.com and current Soar.com CEO Paul Allen joins Jeff and Brian to discuss his leadership journey.

Allen openly admits that early in his career he “made every mistake as a leader.” As the founder of a startup, he was thrust into a leadership role without ‘climbing the ladder of leadership.’ Characterizing his early forays into different markets as disruptive, Allen has taken a new approach in more recent ventures.

Trading his disruptive approach for servant leadership, Paul Allen says he is having the time of his life cultivating a workplace culture founded on conscious leadership and an abundant mindset. Allen believes that a servant leadership style, influenced by psychologist Don Clifton and others, and an emphasis on individuals learning their individual strengths, create conditions where no problem is too complex for human solutions.

Listen now to learn how Paul Allen specifically implements his leadership philosophy and gain insights into the ways you can apply the lessons he has learned to your own leadership style.

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MEET YOUR GUEST

Paul Allen has founded and served as the CEO of many companies including Ancentry.com and currently serves as the CEO of Soar.com. He has also served as a senior advisor for Gallup. Initially focusing on internet marketing and strategy earlier in his career, Allen now thrives in the AI space.

Allen’s current mission sets out to create AI services that assist individuals in countless ways. With the understanding that AI offers unprecedented access to large sums of human knowledge, he looks forward to helping individuals use these capabilities to reach their potential and find solutions to today’s problems.

Allen graduated from BYU in 1990 and currently lives in Kansas City.