The World Class Leaders Show: The CEO leadership podcast for leaders who solve big problems and build better futures. 099: Building a Legacy with Adnan Al Noorani, Founder and Advisor to Royal Families in UAE
Adnan Al Noorani is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist and advisor to families in the UAE. He is highly recognised for his humanitarian work and has over 20 years of experience working with families on everything from law to finance. He joins Andrea to talk about his leadership vision for the future, why everything we do is teaching the next generation of leaders and discusses the mindset and lessons that have got him to where he is today.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Adnan has a large following on Linkedin, inspiring others daily with his posts and content.
- Adnan believes in having to work yourself for anything you want in life, this was taught to him by his father.
- When running events, it’s essential to provide value to the audience and attendees, you need to serve them quality not quantity. This is why Adnan created the Future Innovation Summit event.
- Risk is part of being a businessman, you have to face challenges head-on.
- Having a can-do positive mindset, where you tell yourself what you will do each day and what you will achieve is one of the pillars of success as a leader.
- Adnan’s only regret as a leader is not being able to do more for humanity, he is restricted only by money.
BEST BITS
“A true leader always listens to his people”
“In life, if you’re not risky you’re not a businessman, no risk no story”
“In this life nothing is impossible, everything is possible”
“I’m proud of what I did but my only regret is I want to do more for society”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adnan-al-noorani-428833133
Adnan’s Book Recommendations:
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Flashes of Thought Lessons in Life and Leadership
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
The Art of War
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Adnan Al Noorani
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adnan-al-noorani-428833133
ABOUT THE HOST
My name is Andrea Petrone. I'm a Human Performance and Leadership Advisor, Executive Coach and International Speaker. I help leaders and their teams to change their mindsets and master their leadership capabilities so they can achieve extraordinary performance. I've been in the corporate world for more than 20 years working globally - in 6 countries and 3 continents - for medium-large companies.