How the best did it
Our team at Veritex Bank brings high quality partners to our clients on topics that we feel are important and timely. This month, we invite Talmage Boston, well-known figure among leading historians as an author and speaker to share how the most powerful leader in the world, the president of the United States, made the most impactful decisions while maintaining the support of the multitudes.
Join us for lunch and hear leadership lessons from our top presidents and How the Best Did It.
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Date: October 9, 2024
Location: Masraff's | 9655 Katy Freeway, Suite 190, Houston TX 77024
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
About Talmage Boston
Talmage Boston is a well-known figure among leading historians as an author, speaker, and onstageinterviewer. His work has been endorsed by David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jon Meacham,Douglas Brinkley, Annette-Gordon-Reed, Evan Thomas, and H.W. Brands, as well as many other esteemedpresidential biographers.
Boston is the author of Cross-Examining History (foreword by Ken Burns),
Raising the Bar (foreword by former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh),
Baseball and the Baby Boomer (forewordby Frank Deford), and 1939: Baseball’s Tipping Point (foreword by John Grisham).
He is also one of the most highly recognized lawyers in Texas, having been chosen for three major statewide awards in the last four years by the Texas Bar Foundation and the State Bar of Texas’ Litigation Section.Boston has been named a “Texas Super Lawyer” by Thompson Reuters every year since 2003, and among the“Best Lawyers in America” every year since 2013. He is the only lawyer to receive a “Presidential Citation”from eight different presidents of the State Bar of Texas for outstanding service to the State Bar.
Working as both a full-time commercial litigator and a full-time historian throughout the twenty-first century, Boston’s varied experience and notable achievements in both fields make him uniquely qualified to write How the Best Did It due to his knowledge of history, his skills as a writer, and his vast experience in business and law. In November 2023, Boston was recognized by the Dallas Historical Society as “The History Maker of the Year” in the field of promoting history in North Texas.
Boston lives in Dallas with his wife Claire, son Scott, daughter Lindsey, son-in-law Mitchell, and grandson Nolan. To learn more, visit his website at talmageboston.com.
Leadership Lessons from our Top Presidents
How the Best Did It takes the leadership lessons gained from our
greatest presidents and makes them instructive today for all
leaders who seek to enhance their performance.
- Want to get promoted without being seen as a self-promoter?
Do what Washington did. - Want to reduce conflict among your group’s factions? Do
what Jefferson did. - Want to know how to take the high road when major
problems arise? Do what Lincoln did. - Want to expand your power into entirely new areas of
influence? Do what Theodore Roosevelt did. - Want to move the needle steadily until ultimate goals are
achieved? Do what Franklin Roosevelt did. - Want to have your team work like a well-oiled machine? Do
what Eisenhower did. - Want to grow in expertise while leading? Do what Kennedy
did. - Want to inspire optimism throughout your enterprise? Do
what Reagan did.
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