Join us for an inspiring WACC Speaker Series luncheon featuring Talmage Boston, renowned author of “How the Best Did It: Leadership From Our Top Presidents,” on September 25. 

Discover the secrets behind the leadership styles of America’s most influential presidents and how their principles can be applied to modern leadership challenges. Talmage Boston will share captivating insights and powerful lessons from his extensive research, making this a must-attend event for anyone looking to enhance their leadership skills.

Why Attend?

  • Gain unique perspectives on leadership from America’s top presidents
  • Network with like-minded professionals and community leaders
  • Enjoy a delicious luncheon while enriching your knowledge and skills

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the best! Secure your spot today and be part of a memorable experience that will inspire and empower you.

Jon Meacham (Pulitzer-winning presidential biographer): “A discerning examination of what all of us can learn from some of our most effective leaders—who have held—and wielded—ultimate power at the highest level.”

Doris Kearns Goodwin (Pulitzer-winning author of No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II) on the FDR chapter: “No president has been more successful than FDR in moving public sentiment forward one step at a time. And no one has been more successful in analyzing the secret of that success than Talmage Boston. His terrific chapter on FDR provides a riveting account of the critical role Roosevelt’s rhetorical skill played in saving our democracy.”

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Program Information: 

Date:
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Check-In and Pre-Lunch Networking: 
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch & Presentation: 
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Charlotte City Club
Directions to the parking garage (set your GPS to 116 W. 4th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202).Parking will be validated.
Cost:
$50 (WACC Member Rate)
$65 (Non-Member Rate)
$35 (Young Professionals of the World Affairs Council of Charlotte — YPWACC)
$35 (WACC Student Member / WACC Educator Member)

 

 

 

Biography: 

Talmage Boston is a well-known figure among leading historians as an author, speaker, and onstage interviewer. 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 esteemed presidential 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 (foreword by 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 will be 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.