"If you're going to get to know your people better, just get to know them better. The minute you transactionalize it, you start losing the relational aspect and the human humanization of it." – Seung Paik

Your leadership strategy is commodifying the people you're supposed to inspire. Seung Paik, retired Air Force colonel and author of Leadernomics, reveals why economics—the study of human behavior—is the missing framework for leaders who want results without sacrificing relationships.

Most leaders treat their teams like inputs on a spreadsheet: labor and capital. Seung discovered that the same economic principles that explain market behavior can transform how leaders make decisions, prioritize relationships, and build cultures where people don't just comply—they go to war for you. His "Tale of Two Generals" story prov ...