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729. How Do You Lead the Unleadable?
In this episode, Brian explores a question many leaders face but rarely talk about: how do you lead people who don't want to be led?
Drawing from real-world experience, he explains why resistance to leadership is often about ego, emotion, or unclear structure—not bad intent. Brian walks through practical principles for creating order and direction without authority, including leading through clarity instead of control, introducing standards rather than titles, using questions to surface shared problems, and letting consequences—not commands—do the persuading.
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