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Transforming Leadership: Insights from Morag Barrett · Unstoppable Success Podcast

• 0:04
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to the Unstoppable Leadership Spotlight, influential leaders and their game-changing insights.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm Jacqueline Stomager, CEO and founder of LeapToYour Success.
• 0:15
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• 0:56
  SPEAKER_01: Well, hello everybody, and welcome to another episode of the Unstoppable Leadership Spotlight podcast.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_01: I am your host, Jacqueline Strominger, and we hear from amazing leaders and their game-changing insights to help make you a better leader.
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  SPEAKER_01: And today I have the absolute pleasure of welcoming on Morag Barrett.
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  SPEAKER_01: So Morag has been an amazing and is an amazing leader.
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  SPEAKER_01: She has partnered also with over 15,000 leaders and teams from more from more than 20 countries, empowering them to develop the skills they need to build trust, foster collaboration, and achieve outstanding results.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_01: We all want better results.
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  SPEAKER_01: And as the CEO of the Sky team and the author of three award-winning books, her mission is to help executives and teams create cultures of connections that break through the barriers and hold that break through the barriers and hold them back.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_01: This is a topic.
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  SPEAKER_01: So leaders, listeners, you are going to know right now how to create not just a badass team, but a badass team that is going to help you have greater revenue.
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  SPEAKER_01: So welcome.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome.
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  SPEAKER_01: Let's do this.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_01: Being a leader, particularly today, is very different than it was yesterday.
• 2:36
  SPEAKER_01: And I feel like I'm thinking about you're gonna think I just looked at a post from somebody and it was like skippy peanut butter back in the 60s and 70s to skippy peanut butter now.
• 2:49
  SPEAKER_01: Same peanut butter, but different guts on the inside, actually.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I'd love to hear, because you have had a great experience.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_01: How are you seeing leadership today versus yesterday?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, that's a great question.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as I think about it, actually, I think the good news is that leadership in of itself hasn't changed.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, if you think about each of us, think about why we do what we do.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_00: We do it and we go to work, yes, to pay bills.
• 3:25
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, that's table stakes.
• 3:26
  SPEAKER_00: We'll take that off the equation.
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  SPEAKER_00: But there are really three things that drive me, I guess, drive you, Jacqueline, and drive the people who are watching and listening to this episode.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: One is we want to do a good job.
• 3:42
  SPEAKER_00: We want to feel like we're being set up for success and that we have the tools and equipment needed to do a good job.
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_00: Nobody gets up in the morning going, can I really mess up today?
• 3:53
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so we want to do our best.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_00: But we also want to feel like our opinion, our voice matters.
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  SPEAKER_00: That we're not just another cog in the machine, that somebody sees us and cares about us and our success.
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  SPEAKER_00: Which then leads to that third element.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, we get balloons.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um third element, you see, it's worth celebrating if you don't do it well.
• 4:22
  SPEAKER_00: If you're listening, what you couldn't see was that on Zoom we just got balloons.
• 4:27
  SPEAKER_00: So it's do a good job to feel like our that we that we matter, that our voice is heard, and let go the balloons again.
• 4:35
  SPEAKER_00: And then third is that we belong, that there is a community, that there is a team of people, that there is at least one in Sky Team Parlants, friend at work, an ally, that I can turn to if I'm having an off day.
• 4:50
  SPEAKER_00: And that, I believe, is the same whether you're talking about skippy peanut butter times in the 60s, or here we are today in 2025.
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_00: Now, what has shifted though is the context in which we are leading and participating in the teams that we're working with, because we now have so much more technology at our fingertips.
• 5:14
  SPEAKER_00: We're working in different ways, we're working in different locations, we're working across time and geography, and that I think is where the friction and the rub arises.
• 5:25
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I I think I love what you just said, and it's true.
• 5:29
  SPEAKER_01: I think, you know, because there is so much technology and there is so much that's being thrown at us, that in some ways, you know, there there is that greater friction, that somehow we're all supposed to be working smarter, not harder, with all the technology.
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  SPEAKER_01: Not always the case.
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  SPEAKER_01: And as a leader, we have to kind of steer the path, right?
• 5:57
  SPEAKER_01: And figure out where the people within our fold and our team and the people that we're leading, whether we're the CEO or of five or the CEO of 5000, we have to know people's path and what they want.
• 6:12
  SPEAKER_01: And you might like technology and I might not.
• 6:14
  SPEAKER_01: So let's kind of figure out how to divide and conquer that, right?
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_01: And and but in that same, like, how do you think a leader can help somebody today like make that happen?
• 6:27
  SPEAKER_01: Like, really get to know because there is so much being thrown at us and so much technology and so many things to learn.
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_01: What's a leader to do to help channel it in the right direction so we're not all feeling ah, right?
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_00: So many threads I want to unpick with that.
• 6:45
  SPEAKER_00: So the the thing that um we talk about here at Sky Team and we share in both of our books, Cultivate, the power of winning relationships and you me, why we all need a friend at work and how to show up as one, is that the technology gives us the illusion of connection.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, an illusion.
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  SPEAKER_00: Illusion of connection.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because let's face it, we are all tethered to the endless stream on our smartphones, our computers, to the Google Hangout, Zoom Meet meetings, or the Slack messages, or the WhatsApp messages that we cannot get away from it.
• 7:23
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm sure that everybody listening to this conversation can recognize that they have sat through one of those Zoom, Google Hangout Meet meetings, like I have, and fake perkied their way through it.
• 7:40
  SPEAKER_00: We've put on the smile, we've nodded and gone, yes, Jacqueline, that's what we're gonna do next.
• 7:46
  SPEAKER_00: Yep, I know what I'm gonna do.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_00: We hang up and we go, I've no idea.
• 7:51
  SPEAKER_00: That is the stupidest idea ever.
• 7:53
  SPEAKER_00: And you may never know.
• 7:55
  SPEAKER_00: So, what can we do as leaders?
• 7:58
  SPEAKER_00: We need to slow down in order to go fast, and it sounds cliched.
• 8:04
  SPEAKER_01: But I love that.
• 8:06
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, you do?
• 8:07
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, they do see, like we're we're like twins.
• 8:10
  SPEAKER_00: Here's what happens this is what I've seen, and I've caught myself doing this is on Zoom, you get onto a call and you might be three seconds late.
• 8:19
  SPEAKER_00: And first out of our mouth is, I'm sorry I'm late, Jacqueline, sorry I'm late.
• 8:24
  SPEAKER_00: Now remember back into BC before COVID, when we worked in the same location, you might roll into a meeting room five or ten minutes late because you stopped at the restroom.
• 8:35
  SPEAKER_00: Heaven forbid you have a restroom break at home.
• 8:38
  SPEAKER_00: Um, but you stop at the restroom, you grab a cup of coffee, somebody in the corridor goes, Oh, do you have a minute?
• 8:43
  SPEAKER_00: And you'll say, Yeah, I'm on my way into that meeting, but of course.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_00: And then we start the meeting.
• 8:48
  SPEAKER_00: And nobody really ever mentioned, hey, you're five minutes late.
• 8:51
  SPEAKER_00: There was an acceptable passing time.
• 8:55
  SPEAKER_00: And technology, I think, what happens is the Zoom room opens and we're straight down to, so what are you doing?
• 9:01
  SPEAKER_00: Where are you on the project?
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_00: And slowing down is to allow space for the how are you doing?
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: What's happened since I last saw you?
• 9:10
  SPEAKER_00: Here's what's happening in the world.
• 9:12
  SPEAKER_00: Did you see the news?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or here's what's happening elsewhere in the team.
• 9:16
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, now let's talk about the project and our reason for getting together.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_00: So technology is both the boon and the bane of leaders and leadership and team and teamship.
• 9:28
  SPEAKER_00: And unless we're being thoughtful and deliberate, I think we're not using it to its best advantage.
• 9:35
  SPEAKER_01: So there's a I love what you just said, and there's a couple of things that have just come to my mind.
• 9:39
  SPEAKER_01: So, first of all, obviously, as I shared, I I say that a lot.
• 9:43
  SPEAKER_01: Like we do need to slow down to go faster because we have to put in some of those systems.
• 9:48
  SPEAKER_01: And there's also something to be said about walking into or getting when I say walking in, like getting onto a call.
• 9:59
  SPEAKER_01: And if the first thing out of your mouth is sorry, it changes the dynamic of how people look and listen to you, the person who's just said sorry.
• 10:10
  SPEAKER_01: So I actually am a big proponent and I try to tell my kids this all the time.
• 10:16
  SPEAKER_01: Take the word sorry out of your vocabulary because a lot of we don't use it properly.
• 10:23
  SPEAKER_01: Like if I walk into the room, if I get to into Zoom late and I'm three minutes late, sorry, I haven't hurt you, I haven't done anything, so is it the right word, right?
• 10:36
  SPEAKER_01: So that's sort of like one thing I just like I always like, let's all take the word sorry and only use it for what we are truly sorry for, right?
• 10:47
  SPEAKER_01: Like if I've hurt somebody's feelings, right?
• 10:49
  SPEAKER_01: Um but what you also said about coming on, like right before we got on, we were talking ahead of time, right?
• 10:58
  SPEAKER_01: And then before you know, before I start, you know, anything, we have that for lack of better word, the mission statement of the podcast.
• 11:07
  SPEAKER_01: And I and I would say one of the things that that as a leader, what I I would love to see, and I love your take on this, is what if every person before whoever is running the meeting started it with something a little slower that also was like the mission of the company, the mission of the team, the like it's almost like the the rally and cry and call to bring people together.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_00: The why we are here.
• 11:38
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 11:39
  SPEAKER_00: And what brings us together.
• 11:41
  SPEAKER_00: I love that.
• 11:42
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, if you think back to the three things I shared earlier on, the fact that we all want to do a good job and feel like we're contributing to something bigger than ourselves, that we are, that we matter and that we belong, that all comes to that human experience.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not just widget in, widget out.
• 12:00
  SPEAKER_00: It is how we go about delivering those results together that leaves the legacy.
• 12:06
  SPEAKER_00: Because I'm sure if I asked you or anybody on the call, both two two versions of the same question, who would you jump at the chance to work with again?
• 12:15
  SPEAKER_00: Or where and what was your best job ever?
• 12:19
  SPEAKER_00: My guess is that the answer to both of those questions are not necessarily rooted in the metrics.
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_00: The oh, well, that job where I flipped a thousand pizzas, or oh, you don't flip pizzas, but you can tell I didn't do that.
• 12:34
  SPEAKER_00: I was a waitress, but I didn't flip pizzas even when I was carrying them, would be the good thing.
• 12:39
  SPEAKER_00: But we're not really measuring and remembering the metrics.
• 12:42
  SPEAKER_00: What we remember, and the thousands of leaders who I've asked that question, who would you jump at the chance to work with again?
• 12:48
  SPEAKER_00: Their memories are all about how the work, or especially how did that person make me feel.
• 12:55
  SPEAKER_00: Did they inspire me to go the extra mile?
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  SPEAKER_00: Did they take a chance on me and see potential before I saw it in myself?
• 13:03
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe they gave me the tough feedback that stung in the moment, but helped me to be a better leader for the future going forward.
• 13:12
  SPEAKER_00: So think about that.
• 13:14
  SPEAKER_00: We are hardwired as humans to feel first, which is why your suggestion of reconnecting with the why, the purpose, the meaning in the work that we do can be a powerful way to remind people why we chose to join this organization, join this team, join this project.
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_00: And then we can focus on, and so what do we need to do to continue to move that forward?
• 13:39
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 13:40
  SPEAKER_01: And I, listeners, I want you to.
• 14:31
  SPEAKER_01: Be both positive about where they are what they're doing and and where they are going.
• 14:37
  SPEAKER_01: It's going to pay back.
• 14:40
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, yes, exponential.
• 14:43
  SPEAKER_00: I was working with an executive team of eight recently, and it was apparent a relatively new team.
• 14:48
  SPEAKER_00: They'd had some changes in leadership, et cetera.
• 14:51
  SPEAKER_00: But it was eight individuals.
• 14:52
  SPEAKER_00: And any of us with basic math know that eight times one equals eight.
• 14:58
  SPEAKER_00: And that's fine.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you're going to meet your quotas if you just do your bit and sit back and allow others to do their bit.
• 15:06
  SPEAKER_00: But as I pointed out to them, if they can accelerate that journey to high trust, understanding where the friction is and removing it, having the right conversations at the right time, being able to be truth seekers and truth speakers, you know, this is where I get really excited, then you don't just unlock eight to the power of, or one, you don't just unlock eight very smart individual leaders.
• 15:31
  SPEAKER_00: You get eight to the power of eight, which is 64.
• 15:35
  SPEAKER_00: And think about what we could do when you talk about creativity and innovation and speed to market.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_00: And let's just face it, having a whole lot of fun, raising the bar and learning together, that's when the magic happens.
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_00: And of course, you can go bigger than that because you've got eight to the power of eight, which is the leadership team in their own little ivory tower doing their thing.
• 15:56
  SPEAKER_00: But once you then factor in the teams reporting to them, now you're getting that exponential catalyst.
• 16:03
  SPEAKER_00: And how do you do that?
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_00: You do it by creating cultures of connection, by creating that human link.
• 16:11
  SPEAKER_00: And that happens right back to our very first point when we slow down.
• 16:15
  SPEAKER_00: It happens in the work, but it also happens in the moments between the work, in the conversations that we have, whether it's, hey Jacqueline, you see you don't seem yourself today.
• 16:25
  SPEAKER_00: Are you okay?
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_00: Or hey, Jacqueline, I just want to let you know I saw what you and your team did last week.
• 16:31
  SPEAKER_00: Amazing, keep doing that.
• 16:33
  SPEAKER_00: Or just stopping and saying, hey, Jacqueline, what do you need from me today in order to help you and your team to succeed?
• 16:40
  SPEAKER_00: When we show curiosity, when we focus on the human element, anything and everything is possible.
• 16:46
  SPEAKER_00: And I've seen it happen and I've lived it.
• 16:49
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's you know, it is so true.
• 16:51
  SPEAKER_01: I'm getting I get goosebumps.
• 16:53
  SPEAKER_01: Goose pumps because it's it's what makes it make it what makes great companies great and great leaders great or great teams great because they bring that bring that out.
• 17:05
  SPEAKER_01: And and again, if if there's one thing that you take from this, find how you can personally connect with the people on your team to help them see the best in themselves and make people feel heard and create the power of people working together and not this fighting.
• 17:31
  SPEAKER_01: It's not about, and and I love the title of your book, You Me We, because it is so true.
• 17:37
  SPEAKER_01: It's not about you, it's about the team.
• 17:40
  SPEAKER_01: It's about how it's about the we and how we can work together.
• 17:46
  SPEAKER_01: It is so so important.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_00: And that pre- the premise of that book is so powerful because as we know, Gallup has been researching engagement and high-performing teams, et cetera, for decades.
• 17:56
  SPEAKER_00: And they ask consistently, do I have a best friend of at work?
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_00: as one of the 12 questions around engagement.
• 18:04
  SPEAKER_00: And it is an important question because the data clearly shows that if you can answer yes to that question, you are more likely to have a highly engaged team and to deliver those exceptional results.
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_00: The challenge that we had when we wrote You Me We, though, is that it is passive.
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_00: It is a reactive question because it allows me to say, do I have a friend at work?
• 18:27
  SPEAKER_00: No, I don't, because Jaclyn got the promotion I should have got, or Jaclyn's team always gets the glossy projects.
• 18:33
  SPEAKER_00: I don't.
• 18:34
  SPEAKER_00: No, I don't have a friend at work.
• 18:36
  SPEAKER_00: And so we chose to reframe it, which is why the title of the book continues.
• 18:41
  SPEAKER_00: It's you, me, we, why we all need a friend at work, and how to show up as one.
• 18:47
  SPEAKER_00: Because it's less about do I have a friend at work?
• 18:50
  SPEAKER_00: It's more about am I being a friend at work to others?
• 18:54
  SPEAKER_00: But not in a doormat, just say yes to anything that Jacqueline wants, sort of way.
• 19:00
  SPEAKER_00: Being a friend at work means I can actually say no to you and set boundaries and hold each other accountable.
• 19:07
  SPEAKER_00: But it's also being a friend to myself.
• 19:09
  SPEAKER_00: Am I meeting my own needs?
• 19:12
  SPEAKER_00: Am I reaching my own career dreams?
• 19:15
  SPEAKER_00: Am I putting in, you know, extra hours and at risk of burnout?
• 19:20
  SPEAKER_00: How do I put my hand up and say, I need a break or I need something to shift?
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_00: And so that friendship is both outward facing and inward facing.
• 19:28
  SPEAKER_00: So if you're listening to this and you're not having fun at work right now, it's a sign that you need to be a friend to yourself and start shifting the balance.
• 19:36
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah.
• 19:37
  SPEAKER_01: It you know, that's beautiful.
• 19:39
  SPEAKER_01: And I think, you know, I I I think, you know, too, you know, how important that is, because it's not just in business.
• 19:49
  SPEAKER_01: It's like in life.
• 19:50
  SPEAKER_01: If you can put your, you know, if you you know, I think about this like in terms of even like networking when you're going out there and you're you're making friends outside.
• 19:59
  SPEAKER_01: It's not, yes, you have to you have to be a friend with yourself first and good to yourself, but creating friendships, like how can you think about the other person, you know, cheer them on.
• 20:15
  SPEAKER_01: So, like as you shared, you shared, okay, so maybe my team got the glossy, but if it did, how can I then say, ooh, how can I help the other team?
• 20:29
  SPEAKER_01: And it's we win together.
• 20:30
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 20:30
  SPEAKER_00: And if you think about a company, you can have the best HR team ever.
• 20:36
  SPEAKER_00: But if your sales team aren't able to sell your pro sell your product or service, you're not gonna be successful in the whole time.
• 20:41
  SPEAKER_00: You can have your best HR team recruiting talent, developing talent, your best sales team who are able to get the new orders.
• 20:49
  SPEAKER_00: But if your operations team aren't able to service and build and provide that service, you're gonna struggle.
• 20:54
  SPEAKER_00: And so this is why it's about the we and not just about me, well, I'm doing okay, and finger pointing and blame that we see elsewhere.
• 21:04
  SPEAKER_00: And so, in our work with leaders around the world, this whole concept of having and being an ally, of having and being a friend at work, whatever language you want to use is so important.
• 21:16
  SPEAKER_00: And it starts one conversation and one relationship at a time.
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_00: It starts with the relationship we have with ourselves, what's the energy I'm bringing into this conversation, the energy I'm bringing to this project, and how is that making others feel?
• 21:30
  SPEAKER_00: And therefore, an intentional choice at this point, because leadership is a choice, a choice to where do I need to turn the dial up or down to ensure that we can be mutually successful.
• 21:42
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I I love it.
• 21:43
  SPEAKER_01: And mutually successful and where to turn it up, so important, and it's it just makes me just think about how you know this the importance of creating that team environment so that everybody, no matter where they are within the company feels that what they do matters and that they are part of a team to do X, Y, or Z.
• 22:10
  SPEAKER_01: And I and I I feel like we cannot stress that enough.
• 22:15
  SPEAKER_01: To get buy-in, you need you have to get buy-in for people wanting to work on something or to be part of something.
• 22:23
  SPEAKER_01: And if somebody doesn't have is is that outlier who's not being or buying into it, maybe they're not the right fit.
• 22:31
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe they're meant to be in a different team.
• 22:34
  SPEAKER_01: But you need or maybe that's somebody that needs to be weeded out.
• 22:38
  SPEAKER_01: But you need to create that team where it's the we not the not the you or me.
• 22:45
  SPEAKER_01: It's the we.
• 22:46
  SPEAKER_00: It's we together.
• 22:47
  SPEAKER_00: And and less experienced leaders might say to me, well, I can't possibly be friends with my colleagues because we're in competition with each other for the next promotion.
• 22:56
  SPEAKER_00: I'll call BS on that.
• 22:58
  SPEAKER_00: Or I can't be friends with my um direct reports because I might have to reprimand them one day.
• 23:03
  SPEAKER_00: And I'll call BS on that too.
• 23:06
  SPEAKER_00: Because the advantage of having the human connection means that we are more likely to show that compassion when we do have to have the tough conversations.
• 23:14
  SPEAKER_00: Because let's face it being a leader, being a team member is easy easy peasy lemon squeezy when things are going well.
• 23:21
  SPEAKER_00: The true test of leadership is what happens when the project's going off the rails or where your budget gets slashed or somebody goes sick and we have to carry that load until they come back.
• 23:33
  SPEAKER_00: How do we navigate those tough days?
• 23:36
  SPEAKER_00: And that's when we'd better know who we can turn to versus finding ourselves isolated and alone.
• 23:44
  SPEAKER_00: And that's why this is so important.
• 23:48
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
• 23:48
  SPEAKER_01: Yes right and I love that because that basically allows the leader to be able to say okay you know we have somebody on our team who is having X, Y, or Z or there's something going on, we all need to band together to fill in.
• 24:02
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, because next week it might be me having the thing.
• 24:05
  SPEAKER_00: And then you can cover for me.
• 24:06
  SPEAKER_00: So it's the give and take.
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_00: Now if somebody is taking advantage then that's a different leadership skill of you're holding them accountable to the results that are expected.
• 24:16
  SPEAKER_00: So being an ally being a friend at work doesn't mean we go soft.
• 24:19
  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't mean we lower the standards.
• 24:21
  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't mean that um we start sandbagging ourselves or others.
• 24:25
  SPEAKER_00: In fact it allows us to raise the standards because everybody's on the same page and there is um transparency and clarity around those expectations.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah I love that.
• 24:37
  SPEAKER_01: I absolutely love it.
• 24:38
  SPEAKER_01: So if you've been listening to this and which I hope you have been listeners I really want you to understand that being able to create and foster the amazing culture to create the we is you know grab the book take a listen and be a great leader who creates a team environment where we're supporting everybody and they're being heard and yes get to know the people in your tribe I'm not asking we're not asking you to you know sleep with them but we are asking you to be friends with them.
• 25:21
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah let's be clear you don't have to take me home to meet your mother this is in an HR appropriate way but get to know the journey the life journey the lived experience behind the job title and I'll use myself as an example.
• 25:34
  SPEAKER_00: You've all now been introduced to me Morag Barrett, CEO of SkyTeam, author of three books and a leadership development keynote speaker.
• 25:42
  SPEAKER_00: All right now if you leave it at that you're going to miss the richness that comes from 15 years in commercial finance.
• 25:49
  SPEAKER_00: The fact that I am originally from the UK, maybe you've heard that in the accent but now living in America I have worked with leaders from 20 countries.
• 25:57
  SPEAKER_00: I'm the mother of three six-foot boys.
• 26:00
  SPEAKER_00: There is so much that goes behind the snapshot that you may be seeing today.
• 26:06
  SPEAKER_00: Think about the richness that you could uncover but also the richness that you could share from your own journey that brings those connections and those points of intersection closer together with the people who work with and around you.
• 26:18
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 26:19
  SPEAKER_01: I love that so how can people find you and connect with you on you know how do they do that?
• 26:26
  SPEAKER_00: How do they do that?
• 26:27
  SPEAKER_00: Well the advantage of a slightly unusual name it's a Scottish name is that you Google me Morag Barrett and you will find me but please do connect with me on LinkedIn.
• 26:37
  SPEAKER_00: You can check out our work at skyteamsky team dot com and I invite you all to take your own complimentary ally mindset profile and you will find that at Skyteam S K Y E team dot cloud forward slash you me we awesome okay so listeners please connect go go to the website go to the Sky Team website look for all the links make the connections go onto LinkedIn and I just want to thank everybody for listening this is the Unstoppable Leadership Spotlight podcast.
• 27:18
  SPEAKER_01: I am your host Jaclyn Strawmanger and I want to thank you again all for listening.
• 27:22
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