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- 0:00Welcome to Business for Humans. I'm Jamie Gennaro, business coach,
- 0:04consultant, and founder of Practica Consulting.
- 0:08Today, I dive into leadership transformation. I talk through how collaboration,
- 0:14trust, and transparency can create stronger, more motivated teams and better
- 0:19workplace outcomes. Enjoy.
- 0:22Music.
- 0:29Leaders today i'm talking to leaders and more specifically those of you who
- 0:37really want to hone in your leadership skills there are some leaders who would
- 0:43never listen to this podcast who would never sign up for a leadership training.
- 0:49And it's unfortunate because there are a lot of people out there who are in
- 0:55management positions who are not committed to elevating or developing,
- 1:03quite frankly, those skills.
- 1:06So they just do all the things required in their job description,
- 1:11but they don't develop that key thing that's so important as a manager,
- 1:15which is the way you work with your team and the way you sort of harness their
- 1:22potential and help them elevate.
- 1:25So that work doesn't get done for a lot of traditional leaders.
- 1:30And it, quite frankly, just never will.
- 1:34So those of you that are interested in developing those skills,
- 1:40we need to get you into those positions.
- 1:42We need to get the old dudes out and we need to get you in there to start to
- 1:49shape and shift the way we lead,
- 1:52the way we lead teams, because there are just some people who are too far gone
- 1:57and they will not be receptive to change.
- 2:00I was working with a client recently doing executive coaching and I started
- 2:05coaching other members of her team and I suggested,
- 2:10well, maybe now is an opportunity for us to pitch in to your level,
- 2:15like the supervisors above your team so we could do some training because obviously
- 2:21everybody's sort of struggling with the same issues and I can help support you all,
- 2:27but maybe we need to make some impact higher up the food chain.
- 2:31And she just started laughing.
- 2:33She was like, it's all old white stuff.
- 2:39Europeans. Let's just say that. And she's like, they have zero interest in developing
- 2:46leadership skills. That is not their priority.
- 2:49Their priority is making money, period.
- 2:51So that's just where we're at. So we need to do the work and we need to get
- 2:56those people out so that we can start reshaping the workplace.
- 3:00So don't feel hopeless.
- 3:02Feel inspired because we need to get you in there and I'll help you get there.
- 3:08So I want to give you two examples of leadership styles and you're going to
- 3:16hear my bias as I describe them.
- 3:19So there's a style of leadership and I'm going to use the metaphor of a client
- 3:24when you're in a services or creative industry.
- 3:27So there are two types of clients and that's the metaphor for two types of leaders.
- 3:32I think it's just easy to explain it this way because it removes you from that
- 3:37leadership perspective.
- 3:40So you have a client and they are collaborative.
- 3:45They trust you and your team to provide the service that you've contracted to provide.
- 3:53They trust your team.
- 3:56They trust your expertise. They ask a lot of questions and they don't get involved
- 4:02in the part that doesn't involve them.
- 4:05So they stay involved until they know it's time for you to basically like take
- 4:10the ball and implement on the work.
- 4:13So early on in the project, they want to collaborate and brainstorm and help
- 4:20develop the strategy together so that you can take that work and implement it
- 4:26and that it's sort of a clean transition.
- 4:29And then they stay out of your way and they're interested and they're supportive
- 4:33and they sort of like check in at periodic times and they still ask questions,
- 4:39but they really trust you and they trust your expertise.
- 4:42When they ask those questions, they're coming from this place of,
- 4:45I'd like your specific input because I trust you and your experience and your
- 4:51knowledge and I want your specific perspective on this problem that we're trying to solve.
- 4:56But the nice thing about those projects are the fact that you get to sort of
- 5:02dream up the solutions in collaboration with them.
- 5:06The other type of client in services industries is the kind of client who just
- 5:13comes to you with the idea baked.
- 5:15They're like, we don't care if it's the best idea.
- 5:19We just need to get it out there. It should have launched yesterday.
- 5:23We don't have any time to mess around. you need to
- 5:25just take this idea and implement it whether you
- 5:28like it or not this is the direction we're moving in we
- 5:32need to go go go faster faster faster do the work get it done it's not fast
- 5:37enough and and they're judging every step of the way and they're micromanaging
- 5:43every step of the way so they want to be a part of the entire process and some
- 5:47clients even want to do some of the work,
- 5:50which is extremely awkward.
- 5:52And there's no trust established there.
- 5:56They're not ready to let go and let you do the work. They want to stay super,
- 6:01super, super hands-on and super involved.
- 6:05So you can see those two styles of leadership.
- 6:09So whether it's you working with a client and saying, oh, I love working with
- 6:14those types of clients and feeling really exhilarated by the work that comes
- 6:19from those types of clients.
- 6:20So if you're listening to this and you're an entrepreneur, those are the types
- 6:24of clients where you're going to do your best work.
- 6:28Right. Like it's just a very clear collaboration and respect and mutual trust.
- 6:35I trust you, client, to give me the reins and let me take it from here.
- 6:42And you trust me to do my best work based on my experience. But that initial
- 6:47phase is a very clear collaboration.
- 6:52And I think what leaders forget, because leaders are typically the ones kind
- 6:57of landing these clients, right?
- 6:59They might be the owner of the company landing the work.
- 7:03So are they bringing in the kind of clients that they love to work with?
- 7:08Or are they bringing in work because they're desperate?
- 7:12I think the outcome is going to be really different. But I think if we're using
- 7:17that metaphor and flipping it into leadership, like let's remember leaders,
- 7:20that if you like working that way with clients, your team likes working that way too.
- 7:26So if you are forcing an idea and telling your team you just need to implement
- 7:33on this idea without any collaboration,
- 7:37without any opportunity for them to give feedback on the solution or the approach
- 7:42or how you're planning to do the work,
- 7:45it's going to be really hard for them to motivate to implement on an idea that
- 7:51they may or may not agree with.
- 7:53So some leaders get really frustrated in that phase where they're like, I'm the boss.
- 7:59I don't feel heard. Nobody's listening to me.
- 8:02This is the best idea. We just need to go forward with it. Everybody just needs
- 8:06to line up and do what I say.
- 8:11And it just doesn't work. And what happens is these leaders just keep doing
- 8:17it that way over and over and over.
- 8:19And what I see, and what's really hard for me as an outsider who can't jump
- 8:25in and body block, which I used that metaphor yesterday,
- 8:30sometimes I just really want to get in there and body block the leader from
- 8:35the team. You're doing it wrong.
- 8:38But I think what's really hard about that is that you're not trusting your team.
- 8:43You're not leveraging their creativity.
- 8:47You're not putting them in a position where you have trust in them.
- 8:53So always, always, always the approach I recommend, and to me it feels so simple,
- 8:59but some leaders really have a hard time because I'll explain why afterwards.
- 9:04But this other approach of bring people in early in the process.
- 9:10Listen, right? Let all the ideas percolate and marinate.
- 9:17Don't feel committed to your idea. And I would say this is true for anyone coming
- 9:22to a brainstorm meeting.
- 9:23Don't come in going, I'm going to push my idea through at whatever cost.
- 9:28Come in with the idea that my idea is going to mix with all the ideas in the
- 9:32room and the idea we come out with collectively is going to be stronger than
- 9:36any one of our ideas, which is a truth.
- 9:40So bringing the team, if you are a leader trying to figure this out,
- 9:44always bring the team in sooner.
- 9:49Make it a collaborative problem-solving exercise.
- 9:53And I think it's true for everything. Like you have some business problem that you're trying to solve.
- 9:57Don't be so worried about holding it so close to the chest because you don't
- 10:01want to reveal things that should be secret things behind the curtain.
- 10:05I don't think that ever makes the company stronger or better.
- 10:09I think when you're transparent and open and honest about what's going on,
- 10:14it's a different kind of motivation for your team.
- 10:16I hear a lot of leaders say, I'm worried about morale.
- 10:19If they talk about this thing, it's going to deplete morale and people are going to get frustrated.
- 10:25And I feel the exact opposite.
- 10:27And from my experience, what I've seen is the more open I am,
- 10:31the more transparent, people aren't making up their own stories then.
- 10:34Then they're not like alluding to, oh, well, maybe this is happening and maybe
- 10:38this is happening, but we don't know.
- 10:40So we're going to make up ideas about what the thing could be.
- 10:43When you're open and honest with them, then they know exactly where they stand.
- 10:48They know where the business stands and they feel like they're a part of it.
- 10:53You're inviting them in to say, I trust you. I want your expertise.
- 10:57I want your brain on this.
- 10:59Maybe it's not the best thing in the world. Maybe revenue is down or we lost
- 11:03a client, but we can solve this together.
- 11:07That is a different kind of morale boost, honestly, than not saying anything
- 11:12and then people just wondering and making up stories or the opposite of just
- 11:17like, okay, there's a problem. I've solved it.
- 11:20And I just need you guys to go and implement.
- 11:24And I'm trying to rack my brain like, is there a time when that kind of leadership is effective?
- 11:29And I have to be honest, no. I don't think that you need to be 100% democratic all the time.
- 11:36I think if you go into a collaboration and you come out as the person with the
- 11:42most experience and you haven't seen the cracking of the code yet,
- 11:48that doesn't mean that you just take it from the team and then take the ball
- 11:52and you run with it and you solve it on your own.
- 11:54But I think what you do is you push, right?
- 11:57You push the team, you challenge them to think bigger, to think differently,
- 12:01to try some other things on.
- 12:03You're there to sort of push the envelope and push the boundaries on what's possible.
- 12:10Reignite, re-inspire. Don't just accept the first round of ideas if you don't
- 12:14think they're quite there, but also don't just take it and then solve it yourself.
- 12:19That's not the way forward.
- 12:21So this is like the number one thing if you're looking at elevating as a leader,
- 12:27the number one thing you can do. Bring the team in sooner.
- 12:31Be transparent about what all the problems are that need to be solved. Solve it as a team.
- 12:37And then work out how you're going to implement on that solve as a team.
- 12:43Put that plan together as a team.
- 12:46So that everybody's clear from the beginning of what the responsibilities are
- 12:52of everyone, who the owner is, roles and responsibilities.
- 12:56Just do all that setup up front. I always like to say measure twice and cut once.
- 13:03Put much more emphasis on the pre-work, the pre-production, the planning stage,
- 13:09getting everything ready. This is how I cook too.
- 13:11I hate cooking, but I figured out a method where if I just like do all the measurements
- 13:16and chop everything and get everything
- 13:19set up instead of like starting to cook and doing it on the fly,
- 13:22if I just like pre-prep all my stuff, I'm just way less stressed out about getting
- 13:28to the like final plated final product.
- 13:32I just get all that pre-work done so I don't have to improvise somewhere along the way where,
- 13:39oh, maybe I miscalculated or mismeasured or didn't get the stuff right from
- 13:44the beginning because I am a recipe follower all the way.
- 13:48I mean, I'm not when I'm just whipping something up because I believe in recycling
- 13:53and using leftovers and all of that.
- 13:56But so this is one of the most fundamental pieces of leadership because you are at the helm of,
- 14:04And you are ultimately responsible, but that doesn't mean you need to take it
- 14:09and that like you are the best person to solve the problem.
- 14:12You're not. I'm sorry, but like
- 14:15one person is never the best solution when you have a team to leverage.
- 14:20It's never the best case scenario to have one person solving a problem in silo.
- 14:26So even me as a slowpreneur, I would revel, like I really try to put myself in silo.
- 14:34Situations where I have a group, groupthink.
- 14:37I created a community with my clients where we can troubleshoot and brainstorm
- 14:42problems together because it's always better. It's always better.
- 14:47So bring the team in earlier, be transparent about what the problem is,
- 14:53even if that's a business problem, be transparent about it, and then work together
- 14:58to come up with a solution.
- 15:00And I will use an example that's not project-level, HR-level problems.
- 15:06So if there is a very tricky human resources issue, I want you to be transparent
- 15:14about it so you can talk with HR openly because legally you can talk with HR openly.
- 15:22That's still two brains rather than one. You might not be able to be 100% transparent
- 15:28with everyone, but I think it's still better to, let's say it's an issue with a staff member,
- 15:36who's maybe a more junior staff member, but you have a senior leadership team,
- 15:40rather than you going, oh, somehow it's my fault and I need to solve for this
- 15:45and I need to figure it out and it's just a one-on-one with HR,
- 15:48you can be vague with your leadership team and you can say, listen,
- 15:54there's, you know, you can be vague about the details, but like,
- 15:58I need your brains on something, right? We have this problem to solve.
- 16:02And in this case, it's a human resources issue, but we have a problem to solve.
- 16:06And of course, legally, you don't want to get into specifics when it's about
- 16:10a person, but I still think that being open and honest and transparent,
- 16:15like, Like, you know, I've been in a lot of positions where I was the mid-level manager for a team.
- 16:24And then I was reporting to the owner of the company. This has happened in multiple workplaces.
- 16:30And so what always happens is that that team is like frustrated with leadership.
- 16:34And so they bring those frustrations to me.
- 16:37And as a leader, you have to sort of take everything with a grain of salt.
- 16:43And as a coach I hear everything as a story like okay I'm hearing your story
- 16:48doesn't mean it's a fact I'm just listening to your story.
- 16:51But I think it's great to work with that person who has this problem in a way
- 16:58of like, I'd like to leverage your brain.
- 17:01We have a problem to solve here. Let's collaborate.
- 17:04Rather than like, I need to take this problem they've brought to me and I need to solve it.
- 17:09Or there's this problem they've brought to me, I believe every single word that they're saying.
- 17:14And then I need to just like go and fight the good fight towards the person
- 17:19who is the problem, quote unquote, right?
- 17:22Like we're not opening up that option of collaboration and problem solving as a group.
- 17:30So I don't want to get into the specifics of every single possible thing that
- 17:34could come up and how to address it.
- 17:36But I think with HR issues, it's always best to empower the person who's having
- 17:42the struggle to say, what's yours?
- 17:45What are you bringing to the table? And then let's collaborate openly about
- 17:49what are some ways that we can problem solve.
- 17:52And sometimes it makes sense to bring that other person in.
- 17:56So we're taking a problem that some people might sweep under the rug or hide
- 18:01from or put their head down and just try to ignore it.
- 18:06We're now making it a group think, a group effort to collaborate.
- 18:11And so the position of a leader is to encourage that collaboration.
- 18:17Not to feel the responsibility that like, oh, it's my company or it's my team.
- 18:22I need to solve for everything.
- 18:24That's my job. I need to solve, solve, solve. That's what people are expecting me to do.
- 18:29No, people are expecting you to lead.
- 18:34To find a workaround with them, right?
- 18:38For you to be like, hey guys, this is a perfect opportunity for us to get together,
- 18:43put our heads together and solve for this.
- 18:46So leading is taking action, but finding a way to bring the team back in,
- 18:53not to push them away or isolate yourself.
- 18:58With the problem or, you know, trying to solve the problem for them.
- 19:03I think parenting is a good example too, right?
- 19:05It's like, hey, there's an issue as a group, like as the parents and the kid,
- 19:11can we solve for this together?
- 19:13Like, do you have any ideas, kid?
- 19:16Like, you know, I don't, I'm not going to solve this for you.
- 19:19Like, we're in this together.
- 19:21Let's figure out a way to problem solve this. It's not like,
- 19:24I'm the parent. I need to fix it.
- 19:26I need to find all the solutions. That's my job. No.
- 19:30Let's bring the whole family in on it. This is a problem to solve.
- 19:34Let's get more heads on it.
- 19:35I trust you guys. I don't care how old you are. I trust you to be creative and
- 19:40come up with creative solutions for this problem.
- 19:44It's just so much more open-ended, and there's so much less guilt and shame and worry.
- 19:51It's like, hey, I'm a business owner. We're down revenue.
- 19:56It's my problem to solve. I'm stressed out. I'm staying up all night.
- 20:00It's like, hey, no, you have a whole team. Well, not in all cases.
- 20:03I don't have a whole team. I would love to have a whole team.
- 20:07But if you do, take advantage of the fact that you have these amazing brains
- 20:13at your disposal to help problem solve. This is the beauty.
- 20:19So to recap, early in the project, stay open, open communication,
- 20:26transparency, and collaborative problem solving.
- 20:30It's just going to keep your team so much more motivated and focused.
- 20:35So very briefly, I want to touch on why leaders lean on the other style,
- 20:42on the style of, it's my job, it's my responsibility, I need to fix it,
- 20:46I shouldn't bring anyone else into this, they expect me to fix it.
- 20:50You probably know where this is going.
- 20:53That's all insecurity. Because there's this part of people who are fundamentally
- 21:00insecure, they're like, if I bring the solution forward, I get to own that solution.
- 21:07And if the solution works, I get my security back.
- 21:10I get that recognition. I get people seeing my effort and my abilities.
- 21:16And I need that pat on the back to feel secure.
- 21:21When you don't have any issues with confidence and security,
- 21:25you're not tied to the idea being yours.
- 21:29And even if you bring the idea, I mean, this happens to me all the time.
- 21:32Even if you bring the idea and you're the first seed of that idea and you plant
- 21:36it in the team brain and that's the idea that goes forward, I am never tied
- 21:42to taking credit for that idea.
- 21:44I could freaking care less because that's not where I get my confidence and security.
- 21:50My confidence and security comes from, did I effectively create a container
- 21:58and a space for this team to brainstorm and come to a solution?
- 22:03Did I effectively create spaces for them? Did I get out of their way?
- 22:09Did I encourage and support? And am I seeing them elevate?
- 22:13That's where I get my juice. You know, like, I get more confident as I see other
- 22:19people thriving because of my support.
- 22:22That's what fuels me, not I need to take credit for things or I need to solve
- 22:28everything and I need to make it mine.
- 22:30And what's interesting is, like, I don't have a team, but I have you all.
- 22:33And so sometimes I, like, work out some of my stuff, like the ideas and the
- 22:39things that I'm trying to work through here.
- 22:41So even this question about leadership with a team, I'm working through some
- 22:47leadership issues, and I'm starting to see some patterns in the feedback that
- 22:53people are bringing back to the leadership.
- 22:55And so here I'm trying to articulate, like, what are these two leadership styles I'm seeing?
- 23:01And how can I articulate to this leadership team that this collaborative approach
- 23:07is the way to go? Well, part of the way I do that is like articulating it here.
- 23:12You're my team, right? Like I'm trying to be like collaborative here.
- 23:18I mean, obviously you're listening to it because you're like,
- 23:20I like your ideas, Jamie, and I want to like implement on those ideas.
- 23:24So I guess here I'm taking a little bit of credit for the ideas,
- 23:27but I'm also trying to like, it's such a funny thing to say,
- 23:31but like work it out in this space.
- 23:34Because even though I can't see you, I know you're there.
- 23:38And I know that it is kind of a little bit collaborative because I'm trying
- 23:42to imagine like, are you one of my clients? Are you a leader that's struggling?
- 23:47Are you an employee that's struggling? And so I'm like working it out of like,
- 23:51I want to speak to you. I want this to feel...
- 23:55Resonant, right? And I need this argument to feel resonant with my client that
- 24:02I'm going to be talking to in a few days.
- 24:04So it's really helpful to bring it to this space and collaborate with you in
- 24:10the ether around this issue so that I can better articulate it.
- 24:15But it's not because I want to own this idea and I want recognition for these ideas.
- 24:22I'm putting these ideas out here because I feel like if I can figure it out,
- 24:27then I can share it with you and then you can implement it and it's going to help you.
- 24:33And it's all from that place of like, I want you to elevate.
- 24:37I want you to thrive. I want you to be living and working in your full potential.
- 24:42That's always my goal. Right?
- 24:44So that is where I want this leadership energy to be kind of focused is this
- 24:52idea that it's not my idea.
- 24:54It doesn't have to be my idea. I'm not tied to this idea. I don't need pats on the back.
- 25:00And if you're realizing that you are a leader in the other style.
- 25:05Then this is what I say to all of my clients, all those insecurities and the
- 25:10confidence, that's what you work on with a coach.
- 25:13That is all stuff. That's the coaching gap, right?
- 25:17The knowledge gap and the experience gap and the ability to do the job,
- 25:23I'm not worried about that.
- 25:24You've been doing this work for a long time. I'm not worried about you not being
- 25:28able to do the work itself.
- 25:30I'm worried about your approach.
- 25:33If you're already in a leadership role, you don't need to worry about your experience
- 25:40level and your knowledge base and what you're going to contribute to a project.
- 25:45What you need to do is learn how to get out of other people's way and not need
- 25:51a pat on the back and not need to own the idea.
- 25:55That's the insecurity that you can work on with a therapist or a coach.
- 25:59Let's work on that so that you can be in the team mind and leading the team
- 26:06mind and helping push a team and challenge them and let them elevate and push the boundaries.
- 26:12If you're not hearing those ideas, push, push, push, push, but in the best way.
- 26:17Push in a graceful, supportive way, not like, we've got a deadline.
- 26:24Hurry, hurry, hurry. But we're not there yet, guys.
- 26:27What else can we be thinking about? Let's think outside the box.
- 26:30Everybody go and do some research.
- 26:32Get some inspiration from somewhere. Bring it back. Let's keep pushing on it.
- 26:38That's where morale builds when they're like, whoa, you respect me?
- 26:42You like my ideas? You want me to bring my ideas forward?
- 26:46Okay, I'm going to keep bringing ideas forward.
- 26:49But if every time you're like, it's my idea, my idea is going forward, my idea, my idea.
- 26:54People are like, I'm going to stop bringing ideas forward.
- 26:58You don't get any more ideas. I brought ideas forward. You didn't want them.
- 27:03Now I lean out. I mean, that's the only option employees have in that leadership style is to lean out.
- 27:08Music.
- 27:13Do I think it's the best work? Do I even think the work is good?
- 27:18No, but I don't want to fight you on it. So fine.
- 27:22You can, you know, nobody's going to pat you on the back though,
- 27:26right? Like that's what you're looking for, but no one's going to pat you on
- 27:28the back because they're going to be pissed.
- 27:31So if you're waiting for a pat on the back because you've been a martyr and
- 27:36you've taken everything on and you realized you needed to solve it yourself
- 27:40and you need to move that idea forward and you're waiting for someone to pat
- 27:43you on the back, it's probably never going to come?
- 27:45Because people leaned out so far, they can't even reach your back.
- 27:50So it's not how you're going to get people thriving or creative ideas thriving
- 27:56or better problem solving.
- 27:58It's just not a way that works, quite frankly.
- 28:02And like I said earlier, I'm trying to rack my brain like, is there a time when that works?
- 28:08And the answer is no. It just doesn't work in any capacity.
- 28:13It It doesn't work in relationships and it doesn't work with teams.
- 28:18It just doesn't work. Team effort. If you think about sports,
- 28:23if you think about team sports, and if there's ever been one individual who shined,
- 28:29who like took the ball and took it for themselves, ultimately people stop respecting that person.
- 28:36And I know like there are people in sports and we all know them.
- 28:40We're like, oh, there's this person, that person, this person,
- 28:41they're the shining stars.
- 28:43But their team cannot stand it when they hog the ball and they try to be the
- 28:48shining star. That's not teamwork.
- 28:51Teamwork is about collaboration and getting to that finish line together.
- 28:55The group is always better than the individual.
- 28:59So remember that when you're building a business or moving a business objective
- 29:05forward or a project forward, it's a team effort.
- 29:08It's just like playing a team sport. You need to pass. You need to pass.
- 29:15If you are a ball hog, people are not going to like you.
- 29:19Everybody wants to play and you are
- 29:22going to get the ball up the field a lot faster if
- 29:26you're moving it between people in a strategic
- 29:29way rather than just trying to bulldoze your
- 29:32way through a group of people it just doesn't work like if you watch any sport
- 29:36it just doesn't work like that it's the passing that makes it like makes all
- 29:43those moves so much more rewarding too When you see a really solid pass, you're like, yes.
- 29:50When you see someone just hog the ball and try to push it forward, they don't get very far.
- 29:56So I hope you are someone who sees themselves as moving into a leadership position.
- 30:03Because if you're listening and if it's resonating, there are two things you
- 30:06can do with this if you're not a leader yet.
- 30:09Two things you can do with this information. You can digest it and figure out
- 30:15how to share it with your management team and remind them that this is a great way of working.
- 30:21So you can try to influence the team above you to work in this more collaborative
- 30:27way and offer some process improvements to get them here.
- 30:33And or you can start vying for senior leadership positions that maybe you have
- 30:40insecurities about going after.
- 30:42Maybe you don't feel like you have the confidence to go after it.
- 30:45If you're here and you're listening and it's resonating with you and you're
- 30:48shaking your head like, yeah, I want to be this kind of leader,
- 30:51please, from the bottom of my heart, do not shy away from applying for those
- 30:57senior leadership positions.
- 30:58We need you there. We need you there.
- 31:01We need you changing the shape of work environments so that they're more collaborative and less painful.
- 31:07So please go after those jobs and the insecurities and the confidence.
- 31:14That's what you work on with a coach. That's what you work on with a therapist.
- 31:18Get over that stuff on the side so that you can show up as a leader who's more collaborative,
- 31:24who's listening, who's getting the team thriving, who's helping people see their
- 31:28potential, and then having that beautiful, reflective, rewarding celebration
- 31:35at the end of a group project where you're winning.
- 31:39It's the best. It is the best when you're like, we figured it out, guys, as a team.
- 31:45And we took it across the finish line as a team. And now we're going to celebrate as a team.
- 31:50And it's just like when you feel like you're in that zone with people,
- 31:55it's not about you getting credit.
- 31:57It's about everybody celebrating together the accomplishment of the team. And it is beautiful.
- 32:04It is beautiful.
- 32:08I want that for you. All right. I'm going to leave with that guys.
- 32:12And I will talk to you next week.
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- 32:52Music.