Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and goalachieving. This
Speaker 1: is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellawledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode three to ZHO eight and for this episode,
Speaker 2: I want to share a leadership moment that didn't come
Speaker 2: from a boardroom, a team meeting, or even a book.
Speaker 2: It came from a six hour film shoot for just
Speaker 2: seven seconds of commercial footage. So a couple of weeks ago,
Speaker 2: I had the chance to be on the set of
Speaker 2: a professional TV commercial that I was hired to be in.
Speaker 2: It was a six hour night shoot outside in Every
Speaker 2: detail was meticulously handled by the film crew. Camera angles, lighting, timing, positioning, wardrobe, sound,
Speaker 2: you name it. They covered it. Six hours of this
Speaker 2: all for just seven seconds worth of content. That kind
Speaker 2: of commitment to excellence made a big impact on me.
Speaker 2: But there was something even more powerful that stood out
Speaker 2: that evening. It was the director. All night long, he
Speaker 2: did something simple but brilliant. In between takes, he walked
Speaker 2: around to every member of the crew, from the lead
Speaker 2: camera operator to the person laying down tape on the
Speaker 2: pavement and kept asking the same question, what are we
Speaker 2: forgetting that's stupid? Not what did we miss? Not is
Speaker 2: everything perfect? But what are we forgetting that's stupid? It
Speaker 2: was raw, it was honest, and it got results. One
Speaker 2: of the crew eventually said we should remove the tape
Speaker 2: marks from the road because they might show up in
Speaker 2: the shot. Boom. Problem solved, issue caught, disaster avoided. That's leadership.
Speaker 2: That's engaging every single person on your team, regardless of
Speaker 2: their title or job description. That's flattening the hierarchy for
Speaker 2: a moment and creating space for ideas, caution flags, and
Speaker 2: simple reminders. Because here's the truth, it's often the small,
Speaker 2: stupid things that sink the ship. It's the crooked name
Speaker 2: tag in a formal photo. It's the wrong date on
Speaker 2: a big presentation. It's the background noise no one thought
Speaker 2: to eliminate, and it's almost always avoidable if someone just
Speaker 2: asks the question. So here's your leadership take away this week.
Speaker 2: Start asking your team what are we forgetting that's stupid?
Speaker 2: Ask it before the big meeting, before the shift starts,
Speaker 2: before you hit go. Invite answers from everyone, not just
Speaker 2: your leadership team. It shows humility, it builds trust, and
Speaker 2: most importantly, it prevents failure. So leadership isn't just about
Speaker 2: vision and direction. It's about pulling your team close and
Speaker 2: making sure everyone has a voice, especially when it comes
Speaker 2: to the details. The great ones know that a clean
Speaker 2: final product often depends on catching the tapemarks before the
Speaker 2: camera rolls. And this has been a big week for me.
Speaker 2: Two books finally published, The Leadership Academy and The Seven
Speaker 2: Minute Leadership Survival Guide, both now available on Amazon, and
Speaker 2: I hope you'll check them out. This has been the
Speaker 2: seven Minute Leadership Podcast and I thank you for listening.
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