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<v Speaker 1>Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of

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<v Speaker 1>performance through strong human relations, team building, and goala giving.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host

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<v Speaker 1>Paul fella Aledo.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's episode seven to seventy five. Today's episode is called

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<v Speaker 2>leaders Who Notice the Small Stuff. There is an old

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<v Speaker 2>saying that little things mean a lot. Leadership proves that

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<v Speaker 2>statement every single day. Many leaders spend their time chasing

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<v Speaker 2>the next big initiative. They focus on strategic plans, quarterly reports,

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<v Speaker 2>budget meetings, hiring decisions, and organizational growth. Those things absolutely matter.

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<v Speaker 2>The problem is that employees rarely remember your spreadsheet. They

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<v Speaker 2>remember whether you noticed. Did you notice they stayed late?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you notice they looked exhausted? Did you notice they

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<v Speaker 2>solved a problem before it became your problem? Did you

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<v Speaker 2>notice that someone had been unusually quiet for the past week.

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<v Speaker 2>Leadership credibility is rarely built during major announcements. It's built

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<v Speaker 2>in hundreds of small observations that tell people, I see

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<v Speaker 2>you think about the best leader that you ever worked for.

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<v Speaker 2>The odds are you probably don't remember every speech they

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<v Speaker 2>gave or every meeting that they led you probably remember

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<v Speaker 2>something much smaller. Maybe they remembered your child's name. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>they congratulated you after earning a certification. Maybe they noticed

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<v Speaker 2>your hard work when nobody else did. Those moments stay

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<v Speaker 2>with people because they communicate something powerful. You matter. In

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<v Speaker 2>emergency services, I've watched experienced officers walk into a station

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<v Speaker 2>and immediately notice that something feels different. The truck isn't

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<v Speaker 2>parked quite right, equipment is sitting in the wrong place,

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<v Speaker 2>someone who usually jokes around is suddenly quiet, or the

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<v Speaker 2>whiteboard hasn't been updated yet. Those aren't random observations, their

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<v Speaker 2>leadership observations. The small stuff tells a story long before

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<v Speaker 2>the big problems show up. The same thing happens in

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<v Speaker 2>every business. Customer complaints usually don't appear overnight, Employee turnover

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<v Speaker 2>rarely begins with someone submitting a resignation letter, safety problems

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<v Speaker 2>don't magically arrive one Monday morning, and culture doesn't collapse

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<v Speaker 2>in a single afternoon. There are always clues. The leader

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<v Speaker 2>who notices the small stuff catches problems while they're still

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<v Speaker 2>inexpensive toy fix. The leaders who ignore the small stuff

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<v Speaker 2>usually find themselves managing expensive emergencies and here's something that

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<v Speaker 2>I've learned over the years. Employees are constantly sending leadership signals.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes they're verbal, sometimes they're behavioral, sometimes they're emotional. A

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<v Speaker 2>leader who pays attention can read those signals long before

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<v Speaker 2>anyone says I'm thinking about leaving. The employee who stops

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<v Speaker 2>volunteering ideas, the person who suddenly becomes chronically late, the

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<v Speaker 2>top performer who no longer smiles, the new employee who

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't asked a question in days. Those aren't inconveniences, they're information.

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<v Speaker 2>Leadership is observation before its intervention. The same principle applies

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<v Speaker 2>to positive leadership. Notice improvement, notice effort, notice consistency. Notice

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<v Speaker 2>someone quietly helping a teammate without expecting recognition. People often

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<v Speaker 2>think recognition requires expensive award programs. It doesn't. Sometimes it's

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<v Speaker 2>a thirty second conversation I saw what you did yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you, or I appreciate how you handled that. Those

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<v Speaker 2>few words can carry someone through an entire week. People

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<v Speaker 2>want to feel that their work has meaning. Being noticed

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<v Speaker 2>tells them that it does. One of the easiest leadership

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<v Speaker 2>habits you can develop is slowing yourself down enough to

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<v Speaker 2>actually see what's happening around you. Walk through your workplace

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<v Speaker 2>without looking at your phone, sit in the break room

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<v Speaker 2>for ten minutes, ride along with your crews, Visit departments

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<v Speaker 2>that aren't yours, Listen more than you speak, Observe before

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<v Speaker 2>you evaluate. Great leaders gather information that never appear in

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<v Speaker 2>a report. And here's another thought. If employees believe you

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<v Speaker 2>only notice mistakes, they'll spend their energy hiding them. If

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<v Speaker 2>employees believe you notice effort, improvement and integrity, they'll bring

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<v Speaker 2>problems before they become disasters. What you consistently noticed becomes

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<v Speaker 2>what people consistently value. That's how culture is built, not

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<v Speaker 2>through posters, not through corporate bs, through repeated attention to

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<v Speaker 2>behaviors that matter. So I challenge you today to notice

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<v Speaker 2>one thing you normally overlook. Find one employee who's quietly

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<v Speaker 2>carrying more than their share. Notice the clean workspace someone

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<v Speaker 2>maintains every day. Notice the person who always arrives prepared,

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<v Speaker 2>Notice the teammate who consistently helps others succeed, and then

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<v Speaker 2>tell them. Leadership doesn't always require a grand speed each

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes it requires paying attention to what everyone else walks past.

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<v Speaker 2>The smallest observations often produce the biggest impact because people

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<v Speaker 2>rarely forget the leader who truly saw them. So as

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<v Speaker 2>you head into your day, remember this leadership isn't measured

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<v Speaker 2>only by the decisions you make. It's also measured by

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<v Speaker 2>the details you refuse to overlook. The smallest moments often

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<v Speaker 2>become the biggest memories for the people who follow you.

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<v Speaker 2>Be the leader who notices and if you want more

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<v Speaker 2>has been the seven minute Leadership podcast and I thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for listening.

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