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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 golajving. This

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

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<v Speaker 1>fella Aledo. Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute

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<v Speaker 1>Leadership Podcast. It's episode four oh seven. So I was

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<v Speaker 1>cooking the other day and while I was cutting up

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<v Speaker 1>some ingredients for my dish, it made me think about teamwork. Crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>I know, but that's how my mind works. So for

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<v Speaker 1>this episode, I want you to picture a big pot

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<v Speaker 1>of water on the stove. You toss in some ingredients, carrots, onion,

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<v Speaker 1>a little garlic, maybe some meat. Now here's the key question.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you cooking a meal or are you just boiling parts?

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<v Speaker 1>Because that's exactly what teamwork is. A group of individuals

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<v Speaker 1>all tossed into the same environment with the hope that

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<v Speaker 1>they'll come together and become something better, something useful, something

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<v Speaker 1>others want to be around, something that can feed results.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's the truth that most teams never hear. Just

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<v Speaker 1>being in the same pot doesn't make you a team.

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<v Speaker 1>Just being at the same meeting, wearing the same logo,

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<v Speaker 1>or responding to the same supervisor doesn't mean you're working together.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the difference between a soup and a pot of

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<v Speaker 1>hot water with raw ingredients floating around aimlessly. A great

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<v Speaker 1>team is like a well made soup. You blend, you

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<v Speaker 1>break down a little, you share flavors, and what comes

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<v Speaker 1>out is something that's warm, inviting and actually works. It nourishes,

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<v Speaker 1>it has impact. But when people show up only for themselves,

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<v Speaker 1>when they guard their roles, avoid collect aberration, refuse to

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<v Speaker 1>give feedback or receive it, that team never blends. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just floating pieces. You know what. That tastes like nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>no purpose, no value, and no one asks for seconds.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's talk about what causes teams to float instead

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<v Speaker 1>of blend. Number one ego over outcome. If everyone wants

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<v Speaker 1>to be the main ingredient, no one wins. A soup

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't need five spices all trying to outshine each other.

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<v Speaker 1>It needs balance. Number two fear of vulnerability. Blending means

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<v Speaker 1>giving a little of yourself. It means trusting others with

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<v Speaker 1>your ideas, your process, and sometimes your mistakes. Floating is safer,

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<v Speaker 1>but blending is where the flavor comes from. Number three

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<v Speaker 1>lack of shared heat. For real teamwork to happen, you've

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<v Speaker 1>got to go through the fire together, shared pressure, shared goals,

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<v Speaker 1>shared deadlines. That's how ingredients break down and mix. Number four,

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<v Speaker 1>No one's stirring the pot. If the leader isn't stirring

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<v Speaker 1>things up, asking questions, challenging the team to combine talents,

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<v Speaker 1>or even just checking on the flavor, you'll end up

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<v Speaker 1>with separation. Leading isn't just managing time, it's managing togetherness.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's the reality check for leaders. If your team

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<v Speaker 1>feels like a group of talented individuals who happen to

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<v Speaker 1>be on the same email chain, you're not leading a team.

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<v Speaker 1>You're managing ingredients. So how do you fix it? One

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<v Speaker 1>Define the recipe. Make sure everyone knows what you're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to create. If one person thinks it's chilly and another

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<v Speaker 1>thinks it's stew, your team will never blend. Vision has

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<v Speaker 1>to be shared. Number two. Stir often, check in, mix

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<v Speaker 1>people up, don't let silos form. Ask how people are

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<v Speaker 1>working together. Praise great collaboration out loud. Three turn up

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<v Speaker 1>the heat. Give your team something worth blending for. Set

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<v Speaker 1>goals that require unity, not just individual execution. And four

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<v Speaker 1>let it simmer. Some teams need time. Let them cook,

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<v Speaker 1>but keep the lid on, don't walk away from the pot.

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<v Speaker 1>And finally, if someone refuses to blend, if they always

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<v Speaker 1>float above the work, avoid getting involved or worse, ruin

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<v Speaker 1>the taste for everyone else. You've got to address it.

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<v Speaker 1>One raw potato left in the pot can spoil everything.

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<v Speaker 1>So teamwork isn't about perfection, It's about participation. It's about

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<v Speaker 1>dissolving a little so that together the team becomes something

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<v Speaker 1>better than any single part. That's what great leadership builds,

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<v Speaker 1>not a list of names on a schedule, but a

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<v Speaker 1>unified group that shares purpose, pressure, and pride. So leaders

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<v Speaker 1>step back this week and ask yourself what's cooking. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you have a team that's blended into something others want

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<v Speaker 1>to be a part of, or do you just have

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<v Speaker 1>a boiling pot of raw ingredients that never really become

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<v Speaker 1>a meal. This has been the seven minute Leadership Podcast

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<v Speaker 1>and I thank you for listening. For more Paul Fell

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<v Speaker 1>of Alito Podcasts, visit paulfellowalito dot com.