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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 golajiving. 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>Fello 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 four thirty five. This episode is built around

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<v Speaker 2>a powerful message I came across from a guy named

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Klein on LinkedIn, and it stopped me in my tracks.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what it said. Five signs. You're ready to lead.

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<v Speaker 2>You ask better questions, You fix what bothers you, You

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<v Speaker 2>defend the standard, you share what you learn, You make

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<v Speaker 2>hard things easy. Then he finishes with this line most

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<v Speaker 2>wait for all five. You can start with one. Let

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<v Speaker 2>me tell you the last line might be one of

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<v Speaker 2>the simplest, yet most impactful leadership truths I've seen in

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<v Speaker 2>a long time. Too many people think leadership is something

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<v Speaker 2>you earn after you check a bunch of boxes, after

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<v Speaker 2>you've had the title, after you've been given the keys,

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<v Speaker 2>or after you've mastered every tool. But leadership doesn't wait

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<v Speaker 2>for permission. It starts with action. So today I want

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<v Speaker 2>to walk through each of these five signs and show

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<v Speaker 2>you what they mean. In real life, and how you

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<v Speaker 2>can activate any one of them starting today. Number One,

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<v Speaker 2>you ask better questions. Great leaders ask great questions, not

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<v Speaker 2>just to check boxes or follow a script, but to

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<v Speaker 2>dig deeper, challenge the status quo, and understand people. Better

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<v Speaker 2>questions like why are we doing it this way? What

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<v Speaker 2>outcome are we actually chasing? What's getting in your way

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<v Speaker 2>right now? Better questions lead to better thinking, and better

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<v Speaker 2>thinking leads to better outcomes. If you want to lead,

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<v Speaker 2>start by being the person in the room who asks

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<v Speaker 2>the question nobody else thought to ask. Number two you

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<v Speaker 2>fix what bothers you. This one is big. Most people complain.

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<v Speaker 2>Leaders take action that sticky note that keeps falling off

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<v Speaker 2>the whiteboard, the scheduling issue that keeps coming up, the

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<v Speaker 2>process that nobody questions even though it's broken. If it

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<v Speaker 2>bothers you and you've got the ability to improve it,

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<v Speaker 2>do it, Fix it, even if it's small. That's leadership.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about owning problems instead of waiting for someone else

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<v Speaker 2>to solve them. Number three, you defend the standard. Leadership

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<v Speaker 2>isn't just about raising the bar, it's about keeping it

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<v Speaker 2>from falling. When people start cutting corners are saying close enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Leaders speak up. They remind people what good looks like,

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<v Speaker 2>and more importantly, they live it. You don't need a

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<v Speaker 2>job title to defend the standard. You just need a backbone.

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<v Speaker 2>When you stand up for what matters, you show everyone

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<v Speaker 2>what kind of leader you are. Number four, you share

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<v Speaker 2>what you learn. This is where leadership becomes legacy. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not about being the smartest person in the room. It's

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<v Speaker 2>about being the one who says, hey, here's something I

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<v Speaker 2>found that helped me. It might help you too. That's

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<v Speaker 2>how you raise the collective intelligence of a team. That's

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<v Speaker 2>how you multiply impact, and that's how you build trust.

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<v Speaker 2>People don't follow silent hoarders of knowledge. They follow those

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<v Speaker 2>who openly give. And number five, you make hard things easy.

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<v Speaker 2>This might sound like magic, but it's actually mindset. When

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<v Speaker 2>something complex comes up, leaders simplify. They say, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>here's step one, let's just start there. They remove friction,

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<v Speaker 2>They find the shortest path from stuck to solution, and

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<v Speaker 2>even if it's still hard, they make it feel doable.

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<v Speaker 2>That kind of calm, clear energy. It's magnetic. It changes

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<v Speaker 2>the temperature in a room, and it makes people believe

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<v Speaker 2>that they can handle whatever comes next. Now, here's the kicker.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't need all five. Most people wait until they've

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<v Speaker 2>mastered everything before they think they can lead. But what

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<v Speaker 2>Dave said is true. You can start with just one,

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<v Speaker 2>pick one thing from the list. That's your entry point.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you decide to start asking better questions during team meetings.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you finally fix that one broken process that's been

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<v Speaker 2>driving everyone crazy. Maybe you speak up when someone tries

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<v Speaker 2>to lower the standard. Maybe you send out an email

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<v Speaker 2>sharing a lesson you just learned. Or maybe you step

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<v Speaker 2>in when the team is overwhelmed and say, hey, here's

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<v Speaker 2>how we break this down. So leadership doesn't need a podium,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't require permission. It starts with one move, one shift,

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<v Speaker 2>one choice. The world is full of people waiting to

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<v Speaker 2>be ready. The real leaders are the ones who have

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<v Speaker 2>the courage to get started before they feel fully prepared.

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<v Speaker 2>That's powerful, that's inspiring, and that's real leadership. So here's

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<v Speaker 2>the challenge. Which one are you going to start with? Today?

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<v Speaker 2>This has been the seven minute Leadership Podcast and I

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>For more Paul Fell of Alito Podcasts, visit paulfellowalito dot com.