Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and golajieving. This
Speaker 1: is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul
Speaker 1: fella Aledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode three eighty eight, and let's set the record
Speaker 2: straight from the very beginning. I don't care who you are,
Speaker 2: what title you hold, or how much money you make.
Speaker 2: That doesn't impress me, not one bit. What does impress
Speaker 2: me is how you treat people, because that's the real
Speaker 2: scoreboard in leadership. I've met executives with corner offices who
Speaker 2: couldn't remember the name of the person who cleaned those offices.
Speaker 2: I've met paramedics with medals on their chest who never
Speaker 2: once thanked their partners after a rough call. I've seen
Speaker 2: who bark orders, dominate meetings, and make six figured decisions,
Speaker 2: but can't be bothered to make eye contact with their staff.
Speaker 2: On the flip side, I've also met shift supervisors who
Speaker 2: walk into the building and shake every hand, managers who
Speaker 2: write handwritten thank you notes, CEOs who hold the door open.
Speaker 2: And those are the people who make me stop and say, now,
Speaker 2: that's a leader. So let's break this down. Titles are given,
Speaker 2: respect is earned. Anyone can chase titles. You can network
Speaker 2: your way up, play the game, even fake your way
Speaker 2: through a few promotions. Titles are easy, but respect that's
Speaker 2: earned every day through tone, through patience, through how you
Speaker 2: act when you're frustrated, through how you handle someone who
Speaker 2: can't do anything for you. Real leaders understand that their
Speaker 2: true influence isn't measured by their position on an ORG chart,
Speaker 2: but by how people feel after interacting with them. Did
Speaker 2: you leave them motivated or disengaged or discouraged, Did they
Speaker 2: walk away scene or dismissed, Which brings me to the
Speaker 2: currency of character. We live in a world obsessed with
Speaker 2: wealth and status, flashy cars, fancy titles, curated social media profiles,
Speaker 2: and don't get me wrong, success is not the enemy.
Speaker 2: But leadership isn't about impressing people with your lifestyle. It's
Speaker 2: about impacting people through your character. Your people are watching
Speaker 2: how you treat the receptionist, the new hire, the person
Speaker 2: who messed up last week. They're not watching how many
Speaker 2: emails you sent or how long your job title is.
Speaker 2: They're watching how you respond when someone's having a rough day.
Speaker 2: That's the real test, and never forget leadership is a
Speaker 2: daily decision how to actually lead with impact. Let me
Speaker 2: give you three tactical ways to live this mindset out.
Speaker 2: Number one, start with names. If you're leading people and
Speaker 2: don't know their names, that's a problem. Learn them. Say
Speaker 2: them often. Nothing makes someone feel more valued. Number two,
Speaker 2: ask before you assume. If someone's late, off their game
Speaker 2: or distracted. Don't jump to conclusions. Ask what's going on.
Speaker 2: Empathy doesn't lower standards, it strengthens loyalty. And number three,
Speaker 2: catch people doing something right. It's easy to find faults.
Speaker 2: Real leadership looks for effort, progress, and wins and acknowledges
Speaker 2: them out loud. When you're gone years from now, your
Speaker 2: people aren't going to talk about your salary or your title.
Speaker 2: They're going to talk about how you made them feel,
Speaker 2: how you uplifted them and drove them to be better.
Speaker 2: Did you listen? Did you lead by example? Did you care?
Speaker 2: That's what they'll remember. That's your leadership legacy. So the
Speaker 2: next time someone tells you about their title or their paycheck,
Speaker 2: let it roll off your shoulders. Pay attention to how
Speaker 2: they treat the people around them, because at the end
Speaker 2: of the day, kindness still wins, and in leadership, kindness
Speaker 2: is undefeated. This has been the seven minute leadership podcast
Speaker 2: and I thank you for listening.
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