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 Fellavledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode three forty five and let me take you
Speaker 2: on a musical journey for this episode. Think about the
Speaker 2: opening riff of acdc's Back in Black, or the first
Speaker 2: haunting notes of Metallica's and or Sandman, or the thunder
Speaker 2: of Queen's We Will Rock You before a single word
Speaker 2: is sung, just a few beats in and everyone's blood
Speaker 2: starts pumping, stadiums erupt, athletes lock in, and entire crowds
Speaker 2: move is one. Why is that? Because sometimes one riff
Speaker 2: changes everything. And that's exactly what leaders need to understand.
Speaker 2: You aren't just a title. You're the tone setter. You're
Speaker 2: the riff. In music, a riff is a short repeating
Speaker 2: sequence that becomes the heartbeat of the song. It's what
Speaker 2: people remember. It's the hook, the swagger, the identity. Every
Speaker 2: legendary intro you've ever heard, it wasn't the lyrics, it
Speaker 2: was the riff. Now Here's where this matters to you
Speaker 2: in leadership. Your tone, your energy, your approach. It's your riff.
Speaker 2: People walk into the workplace, onto the ambulance, into the meeting,
Speaker 2: and they take their cues from you. So I'll ask
Speaker 2: what's your intro? What are you putting out there? Before
Speaker 2: a word is even said? Are you chaos? Are you flat?
Speaker 2: Are you predictable? Or are you energy? Focus and precision.
Speaker 2: When a leader walks into the room, everyone's internal EQ
Speaker 2: dials into them, whether they realize it or not. The
Speaker 2: team is listening for the beat they're supposed to follow,
Speaker 2: and if your rhythm is sharp, confident, and steady, others
Speaker 2: will step in line. But if your riff is off,
Speaker 2: the whole team falls apart. So let me give you
Speaker 2: a few tactical riffs. You can start using. One that
Speaker 2: I call the pre shift pulse. Start each shift or
Speaker 2: day with a tone setting line, and it doesn't have
Speaker 2: to be cheesy, it doesn't have to be long, just consistent,
Speaker 2: something like let's make sure we end the shift with
Speaker 2: zero mistakes, or everyone walks out of here healthy and
Speaker 2: proud today. And another one I call the walk in energy.
Speaker 2: You can't show up dragging and expect others to be pumped,
Speaker 2: whether you're tired, distracted, or overwhelmed. You've got ten seconds
Speaker 2: when you enter a room to establish your vibe, so
Speaker 2: make it count. In one called the reset riff when
Speaker 2: things go sideways, and they will have a signature phrase
Speaker 2: to bring everyone back to the center, something like let's
Speaker 2: get our heads right or this isn't how we end today,
Speaker 2: or reset before you roll. You can't always control the chaos,
Speaker 2: but you can rescore the moment. And one called the
Speaker 2: leadership solo. Every so often, drop in and play that
Speaker 2: solo one on one feedback, a small act of appreciation,
Speaker 2: an unexpected gesture. Great rifts don't always come in full volume.
Speaker 2: Sometimes it's the subtle groove that people remember. And here's
Speaker 2: the big truth. You don't need to change the entire song,
Speaker 2: just be the three second intro that sets it up.
Speaker 2: That's what leadership is. It's being the thing that people
Speaker 2: feel before they understand. It's walking in with a presence
Speaker 2: that makes people believe, all right, we've got this. So
Speaker 2: I want you to ask yourself, if I were a riff,
Speaker 2: what would I sound like? Would it be flat or fierce?
Speaker 2: Would people want to follow it? Because great leaders don't
Speaker 2: just lead with policies and pep talks. They lead with presence, energy,
Speaker 2: and a vibe. And just like those iconic songs, when
Speaker 2: you get it right, your people don't forget you. So
Speaker 2: today your challenge is this, develop your riff, practice it,
Speaker 2: live it, whether it's a look, a line, a mindset,
Speaker 2: or a moment. Be the energy that others tune into.
Speaker 2: Be the riff. This has been the seven minute Leadership
Speaker 2: podcast and I thank you for listening.
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