Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and goal achieving.
Speaker 1: This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host
Speaker 1: Paul Fellavaledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode four sixty two. Let's start with a simple truth.
Speaker 2: Your team is not a collection of random names on
Speaker 2: a schedule. They are a reflection of their leader. And
Speaker 2: if that stings a little bit good, that means you're
Speaker 2: taking leadership seriously. In this episode, we're going to talk
Speaker 2: about what your team says about you, especially when you're
Speaker 2: not in the room. Because they are talking. The question
Speaker 2: is what are they saying? So first up is the
Speaker 2: mirror test. Think of your team like a mirror. The
Speaker 2: way they commut, unicate, handle conflict, solve problems, take initiative
Speaker 2: or avoid it is often a direct reflection of your
Speaker 2: leadership habits. If you lead with clarity, you'll likely hear
Speaker 2: clarity echoed back. If you lead with chaos, guess what
Speaker 2: you'll get if your team is disengaged, distracted, or dysfunctional.
Speaker 2: It didn't just happen. That culture has roots, and often
Speaker 2: those roots grow from the leader. Now here's the part
Speaker 2: that separates amateurs from professionals owning it. Great leaders understand it.
Speaker 2: If the team's energy is off, if morale is low,
Speaker 2: or if standards are slipping. The solution doesn't start with
Speaker 2: fixing the team. It starts with asking where did I
Speaker 2: go wrong in setting the tone? Next is what they
Speaker 2: say when you're not around. This is where things get
Speaker 2: real when you're not in the room. What do they
Speaker 2: say about the meetings you run, about the way you
Speaker 2: handle pressure, about how you treat people. You don't have
Speaker 2: to eavesdrop to know the truth. Look at their performance,
Speaker 2: look at their engagement, look at how they talk to
Speaker 2: each other. That's the real scoreboard. A toxic team doesn't
Speaker 2: appear overnight. It forms drip by drip, moment by moment,
Speaker 2: based on what the leader allows, ignores, or models. So
Speaker 2: if they're gossiping, backstabbing, showing up late, or phoning it in,
Speaker 2: it might be time to take a leadership audit of
Speaker 2: your own behavior. Next is you train them even if
Speaker 2: you didn't mean to. And here's something that no one
Speaker 2: tells you early in your leadership journey. You're always training
Speaker 2: your team even when you're not trying to If you
Speaker 2: consistently let things slope, they learn what doesn't matter. If
Speaker 2: you celebrate wins loudly and holding mistakes accountable with grace,
Speaker 2: they learn that results matter, but people matter more. And
Speaker 2: if you lose your temper every time something breaks, they
Speaker 2: learn to hide problems. Your culture is a reflection of
Speaker 2: your default behavior. You train them on purpose or by accident,
Speaker 2: which brings us to the power of intentional modeling. So
Speaker 2: how do you shift this? Start leading like someone is watching,
Speaker 2: because they are. Your attitude at seven am sets the
Speaker 2: tone for someone else's entire shift. Your reaction to bad
Speaker 2: news teaches someone how to handle pressure. Your follow through
Speaker 2: or lack of it, teaches them what accountability really means.
Speaker 2: If you want a team that communicates better or you
Speaker 2: better be modeling top tier communication. If you want a
Speaker 2: team that solves problems instead of pointing fingers, start by
Speaker 2: taking ownership when things go wrong. Leaders don't just set goals,
Speaker 2: They set examples. And now let's talk about the reset button.
Speaker 2: Because here's the good news. Culture is not concrete. You
Speaker 2: can shift it. Step one is awareness. Ask yourself, what's
Speaker 2: the vibe of my team when I'm not around? What
Speaker 2: have I accidentally allowed what am I modeling without meaning to?
Speaker 2: And then you have to take action, Realign your words
Speaker 2: and your walk, reconnect with the team. Don't be a leader.
Speaker 2: They only hear from when something's broken. Reinforce the non
Speaker 2: negotiables like respect, reliability, and real communication. So you don't
Speaker 2: need a full reorganization. You just need to show up consistently,
Speaker 2: intentionally and with the humility to own the room before
Speaker 2: trying to run it. You don't lead a random group
Speaker 2: of people. You lead a team that reflects your standards,
Speaker 2: your energy, and your leadership. They are a mirror and
Speaker 2: if you don't like what you're seeing, it's not about
Speaker 2: smashing the mirror, It's about adjusting the reflection. This has
Speaker 2: been the seven minute Leadership podcast and I thank you
Speaker 2: for listening.
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