WEBVTT

1
00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:07.000
<v Speaker 1>Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of

2
00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:11.759
<v Speaker 1>performance through strong human relations, team building, and golajving. This

3
00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:16.440
<v Speaker 1>is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellovledo.

4
00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:25.359
<v Speaker 2>Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.

5
00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:29.760
<v Speaker 2>It's episode seven o three. There is a moment in

6
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:34.920
<v Speaker 2>every organization, every team, and every leader's career that almost

7
00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:39.399
<v Speaker 2>no one sees coming. It does not arrive with an announcement.

8
00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:43.200
<v Speaker 2>It does not show up on your calendar. There is

9
00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:47.840
<v Speaker 2>no meeting invite, no memo, no warning. It builds quietly,

10
00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:53.280
<v Speaker 2>It stacks in the background, and then one day everything shifts.

11
00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:59.200
<v Speaker 2>That moment is the tipping point. Most leaders think tipping

12
00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:03.399
<v Speaker 2>points are big of events, a major resignation, a public failure,

13
00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:08.760
<v Speaker 2>a financial crisis, or a major win. That is not

14
00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:13.079
<v Speaker 2>the tipping point. That is the result of the tipping point.

15
00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:18.079
<v Speaker 2>The tipping point happens long before that. It happens in

16
00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:21.480
<v Speaker 2>the small moments that no one is tracking. It is

17
00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:24.920
<v Speaker 2>the extra minute you spend listening to someone when you're tired.

18
00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:28.200
<v Speaker 2>It is the decision to address a problem instead of

19
00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:32.000
<v Speaker 2>letting it slide. It is the tone you use when

20
00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:34.680
<v Speaker 2>no one is paying attention It is the standard you

21
00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:39.439
<v Speaker 2>enforce when it would be easier to ignore it. Leadership

22
00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:43.560
<v Speaker 2>tipping points are built in silence. Here is where this

23
00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:48.480
<v Speaker 2>gets dangerous. Most leaders are building a tipping point right now.

24
00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.959
<v Speaker 2>They just have no idea which direction it's going. Let

25
00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:57.719
<v Speaker 2>me explain. Every action you take is either stacking toward

26
00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:03.120
<v Speaker 2>trust or stacking toward doubt. Every conversation is either building

27
00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:07.640
<v Speaker 2>belief or eroding it. Every decision is either tightening your

28
00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:11.719
<v Speaker 2>culture or weakening it. There is no neutral You're always

29
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:15.199
<v Speaker 2>moving toward a tipping point. So I want you to

30
00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:18.319
<v Speaker 2>think about this. Have you ever walked into a workplace

31
00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:22.199
<v Speaker 2>and within five minutes you knew exactly what kind of

32
00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:25.120
<v Speaker 2>place it was. No one had to tell you, you

33
00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:28.719
<v Speaker 2>felt it. That was a tipping point you walked into.

34
00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:33.560
<v Speaker 2>That culture did not happen overnight. It was built through hundreds,

35
00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:38.080
<v Speaker 2>maybe thousands, of small leadership decisions. And here's the part

36
00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:41.759
<v Speaker 2>that most leaders miss. The tipping point is not controlled

37
00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:48.560
<v Speaker 2>by one big decision. It's controlled by consistency. Consistency is

38
00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:52.280
<v Speaker 2>the quiet force that pushes everything over the edge. And

39
00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:55.520
<v Speaker 2>I'll give you an example. You have an employee who

40
00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:58.360
<v Speaker 2>shows up late the first time you ignore it, the

41
00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:00.759
<v Speaker 2>second time you joke about it. The third time you

42
00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:04.439
<v Speaker 2>say something but you don't follow through. And what you're

43
00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:08.360
<v Speaker 2>doing is stacking. You're not managing time. You are building

44
00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:11.759
<v Speaker 2>a tipping point. And eventually one of two things will happen.

45
00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:17.680
<v Speaker 2>Either that employee fully checks out and your standard collapses,

46
00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:22.039
<v Speaker 2>or another employee steps in and says, why am I

47
00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:25.240
<v Speaker 2>doing the right thing if no one else has to,

48
00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:29.199
<v Speaker 2>and now your culture starts to crack. That is a

49
00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:34.000
<v Speaker 2>tipping point. Now flip it, same situation. First time you

50
00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:39.520
<v Speaker 2>address it clearly, Second time you reinforce expectations. Third time

51
00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:42.919
<v Speaker 2>you hold the standard. No drama, no yelling, no emotion,

52
00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:48.080
<v Speaker 2>just consistency. Now you are building a different tipping point,

53
00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:53.039
<v Speaker 2>one where people understand exactly what matters, one where standards

54
00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:58.479
<v Speaker 2>are not negotiable, one where trust starts to build. The

55
00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:03.879
<v Speaker 2>difference between those two outcomes is not talent, it's not intelligence,

56
00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:09.039
<v Speaker 2>it's not experience. It is the accumulation of small, consistent

57
00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:13.800
<v Speaker 2>leadership behaviors. This is where most leaders get it wrong.

58
00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:16.279
<v Speaker 2>They're waiting for the big moment to show up. They

59
00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:20.399
<v Speaker 2>think leadership is about how they perform when everything is

60
00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:23.360
<v Speaker 2>on the line, But the truth is, by the time

61
00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:26.959
<v Speaker 2>everything is on the line, the outcome has already been decided.

62
00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:31.240
<v Speaker 2>The tipping point already happened. You just didn't recognize it.

63
00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:35.480
<v Speaker 2>This is why some leaders seem to turn things around overnight.

64
00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.759
<v Speaker 2>They did not. They were stacking the right behaviors long

65
00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:43.920
<v Speaker 2>before anyone noticed, and then one day everything crossed the line.

66
00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:48.000
<v Speaker 2>Momentum took over and it looked like magic. It's not magic.

67
00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:53.920
<v Speaker 2>It's math. Small inputs repeated consistently over time. That is

68
00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:58.600
<v Speaker 2>how tipping points are built. So here's the real question.

69
00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:03.120
<v Speaker 2>You need to ask yourself, what are you stacking right now?

70
00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:06.560
<v Speaker 2>Because whether you realize it or not, you are getting

71
00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:10.160
<v Speaker 2>closer to a tipping point. It might be a breakthrough

72
00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:13.920
<v Speaker 2>or it might be a breakdown. You decide that not

73
00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:16.560
<v Speaker 2>with one big decision, but with the next small one

74
00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:20.560
<v Speaker 2>you make. This is where your seven minute leadership discipline

75
00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:24.519
<v Speaker 2>comes into play. You do not need to overhaul your

76
00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:29.959
<v Speaker 2>entire organization today. You do not need a massive strategy session.

77
00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:34.199
<v Speaker 2>You need seven focused minutes. Seven minutes to think about

78
00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:39.519
<v Speaker 2>your standard, seven minutes to reflect on your conversations, seven

79
00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:43.560
<v Speaker 2>minutes to correct something that is slightly off, seven minutes

80
00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:46.879
<v Speaker 2>to reinforce something that is working. That is how you

81
00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:51.199
<v Speaker 2>control the direction of your tipping point, not by reacting

82
00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:55.720
<v Speaker 2>by intentionally stacking. And let me leave you with this,

83
00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:00.839
<v Speaker 2>there is a moment coming in your leadership journey where

84
00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:05.279
<v Speaker 2>everything will shift. Your team will either lock in with

85
00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:09.000
<v Speaker 2>you or they will quietly move away from you. Your

86
00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:15.040
<v Speaker 2>culture will either tighten or it will unravel. Your reputation

87
00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:21.439
<v Speaker 2>will either solidify or it will crack. That moment is

88
00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:26.360
<v Speaker 2>already being built right now in the ways that feel small,

89
00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:30.480
<v Speaker 2>in the ways that feel insignificant, in the ways that

90
00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:33.959
<v Speaker 2>are easy to overlook. But they are not small. They

91
00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:38.519
<v Speaker 2>are everything. So the next time you think this does

92
00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:42.160
<v Speaker 2>not matter, or I will deal with this later, or

93
00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:47.279
<v Speaker 2>it's not a big deal, stop because that moment might

94
00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:56.000
<v Speaker 2>be the tipping point for everything. Leadership is not about

95
00:06:56.040 --> 00:07:01.079
<v Speaker 2>the loud moments everyone sees. It is about out the

96
00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:07.800
<v Speaker 2>quiet ones no one notices. Stack the right actions, protect

97
00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:13.360
<v Speaker 2>your standards, pay attention to the small things because one

98
00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:17.639
<v Speaker 2>day all of it adds up, and when it does,

99
00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:21.360
<v Speaker 2>you will not get to choose the outcome. You will

100
00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:25.120
<v Speaker 2>live with what you've built. This has been the seven

101
00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:27.800
<v Speaker 2>minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank you for listening.

102
00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:32.800
<v Speaker 1>For more Paul fell of Alito Podcasts, visit paulfellowalito dot com.