Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and goal agiving.
Speaker 1: This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host,
Speaker 1: Paul Fellowaledo. Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute
Speaker 1: Leadership Podcast. It's episode three oh three. Today we're diving
Speaker 1: into real world leadership scenarios, a way to put your
Speaker 1: leadership skills to the test in controlled, interactive situations. The
Speaker 1: best way to grow as a leader isn't just to
Speaker 1: read about leadership, it's to experience it in real time.
Speaker 1: You can play this episode for your leadership team and
Speaker 1: then roleplay this out or discuss it if you see fit,
Speaker 1: or use this idea to come up with your own
Speaker 1: specific scenarios that are specific to your team and industry.
Speaker 1: And in the EMS world we role play patient scenarios
Speaker 1: all the time to stay sharp, so there is real
Speaker 1: benefit doing this in the leadership space to get your
Speaker 1: people thinking and talking before any of these happen. So
Speaker 1: I'll walk you through three powerful leadership scenarios, and as
Speaker 1: you listen, ask yourself what would I do? How would
Speaker 1: I handle this situation? And again you can just pause
Speaker 1: after each one if you want, and then hit play
Speaker 1: when you're ready to continue. Scenario number one the crisis
Speaker 1: command center, And here's your scenario. You're leading a team
Speaker 1: in a high stakes environment, maybe in ems unit like mine,
Speaker 1: a corporate division, or a nonprofit. Suddenly a major crisis
Speaker 1: hits a cyber attack. Your challenge is to immediately assess
Speaker 1: the situation, delegate responsibilities, and communicate a response plan to
Speaker 1: your team. The questions to ask your team and yourself
Speaker 1: are what are your immediate priorities? Who do you need
Speaker 1: to communicate with first in how do you prevent panic
Speaker 1: while maintaining urgency? Go ahead and hit pause and discuss this,
Speaker 1: and when you're ready to continue, just hit play. Okay.
Speaker 1: The lesson here is crisis management is about staying calm,
Speaker 1: making decisions under pressure, and leading with confidence even when
Speaker 1: chaos strikes. So look at your answers and make sure
Speaker 1: that they all align with those core values. Scenario number two.
Speaker 1: We'll just call this one the toxic employee dilemma. And
Speaker 1: here's your scenario. One of your top performing employees is
Speaker 1: also your biggest culture problem. They meet goals, but create tension, gossip,
Speaker 1: and undermine team morale. Now a key team member is
Speaker 1: threatening to quit because of them. Your challenge do you
Speaker 1: let this toxic high performer continue for the sake of
Speaker 1: results or do you intervene? If so? How The question
Speaker 1: to ask your team or yourself is how do you
Speaker 1: balance performance with culture? What conversations do you need to have?
Speaker 1: And what if this person refuses to change? Go ahead
Speaker 1: and hit pause and discuss this, and when you're ready
Speaker 1: to continue, just hit play. Okay. The lesson here is
Speaker 1: great leadership means protecting your culture even when it's uncomfortable.
Speaker 1: The wrong person, no matter how skilled, can poison an
Speaker 1: entire team. Scenario number three. We'll call this the silent meeting,
Speaker 1: and your scenario is you've just taken over and new team.
Speaker 1: You call your first meeting, eager to get their insights
Speaker 1: and feedback, but it's just silence. No one speaks up.
Speaker 1: People seem disengaged, hesitant, or even afraid to share their thoughts.
Speaker 1: Your challenge is to break the silence, get people talking,
Speaker 1: and establish a culture where feedback is welcomed. How are
Speaker 1: you going to do that? And what i'd ask is
Speaker 1: what's your first move and how do you encourage open communication?
Speaker 1: And how do you ensure that this doesn't happen again,
Speaker 1: So go ahead and hit pause and discuss this, and
Speaker 1: when you're ready to continue, just hit play. Okay. The
Speaker 1: lesson here is a leader's job isn't just to talk.
Speaker 1: It's to create an environment where people feel safe speaking up.
Speaker 1: So real leadership happens in real moments, not in textbooks,
Speaker 1: not in theories, but in the everyday fires. You have
Speaker 1: to put out these scenarios, aren't you hypotheticals. They're the
Speaker 1: kind of challenges you'll face in leadership and your ability
Speaker 1: to handle them to find your success. If you found
Speaker 1: these useful, try running them with your leadership team, discussing
Speaker 1: different approaches and learning from each other. You may even
Speaker 1: find yourself pulling out your policy manual to review your
Speaker 1: plans and updating them. And if you haven't done so,
Speaker 1: head over to Amazon to pick up your copy of
Speaker 1: my latest book, The Leadership Academy, And if you do,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear your feedback on how it's helping
Speaker 1: you in your leadership journey. This has been the seven
Speaker 1: minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank you for listening. For
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