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<v Speaker 1>Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of

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<v Speaker 1>performance through strong human relations, team building, and GOLAJV. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the Seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellavaledo.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello everyone, and welcome to the Seven Minute Leadership Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's episode six eighty eight. Today, I'm going to walk

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<v Speaker 2>you through something that sounds incredibly simple on the surface,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's one of the most powerful leadership decisions I've

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<v Speaker 2>ever made. I send one email a week. That's it,

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<v Speaker 2>one email every Thursday, and it's a financial report. Everything else,

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<v Speaker 2>every conversation, every correction, every recognition, every tough moment, every

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<v Speaker 2>important decision happens in person. And before you brush that

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<v Speaker 2>off as old school or unrealistic, I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>hear this out because this philosophy will completely change how

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<v Speaker 2>you lead, how your team communicates, and how your culture

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<v Speaker 2>feels every single day. Let's start with the problem most

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<v Speaker 2>leaders are living in right now. Your inbox is running

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<v Speaker 2>your organization, not your vision, not your standards, not your

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<v Speaker 2>leadership presence. Your inbox. You wake up, you check email,

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<v Speaker 2>You respond to email, You manage problems through email, You

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<v Speaker 2>argue through email, and you lead through email. And then

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<v Speaker 2>you wonder why your team feels disconnected, confused, and disengaged.

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<v Speaker 2>Email is efficient, but it is also the fastest way

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<v Speaker 2>to remove humanity from leadership. There's no tone, there's no presence,

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<v Speaker 2>there's no accountability in that moment, and most importantly, there's

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<v Speaker 2>no LEADLeadership happening. It's just communication happening, and those are

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<v Speaker 2>not the same thing. Leadership is a contact sport. It

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<v Speaker 2>requires presence, It requires eye contact, it requires reading the room.

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<v Speaker 2>It requires the ability to adjust in real time. You

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<v Speaker 2>cannot do that through a keyboard. So I made a

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<v Speaker 2>decision one email per week every Thursday financial report. It's clean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's direct, it's transparent because numbers matter. People deserve to

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<v Speaker 2>know where the organization stands. Leaders need to understand the

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<v Speaker 2>business side, not just the operational side. That weekly email

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<v Speaker 2>becomes a rhythm. It creates consistency, It builds trust, it

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<v Speaker 2>eliminates confusion, and most importantly, it removes the excuse of

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know everything else. It happens face to face.

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<v Speaker 2>If there's a problem, I find you. If there's a win,

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<v Speaker 2>I tell you directly. If there's feedback, we talk about

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<v Speaker 2>it in real time. Because leadership is not about sending messages.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about creating moments. And moments don't happen in inboxes.

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<v Speaker 2>They happen in hallways, they happen in offices. They happen

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<v Speaker 2>next to the truck, next to the desk, next to

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<v Speaker 2>the job being done. This aligns directly with the belief

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<v Speaker 2>that leadership is built in short, intentional moments, not long,

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<v Speaker 2>drawn out communication chains. Now here's where it gets uncomfortable

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<v Speaker 2>for a lot of leaders. This approach forces you to

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<v Speaker 2>show up. You can't hide behind your screen. You can't

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<v Speaker 2>delay a difficult conversation. You can't carefully wordsmith your way

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<v Speaker 2>out of accountability. You have to walk into the room.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you walk into the room, everything changes. Your

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<v Speaker 2>team sees you, they feel you, they understand you, and

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<v Speaker 2>more importantly, they trust you because you're not managing them

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<v Speaker 2>from a distance. You're leading them up close. So let

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<v Speaker 2>me give you something real. If you've ever received a long, passive,

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<v Speaker 2>aggressive email, you know exactly how it feels. You read

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<v Speaker 2>it two or three times, you try to figure out

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<v Speaker 2>the tone. You start building a defense in your head,

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<v Speaker 2>and now what should have been done? A two minute

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<v Speaker 2>conversation turns into a two hour mental battle. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>email does. It creates distance, creates confusion and unnecessary tension.

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<v Speaker 2>Now flip that same issue handled in person, direct, clear, respectful,

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<v Speaker 2>You can see the reaction, you can clarify instantly, you

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<v Speaker 2>can resolve it right there. No guessing, no escalation, no

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<v Speaker 2>damage to the relationship. That's leadership. And here's the business

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<v Speaker 2>side of this, because this is not just about culture,

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<v Speaker 2>it's about performance. When communication is handled in person, speed increases,

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<v Speaker 2>decisions happen faster, mistakes get corrected, quicker, alignment becomes immediate.

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<v Speaker 2>You eliminate the lag time of email chains, missed messages,

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<v Speaker 2>and delayed responses. You create a real time organization. And

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<v Speaker 2>in today's world, speed matters. Now I'm not saying email

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<v Speaker 2>has no place. It does. Documentation, reporting, formal communication, those

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<v Speaker 2>things all matter. That's why the weekly financial report stays.

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<v Speaker 2>It's structured, it's consistent, it's necessary. But it does not

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<v Speaker 2>replace leadership. Too many leaders confuse communication volume with leadership effectiveness.

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<v Speaker 2>Sending more emailed does not make you a better leader.

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<v Speaker 2>Being present does. And here's where this ties into something deeper.

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<v Speaker 2>When you choose in person communication, you're sending a message

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<v Speaker 2>without saying a word you're saying you matter enough for

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<v Speaker 2>me to show up. You're saying this conversation matters enough

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<v Speaker 2>to have it face to face. You're saying I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>hiding from this. That builds credibility, and credibility is everything

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<v Speaker 2>in leadership. Once you have it, your words carry weight.

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<v Speaker 2>Once you lose it, no email in the world will

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<v Speaker 2>get it back. So here's the challenge. Audit your communication

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<v Speaker 2>this week. How many emails did you send that should

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<v Speaker 2>have been a conversation. How many issues did you prolong

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<v Speaker 2>because you didn't want to walk down the hall. How

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<v Speaker 2>many opportunities did you miss to connect with your team

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<v Speaker 2>because it was easier to just hit send. Leadership is

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<v Speaker 2>not about convenience. It's about impact, and impact happens when

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<v Speaker 2>you show up, not when you hit send. So if

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<v Speaker 2>there's one thing to take from this episode, it's this

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<v Speaker 2>reduce the noise, increase the presence. One email a week

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<v Speaker 2>can run your information flow. Your leadership has to run

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<v Speaker 2>through you in person, in real time, because at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the day, people don't follow emails. They follow

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<v Speaker 2>leaders They can see here and trust. This has been

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<v Speaker 2>the seven minute Leadership podcast, and I thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>listening

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