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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 GOLA GV.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host

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<v Speaker 1>Paul fella Aledo.

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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 seven eighty Today. I want to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>something that has quietly disappeared from a lot of workplaces. Pride.

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<v Speaker 2>Not pride in the ego sense. I'm talking about taking

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<v Speaker 2>genuine satisfaction and doing a job well, looking at your

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<v Speaker 2>work at the end of the day and saying that

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<v Speaker 2>represents me. Somewhere along the way, many organizations stopped talking

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<v Speaker 2>about pride. They replaced it with metrics, dashboards, productivity reports

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<v Speaker 2>in corporate bs that looks press if in meetings but

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<v Speaker 2>means very little on the front lines. And the result

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<v Speaker 2>people started doing enough instead of doing their best. You

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<v Speaker 2>can walk into almost any organization and tell within five

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<v Speaker 2>minutes whether people are proud of where they work. Look

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<v Speaker 2>around as the building clean, is the equipment cared for?

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<v Speaker 2>Do employees smile when someone walks in? Do people pick

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<v Speaker 2>up trash that isn't theirs? Do they wear the uniform

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<v Speaker 2>like it means something? None of those things require a policy,

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<v Speaker 2>They require pride. And here's something I've learned after nearly

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<v Speaker 2>three decades in emergency services. I've seen ambulances that were

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<v Speaker 2>mechanically identical. Same manufacture, same equipment, same medical supplies. One

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<v Speaker 2>crew treated their ambulance like it was an extension of themselves.

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<v Speaker 2>It was spotless, everything was organized, Every compartment had a purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>The truck was ready for whatever came next. Another crew

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<v Speaker 2>had the same ambulance. It looked completely different. Coffee cups, wrappers,

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<v Speaker 2>equipment tossed wherever it fit, Supplies running low because nobody

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<v Speaker 2>checked them. Same organization, same expectations, completely different level of pride.

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<v Speaker 2>The difference wasn't training. The difference was ownership. Pride is

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<v Speaker 2>what makes someone straighten the picture on the wall. Pride

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<v Speaker 2>is what makes someone restock a shelf before they're asked.

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<v Speaker 2>Pride is what causes an employee to say, I can

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<v Speaker 2>do better than this. The scary part is that pride

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<v Speaker 2>rarely disappears overnight. It fades. One shortcut becomes acceptable, one

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<v Speaker 2>miss detail doesn't get addressed, one poor performance review gets ignored.

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<v Speaker 2>One leader walks past something that should have been corrected.

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<v Speaker 2>People notice employees are always watching what leadership walks past.

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<v Speaker 2>Every time you ignore something, you're quietly teaching your standards. Eventually,

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<v Speaker 2>employees stop asking themselves is this excellent? They start asking

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<v Speaker 2>will anyone care? Those are two completely different organizations. One

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<v Speaker 2>question builds excellence, the other builds mediocrity. Leaders sometimes think

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<v Speaker 2>they need expensive engagement programs to improve morale. Many times

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<v Speaker 2>they need something much simpler. Reconnect people with the importance

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<v Speaker 2>of their work. Tell stories, share customer feedback, Celebrate craftsmanship.

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<v Speaker 2>Recognize the employee who quietly gets things right every single day.

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<v Speaker 2>Not every hero is lowed. Some heroes simply refuse to

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<v Speaker 2>lower their standards. Here's an exercise I challenge all leaders

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<v Speaker 2>to try this week. Walk through your organization. Don't look

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<v Speaker 2>for what's broken. Look for signs of pride. Who keeps

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<v Speaker 2>their workspace organized, who pays attention to details, who consistently

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<v Speaker 2>produces work that says this matters to me? Those people

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<v Speaker 2>aren't simply performing well, They're protecting your culture. And then

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<v Speaker 2>ask yourself a harder question. Where have you allowed pride

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<v Speaker 2>to fade? Have you accepted good enough because confronting it

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<v Speaker 2>felt uncomfortable? Have you stopped recognizing great work because you

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<v Speaker 2>assume people already knew they were appreciated. Have you become

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<v Speaker 2>so focused on solving problems that you've forgotten to celebrate excellence.

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<v Speaker 2>Leadership isn't only about fixing what's wrong. It's also about

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<v Speaker 2>protecting what's right. And one of my favorite questions to

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<v Speaker 2>ask is this. If your name was permanently attached to

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<v Speaker 2>everything you produced today, would you be proud of it?

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<v Speaker 2>Think about that, your emails, your conversations, your reports, your

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<v Speaker 2>customer service, your leadership. Would you proudly sign your name

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<v Speaker 2>across all of it? Because in many ways you already have.

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<v Speaker 2>Your reputation is built one decision at a time, one

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<v Speaker 2>interaction at a time, one ordinary day at a time.

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<v Speaker 2>People remember the feeling your work created. That's your signature.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've lost pride in your work, don't wait for

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<v Speaker 2>a new job, a new boss, or a new opportunity.

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<v Speaker 2>Start with the next task, Do it exceptionally well, then

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<v Speaker 2>do the one after that. Pride has a funny way

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<v Speaker 2>of returning the same way it disappeared. One decision at

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<v Speaker 2>a time, one standard at a time, one day at

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<v Speaker 2>a time. Your leadership challenge this week is simple. Find

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<v Speaker 2>one area where your standards have quietly slipped and store

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<v Speaker 2>them not because someone is watching, because that's who you

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<v Speaker 2>choose to be. Your work is a reflection of your

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<v Speaker 2>character long before it's a reflection of your talent. People

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<v Speaker 2>may forget what you've accomplished, they rarely forget the standard

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<v Speaker 2>you represented. The organizations people talk about with admiration aren't

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<v Speaker 2>always the biggest or the wealthiest. They're the ones where

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<v Speaker 2>people genuinely care about the quality of their work. Reclaim

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<v Speaker 2>that mindset, raise your standards, help others raise theirs. Pride

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<v Speaker 2>is an old fashioned It's a competitive advantage that never

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<v Speaker 2>has been the seven minute leadership podcast and I thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for listening.

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